Fresh On Disc: “Golden Compass, Hero Wanted”

Release Date: April 29, 2008

Who's got time to go to the movies? BLUR has you covered with the DVDs you will want for your collection. Plus, check out our lists of the best DVDs that tried to assemble a great multicultural cast or had a unique perspective on race or ethnicity, at home or abroad. From the best interracial buddy movies to the ones with top swirl, we put together our choices. What are yours?

Experience

Best Interracial
Buddy Movies

Stir Crazy – Skip and Harry are framed for bank robbery and forced to adjust to prison life. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are on top of their game in this hilarious comedy directed by Sidney Poitier.
Rush Hour – Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan can’t stand each other but are forced to work together to save the eleven-year old daughter of the Chinese Consul.
The Bucket List – Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman decide to fulfill all of their wildest dreams before they die of cancer.
Reign Over Me – Charlie Fineman is overcome with grief after he loses his family on September eleventh. Reuniting with his old college roommate is the only thing that can help him recover from his depression. Starring Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler.
White Men Can’t Jump – Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson join forces to hustle local L.A. basketball players who continually underestimate the “white guy.”

NEW DVD RELEASES FOR TUESDAY APRIL 29, 2008

Golden Compass - A young woman embarks on a magical journey to save her friend who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious organization and finds a magical particle that unites parallel universes. This film is an aesthetically pleasing adventure laced with thought provoking philosophical innuendo increasingly relevant to our current time of moral compromise. Starring Australian Nicole Kidman, Englishman Daniel Craig, English woman Dakota Blue Richards and the Parisian Eva Green.

Hero Wanted – After a garbage man saves a little girl from a fiery car crash, he thinks he is a real life hero, tries to stop a bank robbery and is left for dead. He exacts his revenge and is forced to deal with the retaliation from his victim’s cohorts. Exciting action with enough thrills to keep you on the edge of your seat. Starring Canadian Kim Coates, the Scotsman Tommy Flanagan, Englishman Ben Cross, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ray Liotta.