Monday 6 July 2015

28 Days Later & 28 Weeks Later (2002-2007)

28 Days Later (2002) Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns and Brendan Gleeson. 113mins

28 Weeks Later (2007) Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau and Catherine McCormack. 100mins


DVDs bought in 2005 & 2007
2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2013





DVD




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Extras include commentaries, documentaries, deleted scenes, galleries and trailers.

Friday 3 July 2015

Donnie Darko (2001)

Directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, 
Mary McDonnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Patrick Swayze.


2-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2005
133mins









DVD contains the Director's Cut of the film
Audio Commentary by Richard Kelly and Filmmaker Kevin Smith
20 Deleted And Extended Scenes (32mins)
B-Roll Footage (5mins)
Cast And Crew Interviews (15mins)
They Made Me Do It (5mins)
They Made Me Do It Too (30mins)
Production Diary (41mins)
Music Video - Gary Jules "Mad World"
Theatrical Trailers

The Time Machine (2002)

Directed by Simon Wells and starring Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory, 
Orlando Jones and Jeremy Irons.


DVD bought in 2002
96mins







Audio commentary with director Simon Wells and editor Wayne Wahrman
Audio commentary with producer David Valdes, visual effects supervisor James Price and 
production designer Oliver Scholl
Creating The Morlocks
Building The Time Machine
Visual Effects By Digital Domain
Stunt Choreography Fight Sequence
The Hunt - animatic sequence
Dean Fulton - deleted scene
Still gallery
US Theatrical trailer
International Theatrical trailer

The Scorpion King (2002)

Directed by Chuck Russell and starring Dwayne Johnson, Kelly Hu, Stephen Brand, Bernard Hill 
and Michael Clarke Duncan.


DVD bought in 2005
92mins






Audio commentary with Dwayne Johnson
Audio commentary with director Chuck Russell
Enhanced Viewing Mode
Spotlight On Location (14mins)
Ancient World Production Design
Preparing The Fight
The Rock And Michael Duncan Clarke
Working With Animals
Special Effects
Deleted and alternate scenes
Outtakes
I Stand Alone - music video by Godsmack
Theatrical trailer

Reign of Fire (2002)

Directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler 
and Izabella Scorupco.


DVD bought in 2002
Blu-ray bought in 2014
102mins





 DVD





Blu-ray extras -

Breathing Life Into the Terror: The Making of the Dragons (9mins)
If You Can't Take the Heat: Pyrotechnics (15mins)
Conversations with Director Rob Bowman (12mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Spider-Man (2002)

Directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, 
Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons.


DVD bought in 2002
Blu-ray bought in 2009
121m 12s





 DVD






Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by Sam Raimi, Laura Ziskin, Grant Curtis, and Kirsten Dunst
Audio commentary by John Dykstra and special effects crew
Audio commentary by Tobey Maguire and J.K. Simmons
Spider Sense Trivia Challenge
The Spider-man Cutting Room
Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century (25mins)
HBO Making of Spider-Man" TV Special (25mins)
Spider-Mania” An E! Entertainment Special (41mins)
Director & Composer Profiles (15mins)
Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man (32mins)
Screen Tests
Makeup and Costumes
Gags & Outtakes
Webisodes (21mins)
Music Video -“Hero” Performed by Chad Kroeger
Music Video -“What We’re All About” by Sum 41
Theatrical Trailers

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Directed by Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggor Mortensen, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis and Christopher Lee.


2-disc Limited Edition DVD bought in 2003
4-disc Extended Edition DVD bought in 2003
2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2010
5-disc Blu-ray bought in 2011
179mins (235mins) 





 5-disc Blu-ray






 2-disc DVD






 4-disc DVD






Extended Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by the Director and Writers
Audio Commentary by the Design Team
Audio Commentary by the Production/ Post-Production Team
Audio Commentary by the Cast
Introduction (by Peter Jackson)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins Of Middle Earth (29mins)
From Book To Script: Finding The Story (21mins)
Designing Middle-Earth (46mins)
Weta Workshop (44mins)
Design Galleries (1642 images)
The Taming Of Sméagol  (40mins)
Middle-Earth Atlas feature (Map of Middle-Earth)
New Zealand As Middle-Earth:
Warriors Of The Third Age (21mins)
Cameras In Middle-Earth (68mins)
Production Photos (60 images)
Big-atures documentary (22mins)
Weta Digital (28mins)
Editorial: Refining The Story (22mins)
Music For Middle-Earth (25mins)
The Soundscapes Of Middle-Earth (21mins)
The Battle For Helm's Deep Is Over...(9mins)
Behind the Scenes (106mins)