Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman, will hit shelves on DVD and Blu-ray next week – Tuesday December 2 to be exact – from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

To gear up for the release, we just received a behind-the-scenes clip off the bonus features featuring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy that I thought you and your readers would enjoy to get through the holiday weekend.

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Angelina Jolie Kicks My Ass: [youtube]KoNiL5viIJA[/youtube]

The 2-disc special edition of Wanted arrives on DVD and Blu-ray 12/2 loaded with tons of bonus features.  Also available will be a Limited Edition Collector’s set that includes a Book of Assassins, Collectible Postcards and Motion Film Cell.

To see all you can get in the collector’s set, check out this video: [youtube]1ALsyMN1lyc[/youtube]

Let me know what you think!

We have more for all of you to enjoy. I enjoyed this movie and really thought it was a great sequel to an already great movie.

The first one is really cool, Guillermo del Toro takes viewers
behind-the-scenes giving a tour of the Troll Market.

Troll Market Tour with Guillermo del Toro:

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This clip gives an inside look at the special effects involved in bringing the characters to life.

Hellboy 2: Bringing the characters to life:

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This clip touches on the casting choice for Princess Nuala and her storyline in
Hellboy II.

Hellboy 2: Princess Nuala:

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As you are aware, Hellboy II: The Golden Army will arrive on 3-disc DVD &
Blu-ray Hi-Def 11/11 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

To gear up for the release, we just received a couple of clips off the bonus features for the Hellboy II: The Golden Army DVD that I thought you might enjoy.

The first one is pretty cool and gives a behind-the-scenes look at Guillermo del Toro and Seth McFarlane discussing the voicing and animation of the character of Johann
Seth McFarlane discusses Hellboy II:

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The second one gives an inside look at all of the imaginative creatures
in the film.
The creatures of Hellboy II:

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army will arrive on 3-disc DVD & Blu-ray Hi-Def November 11th loaded with over 3 hours of bonus features. I must say I am pretty stoked to grab this one on Blu-ray. Shortly after this release, we will see some Dark Knight!!!

Make sure you read our review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army if you haven’t already!!

2008 may very well be remembered as “the year of the superhero”.  This is the year that gave us the immaculate “The Dark Knight”, the crowd-pleasing “Incredible Hulk” (although it did everything BUT please me), and of course the surprisingly strong “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr.  The latter has just been released on DVD and Blu-Ray, with a 2-Disc “Ultimate” Edition that’s sure to satisfy the millions of fans the film garnered since its release this past May.

This hugely entertaining comic book adaptation about Tony Stark (Downey Jr.), a smarmy and sarcastic narcissist of a billionaire playboy who comes from a long line of weapons manufacturers who donates those weapons to the war effort.  But when Tony is captured and held captive in a terrorist camp for three months, he plans an escape by constructing a suit of iron equipped with some nifty devices and an assortment of weapons.  After being rescued, Tony returns home with a renewed set of morals and a fresh new purpose: he wants to protect the people he put in harm’s way by modifying his original suit design.  But Tony is soon swept up in a plot being orchestrated by his shady business partner Obidiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), who wants to use Tony’s suit design for more sinister purposes.

This 2-Disc DVD is jam-packed with bonus features, starting with a slew of deleted/extended scenes that are good to say the very least, but while watching them it’s obvious why they were cut.  Most of these scenes are extended versions of scenes in the final cut, such as more interaction between Tony and Rhodes (Terrence Howard) at Caesar’s Palace and on the plane ride to Afghanistan.  However, there are some entirely new scenes that are pretty nice, including more Iron Man action from the film’s finale and a scene in which Obidiah Stane chastises his workers for not building his own suit quick enough.

But the bulk of the bonus features are on the second disc.  Things really kick off with an elaborate 7-part making-of documentary entitled “I Am Iron Man”.  This documentary chronicles every single part of the process of bringing “Iron Man” to the big screen; it certainly takes a while to get through, but it’s still a worthy special feature.  Another one, “Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man”, gives us a gander into how the filmmakers created the impressive special effects of the movie, as the title would suggest.  “The Invincible Iron Man” is another multi-chaptered documentary, this one a 6-parter which details the history of the character Iron Man, from the initial conception to what he has now become.  Also included is Robert Downey Jr.’s Screen Test for the film, a short feature entitled “The Actor’s Process”, still galleries and more.  This Special Edition DVD is the type collectors dream off: full of quality features that showcase the hard work put into a really good film.

Of course, Paramount has also released a standard one-disc edition which includes only the film and the deleted/extended scenes, but this is the version more deserving of your money.

Movie Rating: 4 stars

DVD Rating:  4.5 stars