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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #593
September 24, 2018 | 
Author Dean tells stories about the Sydney Opera House. Phil tells stories about an amazing interview he did for his “other” podcast and tells an hilarious story about his upcoming bachelor party. Dean and Phil then share “What We’re Reading” and compare notes on the healing nature of live classical music in the “Live Event of the Week”. A little good news about HBO’s terrific “Barry” is shared in discussion of the Emmy Awards and Dean sings the praises of the Canadian adventure series “Frontier”. Then, your friends in podcasting tackle a wide range of cinematic efforts, from Elia Kazan’s classic film noir Panic in the Streets to the Jack Lemmon vehicle The Days of Wine and Roses, from John Carpenter’s masterful (and initially rejected) The Thing to a current release that has met with praise and promising box office, even though it’s all sorts of awful. Finally a legendary and groundbreaking dancer is remembered in “Celebrity Deaths”. Oh, yeah, and if that wasn’t enough, no actor, editor or filmmaker will want to miss the discussion inspired by an email from a loyal listener …
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Tags: A Simple Favor, acting, Amy Sedaris, Arthur Mitchell, Australia, bachelor parties, Barry, Bill Hader, Blake Edwards, Canada, Canadian television, Carla McCloskey, dance, Dance Theater of Harlem, David Sedaris, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary, editing, Elia Kazan, film noir, French Painting, Frontier, Halloween, HBO, Henry Winkler, Jack Lemmon, John Carpenter, John Carpenter's The Thing, Lee Remick, Leigh McCloskey, marriage, movies, Panic in the Streets, Paul Feig, Phil Leirness, pirates, Point Break, producing, show business, Stephen King, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, The Days of Wine and Roses, The Lone Gunmen, the Los Angeles Breakfast Club, The New York City Ballet, The X-Files, Walter Murch | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #559
Dean is having surgery this week and Phil’s cat, Fuzz Aldrin, continues her brave recovery. Because some of you asked for updates on these matters, your friends in podcasting begin this week’s epic installment with fascinating and inspiring stories pertaining to them. Then, it’s all about movies …
The critics groups have all awarded their favorites. The professional guilds and unions have honored theirs. The Academy Award nominations were announced, which your Dean and Phil analyze a bit on the show. For the most part, however, this week it’s Dean and Phil’s turn. Keep those Netflix queues handy as the gents count down their Top Ten Films of 2017. And, of course, far more than 20 films will get discussed in what is an extra-long installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, one that truly stretches the definition of “hour”! Trust us, they go off the beaten path for their choices this year in an effort to champion some films that were sadly overlooked or under-marketed. Discover cinematic gems and regale in hilarious, irreverent, and occasionally insightful bickering.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Fantastic Woman, A Fistful of Dollars, A Ghost Story, Academy Awards, acting, Allison Williams, Argentina, Blade Runner 2049, box office, Boyz N The Hood, Brick, Caleb Landry Jones, Casey Affleck, Catherine Keener, Chad Stahelski, Chris Pine, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cinematography, comedy, Crown Heights, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Kaluuya, Daniela Vega, David Duchovny, David Lowery, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, Denis Villeneuve, Derek Kolstad, directing, Doug Jones, Dunkirk, film critics, filmmaking, For a Few Dollars More, Fuzz Aldrin, Gal Gadot, Get Out, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo Del Toro, Hampton Fancher, Harrison Ford, hollywood, horror films, Hostiles, improv comedy, independent film, It, James L. Brooks, John Cassavetes, John Singleton, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, knee surgery, LACMA, Lady Bird, Lakeith Stanfield, Laurie Metcalf, Leslie Manville, Looper, Lukas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Mark Frost, Martin McDonagh, Michael Winterbottom, movie awards, movies, Mudbound, Mumon: The Land of Stealth, Orson Welles, Oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pennywise, Phantom Thread, Phil Leirness, producing, Rachel Morrison, Rambo, Rian Johnson, Ridley Scott, Rob Brydon, Robin Wright, Roger Deakins, Rooney Mara, Rosamund Pike, Ryan Gosling, sci-fi, Scott Cooper, Sean Baker, Sebastian Lelio, sequels, silent film, stand-up comedy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Stephen King, Steve Coggan, Tangerine, the Brothers Bloom, The Dark Tower, The Florida Project, The Larry Sanders Show, The Lone Gunmen, The Shape of Water, The Trip, The Trip to Spain, The X-Files, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Timothee Chalumet, Tracy Letts, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return, Warren Beatty, Wes Studi, westerns, Willem Dafoe, Wolf Warrior 2, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen, writing, Wu Jing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #543
