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• Horror • Rated PG-13
The Stepfather

The only raison d'être for The Stepfather–a dull, plodding remake of director Joseph Ruben's brutally suspenseful 1987 film of the same name–is for fans of the original to remind people who haven't seen it that there's a far more disturbing and transgressive Stepfather out there. It was penned by the late, great crime novelist Donald E. Westlake and resonated with Reagan-era family values. It also featured a standout, career-defining performance from a subtly unhinged Terry O'Quinn (Lost) as a deranged family man who marries, murders, and then remarries, desperate to re-create his own twisted vision of a picture-perfect nuclear family that never existed in the first place. As written by J.S. Cardone and played by Walsh, this mad daddy feels contrived and unconvincing. He's going through the motions of O'Quinn's character, but there's no real context for his mania other than the fact that he's clearly, transparently insane. Reviewed by NC.

 

The Stepfather
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Century Cinemas Del Monte Center
1700 Del Monte Center, Monterey
373-8051
Golden State Theater
417 Alvarado St., Monterey
372-4555
Maya Cinemas
153 Main St., Salinas
757-Maya
A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
10:15am; 12:20; 2:30; 4:30; 6:55
A Christmas Carol (2009)
11:10am; 1:20; 3:30; 5:40; 7:50; 10:05
The Blind Side
12:15; 3:15; 6:15; 9:15
Michael Jackson's This is It
10:20am
2012
10:10am; 10:50am; 11:55am; 1:35; 2:00; 3:20; 5:05; 5:50; 7:05; 8:45; 9:20; 10:30
Planet 51
10:30am; 11:15am; 12:45; 1:30; 3:05; 3:50; 5:15; 6:05; 7:30; 8:10; 9:45
Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
7:20; 10:20
The Men Who Stare at Goats
12:10; 2:20; 4:50
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
10:00am; 10:45am; Noon; 1:00; 1:45; 3:00; 4:00; 4:45; 6:00; 7:00; 7:45; 9:00; 10:00; 10:35
The Fourth Kind
10:10pm
Northridge Cinemas
350 Northridge Shopping Center, Salinas
449-4168
A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
11:50am; 2:20; 4:50; 7:20
A Christmas Carol (2009)
12;45; 3:20; 5:45
Michael Jackson's This is It
6:35; 9:15
Paranormal Activity
8:15; 10:35
2012
11:40am; 12:50; 2:00; 5:30; 6:45; 7:55; 9:00
Astro Boy
11:35am; 1:55; 4:15
The Fourth Kind
Noon; 2:35; 5:00; 7:35
The Blind Side
11:25am; 1:00; 2:25; 4:00; 8:25; 10:00
Planet 51
11:45am; 12:55; 2:15; 3:25; 7:15; 8:20; 9:45; 10:45
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
11:30am; 12:30; 1:30; 4:30; 5:30; 6:30; 7:30; 10:30
Osio Cinemas
350 Alvarado St., Monterey
644-8171
New York, I Love You
12:20; 2:40; 5:00; 7:30; 9:50
Paranormal Activity
12:15; 2:15; 4:30; 7:00; 9:15
An Education
12:30; 2:45; 5;00; 7:15; 9:30
Amelia
Noon; 2:25; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40
A Serious Man
Noon; 2:20; 4:40; 7:00; 9:20
Coco Before Chanel
12:10; 2:35; 5:00; 7:25; 9:45
Cannery Row IMAX Theatre
640 Wave St., Monterey
372-4629
Sharks (3D)
11:00am; 2:00; 5:00
The Polar Express (IMAX)
Noon; 3:00; 6:00
Star Trek (IMAX)
8:00
Lighthouse Cinemas
525 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove
643-1333
Bright Star
10:20am (Sat and Sun only); 3:10; 8:00
Michael Jackson's This is It
12:45; 5:40; 10:30 (Sat and Sun only)
The Men Who Stare at Goats
9:45am (Sat and Sun only); 11:45am (Sat and Sun only); 1:45 (except Fri); 3:45 (except Fri); 5:45 (except Fri); 7:45; 9:45 (Fri and Sat only)
The Blind Side
11:30am (Sat and Sun only); 2:10; 4:50; 7:30; 10:15 (Fri and Sat only)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
10:30am (Sat and Sun only); 1:15; 4:15; 7:00; 10:00 (Fri and Sat only)

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