Articles by Guido Henkel

North Country

February 17, 2006 // 0 Comments

When I put "North Country" in my DVD player I expected to be entertained, but nothing prepared me for the true power this movie exuberates, making it more than just entertainment, but a thought-provoking film instead. After a battered [...]

Love will leave you Moonstruck

February 16, 2006 // 0 Comments

Mama Mia! Moonstruck is getting a big special edition upgrade along with its first widescreen transfer from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. When the full moon casts its lunar spell over widowed bookkeeper Loretta’s Brooklyn neighborhood, people behave [...]

Beastmasters are More Than Meets The Eye

February 16, 2006 // 0 Comments

Transformers have reinvented themselves countless times since their introduction twenty-odd years ago. The Beastmasters now get their digital glory when Rhino offers the complete series on DVD. The Maximals- led by a now troubled and soul searching [...]

Napoleon Dynamite gets the Special Edition treatment

February 16, 2006 // 0 Comments

Scheduled for release in May, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has just unveiled plans for Napoleon Dynamite – Like The Best Special Edition Ever! “Napoleon Dynamite” is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red ‘fro, sweet moon [...]

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray may be delayed yet again

February 16, 2006 // 0 Comments

While no official statement has been made by the industry yet, according to an article in German technology magazine c’t the final specifications for Advanced Access Content System (AACS), which handles many of the security and copy protection features [...]

Peter Jackson’s King Kong will hit DVD in March

February 16, 2006 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Entertainment has finally revealed details about the upcoming DVD release of Peter Jackson’s blockbuster remake of King Kong. Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody and Jack Black star in this spectacular film filled with heart-pounding action, [...]

Bambi II

February 16, 2006 // 0 Comments

On Disney Home Entertainment’s direct-to-DVD release “Bambi II” there is also a nice little hidden feature to be found. The release features two menu themes, that are selected at random upon start-up of the DVD. There is, however, a way to manually [...]

Learn about the life of Kids in America

February 15, 2006 // 0 Comments

Comedy gets a little series with the comedy Kids in America coming to DVD from Screen Media later this year. In Kids in America, Gregory Smith plays Holden Donovan, a student at Booker High who becomes alarmed when students’ rights champion Mr. Drucker, [...]

Warner Home Video visits the old West

February 15, 2006 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video just announced that they will release first season DVD sets for two classic Wild West TV shows, Cheyenne and F-Troop. Cheyenne originally aired on ABC from 1955 to 1963, following the adventures of Cheyenne Bodie (Clint Walker), who [...]
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