Articles by Guido Henkel

The Astronaut’s Wife is coming to DVD in February

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Video just announced the day and date release of their spine-chilling thriller The Astronaut’s Wife on February 8. Starring Johnny Depp, “The Astronaut’s Wife” is the story of the courageous NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost and his [...]

Take a look at the menus of Universal’s Dracula with us

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

We have been able to take a first look at the upcoming release of Universal Home Video’s DVD version of the classic Dracula. As we had hoped, the disc is a gem for all “Dracula” fans, containing a number of truly exciting special features. The disc [...]

Pioneer picks up eight Regent Pictures for release

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

James Kobayashi, President of Pioneer Entertainment, announced today that the company has signed an output agreement with Regent Entertainment to distribute Regent’s films on home video. The deal commences with Regent’s “Free Enterprise,” the [...]

DVD sales explode as expected, as Christmas draws closer

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

Four weeks before the all-important Christmas holiday shopping season, Thanksgiving shoppers spiked DVD software sales as they snapped up movies and music videos over the celebratory weekend. Total DVD software sales for the week ended November 28, 1999, [...]

Check out the Wild Wild Tarantula race on Sunset Boulevard

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

As we had reported last week, Warner Home Video had planned a Tarantula race on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard to celebrate the home video release of Wild Wild West. Well, it happened, and you can see the invasion of the live eight-legged furry spiders, [...]

Chinatown

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

Roman Polanski’s "Chinatown" has long risen to the Olympus of some of the best movies ever made. It is a timeless film that never seems to age really, despite the fact that it actually is a period piece. Apart from Polanski’s masterful [...]

DVD Empire reports record sales for the Holiday season

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

Online holiday sales of DVDs are setting new daily sales records at DVD Empire, the pioneering online retailer of DVD according to company president Jeff Rix. On Monday, November 29, the first business day following the Thanksgiving weekend, the online [...]

DVD Express ships offline catalog and start holiday sweepstakes

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

DVD Express today launched its first off-line catalog and a $3 million “DVD EXPRESSway to Paradise” sweepstakes to kick off the holiday season. Featuring the tagline “Take Hollywood Home for the Holidays, ” DVD Express is distributing more than 2 [...]

The Evil Dead

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

There’s a really interesting hidden feature on Elite Entertainment’s Collector’s Edition of “The Evil Dead”. From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Bonus Materials” and view the “Bits And Pieces” all the way to the end. Now, go back to [...]

Black Sunday

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

Among horror aficionados of classic horror films, Maria Bava’s directorial debut "Black Sunday" is probably best known under it is original title "La Maschera Del Demonio" – the Mask of the Demon. Although also known as [...]
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