Dann in reel life: Hef and the Hornet
Earlier this week, novelist/film historian Raymond Benson (my partner-in-crime for Dann and Raymond's Movie Club) received an invitation to screen the new “Green Hornet” movie with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
Of course, he went.
I received a call from Benson while the Seth Rogen frat-boy reinvention of the superhero film was in progress.
“It's an awful movie,” Benson reported. “People are getting up to get a drink or go to the restroom, anything as an excuse to get out of the screening room.”
Global Flicks
Global Flicks, a festival of award-winning international films, will be presented on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from Feb. 1-17 at the Mainstage of the McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn.
The programs, curated by associate professor John Rangel, will be shown at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Free admission! With free English subtitles, too! Call (630) 942-4000 for schedules. For Twitter alerts, go to: twitter.com/codnewsroom.
Lego ‘Star Wars'?
Lego “Star Wars” Days runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Legoland Discovery Center, Streets of Woodfield, 601 N. Martingale Road, Schaumburg.
See! Life-size Lego Darth Vader and Lego R2-D2!
See! 500 clone trooper and battle droid mini figures!
Witness! A contest for the fastest and best Lego builders!
Participate! In an R2-D2 Lego group construction project!
Admission is $19, $15 for children. Go to www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com. If you want to see the cutest darned Lego “Star Wars” YouTube clip ever made, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbb5CYC6JTs.