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His Dark Materials
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His Dark Materials: Season 3 | Official Trailer | HBO This last batch of episodes is poetic, heavy with heart and soul, and provides a satisfying conc ..
Av Club
4.5
Seeing as shes our viewpoint character, thats completely as it should be.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Its richly constructed fantasy world is magical without being cutesy.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Nobodys safe in a reality denying autocracy, even, as Father Graves discovered, the inner circle.
Den Of Geek
1.5
Season twos strength has been keying into its characters emotional lives.
Den Of Geek
1.5
Its a series thats not perfect and it isnt the adaptation of the books that we deserve, but its good, and thats a start.
Indie Wire
4.5
And thats before you got to the literal child soul trafficking stuff.
Paste Magazine
4.0
His Dark Materials was always going to be a difficult story to realize on screen but HBO and the creative team here have managed to deliver a faithful ..
JoBlo
4.0
Its like hes trying to do a Rickman but doesnt have the gravitas.
TV Fanatic
4.5
Unimpeachably good co casting didnt hinder, with Marielle Heller a standout as Beths adoptive mother.
The Guardian
4.5
This week, it seems like the show is doubling down on the decision to pull from each book in the trilogy while advancing the plot of the first book al ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
His Dark Materials seems to be working with some save the best for last blueprints, because lately, the shows been better than ever.
Film Inquiry
4.5
His Dark Materials has set an exciting president, letting its fans know that this is not necessarily going to be told in the same order of events as t ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
This episode delivered just what Ive been looking for, and is the best of the season thus far.
Film Inquiry
4.5
In what is now the fourth episode of the epic journey of Lyra Belacqua, we are introduced to some of the final characters needed to tell the story, an ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
So far, this show has done a perfect job at translating Pullmans ambiguity within his characters. No one is what they seem in Lyras world, nor they as ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
The show prides itself on its ability to present a story to us in the most accessible and stylish way possible. It toes the line between arthouse and ..
Film Inquiry
3.0
It results in what feels like a paper thin quest narrative that doesnt do what it needs to in order to reinforce Lees relationship to Lyra and the sto ..
Tv Av Club
4.5
ND Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman in The Undoing The Undoing, Now TV/Sky Atlantic Reigning queen of prestige TV Nicole Kidman reunites with Big Little L ..
Standard
4.5
The best thing The Daemon Cages does is pair Mrs. Coulter and Lyra back together, and Ruth Wilson and Dafne Keen do impressively antagonistic work tog ..
Pajiba
4.5
Jack Thorne is really jumping into all kinds of world building in fifth episode The Lost Boy, and some of it really works hello, Serafina Pekkala! and ..
Pajiba
4.5
John Faa, Farder Coram, and Ma Costa all of whom have various kinds of wisdom and power within the Gyptian community fill in important portions of the ..
Pajiba
1.5
Where is the mystery of this plot Where is the richness and the grandeur The Idea of North is a shocking exposition dump.
Pajiba
4.5
Asriels and Marisas daemons embracing in front of the pathway into another world evocatively captured, for the first time all season, the relationship ..
Pajiba
4.5
It doesnt equate to any particular church or form of religion in our world.
Pajiba
4.5
Then theres House of the Dragon, the proposed Game of Thrones prequel thats being developed at HBO.
Firstpost
2.0
Lyra isnt drawn into a world of wondrous magic like Harry Potter, and she doesnt stumble into a world hopping wardrobe.
The Play List
4.5
Keen finally lets loose a little more, allowing Lyras natural cockiness and rashness shine through,, and giving us fun fish out of water moments.
Film
4.5
Its clear that shes a force to be reckoned with, her sweet demeanor unquestionably hiding darker motives.
Ign
4.5
Asriel may be passionate and driven, but hes not heartlesshe understands the cost of everything hes doing.
Io9 Gizmodo
4.5
They cant defeat the Magisterium if she doesnt go to the village, where shes supposed to find a ghost, though whether thats literal or figurative is u ..
Bitly
4.5
His Dark Materials occasionally gets a little too dry and self serious, so having The Daemon Cages take place almost entirely in a dystopian sanitariu ..
Bitly
4.5
Though a bit rushed and uneven at times, its a nice set up to both an inevitable epic confrontation, and a sinister turn for someone very close to Lyr ..
Bitly
4.5
This doesnt mean that I dont see its odd beauty, or grasp its weird internal logic.
New States Man
0.5
No adaptations going to be a 1 to 1 perfect replica of the original. But here the existing fault lines have split wide open.
Cultured Vultures
4.5
Any overshadowing McAvoy does, to be fair, isnt even a fault of circumstance.
Cultured Vultures
1.5
However, because Lyra isnt consciously on the run from Mrs. Coulter like in the first season, shes not exploring new places episode to episode, so the ..
Mash Able
4.5
Now, Im not saying the Church doesnt need to be dealt with, because it does.
