CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Christine Lahti
Film Review: ‘Touched With Fire’ Contains a Different Perspective
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 21, 2016 - 5:01pmCHICAGO – How do you explain air? That is what our thoughts are, after all – carbon-based cells interacting with circumstantial environment, sending the “message.” What if those cells send the thought receiver something outside “normal”? This is the exploration in the new film ‘Touched With Fire.’
Interview: Director Paul Dalio, Luke Kirby of ‘Touched With Fire’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 20, 2016 - 1:53pmCHICAGO – The status of individual mental acuity and control is like the fingerprint of the brain. There are disorders that have been diagnosed, which alters that fingerprint into different types of behavior. A new film, “Touched with Fire” – directed by Paul Dalio and featuring lead actor Luke Kirby – seeks to bridge an understanding of Bipolar Condition, the particular mental journey of highest (and ultra-creative) highs and mind numbing lows.
DVD Round Up, May 27, 2009: ‘Eden Log,’ ‘El Dorado,’ ‘Yonkers Joe’
Submitted by BrianTT on May 27, 2009 - 1:57pmCHICAGO – Welcome back to the Round-Up, a safety net to catch the DVD titles that fell off the mainstream tightrope. The titles this week have virtually nothing in common other than coming in two waves from two studios - a pair of classics from Paramount’s Centennial Collection and a trio of indie films from the great Magnolia Pictures.
Video: Viral Message For Film ‘Obsessed’ With Ali Larter, Beyoncé Knowles
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 2, 2009 - 1:50amCHICAGO – We have just received from Screen Gems a new viral video for the upcoming film “Obsessed” with Ali Larter, Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Jerry O’Connell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Bruce McGill, Richard Ruccolo, Christine Lahti and Candice Cunningham.