Although The Golden Compass is being compared to the Narnia Chronicles in some of the ads, the series that the book it's based on is a part of - Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy - is really the anti-Narnia: equal but exactly opposite to C.S. Lewis' saga of Christian allegory. Some people are saying that The Golden Compass is anti-Catholic - and they're right. The movie doesn't emphasize it as much as the book......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Pac-Xon is a combination of two classic video games, and those two games are not Pac-Man and Zaxxon, as this Phillyist had anticipated - with geeky excitement, we might add. Instead, the two games are Pac-Man and Qix, which is nearly as good, and makes for some addictive fun. (Via) Ooh, more exciting His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass casting news!......