Articles by Guido Henkel

Shadow Of Chinatown

April 24, 2001 // 0 Comments

Vintage films are always a tough nut to bust when it comes to refurbishing them and presenting them in a modern medium, such as DVD. Whirlwind Media has taken the 1936 movie serial ’Shadow of Chinatown’ and presents all 15 episodes on a 2-disc set. [...]

The Goonies in search for One-Eyed Willy in August

April 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

After much begging, pleading, and hoping from devoted fans, Warner Home Video has finally announced plans to release the classic 80’s Spielberg film The Goonies to DVD this August. The friends you keep when you’re young may just be the best friends [...]

Columbia TriStar announces The Last Dragon

April 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

This July, Columbia TriStar Home Video will be releasing the action-packed, if somewhat hokey martial arts film, The Last Dragon. Originally released in 1985 as “Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon”, the film begins as a young man named Leroy searches for [...]

Warner Home Video releases info on The Pledge

April 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

After a fairly brief theatrical run last January, Sean Penn’s dark thriller The Pledge will show up on DVD in June thanks to Warner Home Video. This powerful and exhilarating story follows a retiring Nevada homicide cop (Jack Nicholson) who becomes [...]

Love Story

April 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

If there ever has been the epitome of a romantic movie, Arthur Hiller’s ’Love Story’ is it. Not before and not since has a love story had more heart and emotions, and in all honesty, I dare anyone to watch this film without a sniffle. It simply gets [...]

Dogma Special Edition is finally back on track!

April 20, 2001 // 0 Comments

When Columbia TriStar Home Video released Kevin Smith’s controversial comedy Dogma last May as a bare bones disc, the announcement was made that a souped up Special Edition was on its way. After almost a year of legal wrangling, a new release date has [...]

David Mamet’s quirky State and Main finds its way to DVD

April 20, 2001 // 0 Comments

Overlooked at the box office, State and Main, the slightly off-kilter indie comedy from David Mamet, will be hitting shelves in June, thanks to New Line Home Video. Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of [...]

Warner offers us Proof of Life in June

April 20, 2001 // 0 Comments

Hot on the heels of Russell Crowe’s Academy Award, Warner Home Video will release last years action drama, Proof of Life. When Peter Bowman is taken hostage, his wife Alice must enlist the aid of Terry Thorne, a rough hostage negotiator, who seems to [...]

Quills

April 20, 2001 // 0 Comments

Perversion, lust, pain and even necrophilia are subject touched upon in "Quills," 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s latest DVD release. The film is out to explore the depths of the human mind in the form of the Marquis De Sade, who has [...]

The Lone Ranger Rides Again, on DVD

April 19, 2001 // 0 Comments

With a hearty “Hi-yo Silver” against the strains of the William Tell Overture, Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels thundered across television screens as the mighty Lone Ranger and his trusted companion Tonto. After much speculation and production [...]
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