Articles by Guido Henkel

Crossfire Trail

July 30, 2001 // 0 Comments

TV productions have generally a bad reputation. While one could assume that he limited budget of these productions makes them less appealing than their theatrical counterparts, in most cases, the shortcomings are in the script. Fortunately this is not the [...]

Greetings Program – TRON gets a makeover from Disney

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

As production draws nearer for the upcoming live action/CGI film TRON 2.0, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has finally decided to revisit the original TRON on DVD. Originally released as a lackluster disc in 1998, “TRON” suffered from a poor transfer [...]

Remains of the Day comes from Columbia TriStar

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has just announced plans to release the beautiful period film based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel, Remains of the Day on DVD. Anthony Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler – an ideal carried by him to [...]

Columbia picks up When a Stranger Calls

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

If horror films have taught us one thing it’s this: “Never pick up the phone.” Unfortunately, that message never got to the stars of the 1979 classic horror film When a Stranger Calls. Coming this October from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [...]

Two new DVDs from Artisan

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

Artisan Entertainment is readying two new DVDs for release this summer. The dark comedy Dead Simple and the new sci-fi flick The Last Warrior are coming to disc this August. Daniel Stern portrays Frank, a hapless hotel owner that has big dreams of [...]

Buena Vista brings The Visitors to America

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

Many Americans saw Jean Reno this summer in the time-traveling comedy, Just Visiting. But far fewer have seen him in the original French film on which it was based. The Visitors is about to become more accessible here when it comes to DVD from Buena Vista [...]

Stay on your toes, Fox is sending The Scout

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

Before Brendan Fraser had to deal with Egyptian baddies, he had to deal with the dealings of The Scout. This November, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment brings the comedy to DVD. Al Percolo is the scout who’d do anything to sign a prospect. [...]

Martian Successor Nadesico: Endgame

July 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

The sixth and final installment in ADV Films’ line of DVD releases of the ’Martian Successor Nadesico’ series is once again, a showcase for the quality DVD can achieve with animation films, when treated properly. An alien triggers the final showdown [...]

Columbia tells the story of the man who put G in MGM

July 26, 2001 // 0 Comments

Hollywood has changed immeasurably since the days of the movie mogul When Tinseltown was controlled by a select few, Samuel Goldwyn was the most powerful man in the business. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment looks back on the industry shaping giant in [...]

Another season of X-Files is coming to DVD

July 26, 2001 // 0 Comments

After the success of the first three seasons of the award-winning television show The X-Files on DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has decided not to mess with a formula that works. The X-Files: The Complete Fourth Season will come this [...]
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