Articles by Guido Henkel

Columbia TriStar issues The Lost Command

May 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

The time of year has come again when studios begin releasing their war epics. Columbia TriStar has thrown in their hat with the classic battle film The Lost Command. Anthony Quinn plays Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy, a fighter determined to be a hero at any [...]

Gremlins SE and Gremlins 2 are coming

May 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

The eventual release of a special edition of the creepy little monster smash Gremlins and any sort of DVD for its sequel Gremlins 2 have been discussed and dismissed and postponed for so long, they have become almost part of legend. Finally, nearly a [...]

Traffic Report

April 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

While admirers of the Steven Soderbergh film Traffic patiently wait for the upcoming Criterion edition of the film, less ardent fans will still have an opportunity to pick up the film as well thanks to Universal Studios Home Entertainment who has picked [...]

Paramount’s new DVD is Top Secret!

April 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

The early, goofy days of Val Kilmer are making a comeback, both with MGM’s release of “Real Genius” and now with Paramount Home Entertainment’s spy spoof Top Secret!, set for a July release. “Top Secret!” pits American rock star Nick Rivers [...]

Legend

April 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

Ridley Scott’s fantasy film "Legend" has been one of those DVDs that were announced numerous times and then delayed one time after another. Finally however, Legend" is giving up its "vaporware" status and we actually have the [...]

New info on I Am Sam

April 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Entertainment has released the final details on the upcoming DVD special edition for I Am Sam. Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn give career-defining performances in this humorous and heart-warming film about a mentally-challenged father who [...]

1776 comes to DVD as a director’s cut

April 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is about to release a new extended version of the 1972 historical musical 1776. The extra footage will bring the film to a running time of 166 minutes. A musical celebration of the founding of the United States based on [...]

Paramount comedy classics are on the way

April 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

Paramount Home Entertainment is preparing a slew of comedies and satires to be released in July on DVD. Better Off Dead, Big Bus, Black Sheep, Gung Ho, It Came From Hollywood and Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy are all coming on the same day. In “Better [...]

Columbia TriStar releases a somewhat mutilated Perfect in June

April 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has scheduled the release of the Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta romantic comedy Perfect this summer. John Travolta is a writer for Rolling Stone; Jamie Lee Curtis is a beautiful aerobics instructor. When he [...]

Night Of The Living Dead

April 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

There are certainly many horror films that justify the use of the term "seminal, " but if there has ever been a film that has had a profound impact on how the horror film genre has developed as a whole, George A. Romero’s "Night Of The [...]
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