The Movie Trail for August 3

After the release of the trailer for his decidedly kid-friendly “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,” Zack Snyder apparently felt compelled to assure the world that he’s still the most masculine director in the business. That’s really the only explanation I have for the trailer for his latest film “Sucker Punch,” which seems to come from the mind of an ADD-stricken teenager. It’s got everything that could possibly appeal to the 16-24 age demographic, including hot girls in leather, gunplay, Nazi blimps, and uh…dragons? Apparently the film takes place within the minds of several girls in a mental facility. At any rate, check it out yourself below.

I confess to a waning interest in the affairs of Captain Jack Sparrow and the entire “Pirates of Caribbean” franchise. I haven’t watched an entry in the series since the second one and the new announcement/teaser video for “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” doesn’t exactly inspire me to catch up on the old installments. If the good captain’s ramblings about what the latest film might include, they’ve decided to pretty much just throw a bunch of random elements into a pot and let Johnny Depp carry the mess to $300 million at the box office. Check out the Sparrow’s announcement and decide for yourself.

When I was young and still watched morning cartoons, there were two that I always loathed: “The Jetsons” and “Yogi Bear.” Although we appear to be safe from a big screen adaptation of the futuristic happenings of the Jetson clan, Hollywood apparently learned nothing from “Marmaduke” and will be releasing the live-action/CGI movie “Yogi Bear.” The anthropomorphic Yogi and his sidekick Boo-Boo (Dan Akroyd and Justin Timberlake…Good God) will continue to “terrorize” Ranger Smith and the other denizens of Jellystone Park. I guess it would have been too much to ask for gritty, David Lynch-helmed re-imagining? Guess Ranger Smith will just have to keep the sidearm holstered for this one.