Tuesday 1 September 2015

Wanted (2008)

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie,  Thomas Kretschmann and Terence Stamp.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2010
109m 53s






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

U-Control picture in picture
AlternateOpening
Extended Scene
Cast and Characters (20mins)
Stunts on the L Train (3mins)
Special Effects: The Art of the Impossible (8mins)
Groundbreaking Visual Effects: From Imagination to Execution (8mins)
The Origins of 'Wanted:' Bringing the Graphic Novel to Life (8mins)
Through the Eyes of Visionary Director Timur Bekmambetov (9mins)
Wanted:' Motion Comics (14mins)
The Little Things - music video
The Making of 'Wanted: The Game (10mins)

Taken (2008)

Directed by Pierre Morel and starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Jon Gries and Holly Valance.


Extended Harder Cut DVD bought in 2009
Extended Harder Cut Blu-ray bought in 2012
93m 24s





 DVD



 

Blu-ray extras -

Making of Taken (18mins)
Footage of the Paris premiere (5mins)
Inside Action: Side by Side comparisons (11mins)

Max Payne (2008)

Directed by John Moore and starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Olga Kurylenko, Beau Bridges and Chris O'Donnell.


Harder Cut DVD bought in 2009
Harder Cut Blu-ray bought in 2015
103mins





 Blu-ray



 

Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director John Moore, production designer Daniel Dorrance and visual effects supervisor Everett Burrell
Bonus View" Picture-in-picture video commentaries
Walkthroughs and Cheats: Making Max Payne (53mins)
Picture: Part 1 (29mins)
Picture: Part 2 (30mins)
Michelle Payne: Graphic Novel (14mins)
Behind-the-Scenes with Director John Moore (29mins)

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Directed by Marc Forster and starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, 
Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2010
22-film James Bond Blu-ray Collection bought in 2012
106m 14s






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Bond on Location (25mins)
Crew Files - webisodes (46mins)
Start of Shooting
On Location
Olga Kurylenko and the Boat Chase
The Music
Director Marc Forster
Another Way to Die - music video
Theatrical trailers

Australia (2008)

Directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham 
and Bryan Brown.


Blu-ray bought in 2013
165mins






Australia: The People, The History, The Location (7mins)
9 Behind-the-Scenes featurettes (71mins)
2 Deleted scenes (3mins)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Anil Kapoor.


DVD bought in 2009
120m 34s






Audio commentary by Danny Boyle and actor Dev Patel
Audio commentary by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and producer Christian Colson
Slumdog Dreams: The Making of Slumdog Millionaire (23mins)
Deleted scenes (35mins)
Jai Ho remix - music video 

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Directed by Ron Howard and starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt and Sam Rockwell.


DVD bought in 2009
116m 53s






Audio commentary with Ron Howard
12 Deleted Scenes (22mins)
The Making of Frost/Nixon (23mins)
The Real Interview (7mins)
The Nixon Library (6mins)