Casting Nicole Kidman as The Golden Compass‘s glacial, intractably smooth megalomaniac Mrs. Coulter is no less inspired for being obvious. Indeed, she was the first and only choice for director Chris ...

This article contains minor spoilers for Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. The most revealing moment in “Lyra’s Jordan,” the first episode of His Dark Materials, might get lost amid the ...

"The Golden Compass" garnered a significant amount of public attention in recent months. It wasn't because of New Line's marketing strategy, calling it the next "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, or because ...

James McAvoy doesn't have trouble getting roles in Hollywood, but he wasn't sure that Lord Asriel was right for him. From then on, he kept an eye on potential adaptations. After the box office misfire ...

The writer and director of the maligned 2007 Golden Compass movie knows exactly what went wrong with that adaptation. You should know it’s not his fault, and that things are looking much brighter for ...

At first glance, HBO’s His Dark Materials is an adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Compass. After all, we’re following young Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) and her daemon Pantalaimon ask they ...

HBO’s His Dark Materials faithfully adapts Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass (published first as Northern Lights in the UK). The first episode introduces us to plucky Lyra, played by Logan’s Dafne ...

"The Golden Compass": controversial statement on free will vs. religious oppression or a hard-to-follow fantasy-action flick for kids? Let's go with the latter. When we first meet the heroine Lyra ...

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Does the cineplex really need another fantasy trilogy? The imaginary universe is getting so crowded these days it’s hard not to suffer from epic fantasy fatigue. How much you’ll enjoy The Golden ...

"The Golden Compass," based on the first book of Philip Pullman's epic trilogy "His Dark Materials," pulled out all the stops in this stunning film version. Fans of the trilogy will not be ...