WBShop.com has put several classic superhero TV shows on deep discount. Here are some I thought readers might be interested in. Wonder Woman: The Complete Collection (DVD) All three seasons, now $30, save 68%. Adventures of Superman, The Complete First Season (DVD) The first ever Superman TV series! Originally aired in the 1950s. Now $10, [...]

Red I enjoyed the movie Red a lot when I saw it, so I’m thrilled to hear that a sequel is planned. Red 2 will be released by Summit Entertainment on August 2, 2013. The premise of the original dealt with retired spies using their skills for one more mission of survival, as former co-workers [...]

Harry Potter: The Complete Collection According to Deadline, Warner Bros. will stop shipping physical copies of all eight Harry Potter movies on DVD and Blu-ray — including the Complete Collection of all 8 movies mega-set that releases on November 11 — as of December 29, 2011. Digital purchases will still be available after this date, [...]

Add another example to the list of rock/comic connections. The band Window Seats put together this video, set in a comic book shop, for their song “Local Superhero”. As the band members turn into Spider-Man, Wolverine, and the Hulk, we also see references to Ghostbusters, Star Wars, and that classic A-Ha video for “Take on [...]

This aired in my area last night, but you may be able to catch a repeat if you’re interested. The PBS series Independent Lens is airing an episode very poorly titled Wham! Bam! Islam!, about Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa’s quest to establish The 99. Although beginning as a comic book, the series is intended to be [...]

Green Lantern Today, the Green Lantern movie is available on home video. To celebrate, I’ve been running a contest giving away two copies of the Blu-ray. I’m pleased to announce that the winners, via random draw, are Ronald O. (self-declared HUGE FAN) and Stephen N. (who now has a Christmas gift for his dad). I’m [...]

This year would have been Jean Harlow’s 100th birthday (in March), so fans were hoping for some recognition in terms of a nice centennial DVD set. (The only significant release of her films on DVD previously was a TCM Greatest Classic Legends collection, but that was a repackaging of four movies previously available separately. While [...]

Marvel’s The Avengers (apparently the official name of the film) will be released in theaters May 4, 2012. Here’s the first trailer: What do you think? My favorite bits are the snarky Robert Downey, Jr. comments, but then, he’s my favorite film superhero. I really wish there was more than one woman, and I’m not [...]

I’m thrilled to be able to offer readers this exciting new contest! Thanks to Warner Bros., I have two copies of the Blu-ray Combo Pack (shown here) of Green Lantern to give away. Green Lantern (Blu-ray) You’ll be able to purchase this on Friday, October 14, on Blu-ray (complete with UltraViolet digital copy) or download [...]

I was pretty excited to see this movie at home, since I’d missed it on its summer run in theaters. I know some feel that an effects-heavy film should be seen on the big screen, but I dunno, any movie that opens with an alien ghost sucking yellow spirits out of astronauts, I’m more comfortable [...]

The Shout! Factory Captain America double feature will be available on October 18. The disc contains two films, the 1979 Captain America and its sequel, Captain America II: Death Too Soon. (Apologies. I normally try to cover DVDs closer to release date, because I don’t want to get you excited about something and then make [...]

The NON-superhero big comic book movie of this past summer was Cowboys & Aliens, starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in a sci-fi/Western mash-up based on a graphic novel. Cowboys & Aliens on Blu-ray Although it didn’t do as well as obviously hoped, the Blu-ray release still provides plenty of extras, mostly dealing with the [...]

Starting tonight, and every Sunday this month, TCM will be honoring the great Buster Keaton by showing many of his movies. The Art of Buster Keaton Tonight features his best-known film, The General, followed by many of his funniest silent shorts (under 30 minutes each). If you’ve never seen the genius of Keaton, a true [...]

Because they offered me the opportunity, I am now a Warner Bros. online store affiliate. That means that any links to wbshop.com that result in purchases will provide a small source of income for Comics Worth Reading and DVDs Worth Watching. These links mostly occur in my Warner Archive reviews and posts, since I want [...]

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is another teen favorite of mine recaptured on disc by Warner Archive. I really shouldn’t have been watching this murder-comedy-romance at that age, but that’s part of the fun of rediscovering something you think you know — the nuances are all more visible to me now. And [...]

It’s 1938, and Rollo (Cork Hubbert) dreams of making it to Hollywood. The good-heartedness underlying the slapstick goofiness is summed up early on, as Rollo, when told his dreams of making it in Hollywood are “just too big”, responds, “There’s no dream too big, and no dreamer too small.” He gets a chance when he [...]

I enjoyed early-60s Jane Fonda in Sunday in New York so much that I figured I’d pick up another of her mainstream sex comedies when Warner Archive had a sale. Any Wednesday was made three years later (1966) than the previous, and accordingly, Fonda is now playing not a virgin, but a mistress. But first, [...]

It’s a familiar idea, given life in a fan-film. Lost Hero is a 25-minute movie about a Superman-like hero, Magnificent Man (Andrew Langton), sitting down for drinks with his former arch-enemy, Vincent King (Tom Knutson), who’s now dying of cancer. They’re both older now, and they bemoan how things have changed with the current heroes [...]

A kitsch favorite movie of mine is The Legend of Billie Jean, a 1985 teen flick staring Helen Slater (Supergirl) and Christian Slater (no relation, although they play brother and sister). I was surprised to note that it’s not available on DVD, since it’s not a bad little movie, exploring adolescent rebellion (with a good [...]

You’ve likely heard the news today, that Netflix is fracturing itself into two companies. The original, DVD-by-mail delivery service company will become Qwikster, while the Netflix name will be reserved for the video streaming arm. Given that Netflix has already lost a million customers recently by splitting their plans and charging for discs and streaming [...]