Articles by Guido Henkel
Universal unbundles Classic Monster Movies
Some time ago, Universal Home Entertainment released a beautiful collection of their most beloved classic monster movies, called Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection. With a $159 price tag, this release may have been a little out of reach [...]
Breaking Bad continues on Blu-Ray
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has added Breaking Bad: Season 5 for release on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc, scheduling the title for June. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul return in their Emmy® winning roles of meth [...]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
I've always been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" novels, as well as "The Hobbit." Not in a sense that I am familiar with every little detail of Middle Earth's history, or total trivia, but in a sense [...]
Life of Pi
"Life of Pi" was an interesting phenomenon to me. The trailers did not appeal to me at all, giving me no reason to venture into a movie theater and see the film, despite the fact that I usually enjoy Ang Lee's films a whole lot. Somehow the [...]
Wreck-It Ralph
When I saw the first trailers for "Wreck-It Ralph" last year, I was instantly enamored with the concept. Here was a heartfelt love letter to classic arcade games, the kind of which I have spent countless hours and dimes on during my youth. How [...]
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries arrive in March
Acorn, the independent publisher that keeps bringing notable foreign TV series to our screens, has just announced the upcoming release of Miss Fisher‘s Murder Mysteries: Series 1. Based on the popular detective novels by Kerry Greenwood, the gorgeously [...]
A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection
Some time ago, Warner Home Video released the first of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies on Blu-Ray, making it kind of a teaser for the rest of the series. Now, without much ballyhoo, the studio has actually prepared all seven of the original [...]
Schindler's List
To watch "Schindler's List" is both highly inspirational and painful at the same time, and in my case, I have to be in a certain mood to really be able to handle the film. It is, by and large, Steven Spielberg's most demanding film, [...]
Lionsgate brings Texas Chainsaw home in May
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has just unveiled information about the upcoming Blu-Ray Disc and DVD release of Texas Chainsaw, the frightening follow-up to the iconic horror phenomenon, scheduling the release for May. “Texas Chainsaw” continues the [...]