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Coming out this week is the return of Michael Douglas in the role that garnered him an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,' Douglas reprises his infamous role as Gordon Gekko.
Directed by Oliver Stone, the sequel to 'Wall Street' also stars Shia LaBeouf, Carrie Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, and Susan Sarandon.
When Gekko comes out of prison, he essentially has to redefine himself, redefine his character, he's looking for that second chance.
LaBeouf portrays Jake Moore, a young Wall Street broker and the fiancé of Gekko's daughter, played by Carey Mulligan; Josh Brolin as the head of an investment bank; and Susan Sarandon as Jake's mother. Langella will play Lewis Zabel, an old-time broker who mentors LaBeouf's character, Charlie Sheen, who played the central role of Bud Fox, a young trader, in the original, will make a cameo in the sequel.
Also coming out this week is the acclaimed documentary on the educution of children in 'Waiting for Superman,' directed by Davis Guggenheim.
For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians' promises, our buckling public-education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children. Oscar(R)-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of "Waiting for 'Superman.'" As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have-in reshaping the culture-refused to leave their students behind.
Out on home video is 'Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming,' the sequel to the 2007 box office hit.
Directed by Rob Hardy, and produced by Will Packer, the cast includes Meena Payne, who co-wrote and co-produced the film, actors Collins Pennie, Pooch Hall, Tika Sumpter, Terrance T.P. Polite, Antjuan Tobias, Lamar Stewart, Terrence J, Lil Duval, Kiely Alexis Williams, Keith David, rapper David Banner and music artist Teyena Taylor.
The film follows Chance Harris (played by Pennie) looking to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
'Autumn's Eyes' is a compelling documentary about a 3-year-old girl who tries to navigate through the harsh reality of severe poverty, her teenage mother's incarceration and looming foster care. Charming, obedient, and unable to fully comprehend the severity of her environment, Autumn is shielded from her own reality. Caught between the innocence of childhood and the growing necessity to be an adult, she represents hope to a family of women caught in the cyclical web of abuse, incarceration and poverty. AUTUMN'S EYES captures this impressionable time in this child's life, and ask the greater question: is there truly hope for a child growing up in these circumstances? Through the perspective of a little girl, 'Autumn's Eyes' explores this perilous state of hope.
