Out this week is the action comedy, “The Other Guys” as well as the 3D dance film, “Step Up 3D”. (Don’t count the second one out, the first two have been big box office earners.) But what else is out this weekend? Quite a bit actually, in the first sign of a fall film surge, you have ten alternative choices at the box office this weekend, and more if you live in a larger market. (Chicago, New York, L.A.)

“The Butler’s In Love” is an independent film directed by David Arquette and inspired by an absinthe era painting of the same name. The film is a visually intricate portrait of quiet love waiting to bloom for several willing people.

“12^th and Delaware” is an HBO documentary that highlights a hot spot in the debate between the pro-life movement and the right to choose movement. The film chronicles a slice of time at an intersection in Florida where an abortion clinic and a crisis pregnancy center sit across the street from each other.

“The Sicilian Girl” is a drama based on the true story of a daring 17 year old girl who informed on the mob after they murdered her brother and father. From that point forward, Rita has a target on her back, and must live out the suspense of knowing that her testimony to an anti-mafia judge has numbered her days.

“The Dungeon Masters” brings documentary lovers the serious look into Dungeons and Dragons that they have always wanted. Many humorous films have explored the world of gaming and role-playing, but this doc takes a closer look at the way gaming has affected three very serious gamers at their most personal levels.

“Cairo Time” is a film that follows Juliette, a successful magazine editor in her 50s who ventures to Egypt to meet her husband for a long-awaited vacation. When she arrives, she discovers that her husband has sent an assistant in his stead, detained by his UN job and unable to attend the vacation. What do you think happens when the lonely wife and the friendly assistant are left to the exotic land of Egypt on their own?

“Mao’s Last Dancer” is an artfully lensed adaptation of an Australian novel about a Chinese Dancer. The novel itself was based on the real autobiography of Li Cunxin who was forced to escape China and flee to Australia at the end of the cultural revolution.

“Flipped” is the tale of young love, very young. Bryce and Juli meet as young neighbors when they are six years old. Juli is immediately infatuated with Bryce, who still operates under the M.O. that girls are gross. As they grow older and Juli gets the message, Bryce finds himself infatuated with Juli just as she is getting over him. Will they get together? Is it really love or just attachment?

“The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest” is a visually stunning documentary. It follows the mystery of George Mallory’s death and the new investigation that opened after his body was discovered perfectly preserved on Everest in 1999. See it for the sweeping panoramic views of Everest and find yourself enraptured by the mystery at hand.

“Oxford Murders” is a mystery that follows a new graduate student (Elijah Wood) as he makes the unfortunate discovery of a gruesome murder. What happens next is a game of cat and mouse between the student, a professor, and the serial killer who seems to have been set loose on campus. It sounds like a slasher film, but it’s much closer to a Masterpiece Mystery.

“Middle Men” is the gritty tale of the early days of internet pornography as a business. When one man is asked to help steer an early company into a lucrative future, he finds himself suddenly wealthy with a family that’s quickly falling apart. This film will take you back to 1995, a time when the internet was just a whisper of what it has become.