Articles by Guido Henkel

Baseball can’t escape the influence of DVD

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

In the category of truly bizzarre news, the Houston Astros soared past the San Diego Padres yesterday with a final score of 8-4 in a baseball game that was expected to be much closer. The Padre’s pitcher, rookie righthander Wascar Serrano was apparently [...]

Correction on the announcement of The Neverending Story

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

This fall, Warner Brothers Home Video will see fit to release the Wolfgang Petersen family classic The Neverending Story and its 1990 sequel The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. The first film introduces us to Bastian, a young boy who’s dreary [...]

The concerts of keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman come to DVD

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

Music Video Distributors, a company known primarily for its rock concert releases, has announced three new DVDs to highlight the many musical styes of Rick Wakeman, man who intially came to fame as the infamous keyboarder of the progressive rock band [...]

Right Stuff sets loose the Irresponsible Captain Tylor

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

Independent publisher, Right Stuff Inc. has prepared a new DVD of the direct-to-video anime comedy Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA Series: DVD 1 An Exceptional Episode. “An Exceptional Episode” is the first in a set of direct-to-video (OVA) releases [...]

Brothers come to DVD courtesy of Columbia TriStar

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video will add to its DVD catalog this July with the introduction of the somewhat sentimental comedy The Brothers. “The Brothers” centers around a closely knit group of four African American men and the challenges they face in [...]

Panic

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

Occasionally a really good movie is released on DVD that flies entirely under the radar of the public. I would consider ’Panic’ such a film, a first rate noir film that is now available on DVD courtesy of Artisan Home Entertainment. It is the story of [...]

Panasonic introduces backward-compatible DVD recorder

May 31, 2001 // 0 Comments

Panasonic just announced its second-generation DVD video recorder, which will be available in stores this October. The recorder allows consumers to digitally record high-quality, MPEG2 video on DVD-RAM or DVD-R discs. DVD-R discs can be played back in [...]

Seven new educational titles are on their way from Artisan

May 31, 2001 // 0 Comments

Artisan Family Home Entertainment is set to release a series of popular Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and IMAX specials for the first time on DVD. Amazing Earth (100 min. $14.98): Patrick Stewart narrates this eye-popping global spectacle that [...]

That Thing You Do

May 31, 2001 // 0 Comments

Following the funny antics of a fictional one-trick pony band through their high and the following lows, ’That Thing You Do’ is an entertaining film that takes us back in time to the 60s where shaking hips and 5 inch-long hair were considered [...]
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