Sunday, 14 June 2015

Red Planet (2000)

Directed by Antony Hoffman and starring Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, 
Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker and Terence Stamp.


DVD bought in 2001
Blu-ray bought in 2014
106m 30s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Deleted Scenes (14mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Mission to Mars (2000)

Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, and Jerry O'Connell.


DVD bought in 2001
113mins





 

Audio commentary by visual effects supervisors Hoyt Yeatman and John Knoll, production designer Ed Verreaux and director of photography Stephen H. Burum
Visions of Mars (21mins)
Visual Effects Analysis (5mins)
Animatics To Scene (33mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Hollow Man (2000)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, 
Rhona Mitra and William Devane.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2001
Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2013
112mins (119mins)






 Blu-ray





DVD extras -

Audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, Kevin Bacon and Andrew Marlowe
Audio commentary by composer Jerry Goldsmith (shared with isolated music score track)
HBO Making-of Special: Anatomy of a Thriller (15mins)
Fleshing out the Hollow Man: 15 Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes (41mins)
Three Deleted Scenes with Paul Verhoeven Commentary
Special Effects Picture in Picture Comparisons
Theatrical Trailer

X-Men (2000)

Directed by Bryan Singer and starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn and Anna Paquin.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003
6-disc X-Men Trilogy Blu-ray bought in 2009
104m 20s










 DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Director Bryan Singer, Moderated by Brian Peck
X-Men 1 BonusView - picture in picture
Enhanced Viewing Mode - Featurettes and Deleted Scenes (64mins)
Deleted / Extended Scenes (11mins)
Fox Special: The Mutant Watch (22mins)
Bryan Singer Interview
Evolution X - with Optional Branching (137mins)
The Uncanny Suspects (24mins)
Hugh Jackman's First Reading
Hugh Jackman's Screen Test
Character Still Gallery
X-Factor - Featurette with Optional Branching (23mins)
Animatics
Art Galleries
Image Galleries
Production Documentary Scrapbook - Featurette with Optional Branching (63mins)
The Special Effects of the X-Men - Featurette with Optional Branching (17mins)
Reflection of the X-Men - Featurette with Optional Branching (9mins)
Premieres Around the World (19mins)
Marketing the X-Men
Theatrical Trailers

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

The Matrix (1999)

Directed by The Wachowskis and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, 
Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.


10-disc 4-film Ultimate DVD Collection bought in 2004
Blu-ray bought in 2009
136m 17s





 10-disc DVD Collection























Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by philosophers Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilder
Audio commentary by critics Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
Audio commentary by cast and crew Carrie-Anne Moss, Zach Staenberg and John Gaeta
Musical audio commentary by composer Don Davis
Written introduction by The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix Revisited (123mins)
Behind the Matrix featurettes (43mins)
Follow the White Rabbit featurettes (23mins)
What is Bullet Time? (6mins)
What is the Concept? (11mins)
The Music Revisited  music excerpts
Rock is Dead - music video by Marilyn Manson
Theatrical Trailers