Articles by Guido Henkel

Final specs on Lord of the Rings

October 7, 2002 // 0 Comments

Nine members of the Fellowship, six discs, two releases, one film to rule them all. Although the well received two disc theatrical version of the sweeping Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring added some insight into the film, fans are twitching in [...]

John Waters gets a new box set

October 7, 2002 // 0 Comments

Boy, New Line sure does love their John Waters collections. It seems that just about every combination of Waters films has a box set, and the new release of Hairspray adds a new element to the mix. Coming in November is the Ultimate John Waters [...]

New Line applies some Hairspray

October 7, 2002 // 0 Comments

One of the more mainstream John Waters films is also one of the oddly difficult to acquire. Now New Line will be releasing Hairspray as an individual special edition. A crazy cast of celebrities populate John Waters’ outrageously hip comedy. The [...]

Death To Smoochy

October 7, 2002 // 0 Comments

On Warner Home Video’s release of “Death To Smoochy” you can find some amusing hidden footage that is hidden on the disc. From the disc’s Main Menu select “Special Features” and then select “More” to get to the second page of features. [...]

XXX marks the spot

October 4, 2002 // 0 Comments

Vin Diesel is forging a career out of over the top action flicks. The newest entry in his portfolio is the high-adrenaline spy film XXX. The box office hit comes to DVD from Columbia TriStar just in time for your New Year’s Eve Party. Xander Cage (XXX) [...]

Columbia TriStar is Buying the Cow

October 4, 2002 // 0 Comments

For David, the single man’s nightmare has just come true. Sarah, his girlfriend of five years has just given him THE ultimatum. Now he’s got two months while she’s away in New York to decide if it’s marriage or quits. So with his two womanizing [...]

Columbia TriStar claims Innocence

October 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

The well received winner of the Audience Award at Cannes. The romantic drama Innocence will make a long overdue arrival on DVD this December. For 50 years, Claire has dealt with the support and comfort of a loveless marriage. Seemingly satisfied that her [...]

Horror Of Dracula

October 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

It seems like an eternity has passed since the inception of DVD and since those first days, fans have eagerly been anticipating the release of the 1958 Hammer horror classic, "Horror Of Dracula." The rights for Hammer films are spread across [...]

All About Eve is improved

October 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

A personal favorite, Bette Davis gave perhaps her best performance in the Academy Award Winning, AFI recipient All About Eve. After putting out a perfectly respectable, but fairly featureless version of the film some years back, Twentieth Century Fox Home [...]

Panasonic creates first DVD/Hard Disk Recorder

October 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Taking on the “the more goodies the better” philosophy, Panasonic has created the first DVD-R/DVD-RAM recorder with built in Hard Disk recording options. Hard-Disk recording, popularized by systems such as TiVo and UltimateTV has been enjoyed by [...]
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