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I couldn’t help but ponder, the morning after The Golden Compass screening, whether a completely animated adaptation of the revered Philip Pullman novel — first in the His Dark Materials series — ...

"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 ...

"The Golden Compass," adapted from the first novel in author Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series, thrusts us into a fantastic landscape that's wondrous to behold. "There are many universes ...