Full disclosure: This week’s episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour is an absolute epic, recorded LAST weekend. So, you won’t hear Dean and Phil weighing in on the Las Vegas tragedy, on the death of Tom Petty, nor on any other events of the week. Instead, your friends in podcasting fill the show’s 80 minute running time by discussing the conclusion of Dean’s month-long pop-up comedy venue in Sydney, a terrific close-up magic show in Downtown Los Angeles, the recent spate of protests by NFL players, the cancer diagnosis of Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, the sexual assault allegations against film critic Harry Knowles, several new and recent movie releases (including “It”, “Victoria & Abdul” and “The Florida Project”). That would be, and was, enough for one whole hour … AND THEN, Dean and Phil celebrate the lives of a record number of persons in “Celebrity Deaths”, including a soul singer who didn’t start recording until age 62, a publishing magnate responsible for Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal”, a former UCLA Film School Dean who was responsible for Americans scaling Everest, the boxing champ whose life inspired an Oscar-winning movie, an actor-athlete-poet-painter who played James Bond’s CIA pal Felix Leiter, a Winnipeg-born giant of TV game shows, and a half dozen more!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Ain't It Cool News, Alamo Drafthouse, Anna Wintour, Anne Jeffreys, art, Basil Gogos, Bernie Casey, Bobby "the Brain" Heenan, boxing, Brasil, Charles Bradley, Chicago, Colin Kaepernick, Dean Haglund, directing, Donald Trump, DTLA, Everest, Falcon Crest, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Fantastic Fest, Felix Leiter, filmmaking, Final Cut, Game Shows, Harry Knowles, Hilarium, Hollywood sign, Hugh Hefner, independent film, It, Jake LaMotta, James Bond, Judi Dench, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Laudir de Oliveira, Let's Make a Deal, magic, Martin Scorsese, Maya Angelou, Monty Hall, mountain climbing, movies, Mrs. Brown, national anthem protest, National Safeline, NFL, Norman Dyhrenfurth, painting, percussion, Phil Leirness, Philomena, Playboy, Playboy mansion, Poetry, producing, publishing, Raging Bull, Robert DeNiro, Runaway Hotline, S.I. Newhouse, Sean Baker, See/Saw, sexual assault, show business, Siegried Tieber, singing, soul music, Stephen Frears, Stephen King, Steven Bach, Sydney, The Art of the Deal, The Florida Project, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tim Curry, Tim League, Tina Brown, Topper, UCLA Film School, United Artists, Veep, Victoria & Abdul, Willem Dafoe, Winnipeg, wrestling, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #458
After weeks of special “theme” shows, shows with guests and shows that looked backwards, your friends in podcasting return to the wild grab bag of show business, trying to make sense of a world gone wild and trying, in some cases, to predict the future! Dean and Phil received a disturbing email from a listener. Phil had the curious experience of seeing his girlfriend from film school become the top trending news topic on Facebook. Dean is gearing up for his performances at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Dean and Phil weigh in on “The X-Files” revival (especially the episode “Babylon”). And speaking of revivals, Dean and Phil tackle the news of the “Star Trek” and “Thunderbirds” revivals and Phil predicts a future “Lawsuit of the Week”. Phil asks Dean more about “Other Space” and the new JJ Abrams series on Hulu starring James Franco (from the mind of Stephen King). Of course, the Oscars are fast approaching and Dean and Phil cover the latest on the #oscarsowhite controversy, and Phil tells two great stories about the “Best Director” award, one involving an infamous “snub”, the other involving one of this year’s nominees. Finally, this extra-long installment concludes as two legendary authors are remembered in “Celebrity Deaths”.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 11.22.63, ABC, Academy Awards, acting, Alex Kurtzman, Atticus Finch, Babylon, Barry Murphy, Best Director, books, Bruce Beresford, Bryan Fuller, Channing Dungey, Dean Haglund, directing, diversity, Driving Miss Daisy, Emma Donoghue, female descriptions in screenplays, film, film school, filmmaking, Foucault's Pendulum, Fox, George Shaefer, Go Set a Watchman, Good Times, Gregory Peck, Harper Lee, Hulu, improv, James Franco, JJ Abrams, Lenny Abramson, literature, Mad Max: Fury Road, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Merrin Dungey, movies, Orson Welles, Oscars, Other Space, Phil Leirness, Pushing Daisies, Room, semiotics, show business, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Stephen King, television, The Lone Gunmen, The Name of the Rose, The Other Side of the Wind, The Revenant, The X-Files, Thunderbirds, To Kill a Mockingbird, Twitter, Umberto Eco, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #348
What other show covers such a range of topics as cognitive dissonance, psychogenic fugue states, memory, time travel, the Golden Globes, San Diego Comic-Con, California small claims court and the remains of ancient civilizations in the Amazon?
