I saw an advance screening of Iron Man 2 this evening and it was… as usual I’m not allowed to actually review it until it hits theaters on May 7, 2010.

So, instead, here’s a slightly enigmatic, purposefully partially vague yet point-on bullet-point preview of Iron Man 2 directed by Jon Favreau (also on screen as Happy Hogan) and starring Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark), Don Cheadle (Lt. Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes), Scarlett Johansson (Natalie Rushman), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Sam Rockwell (Justin Hammer) and Mickey Rourke (Ivan Vanko).

Earlier today I attended an advance screening of the upcoming movie based on the comic books The Spirit by Will Eisner.

Lionsgate’s film, to be released on Christmas (December 25, 2008), was written and directed by another graphic novelist, Frank Miller, who is extremely familiar with graphic-novel-to-film adaptations (see 300, Sin City and Elektra).

While the legal document I signed states that I cannot review the film yet (expect to read that soon), here’s what I can tell you about the flick without any spoilers…