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[For ages 11-16] Penelope Opens Feb. 29, Rated PG penelopethemovie.com Christina Ricci plays a girl cursed at birth with pig ears and a snout. As sexist fairy tales go, the curse is broken if she finds the right guy to love her. Catherine O’Hara, as Penelope’s mother, and James McAvoy, as the modern-day Prince Charming, get to ham it up, while producer Reese Witherspoon casts herself in a Bacon Bit-sized role. The Spiderwick Chronicles Opens Feb. 15; Rated PG-13 spiderwickchronicles.com How many fantasies set in enchanted lands inhabited by fairies, goblins and other creatures do we need? Apparently, at least another one. This alternate world comes from the book series by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, and is centered on a set of boy twins (Freddie Highmore) and their older teenaged sister who discover an odd, sometimes dangerous, place through a book found in their great-uncle’s rundown mansion. |
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