Tongues wagged when Disney declined to peddle their upcoming cinematic wares at last month's Comic-Con: International in San Diego. But don't think for a second that the Mouse House was out of the self-promoting game. Far from it: They just opted to keep it all in the family by saving what would have been their Comic Con show reel for their own fan-friendly convention, the D23 Expo. Held this past weekend at Anaheim Convention Center, the event was a three-day celebration of all things Disney, promoting everything from Radio Disney and the Disney Channel to Disney.com and the various Disney theme parks. Not surprisingly, the most buzzed-about panels were the ones devoted to Disney's upcoming feature film slate, which includes such releases as Andrew Stanton's John Carter, Pixar's Brave and a little movie called The Avengers from the company's most recent acquisition, Marvel. Here are the bits of D23-related movie news we found to be the most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:

Twenty years ago, the news that Ridley Scott was going to be revisiting the futuristic world he created in Blade Runner would have been met with hosannas by that 1982 film's passionate fanbase. But after two decades, too many "director's cuts," an overabundance of disappointing prequels/reboots/spin-offs of other seminal sci-fi movies and Scott's own spotty recent track record (Robin Hood or Body of Lies anyone?), it's hard to view this as anything other than a bad idea. Nevertheless, there's still a chance that a trip back to the Blade Runner universe could yield something good or even great. We humbly offer a few suggestions on how to avoid a Phantom Menace-like backlash.

In Larry Crowne Tom Hanks plays an ordinary, blue-collar kinda guy who gains a new set of life skills when he enrolls in his local community college. Which got us thinking -- what has this star taught moviegoers over his many years in Hollywood? Here are some of the suggested courses eager students could audit at the Tom Hanks College of Arts & Sciences.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the second film in the Transformers trilogy, may be the least-liked movie ever to gross over $400 million at the box-office. Critics hated it, most viewers hated it and even its director, Michael Bay, seems to bad-mouth it every chance he gets. In fact, Bay has sworn that the (alleged) final film the series Dark of the Moon will be nothing like its predecessor... except for all the explosions, slow-mo heavy action and slobbery, soft-core shots of its leading lady (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in for Megan Fox), of course. The early word on Moon is that it is indeed superior to its predecessor, which allows it to join the exclusive group of Part Three's that are better than the Part Two's they follow. Here's what else is in the club:

There's one in every high school classroom: that kid who could be a top student if only they would just -- to use a classic Board of Ed-approved phrase -- apply themselves. The new indie drama The Art of Getting By follows one of those underachieving teenagers, George Zinavoy (Finding Neverland's Freddie Highmore, all grown up) a senior at an elite New York prep school with tons of potential and zero follow-through. Turns out that he's in good company -- some of our all-time favorite movie teens are A+-students at shirking responsibility and general goofing off.

We love high school dance movies, particularly when the entire school breaks out into a choreographed number without any explanation. It's like the movie version of flash mobs before there even were flash mobs. Who knew She's All That was so ahead of its time? The new movie Prom comes out this weekend, and while we've heard that there isn't a spontaneous group number in it, it did make us think back to the other school dances we wish we had attended.

In preparation for this Sunday's Golden Globes extravaganza, I finally got around to watching Black Swan a few nights ago. And while I was struck by how engrossing and visually stunning the movie is, I was also struck by how much it reminded me of another fine film about the plight of dancers: 2000's Center Stage, starring Zoe Saldana and Peter Gallagher. It may sound crazy, but really, it's a lot like Center Stage, if Center Stage grew up and then battled hardcore mental illness. Don't believe me? I've put forth the thematic similarities below. (Warning: Contains spoilers.)

The new movie Date Night, in which Steve Carell and Tina Fey star as a suburban couple haplessly stuck in the middle of some sort of crime spree for an evening's time, is the latest installment in the grand tradition of "up-all-night" movies. To commemorate the occasion, I've pulled together my favorite cult classics of the underappreciated genre and listed them here. Feel free to peruse and then promptly tell me all of the ones I forgot.