When a woman tells you to grow up, that’s God’s way of telling you to get a new woman. Especially if it means getting rid of your comics. There are three billion women on the planet, but only so many good comics, so the choice is an easy one.
–Chuck Ronzanski

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold) goes to Comic-Con and reports back. The movie tours select theatres, will eventually be available as video, and certainly bears watching, especially if you’re the sort of person who frequents a site like this one. You’ll get a fun taste of what Comic-Con has become. What you won’t get is anything especially deep or probing.

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It says something that the aging darling of the filmgoing quasi-intelligentsia had a hit last year with a movie that borrows its central conceit from science-fiction. No one would call Midnight in Paris SF, or (more correctly) fantasy, but its use of time-travel qualifies it for a review here.

It’s also an entertaining little movie.

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The reviews thus far of Tim Burton’s spoofy Dark Shadows remake have been less than sunny, so for weekend review, we’re looking back to the first Dark Shadows film. House of Dark Shadows, cast into theatres in 1970 when the original Gothic soap opera was still running, takes the show’s most memorable storyline, and retells it without having to worry about the next season.

The fans of the show loved it. Does it hold up now?

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In 2007, Marvel released an animated version of Iron Man’s origin story.

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Sick to death of horror movies where young people go somewhere scary and get dismembered? How about horror movies that comment on and mock their own overworn conventions? How about 3-D?

Turns out, the makers of this film were sick of 3-D, too, and the desire of the studio for a 3-D release and the resulting kerfuffle delayed its release. However, the film manages to turn the other two overused premises into the most original and effective horror movie / comedy / pop social commentary film of the year.

Read our review of Joss Whedon’s other 2012 hit movie (also featuring Chris “Thor” Hemsworth), written with and directed by Chris Goddard (of Lost and Cloverfield fame).

Beware, of course, the Spoiler Tags…

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Following a successful five year run, Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno brought the Hulk back to television in 1988, introducing their version of the Hulk to a new version of Thor.

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The film won’t be available for the general public until May, but a few people will be able to see the premiere very soon, and Marvel will be streaming highlights live.

The official announcement follows:

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