Money Never Sleeps, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Owls

The big kahoona this weekend is the sequel to 1987's Wall Street. This one is called Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the original name plus a pithy qualifier, summer blockbuster style. Critical reception to the new picture has been mixed, apparently it's not enough to be Oliver Stone anymore -- someone even suggested the controversial director has gone soft. But the cast is interesting, with Michael Douglas reprising Gordon "Greed is Good" Gekko, and Shia Lebeouf playing his latest acolyte, Jake Moore. Carey Mulligan mixes things up as Winnie, Gekko's estranged daughter and Jake's fiancée. Playing in lots and lots of theaters. Legends of the Guardian is also opening - I think of it as the Owl movie - it's a fantasy tale that has critics praising the 3-D visuals but not much else. You Again is a mother/daughter Mean Girls story that apparently is awful, even though it has Jamie Lee Curtis and Kristin Bell. Left over from last week: The Town, Devil, and Easy A. I will definitely see Wall Street, and I might try to catch Easy A. 

Next week The Social Network opens.  If early reviews are for real, this film is perfect.  Heaps of praise, and nothing else.  Should be interesting.

Critical Summaries

• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: Metacritic 59; Rotten Tomatoes 54

• Legends of the Guardians: Metacritic 56; Rotten Tomatoes 49

• You Again: Metacritic 27; Rotten Tomatoes 14

• The Town: Metacritic 74; Rotten Tomatoes 94

• Devil: Metacritic 44; Rotten Tomatoes 41

• Easy A: Metacritic 72; Rotten Tomatoes 85