It’s just another hour in the office for Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Alfonso Cuaron, Amazon, American Hustle, Amy Poehler, Arlight, Awards, Balthazar Getty, books, casting, Cineram Dome, Cognitive dissonance, Colonel Fawcett, Dallas Buyers Club, David Grann, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, District 9, Elysium, facts, filmmaking, films, Golden Globes, Gravity, Her, independent film, Jared Leto, Jodie Foster, Leondard DiCaprio, Liberace, Lost City of Z, Lost Highway, Marc Hershon, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Melissa McCarthy, memory, Michael Douglas, Modern School of Film, movies, Neill Blomklamp, Oblivion, Perception, Phil Leirness, Philomena, Primer, producing, psychogenic fugue, reading, San Diego Comic-Con, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Polley, Shane Carruth, show business, small claims court, Spike Jonze, Stephen King, Stories We Tell, Succotash, Sundance, Talk Superstation, television, The Heat, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, time travel, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, truth, Upstream Color, Wolf of Wall Street, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #321
The 4th of July is past, but here at YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, the fireworks are just getting started.
Dean Haglund talks about a wedding celebration he attended in Canada and a mayoral swearing in ceremony he attended in Los Angeles.
Phil Leirness ruminates on Independence Day, health care and the future of the USA.
Then, your friends in podcasting discuss Russell Brand, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”, This is the End, The Lone Ranger, Monster’s University, subversive cinema, runaway production, the best plays of the last 100 years, the creator of “Family Ties” and “Spin City”, a martial arts legend, a classic Look Magazine photographer and a science-fiction legend.
All in all, it’s action-packed. And if you’re going to be in San Diego on Sunday 21 July, why not come see Dean and Phil (and their film The Truth Is Out There) at ParanoiaCon?
Right now, it’s episode 3-2-1 … Blastoff!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alec Baldwin, August: Osage County, Barbara Werner, Bert Stern, Black Belt Jones, Broadway, Bruce Lee, Buster Keaton, Circle Mirror Transformation, Comic-Con, Dean Haglund, Death of a Salesman, directing, Disney, Duel, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Albee, Enter the Dragon, Enterainment Weekly, Eric Garcetti, Evan Goldberg, Family Ties, film, filmmaking, Gary David Goldber, Golden Gate Bridge, Harold Pinter, health, independence day, independent film, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jim Kelly, Jimmy Lawlor, John Carter, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Lebron James, Lolita, Look Magazine, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Marc Hershon, Marilyn Monroe, Michael J. Fox, Monsters University, Morning Joe, movies, MSNBC, Must Love Dogs, Nike, Our Town, Paranoia Con, Paula Deen, Phil Leirness, Pixar, PopCon LA, Richard Matheson, Roger Corman, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, runaway production, Russell Brand, San Diego, San Francisco, senior tennis, Seth Rogen, show business, Spin City, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Succotash, Talk Superstation, television, The Lone Gunmen, The Lone Ranger, The Piano Lesson, The Twilight Zone, The Weir, The Women, The X-Files, This is the End, Tonto, Topdog/Underdog, USA, USTA, Waiting for Godot, westerns, writing, Zoo Story | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #301
Full of all the nourishing podcasting goodness long-time listeners have come to expect, this brand new serving is also a delicious introduction to your friends in podcasting.
