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Vatican Blasts “Golden Compass” as Godless and Hopeless

That is the headline from Reuters earlier this week. Calling for a boycott of the recent film based on the controversial trilogy, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, the Vatican statement elaborates: “when man tries to eliminate God from his horizon, everything is reduced, made sad, cold and inhumane”. Also according to Reuters, the [...]

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“The Golden Compass” Lost Its Direction

On it’s opening night, The Golden Compass, brought in just over $9 million. In comparison, the last Harry Potter movie raked in over $100 million it’s first day. $26 million was the take for TGC this whole weekend. Costing almost $200 million to produce, this is a huge disappointment for New Line [...]

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