Articles by Guido Henkel

Where Eagles Dare

September 9, 2003 // 0 Comments

This month, Warner Home Video is extending the "Clint Eastwood Collection" by a significant number of titles, including the World War II highlight "Where Eagles Dare." Out of the whole batch of films that Warner lined up in the [...]

Universal screws up yet another time!

September 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

We all know that Universal is in shambles and with the pending sale of the company it seems, people are even less inclined to do a decent job over there. For over a year now, the company has constantly been misdirected and mismanaged to the point that it [...]

Bike Squad comes from MTI

September 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

MTI Home Entertainment is getting some family entertainment out there with the upcoming DVD release of The Bike Squad. An evil dogcatcher is snatching pets and selling them to a local lab for scientifictesting. With the help of the Bike Squad, Ryan must [...]

Futurama: Season 2

September 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

On 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s recent release of the second season of “Futurama, ” the studio has once again hidden a slew of features on the discs. We’ve been counting seven in total… Start by inserting disc on in your player and go [...]

Head Of State

September 8, 2003 // 0 Comments

Chris Rock wrote, directed and starred in Dreamworks’ latest comedy to come to DVD, ’Head of State.’ The film is a hilarious persiflage on the subject of political campaigning, which, of course, has reached an all-time low with the ridiculous antics [...]

Pirates set sail on DVD

September 5, 2003 // 0 Comments

There’s nothing like a good pirate adventure, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment will deliver the goods with the upcoming 2-disc set of irates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Captain Jack Sparrow has an old score to settle with the crew [...]

Bulletproof Monk

September 5, 2003 // 0 Comments

Chow Yun Fat’s latest movie is an interesting mix of classic FantAsia elements and modern urban cinema. I was very reluctant when it came to the movie but given the leading man’s stature, I decided to give the DVD a spin, which has been released by [...]

Charlies Angel’s go Full Throttle on DVD

September 4, 2003 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is preparing not one, but two releases of the action laden Chalies Angel’s: Full Throttle; the theatrical release and a separate unrated edition. The Angels prepare to strike without warning as they go undercover to [...]

New special editions from Disney

September 3, 2003 // 0 Comments

The catalog of Disney titles has undergone the most eclectic series of releases of any collection out there. Going back to the early days of VHS, the Disney corporation has never figured out exactly how to release the set and has abandoned idea after [...]

Paper Moon

September 3, 2003 // 0 Comments

Peter Bogdanovich’s wonderfully crafted "Paper Moon" has been absent from DVD far too long. Fortunately for all fans of this movie, it is finally available through Paramount Home Entertainment in a version that also contains a few interesting [...]
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