HOLLYWOOD - Author Philip Pullman has criticized Disney for bringing The Chronicles of Narnia to the big screen, because he believes CS Lewis' books are "racist" and "misogynistic.” The British writer is disgusted by the way Disney is marketing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first film in the series which is due to be released later this year, as a Christian allegory. Pullman describes the seven book series--which was written in the 1950s---"a peevish blend of racist, misogynistic and reactionary prejudice" with "not a trace" of Christian morality. He continues, "If the Disney Corporation wants to market this film as a great Christian story, they'll just have to tell lies about it. "It's not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue. [More]