Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Children of Men (2006)

Directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, 
Charlie Hunnam and Michael Caine.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007
104m 42s






Men Under Attack (8mins)
Children of Men - Comments by Slavoj Zizek (6mins)
Theo & Julian (5mins)
Futuristic Design (9mins)
Visual Effects: Creating the Baby (3mins)
The Possibility of Hope (27mins)
Deleted Scenes

V for Vendetta (2006)

Directed by James McTeigue and starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt and Stephen Fry.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
Blu-ray bought in 2010
132mins






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Reimagining a Cult Classic for the 21st Century - In-Movie Experience video commentary
Freedom! Forever!: Making V for Vendetta (16mins)
Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot (10mins)
England Prevails: V for Vendetta and the New Wave in Comics (15mins)
Designing the Near Future (17mins)
Cat Power - montage
Saturday Night Live - Digital Short Parody
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey, Jr, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane


DVD bought in 2007
96m 20s






Audio Commentary with Keanu Reeves, Richard Linklater, producer Tom Pallotta, author/historian Jonathan Lethem, and Phillip K. Dick's daughter Isa Dick Hackett
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly (26mins)
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (21mins)
Theatrical trailer 

The Girl Who Leapt Through Tine (2006)

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda and starring Shannon Chan-Kent, Brian Dobson, Brian Drummond 
and Andrew Francis. (English version)


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2011
98mins






DVD







DVD extra -

Audio Commentary with Mamoru Hosoda and actors Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

Directed by Gorō Miyazaki and starring Timothy Dalton, Matt Levin, Mariska Hargitay, 
Cheech Marin and Willem Dafoe (English version).


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2009
110m 47s







Complete storyboards (111mins)
NTV Japanese TV Channel Special (44mins)
Behind the Microphone (48mins)
Original Japanese trailer
Studio Ghibli Collection trailer reel

Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)

Directed by Keiichi Sugiyama and starring Christopher Patton, Carrie Savage, Pam Dougherty and John Burgmeier. (English version)


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2012
94m 15s






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

The Making of Origin (52mins)
Japanese Promo Spots (10mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

Directed by Michael Arias, starring Scott Menville, Kamali Minter, Rick Gomez and David Lodge


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2012
110m 36s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with Michael Arias, writer Anthony Weintrau, and sound designer Mitch Osias
The Making of Tekkonkinkreet - Director Michael Arias' 300 Day Diary (43mins)
A Conversation with Michael Arias and British music duo Plaid" featurette (12mins)