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The Golden Compass

There are 16 entries tagged with "The Golden Compass".
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DVDs: The Red Balloon Vs. White Mane

Michael Giltz | Posted May 6, 2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Animation, Bbc, Blue Planet, Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett, Che Guevara, Cheers, Dvds, Movies, Nicole Kidman, Shorts, The Golden Compass, The Red Balloon, The Waltons, TV Shows, White Mane

Some delightful children's shorts have come to DVD recently. One is the all-time Albert Lamorisse classic The Red Balloon, a delicately charming, wordless tale of a little boy followed around the streets of Paris by a red balloon. Another is White Mane, director Lamorisse's first gem, this one about a...

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Pregnant Nicole Kidman Dresses Sheer Promoting 'Compass' In Japan

Huffington Post | February 20, 2008 08:31 AM

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Nicole Kidman was glowing in a partially sheer dress in Tokyo while promoting a film: The five-months pregnant Kidman, a mother of two, was in Japan to promote her latest big-budget fantasy film "The Golden Compass" and said she had...

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New Line Faces Shutdown

Wall Street Journal | MERISSA MARR, PETER SANDERS | February 11, 2008 07:37 AM

Read More: Jeff Bewkes, Lord Of The Rings, Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Michael Lynne, New Line, New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson, Robert Shaye, The Golden Compass, Time Warner, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers

New Line Cinema, the studio behind the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, has spent the best part of a decade fiercely protecting its turf within Time Warner Inc. Now, barely a month into his new job, Time Warner Chief Executive...

Colin Farrell Cites "The Golden Compass" For Wrecking New Line

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | February 4, 2008 04:16 PM

Read More: Colin Farrell, Gavin O'Connor, New Line, Pride And Glory, Pride And Glory Review, The Golden Compass

Colin Farrell is out right now doing press for "In Bruges," a darkly comic tale of two hit men exiled to the Belgian city of canals after a job gone wrong. The film opens Friday, but wasn't the only project...

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Who Should Win the Oscars -- The Teaser Categories

Alex Remington | Posted January 28, 2008 | Entertainment

So here are the Oscars. I'm feeling saucy, and so I'm going to say what I think about each nominee in each category and try not to repeat myself too much from my column about the Golden Globes. This column features all the categories other than the big 6...

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What You Should Purchase For Your Loved Ones

Alex Remington | Posted December 19, 2007 | Entertainment

Christmas season is upon us, and you know what that means: it's a time of love, of giving, of end-of-the-year lists, and of presents. So, because I love you, I'm giving you an end-of-the-year list for Christmas presents.

For your mother:

Lost Songs from Eden (CD, by Gevord Dabaghyan with...

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Religious Bigotry's Biggest Ally

Philip Slater | Posted December 19, 2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Gender Bias, Movie Reviews, The Golden Compass, The Golden Compass Gender Bias, The Golden Compass Religion, The Golden Compass Review

I was fascinated by the reaction of male film critics to The Golden Compass, an excellent fantasy film and an assault on religious authoritarianism. Could it be that most male film critics are religious bigots? This seemed unlikely. Yet there it was: female critics are almost unanimous in praising...

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The Vatican Labels Kidman Flop "The Golden Compass" As "Anti-Christmas"

AFP | December 19, 2007 08:17 AM

Read More: L'Osservatore Romano, Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass

The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has criticised the children's film "The Golden Compass" starring Nicole Kidman, calling it "anti-Christmas." Co-starring British actor Daniel Craig, the film is a "fantasy saga with 1960s sauce," the paper said in its Tuesday evening...

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Nicole Kidman's "Golden Compass" Flops Early On

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | December 9, 2007 06:28 PM

Read More: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, New Line Cinema, Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass

"The Golden Compass" proved a mild fantasy at the box office, pulling in $26.1 million, a modest opening weekend compared to such recent December heavyweights as "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" flicks. New Line Cinema's...

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An Atheist on The Golden Compass

Nica Lalli | Posted December 6, 2007 | Entertainment

Apparently, word is out in many Christian communities that the new movie, The Golden Compass, is anti-Christian. Well, the advertisements I have seen for the new movie show arctic adventure, talking bears, witches and battles. That does not seem very different from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, which...

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Golden Compass Author On Religious Uproar

moreintelligentlife.com | Robert Butler | December 4, 2007 09:35 AM

Read More: His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman, Philip Pullman His Dark Materialis, The Golden Compass, The Golden Compass Christianity, The Golden Compass Religion

Is he expecting controversy? He pauses: "I am beset, not beset, that's too strong, I am attended by crazy people." The day before our interview he had given a reading at the Sheldonian Theatre as part of the Oxford Chamber...

"The Golden Compass" Faces Religious Uproar

AP | ERIC GORSKI | December 1, 2007 10:40 AM

The plot sounds familiar: movie takes on religion, angers some faction of believers. But the furor surrounding "The Golden Compass," a $180-million fantasy epic coming to theaters next Friday, is more complex than that. Based on the first volume...

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Nicole Kidman: My Kids Don't Call Me Mom

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | November 29, 2007 11:54 AM

Read More: Connor Cruise, Gmtv, Isabella Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Nicole Kidman's Kids, Scientology, The Golden Compass

"Golden Compass" star Nicole Kidman appeared on Great Britain's GMTV to promote the film, in which she plans the evil Marisa Coulter. After saying she read the books to her kids, she had this exchange with the host: Host: Did...

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Nicole Kidman In "The Golden Compass": Darth Vader In A Blond Wig

Guardian | November 27, 2007 12:47 PM

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If Darth Vader wore a blond wig, a slinky dress and a dab of Chanel behind each ear, he could hardly be as evil as Nicole Kidman, playing the gorgeous villainess Mrs Coulter in this spectacular new movie version of...

Defending The Golden Compass

Michael Giltz | Posted November 16, 2007 | Entertainment

New Line's movie The Golden Compass starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig opens on December 7, bringing an acclaimed best-selling fantasy trilogy by author Philip Pullman to its widest audience yet. And after years of accolades and unstinting praise, Pullman is finally getting his wish for controversy: the...

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Nicole Kidman Dishes On Life As Mrs. Cruise Vs. Mrs. Keith Urban

USA Today | November 9, 2007 10:58 AM

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Nicole Kidman sat for an interview for today's USA Today and she opened up about her life as Mrs. Tom Cruise, and the irrelevancy she felt: Tom and I, we moved and moved and moved. Your sense of where do...

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