Monday, 7 September 2015

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Directed by David Yates, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent , Tom Felton. Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman 
and Maggie Smith.


6-film 7-disc Harry Potter Blu-ray Collection bought in 2010
153mins







Blu-ray extras -

Maximum Movie Mode - picture-in-picture feature
Close-Up with the Cast of Harry Potter (29mins)
One-Minute Drills (7mins)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (50mins)
What's On Your Mind? (7mins)
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (12mins)
Additional Footage (7mins)

Sunday, 6 September 2015

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, 
Robin Wright and Cary Elwes.


3-disc 3D Blu-ray bought in 2012
95mins







Behind the Carol: The Full Motion-Capture Experience - Picture-in-Picture Feature with Optional Commentary by Director Robert Zemeckis
Capturing Dickens: A Novel Retelling (15mins)
Countdown to Christmas Interactive Calender
On Set with Sammi (2mins)
Deleted Scenes (9mins)
Capturing Dickens: A Novel Retelling  (14mins)

9 (2009 Animation)

Directed by Shane Acker and starring Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, 
Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau.


Blu-ray bought in 2011
79m 24s






Audio commentary by writer/director Shane Acker, animation director Joe Ksander, head of story Ryan O’Loughlin and editor Nick Kenway
U-Control picture-in-picture feature
Deleted scenes (7mins)
9 – The Long and Short of It (16mins)
The Look of 9 (13mins)
On Tour with Shane Acker (6mins)
Acting Out (5mins)
9 – The Original Short (11mins)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Directed by Wes Anderson and starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, 
Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe and Owen Wilson.


2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2014
86m 44s







Making Fantastic Mr. Fox (45mins)
A Beginner’s Guide To Whack-Bat
Fantastic Mr. Fox: The World Of Roald Dahl (3mins)

Coraline (2009)

Directed by Henry Selick and starring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, 
Dawn French and Ian McShane.


3D Blu-ray bought in 2012
100m 30s






Audio commentary by director Henry Selick and composer Bruno Coulais
U-Control picture in picture- interactive features
Deleted scenes reel (9mins)
The Making of Coraline (36mins)
Voicing the Characters (11mins)
Creepy Caroline (5mins)

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Directed by Ron Clements & John Musker and starring Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, 
Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard and John Goodman.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
97m 27s






Audio commentary by directors John Musker and Ron Clements and producer Peter Del Vecho
Deleted scenes (12mins)
What Do You See: Princess Portraits game
Never Knew I Needed -  music video by Ne-yo
Work in Progress - interactive bonus view feature
Bringing Life to Animation (8mins)
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess (22mins)
The Return to Hand Drawn Animation (3mins)
The Disney Legacy (3mins)
Disney’s Newest Princess (3mins)
The Princess and the Animator (2mins)
Conjuring the Villian (2mins)
A Return to the Animated Musical (3mins)
Art galleries

Up (2009)

Directed by Pete Docter and starring Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai.


4-disc Blu-ray bought in 2010
3-disc 3D Blu-ray bought in 2013
97m 35s






 3D Blu-ray






Cine-Explore - Picture-in-Picture video commentary by director Pete Docter 
and co-director Bob Peterson
Partly Cloudy - animated short (6mins)
Dug's Special Mission - animated short (5mins)
Adventure Is Out There (22mins)
Alternate Scene: The Many Endings of Muntz (5mins)
Making of Featurettes (47mins)
Alternate Scene: Married Life (9mins)
Up Promo Montage (6mins)
Global Guardian Badge - interactive game
Theatrical Trailers