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"Law Abiding Citizen" opens with a scene of devastating violence that made me angry on behalf of Clyde Shelton , the only surviving victim of the crime.

"This Is It" took the top spot at the box office this weekend with $21.3 million, bringing the documentary's total gross to $32.5 million since its opening last Wednesday.

November 2, 2009 at 6:11 pm by Curt Holman in Uncategorized , movies & tv , review John Lithgow as "Trinity" : Killer knows best A side effect of the Trinity plot on this season of "Dexter" is that it makes the new remake of The Stepfather , starring Dylan Walsh, seem even more superfluous than it already was.

As expected, Michael Jackon's This Is It topped the Canadian weekend box office, grossing $1.9 million.

Compiled by B.J. Hammerstein, editor of Detroit.metromix.com. Contact him at 313-223-4528 or bjhammerstein@freepress.com Watch out Michael Lohan , not only is that ex-wife of yours, Dina Lohan , talking restraining order, but your superstar daughter Lindsay isn't a fan.

Here's a look at images from 2009 movies with release dates. Image 1 of 21 'The Stepfather' tentative release date Oct 16 This is a remake of the 1987 thriller about the man who tries to kill a family he's married into that isn't working out.

It's Halloween, the one holiday that sells more horror movie tickets than Hallmark cards.

Paranormal Activity , $22 million A young, middle class couple tries to record strange doings and apparitions in the house they share.

Remakes of scary movies have never been hotter, but who wants to see a beloved cult classic gentrified? "The horror! The horror!" In Heart of Darkness , Joseph Conrad liked the word so much he wrote it twice.

As a stepfather myself, a film like The Stepfather is irredeemably offensive not because it depicts our kind as vicious, psychotic, motiveless serial killers, but because the film is such a shameless exercise in promoting the lowest common denominator.

Finally, a horror thriller served up straight. No werewolves , Lycans or jerks named Jigsaw.

"Astro Boy" : The level of mayhem and the theme of parental rejection that run through this computer-animated tale make it more appropriate for children 8 and older.

Genre: Weak-Tea Thriller Directed by: Nelson McCormick Starring: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard, Sherry Stringfield What exactly is there to be said about this utterly worthless, incredibly dull, addle-brained waste of 101 minutes except that it's an utterly worthless, incredibly dull, addle-brained waste of 101 minutes? That ...

A landmark rock documentary and one of the first standout roles for Lost 's Terry O'Quinn are among this week's platinum picks on DVD.

Here, for the sleuths out there body-bagging another sub-B-movie effort, are some Q&As as you investigate the deadly dullness of The Stepfather - a flick about a single-mom-family serial killer that dies artlessly after suffering from Grievous Bodily Harm to Storytelling and Directing Under the Influence of No Creativity Whatsoever.

Actress Sela Ward attends the premiere of 'The Stepfather' at the School of Visual Arts Theater on Monday, Oct.