The Bank Job: In 1971, low-rent thieves dug into the vault at a Lloyd's Bank in London and raided the safe-deposit boxes. This dramatization blends the daring of the bank-heist genre with the dread of the political-paranoia genre, exploring a universe of police corruption, financial malfeasance and sexual degeneracy.
Penelope: A half woman/half pig (Christina Ricci) looks for her true love (James McAvoy) to break the curse. The film's a frantic mess, but it may be seductive to viewers susceptible to modern-day fairy tales heavy on whimsy and easily digestible life lessons about inner beauty.