Articles by Guido Henkel

A Perfect Murder

November 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

Alfred Hitchcock created some of the most fascinating and gripping thrillers in cinematic history, films that still hold up astonishingly well today, some thirty of more years later. Some of his films have become such classics of movie history that a vast [...]

Mr. Nice Guy

November 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

With every new film by martial arts master Jackie Chan, you are under the impression he is trying to top everything he has done before. While that is certainly a notion prevalent throughout the film industry, the personal risks charismatic Chan takes [...]

Tom Cruise turned down at Blockbuster Video

October 30, 1998 // 0 Comments

We just found this snippet of news and we thought it might give you a laugh, just as it did for us. Enjoy! Blockbuster chiefs in the U.K. have praised a clerk in a local video store for refusing to rent a video tape to Tom Cruise because the actor was [...]

Full Moon to release “Subspecies 4” in December

October 29, 1998 // 0 Comments

Full Moon Pictures have just announced their plans to release the latest installment in their successful “Subspecies” series to DVD in time for Christmas. “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm” will hit the streets on December 8, day and date with its VHS [...]

“Bull Durham” marks Image’s 200th exclusive DVD release

October 28, 1998 // 0 Comments

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Image Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISK), the largest independent licensee and distributor of optical disc programming in North America, today announced that it has shipped its 200th exclusive DVD title, [...]

The power of an immortal… a look at Blade

October 24, 1998 // 0 Comments

On December 22, this summer’s vampire action spectacle Blade, starring Wesley Snipes, Steven Dorff and Udo Kier, will hit the shelves on DVD from New Line Cinema. Prepared as a “Platinum Edition”, as we had reported earlier, the disc will contain [...]

Amblin films are finally coming to DVD

October 22, 1998 // 0 Comments

The Hollywood Reporter announced the other day that Universal Home Video have finally been greenlighted by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment to release a number of Amblin titles on DVD. According to the magazine, the line-up includes Collector’s [...]

More info on the PFE film library on DVD

October 22, 1998 // 0 Comments

Immediately after the announcement of MGM taking over the Polygram Film Library earlier this morning, Ken Cranes Superstore listed two titles from the catalog for release on DVD through Polygram Home Video. The titles in question are “Princess Bride” [...]
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