Articles by Guido Henkel
House Of Flying Daggers
It took them 8 years but finally, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has got it right. After regularly butchering the Hong Kong movies they had in their licensed library with sub-par transfers and no supplements to speak of, finally the studio has [...]
Bill & Ted get a most triumphant box set
They are Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan. And together they are Wyld Stalyons. And together, their two films are finally getting a box set with some new special features in Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection coming from MGM Home [...]
The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers
Like most I have been a big fan of Peter Seller’s work. His charming mumbling, bumbling and fumbling character portrayals always cracked me up whether he played Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series, Hrundi Bakshi in "The Party, " Dr. [...]
More Adult Swim
New details are in on the latest Adult Swim DVDs due this summer. Harvey Birdman Vol. 1 and Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast Vol. 3 are both coming filled with extras. Once a third-rate superhero, Harvey Birdman is now a third-rate lawyer trying like hell to get [...]
Species III
On their release of “Species III” MGM Home Entertainment has hidden an additional clip, hidden in the depths of the DVD’s menues. From the DVD’s Main Menu go to the “Special Features” section. Once there, go to the second page of the Special [...]
Pop in some Home Movies
The second season of the Adult Swim entry Home Movies is coming to DVD from Shout! Factory. Brendon Small is an eight-year-old would-be Scorsese. Living with his recently divorced and slightly alcoholic mother (Paula Small), Brendon passes the time making [...]
Malevolence
"Malevolence" is Stevan Mena’s debut in filmmaking. He wrote, produced and directed this independent horror film and even wrote the music for it. Anyone with that sort of determination and skill set is certainly earning my respect as such [...]
Will you hold a Grudge against Sony Pictures?
The question may seem odd, but Sony Pictures Home Entertainment once again made a move that will undoubtedly upset many fans of the chilling horror film The Grudge. Only weeks after the release of a standard version of the film, the studio now announced a [...]
Miramax and Disney go their separate ways
The long partnership between Miramax and Disney came to an official end today. While Disney maintains the rights to the library of films produced by Miramax as well as the name Miramax, the Weinsteins still own Dimension Films and will control production [...]