Thursday, March 24, 2011

New on DVD: 'Yogi Bear,' 'The Tourist'

By Steve Jones, USA TODAY

Yogi Bear
2010, Warner Bros., PG, $29; Blu-ray, $36; 3-D Blu-ray, $45

  • Dan Aykroyd voices the title character in Yogi Bear, an adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Dan Aykroyd voices the title character in Yogi Bear, an adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dan Aykroyd voices the title character in Yogi Bear, an adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Yogi Bear (Dan Aykroyd), who is smarter than the average bear, has to get out of Ranger Smith's (Tom Cavanagh) hair long enough to save their beloved Jellystone Park from a greedy mayor (Andrew Daly) who wants to shut it down and sell the land in this live-action/CG-animated version of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Extras include an interactive picnic challenge and a new Warner Bros. cartoon, Rabid Rider, starring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.

USA TODAY's Claudia Puig says: * � out of four. "Dan Aykroyd nails the distinctive voice of the cartoon bear, and Justin Timberlake is spot-on as his cautious sidekick, Boo Boo. But the humans who act along with these computer-generated fellas don't fare as well."

How Do You Know
2010, Sony, PG-13, $29; Blu-ray, $35

Life-long athlete Lisa (Reese Witherspoon) is down after getting cut from her pro softball team. She turns to love, but she isn't sure whether self-centered baseball player Matty (Owen Wilson) or straight-arrow George (Paul Rudd) is the one for her. (Puig: * *)

1. The Fighter
2. The Switch
3. Due Date
4. Hereafter
5. The Next Three Days
6. Faster
7. Love & Other Drugs
8. Jackass 3
9. Unstoppable
10. Megamind

Source: � Home Video Essentials, Rentrak Corp.

The Tourist
2010, Sony, PG-13, $29; Blu-ray, $35; DVD + Blu-ray, $39

An American (Johnny Depp) on vacation in Venice gets entangled in an international conspiracy after he has a fling with the beautiful but mysterious Elise (Angelina Jolie). They are soon on the run from Italian police, Russian hit men and Interpol. (Puig: *)

Skyline
2010, Universal, PG-13, $30; Blu-ray, $40

A group of friends heads to Los Angeles for a fun weekend and wakes up in the morning to find massive alien spaceships snatching the entire city's population. They go on the run to try to escape the ubiquitous and seemingly indestructible extraterrestrials. Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel and Scottie Thompson star.

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