Saturday, 22 August 2015

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)

Directed by Colin & Greg Strause, starring Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, 
Johnny Lewis and Ariel Gade.


2-disc Ultimate Combat Edition DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2010
101mins






Blu-ray





DVD extras -

Audio Commentary with The Brothers Strause and producer John Davis
Audio Commentary with special effects supervisors Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.
Preparing For War: Development & Production (16mins)
Fight To The Finish: Post-Production (12mins)
The Nightmare Returns: Creating The Aliens (8mins)
Crossbreed: Creating The Predalien (8mins)
Building The Predator Homeworld (7mins)
Primitive Design: Creating the Predator (10mins)
The Science Of The Xenomorph (11mins)
The Science Of The Hunter (11mins)
Photo Galleries

Transformers (2007)

Directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Turturro and Jon Voight.


2-disc Special Edition Steelbook DVD bought in 2007
2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2010
143m 27s







 Blu-ray







Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director Michael Bay
Transformers Heads Up Display Picture-In-Picture video commentary
Our World - 4-part documentary (49mins)
Their War - 4-part documentary (65mins)
More Than Meets The Eye (11mins)
Theatrical Trailers

Friday, 21 August 2015

Vexille (2007)

Directed by Fumihiko Sori and starring Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Christine Auten and Christopher Sabat (English dub).


2-disc Steelbook DVD bought in 2008
Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013
110m 54s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray includes about 2 hours of special features -

Opening Comments from the Locarno Film Festival
Following Sori's Work as an Animation Creator
Voice Acting Footage
Creating the Cities in VEXILLE
2007 Tokyo International Anime Fair Event
Sori's Guest Lecture at Digital Hollywood Tokyo
An Old Friend Pays Sori a Visit
Behind-the-Scenes Footage of ICHI
Creating VEXILLE's 3D Animation
Creating the Music in VEXILLE
Sori's Closing Comments
The Secrets of VEXILLE
Original TV Spots and Previews

Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)

Directed by Shinji Aramaki and starring Luci Christian, David Matranga and Allison Sumrall 
(English dub)


2-disc Steelbook DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2011
104m 26s





Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary with co-producer Joseph Chou and animation historian Jerry Beck
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki (16mins)
Revolution: Animating Ex Machina (19mins)
The Appleseed Chronicles (20mins)
East Meets West (19mins)

Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

Directed by Hideaki Anno, starring Spike Spencer, Brina Palencia and Allison Keith (English dub)


DVD bought in 2011
98mins








Rebuild of Evangelion:
-Shiro Sagisu Version (16mins)
-Joseph-Maurice Ravel Version (16mins)
Angel of Doom Promotional Music Video
News Flashes
Trailers

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Directed by Steve Anderson and starring Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Harland Williams, 
Steve Anderson, Angela Bassett, Adam West and Tom Selleck.


DVD bought in 2008
3D Blu-ray bought in 2015
95m 06s





 3D Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director Stephen J. Anderson
Isolated Sound Effects Track in 5.1
Deleted Scenes (21mins)
Music videos
Inventing the Robinsons (18mins)
Keep Moving Forward: Inventions that Shaped the World (6mins)
Family Function 5000 - interactive game
Bowler Hat Barrage - interactive game

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