Articles by Guido Henkel

Cast your lots for The Robe

December 16, 2008 // 0 Comments

The epic Biblical films left theatres 50 years ago, but they can come back on your HDTVs beginning with the 1953 film The Robe. The first movie ever filmed in CinemaScope, The Robe was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1953, including Best Picture and [...]

DeNiro asks, What Just Happened?

December 15, 2008 // 0 Comments

Magnolia Home Entertainment has just added the comedy What Just Happened, starring Robert DeNiro, to their line-up, scheduling the film to hit DVD and Blu-Ray Disc in February. “What Just Happened” is a winningly sharp comedy about two nail-biting, [...]

The Pink Panther is coming. No, the real one

December 15, 2008 // 0 Comments

With respects to Mr. Steve Martin, the original Pink Panther is coming to Blu-ray and DVD in January with the 1964 film and loads of extras. When the world’s largest diamond “The Pink Panther” goes missing, royalty calls on the skills of the [...]

The Truman Show

December 12, 2008 // 0 Comments

Peter Weir's film about a young man who's life is highly publicized and dissected before the eyes of a huge TV audience had been the box-office sensation of 1998 and gave rise to what we now call "Reality Television." Little did we [...]

The Dark Knight

December 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

After his incredible resurrection of the comic book superhero with "Batman Begins, " director Christopher Nolan continues the story of the caped crusader in "The Dark Knight, " making sure Batman will forever take his place in the top [...]

Sony adds Ghandi on Blu-Ray

December 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has added a Blu-Ray Disc version of Ghandi to their release schedule in February. Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s riveting biography of the man who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide [...]

Clerks II comes to high def

December 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

Genius Products has just added Kevin Smith’s Clerks II to their line-up, bringing the incredibly crude comedy to Blu-Ray Disc in February. Writer-director Kevin Smith returns to the scene of his cult comedy classic “Clerks” to pick up his [...]

Here are the full specs on Jackie Chan’s Supercop

December 10, 2008 // 0 Comments

As we reported earlier, Genius Products is bringing the Jackie Chan action comedy Supercop, which is better known as “Police Story 3” among fans, to DVD in January. Finally the studio has unveiled the complete specs of the release. Martial arts icons [...]

The Day The Earth Stood Still

December 9, 2008 // 0 Comments

Just in time for the theatrical release of its remake, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" arrives on Blu-Ray disc. It is the 1951 sci-fi movie by director Robert Wise which was a very strong social commentary of its timed, and although it may be a [...]

Nights In Rodanthe debuts in February

December 9, 2008 // 0 Comments

From Warner Home Video comes the romantic drama Nights In Rodanthe this February, when the studio releases a DVD and Blu-Ray Disc version of the emotional movie. The stars of “Unfaithful” rekindle their screen chemistry in this rich tale of hearts [...]
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