Articles by Guido Henkel

The race heats up for HD-DVD

November 13, 2002 // 0 Comments

As studios and independent companies struggle to adapt a true blue laser technology to facilitate high definition DVD, the race seems to have come down to two candidates. Although the Blu-Ray technology, capable of holding 50Gb, has been accepted by [...]

Reign Of Fire

November 13, 2002 // 0 Comments

I admit it, I did not expect much from ’Reign of Fire’ but got all the more out of it. The movie actually turns out to be a well-crafted post-apocalyptic fantasy tale. It borrows quite heavily from some other movies, such as ’The Road Warrior’ at [...]

Sweet Home Alabama says Buena Vista Home Entertainment

November 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

In a surprisingly fast turn-around, Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release Sweet Home Alabama on DVD on February 4. Raking in $113 million so far, Sweet Home Alabama features Reese Witherspoon as a young provincial girl in the Big Apple who suddenly [...]

Fox bows X-Men 1.5 in February with a slew of new features

November 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

It has been talked about for a long time and at long last it will make its debut. On February 11, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release a new Collector’s Edition of Brian Singer’s Marvel comic adaptation entitled X-Men 1.5 to bridge the [...]

Fox will bring more TV series home to DVD in spring

November 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

News just came in that 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has more television series ready for release early next year. Following the success of their previous TV series releases the studio will unveil the first season of NYPD Blue on March 18. The [...]

Star Wars: Episode II

November 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s release of “Star Wars: Episode II: Attack Of The Clones” once again contains a good number of hidden features that are a bit tricky to find. The first DVD of the set contains three different menu themes that are [...]

Ice Age

November 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

Though not exactly know as a studio that produces a lot of animated features, occasionally 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment does have such a film in their repertoire. "Ice Age" is that film currently, and after a very successful theatrical [...]

Frankenthumb

November 11, 2002 // 0 Comments

On Image Entertainment’s release of the quirky “Frankenthumb” you can find some additional footage. From the DVD’s Main Menu highlight the “Extra Features” menu entry and then press the “Right” arrow key on your remote control. A yellow [...]

The Heroic Trio

November 11, 2002 // 0 Comments

In their quest to mutilate every Hong Kong move that crosses their path, Miramax and Buena Vista Home Entertainment are now throwing the superb apocalyptic fantasy tale ’The Heroic Trio’ in the market in yet another loveless release. The film was [...]

Camila comes to DVD

November 8, 2002 // 0 Comments

Nowadays any film nominated for best foreign film will get a DVD release without much effort. But mining into the past has not been as popular a course. Facets Home Video will make some headway on the issue with the release of the 1984 Spanish film [...]
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