I liked the books of "The Golden Compass" The movie was okay but apparently roused some animosity on the part of the Narnia set. I'm not aware of a projected sequel, and Lyra's gettin' on...


Meanwhile, NPR had a spot on "District 9" Apparently pretty popular in the States, but South Africans not as pro-. One interesting tidbit was that in the real South Africa there was a "District 6" and you can guess for whom that was reserved.

I tend to give movies points for guts even if they are less than PC.