9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | At long last,
The Golden Compass, New Line’s high-stakes attempt at launching yet another massively profitable fantasy franchise, opens today, though the buzz on the Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig movie is lukewarm at best (currently
a 44% Tomatometer score). Will director Chris Weitz prove he can effectively trade in pastry-penetration for shiny magical trinkets and talking CGI polar bears, or would the overstuffed and overlong epic, as frigid as Kidman after a cosmetic emotion-removal procedure, not even manage to inspire Andy Samberg to roll out of bed this Sunday with a box of freshly baked cupcakes for a matinée showing? A sampling of what the critics are saying:
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12:36PM Clem Bastow | Browsing through the News Ltd gallery of shots featuring the Sydney premiere of The Golden Compass and Nicole Kidman’s tight, silver pant-suit, we couldn’t help but be delighted by this photo and its accompanying caption:
The sheer joy on the face of “That Guy” (on the far left, in case you couldn’t work it out), who seems to have had Our/His Nic sign a Weetbix cricket card, is enough to bring Christmas cheer to the whole country for at least the next two-and-a-half hours. More » 
