Articles by Guido Henkel

Desert Mountain Media bows the Latin Cinema Collection

November 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

Desert Mountain Media just announced the creation of a new label that specially targets the Hispanic market. The Latin Cinema Collection features internationally-acclaimed, award-winning films, both classic and contemporary. Over the next six months, [...]

Artisan Home Entertainment revives classic Republics

November 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

So far, Artisan Home Entertainment has not made mentionable use of the films from the Republic library the studio acquired a few years ago. A handful of titles were repeatedly re-released, such as “High Noon, ” “The Quiet Man” and “Rio Grande” [...]

The Santa Clause

November 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

An exciting feature can be found on the Special Edition re-release of Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s “The Santa Clause.” The DVD contains a mini game in which you act as Santa and deliver presents all while avoiding troublesome ducks and tall [...]

Patlabor: The Mobile Police: Volume 2

November 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

Central Park Media is continuing their line-up with another release of the anime TV series ’Patlabor.’ ’Volume 2’ contains the series’ episodes 6 through 10. Each one of the 25-minute episodes features four chapter stops, as well as a fifth for [...]

Beauty and the Beast Redux from Criterion

November 14, 2002 // 0 Comments

Criterion has announced news that is likely to thrill some, and confuse others. For the first time (on DVD), Criterion will revisit a title, not with a repressing, but with a new version, complete with new extras. The title in question is the currently [...]

This looks like a job for the Superfriends

November 14, 2002 // 0 Comments

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman. We loved them all as kids, even The Wonder Twins and their Space Monkey Gleek. Now Warner Brother Home Video has begun work on putting the classic cartoon series Superfriends on DVD for the first time. Running [...]

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

November 14, 2002 // 0 Comments

On the Extended Version of “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” you can find some exciting gimmicks that are hidden in the set. Insert the first disc of the set and go to the “Scene Selections.” There select scenes “25-27” and then [...]

Golden Swallow

November 14, 2002 // 0 Comments

During the 80s, Hong Kong brought forth a good number of fantasy films and especially spurred by the success of Tsui Hark’s 1987 ’A Chinese Ghost Story’ other films meddled with the same themes. ’Golden Swallow’ is one such film, released in [...]

Columbia TriStar continues its television commitment

November 13, 2002 // 0 Comments

Several months ago saw a sudden slew of television series coming to DVD. Every studio seemed eager to jump on the bandwagon and throw out the first season of their current and classic lineups. Many were pleased to see their favorite programs hit DVD but [...]
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