BIG SCREEN

Monsters vs. Aliens (PG) -- Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Colbert are among the actors in the all-star voice cast of this computer-animated feature about a group of government-controlled monsters that battle extra-terrestrials who want to conquer our planet. Available in your choice of IMAX, 3-D, IMAX 3-D or plain ol' 2-D.

Sunshine Cleaning (R) -- A struggling single mom (Amy Adams) starts up a most unusual business to pay for her son's schooling: A biohazard cleaning service.

The Haunting in Connecticut (PG-13) -- A family relocates to upstate Connecticut and makes some troubling discoveries about its new home, such as the fact it was once a funeral parlor whose owner liked to chat up Satan. Based on a true story.

-- RENE RODRIGUEZ

Nightline Face Off (11:35 p.m. Friday, ABC) -- Because the 2012 presidential race doesn't start for at least another week or two, the networks have a shortage of debating politicians. So they turned to the next best thing: Satan. On this special edition of Nightline, Deepok Chopra and United Church of Christ Bishop Carlton Pearson will debate the existence of the devil with evangelical Christian minister Mark Driscoll and Annie Lobert, founder of something called Hookers for Jesus. The cast of Reaper will moderate. OK, I made up the part about Reaper, but the Hookers for Jesus stuff is real.

In the Motherhood (8 p.m. Thursday, ABC) -- In this new sitcom, moms of various stripes, from an uptight Betty Crocker nut case to a do-your-own-thing goofball, struggle to raise snotty children in need of a hard slapping. Starring Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jessica St. Clair (The United States of Tara) and Megan Mullally, who hopefully has been to a surgeon for removal of that irritating voice she used on Will & Grace.

Samantha Who? (8:30 p.m. Thursday, ABC) -- After being repeatedly bumped and dumped to make room for The Bachelor, this comedy starring Christina Applegate as an amnesia victim horrified by what she discovers about her old life finally gets a regular time slot. It's funny, so watch quick, before ABC loses it again.

-- GLENN GARVIN

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