Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone was making a statement on the glibly money-hungry times when his Wall Street came out in 1987 and, with it, the iconic figure of Gordon Gekko declaring that greed, for lack of a better word, was good. Twenty-three years later, greed is still getting a lot of people into a lot of trouble. The entire country, in fact. And so Stones latest is the rare sequel that not only feels relevant but necessary. Of course, his hindsight is 20/20. But here, Stone takes the economic collapse of 2008 and places Gekko played masterfully by Michael Douglas, returning to the role that earned him an Academy Award in the middle of it. Having been released from federal prison after serving time for securities fraud, money laundering and racketeering, Gekko is now free to swim among even more dangerous sharks than he ever dreamed of being himself. How will he react? That story line alone could have provided the basis for one meaty, worthwhile movie. Money Never Sleeps also crams in a father-daughter story, a few different mentor-protege stories and a romance. Its big and loud and brash in an almost operatic way. For a movie about a depressing topic that were all-too familiar with, Money Never Sleeps is surprisingly entertaining. Shia LaBeouf co-stars, with Frank Langella and Josh Brolin among the strong supporting cast. PG-13 for brief strong language and thematic elements. 133 minutes. Three stars out of four.

You Again Really, the women of You Again should just get over it. They should move on from the resentments, jealousies and grudges theyve held onto since high school and embrace the people theyve become today even if what theyve developed into are stock characters in a lame, PG-rated comedy. Instead, they try and tear each other apart in the most crass, slapsticky manner possible. Sure, its only a movie, and so any sense of indignation in watching it is probably misplaced. But You Again unfortunately perpetuates all the worst cliches about women being insecure, petty, spiteful, competitive and cruel, and it does it in the name of comedy which is a problem, because its pretty much never funny. Whats truly disheartening: It was written by a woman, Moe Jelline, with her first produced screenplay. Kristen Bell stars as a former nerd whose older brother is marrying the mean girl (Odette Yustman) who tormented her in high school. Coincidentally, Bells mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Yustmans aunt (Sigourney Weaver) are former high school best friends who had an ugly falling out over 30 years ago. Director Andy Fickman (Shes the Man) telegraphs his jokes and sight gags from a mile away; later, his characters have well-timed epiphanies and changes of heart. PG for brief mild language and rude behavior. 105 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

Waiting for Superman Davis Guggenheim puts a human face on an unwieldy, seemingly unsolvable problem the wretched state of Americas public schools in his latest documentary. The director of the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth naturally has plenty of statistics to back up his points: state-by-state deficiency levels in math and reading, the cost of incarcerating a prisoner vs. sending a kid to 12 years of private school, the number of bad teachers who lose their jobs each year (its low, given the protections they enjoy under tenure). All staggering stuff especially depressing if youre the parent of a young child. PG for some thematic material, mild language and incidental smoking. 102 minutes. Three stars out of four.