Articles by Guido Henkel

E.T. comes home

June 6, 2002 // 0 Comments

At long last, the Steven Spielberg opus E.T. The Extra Terrestrial is coming to DVD with a few nice surprises and a few catches. Three versions of one of the highest grossing films of all time are coming home this fall, but only for a limited time. E.T. [...]

Van Wilder and a wilder Van Wilder

June 6, 2002 // 0 Comments

Artisan Home Entertainment is preparing two editions of the recent National Lampoon spoof Van Wilder, like many recent releases, the theatrical version and a longer unrated cut will be available on two separate discs. Gwen Pearson has been sent on an [...]

Domestic Disturbance

June 6, 2002 // 0 Comments

Every once in a while a film comes along that makes you wonder why anyone would ever greenlight such a project. Paramount’s John Travolta vehicle ’Domestic Disturbance’ is clearly such an example. Sadly so, I have to admit, because the trailer to [...]

DVD Review is now preparing the 5th Annual DVD Awards

June 5, 2002 // 0 Comments

For the fifth time the prestigious DVD Awards are held at the DVD Entertainment Conference in Universal City on August 21, 2002. Once again, DVD Review is helming the operations of these industry awards, designed to celebrate the art of making DVD a [...]

Cameron Diaz is The Sweetest Thing

June 5, 2002 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has not one, but two DVD releases of the recent Cameron Diaz comedy The Sweetest Thing in the works for release later this summer. The theatrical cut and an unedited-version are both coming. Christina’s love life is [...]

Norman Lear television classics are coming

June 5, 2002 // 0 Comments

While many studios reserve their television releases for their newer hotter shows, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is sticking with the classics that made it great. The high sales for the recently released “All in the Family” set has prompted the [...]

Ken Burns presents The Civil War

June 4, 2002 // 0 Comments

Master documentarian Ken Burns has given us documentary after documentary revealing the fascination aspects of American history. Although many of his better known documentaries have already arrived on DVD from PBS Gold Home Video and Warner Brothers Home [...]

Ed Wood finally joins the Tim Burton library

June 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

Fans of offbeat director Tim Burton have been treated to virtually his entire library of films on DVD including his early shorts and indie films. But the one missing piece of the puzzle has always been the semi-biographical look at one of Hollywood’s [...]

DVD goes In the Bedroom

June 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

Long after the other Oscar nominees for Best Picture of 2001 have been announced or released, Buena Vista Home Entertainment is only now getting around to announcing the depressing New England drama In the Bedroom. Frank Folwer is a young man home from [...]

Teen Wolf double feature

June 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

A MGM Home Entertainment continues to release eighties comedies they have finally stumbled upon the bizarre Teen Wolf movies. Rather than release both films separately, MGM has decided to release both Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too on one DVD. In “Teen [...]
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