Articles by Guido Henkel

Sleuth is coming from Anchor Bay

January 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier face off in one of the great black comedies of the seventies. Sleuth is coming to DVD with some nice features courtesy of Anchor Bay Home Entertainment. A fanatic gameplayer is about to meet his match. What starts as a [...]

MGM brings back The Usual Suspects

January 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

One of the very first DVDs released back in 1997, The Usual Suspects has been repackaged several times, but never given any substantial improvement until now. MGM Home Entertainment will finally give the modern noir classic an overhaul with a new special [...]

MGM revisits Bull Durham

January 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

MGM Home Entertainment takes another look back into their library with a new special edition release of the movie that turned the sports movie on its ear; Bull Durham is coming this April as a new SE DVD. Crash, Nuke, and Annie all have their own [...]

The Big Heat

January 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

One of the most impressive film noir’s of the 50s came from legendary German director-gone-Hollywood in the 1953 movie ’The big Heat.’ Starring Glenn Ford and Lee Marvin in stellar performances, this film contains everything you’d expect from a [...]

Warner travels the globe with two classic comedies

January 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Feel the need to visit exotic locales? If you don’t have the time to travel, check out two globetrotting comedy favorites from Warner Brothers Home Video. Joe Versus The Volcano and National Lampoon’s European Vacation are both coming in April of this [...]

More news on animated Batman DVDs

January 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Warner Brothers Home Video has been hinting for some time that they were about start putting the animated adventures of Batman on DVD. The long running “Batman: The Animated Series” has not only produced several years of episodes, but several spin-off [...]

Slapshot and its sequel are coming

January 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Many sports movies enlighten us with a spirit of fair play and sportsmanship. Many sports movies allow us to watch the game as a metaphor for life. Slapshot does neither of these, but danged if it isn’t an enjoyable romp. “Slapshot” is coming to DVD [...]

Spongebob Squarepants from Paramount

January 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Possibly the weirdest of kid’s programs in recent years, albeit nonetheless a highly entertaining one, Squarebob Spongepants is coming to DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment.This DVD is a SpongeBob SquarePants double feature playing “Nautical [...]

Zoolander is coming from Paramount

January 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Paramount Home Entertainment is preparing the Ben Stiller comedy Zoolander for DVD release in early 2002. Based on a character co-created by Ben Stiller and Drake Sather for the “VH1 Fashion Awards,” the original comedy “Zoolander” follows the [...]

Three more Jackie Chan flicks come to DVD

January 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

As Jackie Chan’s popularity has grown in the U.S. in recent years, many of his current films are already available on DVD, but many of his older films are either unavailable or obtainable in shoddy low budget versions. Columbia TriStar Home [...]
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