Articles by Guido Henkel

Frost/Nixon makes its home video debut in April

February 23, 2009 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Entertainment has added Ron Howard’s eagerly awaited and acclaimed movie Frost/Nixon for release on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc this April. For three years after being forced from office, Richard Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the [...]

You’ll see the coolest Bedtime Stories in April

February 23, 2009 // 0 Comments

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has added the Adam Sandler comedy Bedtime Stories to their April line-up, bringing the film to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc. As a handyman at the hotel his father used to own, Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) spends his days changing [...]

Primal Fear

February 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

In 1996 a film appeared featuring a young actor that no one had heard about but that clearly showed that he had the makings of a Hollywood star. The actor was Ed Norton and as expected, he has made quite a splash in the film industry ever since. Martin [...]

Fracture takes you on a roller-coaster ride

February 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Entertainment has just added a Blu-Ray version of the thriller Fracture to their line-up with a June release date. Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) brutally murders his wife and calmly waits for the police to arrest him. With the weapon and a [...]

Tom And Jerry’s Greatest Chases continue in June

February 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video has added Tom And Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2 to their release line-up, scheduling the DVD for a June release. Tom and Jerry Greatest Chases Volume 2 features 14 shorts directed by Hanna-Barbera that were originally released [...]

The Friends Of Eddie Coyle arrives from Criterion

February 19, 2009 // 0 Comments

Criterion Collection has added a version of The Friends Of Eddie Coyle to their release schedule, bringing Peter Yates’ 1973 film to DVD in May. In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie [...]

Doom

February 18, 2009 // 0 Comments

Based on the computer game classic by id Software, "Doom" is a big budget effects movie and action spectacle that is exactly the kind of food you need to present and sell a new platform like high definition video. Although we are already past [...]

May sees double-features from Warner

February 18, 2009 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video has added a number of double-feature DVD titles to their May line-up, pairing successful films with identical themes or stars. The first one is a DVD containing the super-charged spy thriller Telefon and the crime thriller St. Ives, both [...]

Lionsgate takes Punisher to the War Zone

February 18, 2009 // 0 Comments

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has added a DVD and Blu-Ray Disc version of Punisher: War Zone to their line-up, scheduling the film for release in March. Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle (Ray [...]

The Boondock Saints

February 17, 2009 // 0 Comments

"The Boondock Saints" is a film that is notorious not only for what it shows on the screen but also for what happened behind the scenes during the production. It is one of those films that truly has cult written all over it, not only because it [...]
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