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Writer and director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) gives Liam Neeson his best role to date in the story of a Harvard-bred zoologist whose historic research made sex safe for scholarly study. In Kinsey, the physically powerful Mr. Neeson plays Alfred Kinsey as a vigorous, intransigent intellectual moved by science, a man whose work liberated repressed, lonely souls in an era of ignorance about sex.

The New World didn't take to the conqueror of the ancient world, preferring the confines of suburbia during Thanksgiving weekend. Tim AllenOliver StoneColin FarrellBrad Pitt

Oliver Stone's Alexander is more melodramatic than operatic, though there is much to appreciate. In choosing Alexander the Great as his subject, Stone tries to capture one of the world's greatest men and sometimes the movie is as breathtaking as it is ambitious.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was No. 1 internationally for the second weekend, taking in $20,651,260 from 1,816 screens in 18 territories. The overseas total climbed to $58,969,962. Renée ZellwegerRobert ZemeckisDenzel Washington

Following in the holiday footsteps of Jingle all the Way, Christmas with the Kranks celebrates the dysfunctional, materialistic American family, while pretending to be a heartfelt ode to the holiday.

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This weekend's main theme: cleanliness. The box office was dominated by a family-friendly adventure, two computer animated features and a movie about a talking cleaning tool. Jerry BruckheimerNicolas CageDwayne JohnsonJohnny Depp

Miramax's fictional tale of Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie's life, Finding Neverland, is a solemn affair about rediscovering one's sense of childlike innocence. Despite a marketing push to families, this adult-oriented picture is not for the kids. That's fine. If director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball) doesn't exactly make you want to play cowboys and Indians, he makes you remember why you did. Johnny DeppDustin HoffmanRadha MitchellKate Winslet

There is little reason to see The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie, an absolutely banal movie which is an expanded version of the Nickelodeon TV show of the same name.

PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMMENCES ON 'THE DUKES OF HAZZARD,' STARRING JOHNNY KNOXVILLE, SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT AND JESSICA SIMPSON FOR WARNER BROS. PICTURES AND VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was the No. 1 movie internationally with record breaking openings in six territories: the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland and Croatia. Its overall weekend tally came to $26,597,139 at 1,016 playdates, averaging an outstanding $26,178 per screen. Richard GereJennifer LopezJulianne MooreTom CruiseDenzel WashingtonNicole Kidman

Academy Announces Documentary Films in Competition for 77th Academy Awards®

Superheroes proved more powerful than a locomotive.

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YAHOO! TEAMS WITH WARNER BROS. PICTURES AND VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES TO LAUNCH 'OCEAN'S TWELVE' MASTERMIND CHALLENGE George ClooneyBrad PittMatt DamonBernie MacJulia RobertsCatherine Zeta-Jones

Beverly Hills , CA—The 1953 George Stevens-directed western Shane will come back on Monday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m. as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' centennial tribute to the late Oscar®-winning director continues. Shane received six Academy Award® nominations including one for Best Picture of the year.