Articles by Guido Henkel

Season Four for Friends

June 23, 2003 // 0 Comments

The 1997-98 season of Friends is coming to DVD from Warner Home Video, the set will be the same as previous sets and will arrive in the summer. Continuing episodes of the smash-hit television comedy series, documenting the lives and loves of six pals in [...]

Heart: Alive In Seattle

June 23, 2003 // 0 Comments

On Image Entertainment’s release of the concert video “Heart: Alive In Seattle, ” the studio has hidden some additional interview footage, and can show you how to access it. From the DVD’s Main Menu highlight the menu entry that reads “Program [...]

Phone Booth

June 23, 2003 // 0 Comments

Given the response I had seen after the movie’s theatrical release I had high hopes for ’Phone Booth’ and decided to give it a check-up when the DVD arrived here. Sadly, the movie did not really live up to my expectations. The plot is weak and [...]

DVD passes VHS in the rental market

June 20, 2003 // 0 Comments

Just yesterday my mother called me to complain that it was harder and harder to find VHS tapes at video rental stores. I scolded her for exaggerating since VHS still dominates the rental market. Well, it looks like I owe her an apology. According the the [...]

Old School

June 20, 2003 // 0 Comments

I admit it. I did not expect anything from ’Old School’ but another idiotic teenage gross-out comedy that revolves around nothing but hormone-driven teenies salivating over the sex they wish they’d have. Boy, was I wrong… ’Old School’ actually [...]

Tempe goes in a new direction

June 19, 2003 // 0 Comments

Tempe Video, formerly a division of Full Moon Entertainment has launched out on their own to produce new video content. Among the first titles coming from the newly organized distributor will be Bloodletting, the double feature of Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker [...]

Terminator 2: Extreme Edition

June 19, 2003 // 0 Comments

On Artisan Home Entertainment’s release of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Extreme Edition” the studio has once again hidden a flurry of Easter Eggs that can be a bit tricky to uncover. Fortunately we can help… To begin, insert the first disc of the [...]

Ed And His Dead Mother

June 19, 2003 // 0 Comments

Looking at the cover and reading the back of the packaging immediately conjured up memories of Peter Jackson’s ’Dead Alive’ when I received a review copy of Pathfinder Home Entertainment’s ’Ed And His Dead Mother. In many ways the story [...]

Controversy surrounds Mr. Bean

June 18, 2003 // 0 Comments

The recent release of the Mr. Bean DVD set Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean from A&E Home Entertainment has been surrounded in controversy. Like the recent Monty Python set from A&E several scenes from the series seemed to be missing. After a few weeks, [...]

Beware the Children of the Night

June 17, 2003 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is preparing the cult horror flick Children of the Night for release this August. This spine-tingling thriller will take you to the ultimate in supernatural evil – a town where every living soul is a vampire [...]
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