Articles by Guido Henkel

Desert Rats is coming from Fox

April 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment continues to pump out quality war films. Next on the plate is the World War II story of two enemies come face to face. Desert Rats is coming to DVD in May. British commando Captain Tammy MacRoberts (Richard Burton) [...]

Paramount visits Orange County

April 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

How time flies. Films released in 2002 are already starting to get announced on DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment is leading the trend with the college-bound comedy Orange County coming to DVD in June. Shaun Brumder has one dream, to attend Stanford [...]

Drunken Master

April 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Whenever you talk to people about Martial Arts films the name ’Drunken Master’ comes up. It is one of the most beloved action comedies Hong Kong has ever produced and combines the talents of Jackie Chan and director/stunt choreographer Yuen Wo Ping in [...]

Disney is preparing a series of animated features in July

April 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has just unveiled plans for a series of animated feature film DVDs to hit retail stores in July. Scheduled for release in July, we will finally find the DVD debut of The Great Mouse Detective, as well as Gold Collection [...]

Manga will offer Macross Plus

April 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Like many films of Japanese origin, the history of the animated Macross Plus is a complicated one. Originally released as a four-part series, the director later revisited and re-edited the film into a single film. Some scenes were added, some were excised [...]

The Last Castle

April 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

It has been too long that Robert Redford appeared in a movie and as a result "The Last Castle" – along with "Spy Game" – was a movie I was really looking forward to. It is the story of highly decorated army general Eugene Irwin [...]

Universal readies How High

March 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is about to remind us that a successful musical career and the ability to bark at a woman’s breasts are adequate requirements to make a film nowadays with the upcoming DVD release of the comedy How High. Silas [...]

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 1

March 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

I think Star Trek fans are fortunate that Paramount has reconsidered its policies and instead of releasing TV series two episodes at a time have now opted to make them available on a per-season basis. Not only will your wallets undoubtedly profit from [...]

Superbit Deluxe titles make their debut

March 28, 2002 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is attempting to raise the bar again with two new titles to launch their Superbit Deluxe line. Like the Superbit line of DVDs, the new deluxe versions will use every available bit of space on a DVD for the video and [...]

Buena Vista ships Shipping News

March 27, 2002 // 0 Comments

The mysterious drama Shipping News is coming to DVD in June from Buena Vista Home Entertainment After the disappearance of his estranged wife (Cate Blanchett), Quoyle’s (Kevin Spacey) fortunes begin to change when his long lost aunt (Judi Dench) [...]
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