Penelope is explicitly a modern fairy tale—even to the point of opening with "Once upon a time..." and ending with "...and they lived happily ever after"—about a young woman named Penelope (Christina Ricci), who is cursed. Her family is very old and very rich, and many years ago, a male of their number thought he'd fallen in love with a washerwoman, but ultimately broke his promise to marry her. When the woman subsequently committed suicide,......

Attention Muppet Fans: Miss Piggy is a movie director. Confused? Frank Oz, the voice of everyone's favorite porcine Muppet, is also a movie director – and not a bad one. (You may have previously admired his work on Bowfinger or In & Out.) Today, his latest film, Death at a Funeral opens on the big screen – and it's worth a viewing. Make no mistake: the first forty minutes of Death at a Funeral aren't......