The following topics are discussed, dissected, analyzed and turned on their heads by Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness:
The X-Files, including a hilarious story about David Duchovny and exciting news about Frank Spotnitz’s new adaptation of Philip K. Dick for SyFy …
Ancient wisdom and what we can learn about healthful self-care by looking to past cultures …
Books from Norway, Sweden and Stephen King …
3 live events, including one that Phil hopes to turn into a documentary …
A remake of the late Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds …
A film all about Jar-Jar Binks …
A documentary about the epidemic of sexual assault within the U.S. Armed Forces …
The revival of drive-ins …
David Fincher’s original series on Netflix …
And MORE. It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, which almost always features bonus minutes!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A billion rising, A Good Day to Die Hard, Academy Awards, acting, Blade Runner, books, Brian Nishii, Chinglish, Chris Mulkey, Cinedigm, conscious life expo, Cowboy Don Tolman, David Cronenberg, David Duchovny, David Henry Hwang, David Lynch, Dead Alive, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary films, drive in theatres, Engaging Men Project, Erica Fraga, Ethan Mao, film distribution, filmmaking, Frank Spotnitz, Geffen Playhouse, Gerry Anderson, Greg Pak, independent film, James van der Beek, Jar Jar Binks, JJ Abroms, Joe Nesbo, k.o. dahl, Kathy Baker, Kirby Dick, LAX-Files, Michelle Krusiec, movies, NATO, novlels, Oscars, Peace Over Violence, Peter Jackson, Phil Leirness, Philip K. Dick, philosophy, producing, rape, Raymond Ma, Ridley Scott, Robot Stories, SCR, sexual assault, show business, South Coast Rep, Star Warrs, Stephen King, Susan Larison Danz, SyFy, television, The Artist, The Fourth Man, The Gift, The Invisible War, The Lone Gunmen, The Shining, The Snowman, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Tom Braidwood, violence, virtual print fees, writing, Yasmina Reza | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #222
What do “Star Trek” and “The X-Files” have in common this week? Dean Haglund! He just got back from performing at the big TREK convention in Las Vegas and he shares stories of the event. And as soon as he got back to Los Angeles, it was time to report to the set this week for a television series called “The X-Files”! WHAT?!? Dean gives details.
And if all that wasn’t enough, Dean appeared on “Coast to Coast AM” this week and he shares his thoughts about that appearance.
Of course, Dean’s co-host, your friend in podcasting, Phil Leirness, has much to share as well … He holds court on a variety of topics, including a stage show about Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick “Watson”, the reality competition show “The Glee Project”, the blockbuster film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and the classic of 1930′s cinema, The Women.
All that, plus discussions of Kickstarter, the UK riots, the US economic meltdown … And you won’t want to miss Phil’s report about the Beverly Hills Police Department.
It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour … With a vengeance!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Bevery Hills Police Department, Coast to Coast AM, Creation Entertanment, David Yates, Dean Haglund, Denise Crosby, documentaries, Don Marshall, DVDGeeks, filmmaking, films, French Stewart, George Cukor, George Noory, Glee, Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows Part 2, Henry Dittman, His Girl Friday, hosting, improv comedy, independent film, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, John Champion, Kickstarter, Land of the Giants, Las Vegas, London Riots, Norma Shearer, Paulette Godard, Phil Leirness, Q, Rebecca, Rob Simone, Rosalind Russell, Ryan Murphy, Sacred Fools, Scott Leggett, Sherlock Holmes, Stand By Me, Star Trek, Star Trek Convention, Stephen King, Steve Kloves, Tasha Yar, television, The Front Page, The Glee Project, The Lone Gunmen, the Stand, The Televixen, The Truth Is Out There, The Women, The X-Files, Tim Russ, Watson | 2 Comments »
