Articles by Guido Henkel

Sleeping Beauty awakens this fall

March 27, 2003 // 0 Comments

One of the pillars of the animated Disney franchise, the family favorite Sleeping Beauty will finally premiere on DVD this fall thanks to Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Although not a Platinum Edition (or Gold Edition for that matter), the two disc set [...]

Dr. Quinn DVD Woman

March 27, 2003 // 0 Comments

A&E Home Entertainment will be releasing the firsts season of the 1990s period drama Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. All 17 episodes from the 1993 season will be included in their original fullscreen ratio with sound in Dolby Surround 2.0. A surprising [...]

Paramount readies The Hours

March 26, 2003 // 0 Comments

Heavy Oscar contender The Hours is about ready to come to DVD this summer thanks to the folks at Paramount Home Entertainment. Taking place simultaneously in 1929, 1951 and and 2001, three women are interconnected through the Virginia Woolf. Woolf herself [...]

Warner Brothers has The Right Stuff

March 25, 2003 // 0 Comments

One of the early releases from Warner Brothers Home Entertainment was one of the original machismo driven dramas, The Right Stuff. Despite the great film, a poor transfer, sparse extras and a horrible disc flip point made the DVD a disappointment. But the [...]

Giant news from Warner Brothers

March 24, 2003 // 0 Comments

Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has been teasing us with the promise of the Rock Hudson, James Dean film Giant. Now it looks like the wait is almost over as Warner announces a release date for the film later this summer. Very few details are available [...]

Oscars abound

March 24, 2003 // 0 Comments

The awards have been announced and the statues have gone home. As with every year, studios will use the wins and losses of the Academy Awards last night to alter release dates and extras on their upcoming DVDs. New announcements are already starting to [...]

Columbia TriStar reveals The Mothman Prophesies

March 24, 2003 // 0 Comments

Creepiness abounds in the Richard Gere thriller The Mothman Prophesies. Coming in May, the DVD will arrive as a new special edition from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife, John Klein, a journalist for [...]

Great news for Chaplin fans

March 21, 2003 // 0 Comments

Despite the wonderful releases of the films of Charlie Chaplin from Image Entertainment, Warner Brothers Home Entertainment promised definitive versions of the entertainer’s works last year. Now the studio is making good on that promise with the first [...]

Fox and DVD: Just Married

March 20, 2003 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is proud to announce the union of DVD and the recent comedy Just Married. The movie will come to home video this June. If Romeo and Juliet lived today, it might look something like this. Tom and Sarah marry against [...]

The history of Dune is written on the sands of DVD

March 20, 2003 // 0 Comments

Artisan Home Entertainment is already prepared to release this past weekend’s three part Sci-Fi channel miniseries Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune. Twelve years have past since the rising of the Muad’dib to the emperorship. But the former Paul [...]
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