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The Golden Compass. London premiere
"If Darth Vader wore a blond wig, a slinky dress and a dab of Chanel behind each ear, he could hardly be as evil as Nicole Kidman, playing the gorgeous villainess Mrs Coulter in this spectacular new movie version of [The Golden Compass], the opening episode of Philip Pullman''s fantasy series His Dark Materials," writes the Guardian''s Peter Bradshaw. "This is the very best sort of part for her: statuesque, elegant, seductive, with a hint of cold steel. In a number of ways, it''s her juiciest character since the sociopathic meteorologist in To Die For."
"When she walks down the hall of fictional Jordan College in a figure-hugging gold lame gown, her honey-blonde locks permed into place, the men on screen fall silent - and my mouth fell open and an involuntary ''wow!'' fell out," confesses Baz Bamigboye in the Daily Mail. "Now, that''s what I call a movie star entrance, and I haven''t seen it done with such aplomb in years."
Updated through 12/2.
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