Dakota Blue Richards (right) is Lyra Belacqua, a girl trying to save her kidnapped friend, in “The Golden Compass.” Nicole Kidman (left) co-stars as Mrs. Coulter.

(Left to right) Oliver (Martin Freeman), Steven (Paddy Considine), Gary (Simon Pegg), Andy (Nick Frost), and Peter (Eddie Marsan) in Edgar Wright’s The World’s End.

Simon Pegg stars as Gary King in The World’s End.

(Left to right) Andy (Nick Frost), Gary (Simon Pegg), and Steven (Paddy Considine) in The World’s End.