First Poster Released for 'Yogi Bear' movie

The guys over at Yahoo! Movies have released this debut Poster for YOGI BEAR, the long awaited feature length adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. YOGI BEAR will be in 3D and features the voice talents of Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris, and Tom Cavanagh.

YOGI BEAR will be released in theaters in the UK and US on December 17th, 2010. I must admit this was a cute cartoon, looking forward to seeing it on the big screen.

"Barbie" is headed for the BIG SCREEN!!

I can remember as a young child playing with my many Barbie dolls, but never did I imagine they would come to life on the movie screen.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, after months of negotiations, Universal has acquired the rights to the iconic Mattel toy to make a live-action feature. Hollywood screens are usually populated by Barbies, but now the real Barbie is on her way to the big screen.

Laurence Mark, whose credits include Jerry Maguire and Julie & Julia, is producing.

Barbie, celebrating her 50th anniversary as one of the top toy brands in the world, has never been adapted into a live-action film, though not for Hollywood's lack of trying. Mattel has been extremely protective of the toy, which has generated billions of dollars, wanting nothing to tarnish the polished image. Columbia has entered into negotiations to pick up He-Man, another Mattel property.

It is unclear how the toy will translate. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts; is sometimes a high school teen, but at times a pilot, military officer, teacher or astronaut; drives a slew of cars; dates a man named Ken; and has friends straight out of a United Colors of Benetton ad.

A couple names have been thrown around to see who would play the live-action Barbie some of these include, Anna Faris, Zoe Saldana, Heather Graham, Blake Lively, and Taylor Swift. This should be real interesting how this turns out. I can just see it now, the theaters packed with hyper, little girls.

It's Raining Food!!

Inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett's beloved children's book of the same name, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS follows inventor Flint Lockwood and brainy weathergirl Sam Sparks as they attempt to discover why the rain in their small town has stopped while food is falling in its place. Meanwhile, lifelong bully Brent relishes in tormenting Flint just as he did when they were kids, and Mayor Shelbourne schemes to use Flint's latest invention--a device designed to improve everyone's lives--for his own personal gain.

The film features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte.

Well from the preview it looked pretty entertaining, but it ended up being just an "ok" movie. Nothing to shout about, just some good laughs for entertainment sake. These days I guess it is the new trend to transform children's books into film. And knowing this it makes you wonder how they were able to turn in a "slim little book" into a feature film, well they did somehow.

One thing that did give it some points was that it put a true effort to make it appealing to both kids and adults. In my opinion maybe if it was more for the child it might have turned out better. I will say this I'm sure the book will be flying off of bookshelves since the movie has come out.

I will say this, I definitely had to go get something to eat afterwards, one could get kind of hungry after watching a film like this one. LOL

Grade: C