Articles by Guido Henkel

20th Century Fox unleashes the hilarious Monkeybone

May 15, 2001 // 0 Comments

Combining Live Action, Stop Motion And Computer Graphic Animation, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment imaginative film Monkeybone, from the creators of “A Nightmare Before Christmas,” will make its way to DVD later this summer. Brendan Fraser goes [...]

Jeff Goldblum is Beyond Suspicion

May 15, 2001 // 0 Comments

This July, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment presents the DVD debut of the suspenseful thriller Beyond Suspicion starring Jeff Goldblum and Anne Heche. Jeff Goldblum stars as John Nolan, an insurance salesman who leads a humdrum existence. His life [...]

So Long and Thanks For All the Fish!

May 14, 2001 // 0 Comments

Douglas Adams, the well respected author of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” passed away suddenly in his home in California over the weekend. He was only forty-nine years old. Although the author of several novels, Adams is best known for his [...]

DTS unveils new compression scheme

May 14, 2001 // 0 Comments

DTS has announced an extension of its audio compression scheme that will be implemented on DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs in the near future. The new scheme will allow for encoding of audio information at a rate of 96 kHz/24 bits on 5.1 channel [...]

Triumph Of The Will

May 14, 2001 // 0 Comments

Leni Riefenstahl’s notorious propaganda film "Triumph of the Will" is a mixed bag – even more so if you are indeed German, as I am. I had never had the chance to see this film before, as it seems to be censored in Germany, and was indeed [...]

The House By The Cemetery

May 14, 2001 // 0 Comments

In continuation of their Lucio Fulci Collection, Anchor Bay Entertainment has prepared a completely uncut version of the director’s ’The House By The Cemetery, ’ which has 9 minutes inserted back into the film compared to the theatrical version. [...]

The Fog delayed – but for good reason!

May 11, 2001 // 0 Comments

Eagerly awaited, MGM Home Entertainment had plans to release John Carpenter’s atmospheric masterpiece The Fog this fall as part of their Halloween line-up. With most of the announcements for this line-up in, this title was conspicuously absent from [...]

Bruce Lee films get individual releases from 20th Century Fox

May 11, 2001 // 0 Comments

Four of the legendary martial arts master Bruce Lee’s most popular films; Fists of Fury, Return of the Dragon, Chinese Connection, and Game of Death have only been available from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment as part of a rather expensive box set. [...]

More Die Hard specs

May 10, 2001 // 0 Comments

More info continues to arrive on the upcoming Die Hard Ultimate Collection, and this new info is looking pretty fantastic for fans of the series. In addition to the technical features listed earlier, each film is brimming with supplements. Die Hard 2: Die [...]
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