Articles by Guido Henkel

Spider-Man swings back to DVD

March 24, 2004 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has two new editions of Spider-Man poised to join the existing cluster of Spidey discs on the market. First up is the Spider-Man: Deluxe Edition. Similar to the initial release, the film comes in anamorphic widescreen [...]

Beyond The Mat

March 23, 2004 // 0 Comments

When a friend first introduced me to wrestling many, many years ago, I though nothing of this sort of entertainment, but after a few exposures I eventually got to appreciate its entertainment value. Wrestling no longer is the same it was in the late 80s [...]

DVD-R finally gets dual layer capability

March 22, 2004 // 0 Comments

Sony Corp has announced the drive DVD enthusiasts have been waiting for, a DVD-R that can burn dual layer discs. The new discs labled DVD-R DL can hold up to 8.5 Gb of data. The drive will cost less than their single layer counterparts debuted at, with a [...]

Gothika

March 22, 2004 // 0 Comments

Once in a while you encounter films that steal left and right from earlier movies to tell their story, and yet they somehow manage to remain efficient and entertaining. ’Gothika’ is such a film, borrowing from various genre classics, most notably from [...]

Columbia TriStar expands the Underworld

March 19, 2004 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has some good or bad news for fans of Underworld, depending on how much they’ve already spent on the DVD. A New director’s cut with extra features is coming in May as Underworld: Unrated Extended Cut. In the [...]

The Osterman Weekend

March 19, 2004 // 0 Comments

’Bloody Sam’ Peckinpah’s final film is now available on DVD, courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. Having spared no expense, the studio has created a commemorative 2-disc edition for the film for all its fans, which is quite interesting, as ’The [...]

Anchor Bay releases season four of Highlander

March 18, 2004 // 0 Comments

The fourth season of Highlander is coming as a fairly nice box set from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Season four is highlighted by Adrian Paul’s critically acclaimed directorial efforts on the episodes “Homeland” and “Methuselah’s Gift.” The [...]

Zim invades DVD

March 18, 2004 // 0 Comments

Media Blasters has been given the go ahead from Nickelodeon to release the series Invader Zim to DVD starting with a new nine episode set. Invader Zim, created by comic book artist Jhonen Vasquez, is about Zim, an alien from the planet Irk, a society [...]

Warner cranks up the Torque

March 17, 2004 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video rides the line with the new DVD release of Torque coming to DVD in May. Biker Cary Ford lives to ride. Now he’s riding to live. The Reapers biker gang wants him for a murder he did not commit. The leader of the Hellions wants to get [...]

Looney Tunes: Back In Action

March 17, 2004 // 0 Comments

On Warner Home Video’s release of “Looney Tunes: Back In Action” the studio has hidden a brief animated clip. Here is how to find it. From the DVD’s Main Menu go to the “special Features.” There, press the “Right” arrow key on your remote [...]
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