Friday, 24 July 2015

Shark Tale (2004)

Directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron & Rob Letterman and starring Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese.


DVD bought in 2005
91mins






Audio commentary by directors Bilbo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson and Rob Letterman
Rough Waters
Star Fish
A Fishified World
Music of Shark Tale
A Tour You Can't Reef-Use!
Gigi The Whale
Club Oscar -featurette
Get Your Groove On!
Rock the Reef: Syke's Jukebox
Fun-Filled Scenes
Must Sea Games: Interactive games

Home on the Range (2004)

Directed by Will Finn and John Sanford and starring Roseanne Barr, Cuba Gooding Jr, Judi Dench, Randy Quaid, Jennifer Tilly and Steve Buscemi.


DVD bought in 2006
73m 07s






Audio commentary by Writers/Directors Will Finn & John Sanford and Producer Alice Dewey
Deleted Scenes (15mins)
Anytime You Need a Friend - Music Video
Games & Activities
Yodel Mania!
Trailblazers: The Making of Home on the Range (17mins)
Art Review (10mins)
Bonus Short: - A Diary Tale: The Three Little Pigs

The Polar Express (2004)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara and Eddie Deezen.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
2-disc 3D Blu-ray bought in 2012
100m 07s






 DVD






Blu-ray extras -

You Look Familiar - featurette (4mins)
A Genuine Ticket to Ride (14mins)
True Inspirations: An Author's Adventure (6mins)
Behind the Scenes of "Believe (4mins)
Flurry of Effects (8mins)
Smokey and the Streamer - additional song
Believe - music video by Josh Groban
Meet the Snow Angels
Polar Express challenge game
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday, 21 July 2015

Steamboy (2004)

Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and starring Anna Paquin, Kari Wahlgren, Patrick Stewart, 
Oliver Cotton and Alfred Molina (English Version).


2-disc Director's Cut DVD Box Set bought in 2006
126mins












The Voyage of Steamboy (34mins)
Re-voicing Steamboy (19mins)
Interview with director Katsuhiro Otomo (5mins)
Multi-screen Landscape Study (19mins)
The Adventure Continues
Production Drawings
Animation Onion Skins
Theatrical Trailer

Box Set includes collectible postcards, 164 page booklet containing character designs, mecha designs, selected storyboard sequences, 28 page"Steamboy Manga" in Japanese, reading right to left and with an English translation booklet.

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, 
Lauren Bacall and Billy Crystal (English version)


2-disc Limited Edition DVD bought in 2006
2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2012
119m 08s





 DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Complete Storyboards as a Multi-Angle presentation
Interview with author Diana Wynne Jones (8mins)
Interview with Peter Docter (8mins)
Hello, Mr. Lasseter! Hayao Miyazaki visits Pixar featurette (16mins)
Explanation of CG: How to Move Howl’s Castle (20mins)
The Sounds of Howl’s Moving Castle (28mins)
Behind the Microphone (9mins)
Theatrical trailers

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Directed by Mamoru Oshii and starring Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman and William Knight (England version)


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
Blu-ray bought in 2010
100mins






 DVD









Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with Mamoru Oshii and animation director Toshihiko Nishikubo
Making-of featurette (16mins)
Interview with Mamoru Oshii (24mins)

Appleseed (2004)

Directed by Shinji Aramaki and starring Jessica Straus, Jamieson Price, Carolyn Hennesy and 
Cindy Robinson (English version).


2-disc Collector's Edition Steelbook DVD bought in 2005
Blu-ray bought in 2013
106mins





 Steelbook DVD




 

Audio commentary by director Shinji Aramaki and Fumihiko Sori
The Birth of 3D Live Anime (36mins)
Design Galleries
Image Galleries
Appleseed Info
Crew Biographies
Japanese Theatrical Trailers
US Theatrical Trailer