Articles by Guido Henkel

Film critic Gene Siskel dies at age 53

February 21, 1999 // 0 Comments

As many of you have probably heard on the news already, film critic Gene Siskel died on Saturday at the age of 53 as a result of complications of a brain surgery he underwent earlier last year. Siskel was part of the film critic team “Siskel & [...]

Sterling Home Entertainment saddles up with Gunfighter

February 19, 1999 // 0 Comments

Francis Ford Coppola’s powerful western drama Gunfighter will make it to DVD on March 16. Directed by Coppola’s son Christopher, “Gunfighter” stars Martin Sheen, Robert Carradine and Clu Gulager, in a story about a down-on-his-luck singer arriving [...]

Can’t find the photo gallery on “Vampires”? Here’s why…

February 18, 1999 // 0 Comments

On the packaging of John Carpenter’s “Vampires” it says the release contains a photo gallery as a supplement. Many of you have since tried to find the gallery on the disc and asked us for help. Well, look no further; the gallery is not there. We [...]

Big Entertainment to offer over 1000 Star Wars products

February 18, 1999 // 0 Comments

BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 18 — bige.com, a division of Big Entertainment (Nasdaq: BIGE), announced today that its e-commerce Web site will be offering over 1,000 Star Wars(TM) products as well as a unique, browsable exclusive Star Wars database. In [...]

Kilmer gets his eyesight back while Roberts plays the Stepmom

February 17, 1999 // 0 Comments

We just got word about a number of upcoming titles. We do not have all the details about the releases yet but didn’t want to withhold the information from you. Expect the full details about these titles in our release schedule later this week. On April [...]

Polygram Filmed Entertainment starts shuttering up

February 17, 1999 // 0 Comments

Today the first official steps to shut down Polygram Films take effect. Over 30 employees of the company lose their job as of this morning, marking a significant step in the company’s torn history. In an expected move, Polygram’s new owner, Universal [...]

Anti-shoplifting device introduced for DVD

February 17, 1999 // 0 Comments

Our friends over at the DVD File have an interesting snippet about security tags for DVD, which will help retailers to reduce shoplifting of their articles. Like the electronic tags used for CDs, videos and computer games, these tags will now be utilized [...]

Anchor Bay finally open their company website

February 16, 1999 // 0 Comments

After a long time of absence, Anchor Bay Entertainment is finally also part of the web community. The company has just opened its website with information on their catalog of VHS and DVD titles. Although the site, which can be found at [...]

NuTech now tackle Japanese Adult Animation on DVD

February 16, 1999 // 0 Comments

NuTech Digital, supplier of a large number of adult DVD releases, is now starting to tread new territory. The company has picked up the publishing and distribution rights for a number of adult anime titles. At a suggested retail price of $29.95, LA Blue [...]

A look at “Alice In Wonderland”… while we are waiting

February 15, 1999 // 0 Comments

As we had reported last week, plans are reportedly under way at Disney and Buena Vista Home Video to release films from Walt Disney’s animated film library on DVD in the US in the fall. While we are all waiting for these Disney classics to hit the [...]
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