Articles by Guido Henkel
Manga demystifies the Ghost in the Shell
Manga Entertainment is beginning the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex with two volumes of episodes coming in the near months. Each set comes with an extensive book. The first set includes never-before-seen footage and a host of [...]
Black History month from Warner
This coming January, Warner Home Video will release three titles from early black cinema Hallelujah, The Green Pastures and Cabin in the Sky are all arriving next winter. Hallelujah (1929): A cinematic milestone, Hallelujah was the first all-black feature [...]
Batman Returns
Fans had been clamoring for a re-release of the Batman movies as Special Editions but for years Warner Brothers ignored their requests. Now, to support the DVD release of the latest installment of the franchise, "Batman Begins," the studio has [...]
A new edition of Gallipoli is on its way this winter
Paramount Home Entertainment is currently working on a Special Collector’s Edition of Australian director Peter Weir’s 1981 movie, Gallipoli. Honoring the 90th Anniversary of “Gallipoli,” this landmark war movie brings to life the story of friends [...]
The Wild Bunch rides again
Warner Home Video is revisiting the films of Sam Peckinpah with several titles new to DVD and a new 2-disc special edition of The Wild Bunch. Although the 1994 restoration was beautiful, the film is presented in a newly remasterd anamorphic print along [...]
Matt Helm gets into the spy business
Long before Austin Powers chased Dr. Evil, Matt Helm was the original Man of Mystery. Four of the Dean Martin spy films are coming to DVD for the first time as the box set The Matt Helm Lounge from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The Silencers: The [...]
Commit to a full Tour of Duty
The first show to take place in the front lines of Vietnam, Tour of Duty is being released as a full series box set containing all three seasons of the show this winter. The First Season follows Bravo Company’s new recruits, who are pulled in by Sgt. [...]
Desperate Housewives: Season 1
On Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s first season of “Desperate Housewives, ” the studios has also hidden a nice little extra, hidden from immediate view. Insert the fourth disc of the DVD set in your player and on the Main Menu select “Bonus [...]
Airplane! is back on the radar with a new DVD version
The 1980 Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams production Airplane! is returning to DVD this winter, courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment. The Airplane! – Don’t Call Me Shirley Edition puts you in first class, serving exactly what you asked for – more [...]