Articles by Guido Henkel

Monsters, Inc.

October 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

On Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s Collector’s Edition release of the Pixar feature “Monsters, Inc.” you can find some additional hidden material if you know where to look. Insert the second disc of the set – the one with the Bonus Materials. [...]

The Legend Of The Swordsman

October 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has created a dedicated line of releases for actor Jet Li to cash in on his current popularity among American moviegoers. However the way it is done shows that the studio has no respect whatsoever for the actors work and [...]

Charlie Chaplin gets a facelift.

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

No one can fault Image Entertainment for their excellent releases of the films of Charlie Chaplin. The video restorations were breathtaking and the extras extraordinary, but now Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and the French production company MK2 have [...]

Fat City and Quicksilver get stripped down releases

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Two inspirational dramas are coming from Columbia TriStar. The boxing story Fat City, and the labor story Quicksilver are both getting basic releases this December. Jeff Bridges stars as the likeable, simpleminded amateur boxer on a brief rise who catches [...]

Columbia TriStar reveals My Wife is an Actress

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Still making its rounds at the art house theatres, the French romantic comedy Ma Femme Est Une Actrice, better known as My Wife is an Actress will make its DVD debut in December. Successful sportswriter Yvan and popular film star Charlotte enjoy a [...]

The Kung Fu Master

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Although there is a big and healthy U.S. market for feature films from Hong Kong these days – mostly thanks to Tai Seng’s relentless and aggressive efforts during the early days of DVD – surprisingly few of the many TV mini-series that are produced [...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Work comes to DVD

September 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and Eagle Rock Entertainment present the famed concertmaster Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert in Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece Live From The Great Hall of The People – Beijing. This staged “greatest hits” concert [...]

Red Dwarf Series I crashes to Earth

September 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

The long-running British sci-fi/comedy Red Dwarf has garnered quite a fan base on both sides of the Atlantic, and although the Region II version of the series will arrive before its appearance on our shores, Season I, (or Series I) will arrive this [...]

K-19 emerges

September 27, 2002 // 0 Comments

The latest Harrison Ford film failed to grasp audiences, but perhaps the DVD will introduce the film to audiences. K-19: The Widowmaker is coming in December from Paramount Home Entertainment. The story of USSR’s first nuclear ballistic submarine, which [...]

No parole for Oz

September 27, 2002 // 0 Comments

HBO Home Entertainment will be releasing the second season of the envelope pushing series Oz early next year in a nice box set. Presented in its original fullscreen with audio mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 the set will contain all eight episodes of the [...]
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