Articles by Guido Henkel

Wishmaster

February 12, 1998 // 0 Comments

Although Wes Craven had hardly anything to do with "Wishmaster", having merely lent his name to the movie mostly in order to give it better box-office exposure in the wake of his smashing success with "Scream", the movie displays a [...]

Liar Liar

February 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

Since his stellar performance in "The Mask", Canadian comedian Jim Carrey established himself in the Hollywood ranks as one of Hollywood’s best comics. His recent Golden Globe Award for his performance in "Liar Liar" convincingly [...]

The Chaplin Mutuals

February 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

"The Chaplin Mutuals" is a set of three discs from Image Entertainment, containing some of the master’s most memorable films. It is a beautiful, completely new remastered release that is far superior to any other incarnation of these classic [...]

Hoodlum

February 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

"Hoodlum" is an impetuous movie, based on legendary characters from the 30’s-era Harlem crime scene. Though not completely true to history, neither is it absolutely fictitious. At first glance it appears to be like many other ’30’s crime [...]

Castle Freak

January 9, 1998 // 0 Comments

"Castle Freak" is the winner of the 1995 Fangoria Golden Chainsaw Award; after watching it on Full Moon’s latest DVD release, I have to admit, it’s deservedly so. Though the movie doesn’t exactly reinvent the genre, it’s refreshingly [...]

Re-Animator

January 5, 1998 // 0 Comments

In 1985, when the horror genre was flooded with the various "Zombie", "Friday the 13th", and "Halloween" clones — not to mention other rip-offs of some originally good franchises — "Re-Animator" breathed [...]

Kiss The Girls

January 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

Paramount have left some interesting material on the disc of “Kiss The Girls”. Although the disc itself is not THX certified, you can find two THX trailers on this release. One of them is anamorphic, while the other is not. Use your remote control to [...]

Zero Effect

January 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

There is a really interesting and different feature on Warner’s release of “Zero Effect”. The disc contains a commentary track with director Jake Kasdan and listening to it can actually pay five dollars to a charity! Here’s how it works. Jake [...]

Lost In Space

January 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

New Line’s Platium Edition of “Lost In Space” is stuffed with extras. The first one is the New Line logo in the main menu. Select it and you will see a credit screen. Within this screen you can select the “JVC Digital Cameras” entry and it will [...]

Logan’s Run

January 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

MGM Home Entertainment have hidden a small “gem” on the disc of this classic movie. Go to the main menu and skip down to “Special Features”. Then press the left or right arrow key to highlight the crystal in the hand of one of the characters. If [...]
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