Articles by Guido Henkel

Batman and Robin get serialized

February 3, 2005 // 0 Comments

1949 – the height of the serial – saw the screen adventures of Batman and Robin. Now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the entire serial to DVD in March. Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) [...]

David Blaine: Fearless

February 3, 2005 // 0 Comments

On Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s release of the magician’s DVD release “David Blaine: Fearless” you can also find some hidden features that will magically appear if you do the right thing. On the DVD’s Main Menu use the directional buttons on [...]

Ocean’s Twelve hits the disc

February 2, 2005 // 0 Comments

Although not the hit its predecessor was, Ocean’s Twelve played well with fans and will come to DVD this spring from Warner Home Entertainment. They’re back. And then some. Twelve is the new eleven when Danny Ocean and pals return in a sequel to the [...]

Hey, Hey, Hey… It’s Fat Albert

February 2, 2005 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is ready for Bill Cosby and Fat Albert. The DVD is arriving this spring. The DVD will have separate fullscreen and anamorphic widescreen releases and include audio commentary with Joel Zwick and Jon Davis, two [...]

Enterprise, Enterprise, Enterprise

February 2, 2005 // 0 Comments

Several Star Trek related news today. Paramount Home Entertainment has announced a May release for the first season of Star Trek Enterprise. The set will include the series in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1. The set will likely follow the [...]

The Grudge

February 2, 2005 // 0 Comments

Since "Ringu" Japanese horror movies are all the rage here in the US, but mind you, not all of them are actually any good, and what works for Japanese audiences does not necessarily translate well to American moviegoers. For that reason [...]

The White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights

February 1, 2005 // 0 Comments

On their release of “The White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights” the band has also hidden some additional footage for their fans to discover. From the DVD’s Main Menu select the menu entry “The Songs.” On the following page highlight song number [...]

Astro Boy comes to DVD

January 31, 2005 // 0 Comments

The granddaddy of all anime comes to DVD with the set of Astro Boy coming from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. All 50 episodes are coming this spring. Astro Boy tells the story of a permanently youthful robot boy modeled after the son of a research [...]

Incident At Loch Ness

January 31, 2005 // 0 Comments

The mother of all mockumentaries has arrived! There, you have it. Completely out of the left field I received "Incident At Loch Ness" last week and being a fan of Werner Herzog’s films, I immediately decided to give this film a try. What a [...]

MGM settles class action

January 28, 2005 // 0 Comments

Apparently, a class action suit has been files against MGM concerning representation of 1.66:1 and 1.85:1 films. The details are clouded in legal-speak, but it boils down to the claim that 1.85 and 1.66 films have the same display ratio. MGM has denied [...]
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