Articles by Guido Henkel

Anchor Bay sinks its teeth into Transylvania 6-5000

February 27, 2002 // 0 Comments

Anchor Bay Entertainment is currently putting the final touches to their release of the comedy Transylvania 6-5000. Starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Michael Richards and Ed Begley Jr., this is the spooky and goofy story of the two tabloid reporters [...]

More Disney live action classics in the works

February 26, 2002 // 0 Comments

After Disney has established itself as a leader in animated films, the studio tried its hand live action in the fifties and sixties. While most of these films were never financial successes, many have become part of the great Disney film tradition. Four [...]

MGM + UHF = DVD

February 26, 2002 // 0 Comments

MGM Home Entertainment has made my day with the announcement of the cult classic comedy UHF. The truly bizarre satire comes with a healthy level of involvement with the film’s writer and star “Weird Al” Yankovic this June. George Newman’s [...]

The One

February 26, 2002 // 0 Comments

As much as I enjoy watching Jet Li I have to admit that recently he has been used as fuel in a number of average movies, never really managing to secure a part the elevates him from the mediocrity of the films he’s associated with. After a mediocre box [...]

Microsoft admits to DVD snooping

February 25, 2002 // 0 Comments

Microsoft has admitted that its most recent DVD player Media Player 8.0 which is integrated in its Windows XP operating system is tracking the CD and DVD usage of its users. The company has also admitted that its player software tracks DVD content. While [...]

Tai Seng unleashes Fist of Fury

February 25, 2002 // 0 Comments

Lovers of the martial arts film are all familiar with the Bruce Lee classic, but fewer are aware of the 199e remake of Fist of Fury. The updated version is coming to DVD in April. Donnie Yen reprises the role of Chen Jun played by Yen’s real life hero [...]

There can be only one… Highlander comes in April

February 22, 2002 // 0 Comments

Like so many of you, we feel that it has long been time to replace the poor quality DVD release of Highlander that has been around for years now from Republic Pictures. As we pointed out on numerous occasions, Anchor Bay Entertainment has gained the [...]

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is on the way

February 22, 2002 // 0 Comments

Grab your towels, Warner Brothers Home Entertainment is about to release the 1981 mini-series adaptation of late Douglas Adams’ five book trilogy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy. The six episode series is coming to DVD this April. A hapless [...]

Friends details announced

February 21, 2002 // 0 Comments

As announced last month, Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has heard the fans of Friends and has announced the release of the entire first season as a four disc DVD box set. More complete information has come in on the set which looks to be quite [...]

Ali comes from Columbia TriStar

February 21, 2002 // 0 Comments

Will Smith and Jon Voight were both nominated for their performances in Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s biography of one of the world’s greatest athelete – Ali. Now the DVD is on its way. Beginning with Ali’s ground-breaking boxing [...]
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