Another holiday movie season, another fantastic mythological universe to contend with. This time, it's the world -- or multiple parallel worlds -- of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, the ...

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Ever since Atari buried thousands of copies of its 2600 game ET in a New Mexican landfill, film tie-ins have been synonymous with mediocrity. The Golden Compass, the new game from SEGA that coincides ...

It is a strange feeling walking into a fantasy film like this and not knowing what to expect. I have read all of the Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings books so I had some idea ...

In a world parallel to our own, there exists an orphan girl named Lyra who is destined to alter the course of the universe. Her realm, as well as ours, are just two of many that exist within ...

The Golden Compass owes a lot to 2005’s The Chronicles of Narnia. Like Narnia, it is a game based on a film based on a fantasy novel, and it even goes so far as to summarily lift hunks of gameplay ...