Friday, 21 August 2015

Ratatouille (2007)

Directed by Brad Bird and starring Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, 
Janeane Garofalo and Peter O'Toole.


3-disc Limited Edition DVD bought in 2008
3D Blu-ray bought in 2014
111mins





DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Lifted - short film (5mins)
Your Friend the Rat - short film (11mins)
Fine Food and Film: A Conversation with Brad Bird and Thomas Keller (14mins)
Cine-Explorer Features (watch with the movie or individually):
13 animation briefings
10 documentary shorts
Deleted scenes
Deleted Shots
The Will
Remembering Dan Lee
Gasteau's Gormet Game - interactive game

Surf's Up (2007)

Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck and starring Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel and James Woods.


DVD bought in 2008
82m 03s






Audio commentary by directors Ash Brannon and Chris Buck and producer Christopher Jenkins
4 Lost scenes
Arnold's Zurfinary
All Together Now: Surf's Up Voice Sessions (17mins)
Surf Cam (7mins)
Making Waves (13mins)
Storyboard to Surfboard
Meet the Penguins
Progression reels
Lose Myself - music video by Ms. Lauryn Hill
Art galleries
The Chubbchubbs! (2002) (6mins)
The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas" (2007) (6mins)

Shrek the Third (2007)

Directed by Chris Miller & Raman Hui, starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, 
Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews and John Cleese.


DVD bought in 2007
3D Blu-ray bought in 2013
92m 42s





DVD






Blu-ray extras -

The Animators' Corner - Picture-in-Picture Feature
Shrek's Interactive Journey: III - Photo Gallery
Spotlight on Fiona (10mins)
Deleted Scenes (26mins)
How to Be Green
Worcestershire Academy Yearbook - Interactive Profiles
DreamWorks Animation Jukebox

TMNT (2007)

Directed by Kevin Munroe and starring James Arnold Taylor, Nolan North, Mitchell Whitfield, Mikey Kelley, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Mako and Patrick Stewart.


DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2010
87mins





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Kevin Munroe
TMNT: Voice Talent First Look (5mins)
Mikey's Birthday Party (3mins)
Raphael's Rough House Fight (2mins)
Monsters Come Alive (3mins)
Donny's Digital Data Files (2mins)
Roof Top Workout (6mins)
Still Wanna Fight? (3mins)
Alternate Opening
Alternate Ending temp/scratch test
Deleted Scene
TMNT Internet Reel Trailer

Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Beowulf (2007)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, 
Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover and Angelina Jolie.


2-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2008
Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2010
114m 43s









 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf  (24mins)
Beasts of Burden: Designing the Creatures of Beowulf (7mins)
The Origins of Beowulf (5mins)
Creating the Ultimate Beowulf (2mins)
The Art of Beowulf (5mins)
Deleted scenes (12mins)
Beowulf: Mapping the Journey (21mins)

Dragon Wars (2007)

Also known as - D-War.

Directed by Shim Hyung-rae, starring Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Elizabeth Pena


DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2012
90m 04s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

5,000 Years In the Making (18mins)
Dragon Wars Animatics: From Storyboard to Screen (11mins)
Conceptual Art gallery

The Golden Compass (2007)

Directed by Chris Weitz and starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, 
Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Freddie Highmore, Ian Mckellen and Ian McShane.


2-disc Extended Edition DVD bought in 2008
2-disc Extended Edition Blu-ray bought in 2011
113m 17s








 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with writer/director Chris Weitz
Enhanced visual commentary with writer/director Chris Weitz
The Novel: Author Philip Pullman and the Consequences of Curiosity (19mins)
The Adaptation of Writer/Director Chris Weitz (16mins)
Finding Lyra Belacqua: Introducing Dakota Blue Richards (15mins)
Daemons (20mins)
The Alethiometer: Creating the Truth Measure (15mins)
Production Design: The Emotional Fabric of a Parallel World (26mins)
Costumes (12mins)
Oxford: Lyra's Jordan (8mins)
Armoured Bears (18mins)
Music (12mins)
The Launch: Releasing the Film (8mins)
Poster Gallery
Theatrical Trailers