Articles by Guido Henkel

Paramount brings The Virgin Suicides to DVD

October 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment is bringing Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed The Virgin Suicides to DVD this December. In 1970’s suburbia lived the five beautiful Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day [...]

New Line offers up Body Shots

October 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

The folks at New Line Cinema are inviting audiences to do Body Shots this coming December. By day, these 8 people are successful young professionals. When night hits, they’re ready to let go and live out their fantasies. But, after one late evening of [...]

The Legend of Jet Li coming to DVD

October 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

Buena Vista Home Video will make many martial arts fans happy this December by bringing the Hong Kong film, The Legend (Fong Shi Yu) to DVD. International action star Jet Li stars in this action-packed martial arts story about Fong Sai Yuk, a young [...]

Warner Music Group unveils first releases in DVD-Audio format

October 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

With a release date of November 7th, in time for the holiday shopping season, Warner Music Group (WMG) becomes the first of the major music companies to offer albums in the DVD-Audio format. The new format, which features Advanced Resolution (TM), [...]

Damn The Defiant!

October 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

For a fan of classic movies like myself, the DVD market still contains way too little titles from the 40s, 50s and 60s, in its tendency to focus on blockbusters and action oriented film. As such Columbia TriStar Home Video’s steady release of such films [...]

Shanghai Triad coming to DVD

September 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

The elegant Chinese gangster epic Shanghai Triad is making its way to DVD this December, courtesy of Columbia TriStar Home Video. Directed by Yimou Zhang (Raise the Red Lantern), ‘Shanghai Triad’ is a story of gangland feuding in 1930s Shanghai, and [...]

Denon introduces DVD-Audio/Video player

September 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

The push toward DVD Audio moves another step closer as Denon Electronics has announced the introduction of its DVD-3300 DVD Audio/Video player, the company’s first-ever DVD player with DVD-Audio playback capability. The Denon DVD-3300 delivers the full [...]

Prepare to get Whipped in December

September 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video will release Whipped to DVD in December. ‘Whipped’ is a provocative comedy in which the highs and lows of the dating game are fully exposed. A group of buddies from college meet every Sunday at the local diner to discuss [...]

Wild cult-hit Bad Taste comes to DVD

September 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced that they’ve acquired the rights to Peter Jackson’s debut feature, Bad Taste. This oft-requested cult-movie is the outrageous saga of a New Zealand town slaughtered by a sick group of extraterrestrial fast-food [...]
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