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Cradle 2 the Grave picture

Easter egg: In the special features menu, press right to select Jet Li's kneepad. Hit enter to see another special features movie.

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Layer Cake picture

Easter egg: When accessing the directors' commentary, press right and you will find a 2nd commentary by different people.

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Ong-bak picture

Easter egg: On the Region 4 DVD release from Eastern Eye, on disk 2, go to the Extras menu, then the Poster Gallery and press right. A fist will light up in the top right of the screen. Select it to see the director talking about using 3D computer animation to plan the tuk tuk chase sequence.

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Dracula picture

Easter egg: In the 2007 Collector's Edition, in the Documentaries section on disc 2, move down to "The Costumes are the Sets" and press right. The red Dracula mask will appear. Press enter to watch a short clip of Gary Oldman presenting Dracula as a leprechaun. If you click the icon again afterward, you can enjoy a short outtake featuring Gary Oldman getting a very unexpected surprise from his infant co-star.

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Cold Creek Manor picture

Easter egg: On the main menu, highlight "play" and hit left once to view some pictures of Dale Massie's family.

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The Phantom of the Opera picture

Easter egg: On the Bonus Features DVD, disc 2, on the main menu just under "The Show," there is a small curly square of decoration that illuminates when you click it. It shows the trailer of the film.

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The Amityville Horror picture

Easter egg: If you look under Special Features, use the arrow keys to highlight "On Set Peeks", then use the left arrow key to light up a Red symbol. If you click on it, another menu called Haunts will appear with 2 more features - one shows a long version of the home movies shown in the film. The other is a scare reel that shows all the scary parts of the movie condensed to about 2 minutes.

Andrew Quattropani

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The Gambler picture

Easter egg: The view of the numerous wind turbines tend to catch the viewer's focus, but - in the lower lefthand corner - it looks like an off-white T-Rex is about to go into the town. [00:59:07].

KeyZOid

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow picture

Easter egg: On the special collector's edition, in the Special Features second menu (go to Special Features then go to MORE - its the menu with the gag reel and deleted scenes) then press 1 on your remote. The EXTRA written on the upper-left of the newspaper should light up and you will get a 2 minute clip entitled "Secret behind the scenes look at the animation department, by Steve Meyer". There's a surprise ending so go watch it.

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen picture

Easter egg: In the two disc set, Disc 2 (Special Features), at the main menu select The Human Factor. Once you are in that part go down to Domestic Destruction, push the right button on the remote and a little icon of the Decepticons will appear. It shows a blooper during one of the big scenes.

Chris Skoglund

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The Mummy Returns picture

Easter egg: Region 2, disc 2 of The Mummy Returns there is a 'mummification featurette'. To get to it you must highlight and enter Egyptology 201, then enter 'In depth Look at Mummification' section and press right twice to highlight a scorpion. Press enter to see the featurette.

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The Faculty picture

Easter egg: At the main menu go up once and a medium sized red splat will be highlighted. Select this for a trailer of Deep Blue Sea.

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Suspect Zero picture

Easter egg: On the first page of the "special features" menu, you will notice a blank space in the middle between "more" and "main menu" on the very bottom of the page. If you got to the main menu button and then go once to the left, a series of numbers like the ones Ben Kingsley draws in the movie will appear where that blank space is. If you select it, it is a short interview with a Taoist master about the "third eye" principle.

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The Godfather picture

Easter egg: In the Godfather DVD Collection, on the bonus materials disc, click on Set up. At the setup screen, press right to highlight a globe. Click on it to see clips from the Godfather movies translated into different foreign languages.

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My Little Eye picture

Easter egg: Take the paper DVD cover out of the plastic sleeve and you will see four numbers. Go to interactive mode, enter this number and you will have access to the entire movie from the film-makers view, including deleted scenes.

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Collateral picture

Easter egg: On the second disc of the Double Disc edition of the DVD there is a Special Features menu listing about eight programs. If you press left from any of these the cursor moves onto a hidden box, giving you about eight more features to watch.

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Saw II picture

Easter egg: On the DVD's Main Menu highlight the menu entry 'Play' and then press the 'Left' arrow key on your remote control to highlight the bottom left corner of the main TV screen in the background. Now press the 'Enter' key and you will have the chance to take a look at a special letter.

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The Abyss picture

Easter egg: In the Special Edition DVD (with the white slipcover), in the Imaging Station, if you go to the top of the stack of the videotapes and hit the right arrow button, the TV screen changes to say, "They mostly come at night. Mostly." Hit "enter" to see a trailer for "Aliens," a movie James Cameron directed.

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Easter egg: There are 3 Easter Eggs on this DVD. 1 - go to Special Features, highlight Scene 44, then click the Right arrow key where a blood splat will appear. When you click on it, a short, funny interview with Ed Harris will play where he tells of all the groups that will enjoy watching this film. 2 - go to Special Features, click on Acts of Violence, then highlight Act 1 - Random. Then click the right arrow key where a birthday candle will appear. If you click on it, a short video will play where the cast wishes Viggo Mortensen a Happy Birthday. 3 - go to Special Features, click on Acts of Violence, then highlight Act 1 - Random. Then click the left arrow key where a fish will be highlighted. If you click on it, a short video will play of Viggo Mortensen joking around with a plastic fish (related to an inside joke on the set called Fish Friday).

Andrew Quattropani

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Spider-Man 3 picture

Easter egg: On disc one highlight the outtakes and press left twice. Spidey's eyes will turn yellow. Press enter and you will be shown a clip about the outtake music.

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