Articles by Guido Henkel

Jingle All the Way is going away

December 10, 2001 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox is issuing a recall on the holiday Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy Jingle All the Way due to a legal restriction placed by a Michigan court ruling. The ruling found against Fox in a copyright case claiming the film infringed on the [...]

Walt Disney Treasures: Davy Crockett

December 10, 2001 // 0 Comments

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has hidden some additional material on their release of the “Disney Treasure: Davy Crocket.” Insert the second disc of the Limited Edition 2-disc set and there go to the Supplemental Material. In this menu, highlight the [...]

The Legend of the Red Dragon will be told in January

December 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

The martial arts of Jet Li, just now being discovered by American audiences many years after the actor’s rise to super-stardom in Hong Kong, are highlighted by a fight extravaganza in Legend of the Red Dragon coming to DVD from Columbia TriStar Home [...]

Columbia TriStar delivers the Punchline

December 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

Before Sally Field tackled the role of Tom Hanks’ mama in “Forest Gump”, the two appeared as a struggling couple in the bittersweet comedy “Punchline”. The film that rode a tight line between comedy and drama is coming to disc from Columbia [...]

Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason have Nothing in Common

December 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

Jackie Gleason offered up his final film performance opposite the then newcomer Tom Hanks in the sentimental comedy Nothing in Common. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has decided to revisit the film this winter. Because of his talent, charm and [...]

Anchor Bay sends out a Vigilante

December 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

Anchor Bay Home Entertainment lives up to its reputation of delivering the goods on cult classics and treating each one like gold. The next title on their plate is the early eighties action flick Vigilante due in January. “You want your city back? You [...]

Mrs. Winterbourne is on the way from Columbia TriStar

December 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

Brendan Fraser, Shirley MacLaine and Ricki Lake star in the romantic comedy Mrs. Winterbourne which is on its way to DVD this February from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. Through a twist of fate and a quirk of character, 18-year-old Connie Doyle [...]

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Superbit

December 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

Since its release, Francis Ford Coppola’s artistic and dazzling approach to the classic gothic tale about the bloodsucking prince of darkness has found a place in the hearts of many film fans. Not only is it a very beautiful version of the story, [...]

New foreign titles on the horizon from Media Blasters

December 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

Relative newcomer to the DVD scene, Media Blasters is preparing several varied foreign releases for a January street date, the Japanese live action thriller Zero Woman Returns, the anime action film Cleopatra DC and British adaptation of the classic [...]

Mickey Mouse In Living Color

December 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

Apart from bringing us a beautiful Treasure Special Edition of Mickey Mouse shorts, Disney Home Video has also hidden some additional footage on “Mickey Mouse In Living Color.” Insert the first disc of the 2-disc set and on the Main Menu, highlight [...]
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