Vulture
4.5
A compelling watch that doesnt play it safe or dumbed down with its YA literature audience
The Spool
4.5
Childhood itself doesnt seem to be sentimentalized the real accomplishment comes in reaching the age of reason, when you can be told and understand re ..
The Spool
1.5
Both too much and not enough is happening in His Dark Materials, and hopefully it sets a more even pace going forward.
The Spool
4.5
If theres one thing His Dark Materials does well, its emphasize the idea that its better to be truthful with children, even if the truth is dark and u ..
The Spool
4.5
Its interesting to note that Lyra, for a child, has an unsettling amount of self assurance.
The Spool
1.5
Where to begin We could state the obvious, that Craig Levein doesnt have *quite* the same charisma as Jose Mourinho or Pep Guardiola.
Herald Scotland
1.5
Building His Dark Materials (6 Minutes): A look at the shows remarkable production design.
The Blus Pot
1.5
While the first episode of His Dark Materials is extremely slow and boring, the series as a whole shows promise.
Mama's Geeky
4.5
And unlike its sister HBO show Watchmen, the absence of background info doesnt distract from the action.
Dallas News
4.5
Interlinked terra cotta tenements, stone etched town steps and cobbled walkways breathe an authenticity into every moment.
Flickering Myth
1.5
By being so simplistic, it doesnt respect younger viewers and cant pique the interest of adult fantasy fans.
Time Of India
4.5
The show doesnt glimmer like an oddly polished Marvel film (this is not me taking a side in Scorsese v Marvel) its just a beautifully realized version ..
Time Of India
4.5
Pullmans best loved tales deserve a big budget to produce the goods. So far, that cash has been put to good use.
NME
4.5
But this isnt a childrens book anymore and those changes make perfect sense for TV.
NME
1.5
An unexplained plot and patchy CGI make for the weakest episode so far...
NME
4.5
Malice finally sees the witches arrive in Cittagazze and Serafina Pekkala finally meets the child that shes been helping for all this time.
The Beat
4.5
That ending was fantastic and Im glad we got to see a bit of , even if it was only for a few moments.
The Beat
4.5
She doesnt know how to cook, shes haughty, she doesnt even know how to bathe because servants have done it for her her entire life.
The Beat
4.5
We already have seen both of worlds (...), but it would have been a delight to see this interaction between characters
The Beat
4.5
The Scholar shines a spotlight on Mrs. Coulters exposure to Wills world, where she is confronted with not only a different world but one where she mig ..
The Beat
1.5
Lyra ignores the alethiometers advice leading to dangerous consequences.
The Beat
1.5
After three episodes, it was time for a giant exposition info dump, and His Dark Materials Tower of the Angels was that info dump.
The Beat
4.5
His Dark Materials offers up a slow but satisfying penultimate episode.
WhatToWatch
4.5
Basically its a lot to fit into a single episode and it doesnt always flow as smoothly as Im sure the creative team would like.
WhatToWatch
4.5
Will and Lyra head off on an emotionally driven journey in this stellar second episode.
WhatToWatch
4.5
An emotional and exciting episode that hints at the bigger battle to come.
WhatToWatch
4.5
His Dark Materials gets deep into lore and daddy issues and its amazing.
WhatToWatch
4.5
Lyra and Will come to terms with their fates in this terrific finale episode.
WhatToWatch
4.5
An unexpected and villainous alliance puts Will and Lyra in grave danger.
WhatToWatch
4.5
But nothing hes done in a long time has been as good as The Irishman.
Arts At L
4.5
Pullman manages to explore some of the deeper philosophical ideas that deep root his sagafaith, heresy, objective truth, and primarily Original Sinin ..
Cultural Conversation
1.5
I cant imagine how a long time fan would feel with these sort of changes that seem to cut away at some of the core parts of the story.
Nerdophiles
4.5
And while Ive had my doubts, Ive thoroughly enjoyed where this storyline has gone in the last few episodes.
Nerdophiles
4.5
While the pilot doesnt necessarily connect the dots for you, the physical proof of a soul feeds into the validations of the church for the presence of ..
Nerdophiles
4.5
While Im very unsure about this subplot, I do really enjoy the direction The Spies has taken in this episode.
Nerdophiles
4.5
This episode was by far one of the most enjoyable of this season. Finally getting to see Iorek and Lee on screen was an absolute joy.
Nerdophiles
1.5
readers are bound to have complaints in this adaptation. But version leaves out some clear thematic elements that still leave the show feeling hollow ..
Nerdophiles
4.5
HBO clearly hasnt lost its affinity (or knack) for world building on a grand scale, and His Dark Materials is yet another story that sweeps its audien ..
Digital Trends
1.5
Advertisement But thats a problem that has dogged the entirety of His Dark Materials TV series.
Giz Modo
4.5
The feature film already cast Sam Elliott, who really cant be out cowboyed.
3.0
That sedentary build up to more thrilling moments, though, doesnt aid its narrative flow.
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