Friday, 4 September 2015

The Twilight Saga (2008-2012)

Twilight (2008) Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. 121m 50s
Twilight: New Moon (2009) Directed by Chris Weitz. 130m 38s
Twilight: Eclipse (2010) Directed by David Slade. 123m 57s
Twilight: Breaking Dawn p.1 (2011) Directed by Bill Condon. 117m 08s
Twilight: Breaking Dawn p.2 (2012) Directed by Bill Condon. 115m 12s

Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. 


5-disc 5-film Twilight Saga Collection Blu-ray bought in 2013













Extras include commentaries, deleted scenes, documentaries, interviews, featurettes, music videos, photo galleries and theatrical trailers.

Thursday, 3 September 2015

Cloverfield (2008)

Directed by Matt Reeves and starring Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, T. J. Miller, 
Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan and Mike Vogel.


2-disc Special Edition Steelbook DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2015
84m 40s





Steelbook DVD





Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Director Matt Reeves
Document 01.18.08: The Making of Cloverfield (28mins)
Cloverfield Visual Effects (23mins)
I Saw It! It's Alive! It's Huge (6mins)
Clover Fun (4mins)
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Endings
Special Investigation Mode

Outlander (2008)

Directed by Howard McCain and starring Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, John Hurt 
and Ron Perlman.


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2011
115mins





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary from director Howard McCain, producers Chris Roberts and John Schimmel, and writer/executive producer Dirk Blackman
Two Worlds, One Film (17mins)
Deleted Scenes (41mins)
Visual Effect Tests (9mins)
Animatics (24mins)
Artwork Galleries
Theatrical Trailer 

Mutant Chronicles (2008)

Directed by Simon Hunter and starring Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee and John Malkovich.


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2015
111m 26s





 Blu-ray





DVD extras -

The Making of Mutant Chronicles (108mins)
Cast and Crew Interviews (25mins)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly. Jaden Smith, 
Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm and John Cleese.


Blu-ray bought in 2012
103m 35s






Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by screenwriter David Scarpa
Klaatu’s Unseen Artifacts: Picture-in-Picture video commentary
Storyboard Picture-in-Picture video commentary
Deleted scenes
Re-imagining ‘The Day (30mins)
Unleashing Gort (14mins)
Watching the Skies: In Search of Extraterrestrial Life (23mins)
The Day the Earth Was Green (14mins)
Build Your Own Gort - interactive feature
Image Galleries
Theatrical trailer 

Speed Racer (2008)

Directed by the Wachowskis and starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, 
Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox and Roger Allam.


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2010
135mins





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Spritle in the Big Leagues (15mins)
Speed Racer: Super Charged (16mins)
Speed Racer: Car-Fu Cinema (28mins)
Speed Racer: Ramping Up! (10mins)

Doomsday (2008)

Directed by Neil Marshall and starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara and Malcolm McDowell.


DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2011
112m 50s






 Blu-ray





Audio commentary by Neil Marshall and actors Darren Morfitt, Rick Warden, Sean Pertwee 
and Les Simpson
Anatomy of Catastrophe: Civilisation on the Brink (17mins)
The Visual Effects and Wizardry of Doomsday (9mins)
Devices of Death: Guns, Gadgets and vehicles of Destruction (20mins)