Articles by Guido Henkel

Columbia TriStar remembers Henry Fool

October 10, 2003 // 0 Comments

Hal Hartley’s wit is in full force with the offbeat Henry Fool. The film will be released by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. Socially inept young garbage man Simon Grim sulks through a sexless, humiliating lower-class existence. He shares a house [...]

Digital Video Essentials

October 10, 2003 // 0 Comments

Many home theater enthusiasts are familiar with the ’Video Essentials, ’ a release that contains test patterns, reference images and very detailed instructions how to calibrate and properly set up your home theater equipment in order to get the best [...]

Palm Pictures lets in The Housekeeper

October 9, 2003 // 0 Comments

The box office hit in France that never found a strong audience here will get a second chance when The Housekeeper comes to DVD this November. Set in Paris and the majestic beaches of Normandy, Jacques is a bachelor living alone after his wife has left [...]

A Christmas Story: Special Edition

October 9, 2003 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video has added some interesting hidden features to their 20th Anniversary Special Edition release of “A Christmas Story.” Insert the first disc of the set in your DVD player and on the Main Menu select the “Special Features.” On the [...]

Aladdin comes in 2004

October 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

In the not hardly unexpected news department, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has officially announced the unofficially known next installment of the Platinum Edition lineup; Aladdin will come as a special two disc edition in the fall of 2004. As expected, [...]

The Italian Job

October 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

On Paramount Home Entertainment’s release of “The Italian Job, ” the studio has hidden some additional footage for you to discover. Here’s how to get to it. From the DVD’s Main Menu go to the “Special Features” section and there highlight [...]

The Italian Job

October 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

A remake of the 1969 film of the same name, ’The Italian Job’ turns out to be much more than a simple reshoot. While using generally the same premise – a gold heist – the film throws in a number of wicked twists and story elements that were not [...]

Freaky Friday appears on DVD

October 7, 2003 // 0 Comments

Buena Vista probably couldn’t be happier with the unexpected success of the family remake Freaky Friday. The film will come to DVD as a pretty packed DVD this winter. Annabel and her mother Tess are constantly arguing; Tess’s fiance is an unacceptable [...]

Dawson’s Creek Season Two is coming

October 7, 2003 // 0 Comments

The recently departed drama Dawson’s Creek will likely gain some new fans when the complete second season arrives on DVD this winter. The story continues the unforgettable journey that explores the agony and the ecstasy of teenage life, while developing [...]

Spend Christmas with The Simpsons

October 7, 2003 // 0 Comments

Almost sneaking in under the radar is the second theme based DVD for The Simpsons. Following the recent Halloween release, Christmas with the Simpsons arrives this month. The new disc contains the five episodes Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Mr Plow, [...]
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