Articles by Guido Henkel

USA closes shop

March 18, 2002 // 0 Comments

USA Home Entertainment has announced that after several months of rocky business, that it has been forced to dissolve as a company. The fledgling company was nearing its third anniversary when the announcement came. Although this is certainly sad news for [...]

The Big Hit

March 18, 2002 // 0 Comments

Continuing their series of ’Superbit’ releases, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is now bringing us Kirk Wong’s Hollywood debut ’The Big Hit.’ In this film, the director who also brought us splendid films such as ’Organized Crime And Triad [...]

Agnes of God is coming

March 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s 1986 release of Agnes of God raised quite a controversy. Sixteen years later, the film is still a powerful look into the many aspects of life that are often kept private. The film will make its debut on DVD this [...]

Columbia TriStar brings you The Villain in May

March 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

In May Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment will release the 1979 comedy The Villain, starring Kirk Douglas and a very young Arnold Schwarzenegger, who incidentally has just signed to resume his role of Conan the Cimerrian in “King Conan.” Directed [...]

Columbia TriStar discovers a Dark Blue World

March 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

Renowned Czechoslovakian director Jan Sverak is perhaps best known for his dark war quasi-war film Dark Blue World. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is preparing a rather attractive special edition of the film for release this May. In 1950 , at the [...]

John Williams takes E.T. to live audiences

March 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

Audiences at the Shrine Auditorium will be in for a very special and rare treat this Saturday when John Williams will direct an 85-piece live symphony orchestra to the movie “E.T.” As part of the celebration for the 20th Anniversary of the movie and [...]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

March 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is a gem of a comedy movie, by far one of the most hilarious comedies I have seen in my entire life. We all know that Steve Martin and Michael Caine have a funny bone or two, but teamed up together with director Frank [...]

The Diamond Of Jeru

March 15, 2002 // 0 Comments

Based on a Louis L’Amour novel, ’The Diamond Of Jeru’ is an adventure story of an American couple bored with their marriage as they travel to Borneo in search of diamonds. Their guide Mike takes them through the jungles of Borneo but also through [...]

Kate and Leopold find a home on DVD

March 14, 2002 // 0 Comments

Buena Vista Home Entertainment is preparing a new DVD of the romantic comedy Kate and Leopold for release this June. Carried through time to modern-day Manhattan, 18th century English aristocrat and inventor Leopold (Hugh Jackman) falls for independent [...]

It looks like a job for The Great Mouse Detective

March 14, 2002 // 0 Comments

Now that Buena Vista Home Entertainment has reinvested itself into its animated classic vault, it has pulled the 1980s Sherlock Holmes homage The Great Mouse Detective onto the release schedule. When a lovable London toymaker is kidnapped, his daughter [...]
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