Weekly RoundUp 1-15-2008 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Jessica Alba (Good Luck Chuck – 2007)


– Earth vs. Flying the Saucers – 1956


– The Naked Prey – 1966


– Ikimono no kiroku/Record of Living Being/I Live in Fear – 1955


– Seann William Scott. Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Sarandon (Mr. Woodcock – 2007)

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAllo! Allo! Complete Series 7$24.49$34.99$29.99 - - Alex Haley’s Queen$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - All Creatures Great & Small: Comp. Coll.$299.99$339.99$299.99 - - Already Dead$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - An Affair to Remember (50th Anniv. Ed.)$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown DE$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Breaker Morant$13.99$17.99$15.99 - - Criss Angel Mindfreak: Season 3$26.19$24.99$29.99 - - Dora/Explorer: Undercover Dora$11.99$12.99$14.99$12.99 - Dragonlance: Dragons…Twilight$14.99$12.99$15.99 - - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Extras: Complete Series$34.99$34.99$39.99 - - Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest$16.09$12.99$14.99$13.99 - Family Guy Pres.: Blue Harvest SE$24.49$24.99$24.99$24.99 - Ghost Son$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - **Good Luck Chuck (Rated)$19.99$16.99$17.99 - - **Good Luck Chuck (Unrated)$19.99$16.99$17.99$17.99 - He Was a Quiet Man$26.99$19.99$19.99 - - In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniv. Ed.)$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - It Came from Beneath the Sea$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Killer Diller$23.99$14.99$24.99 - - Kurosawa Post-War Box Set (CC)$48.99$69.99$59.99 - - Lomax the Songwriter$16.99$14.99$15.99 - - Love Lies Bleeding$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - The Marva Collins Story$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Mr. Woodcock$19.99$16.99$19.99$17.99 - Murder in Mississippi$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - The Naked Prey (CC)$29.99$32.99$34.99 - - New Adventures of Old Christine: S1$19.99$24.99$19.99$22.99 - Operation Homecoming$18.99$19.99$19.99 - - Oswald’s Ghost$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - Persuasion$14.99$19.99$15.99 - - Rockford Files: Season 5$27.99$24.99$34.99 - - Sabrina, Teenage Witch: Season 3$26.99$34.99$34.99 - - Saving Sarah Cain$15.99$19.99$17.99 - - Scenes of a Sexual Nature$25.19$24.99$19.99 - - She’s Gotta Have It$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Storm Hawks: Hawks Rise Again$15.29$12.99$15.99 - - Storm Hawks: Tales from Atmos$15.29$12.99$15.99 - - Strays$26.99$14.99$19.99 - - Suburban Girl$19.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Ten$18.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Utopian Society$17.99$14.99$15.99 - - Wedding Daze$18.89$19.99$17.99$19.99 - Went to Coney Island…Back by Five$17.99$14.99$15.99 - - When Harry Met Sally CE$13.99$19.99$15.99 - -


HD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoNone to report this week. - - - - -


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoBreaker Morant$19.95$24.99$29.98 - - Good Luck Chuck (Unrated)$27.95$29.99$39.99$29.99 - Mr. Woodcock$24.95$29.99$35.99 - - Suburban Girl$22.95$29.99$31.99 - - Went to Coney Island…Back by Five$16.95 - - - -

(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Kurosawa Post War Box Set: Record of Living Being, Idiot, Scandal, No Regrets for Our Youth.

The Disclaimer Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price.

"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.

I, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list every DVD. So, please don't complain! If there is a title not included in the RoundUp that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone!

Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.

The Specials

**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Good Luck Chuck (Theatrical) AND Good Luck Chuck (Unrated) are available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the right one(s)! That means there are four different versions of Good Luck Chuck from which to choose. :rolleyes

--At Best Buy, purchase Good Luck Chuck and get a FREE T-SHIRT! On pack. Minimum 9 per store. No rainchecks.

--And, if you are thinking about pulling the trigger on Good Luck Chuck @ Best Buy, you can save $5 on the purchase if you also buy Wedding Daze. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Purchase ANY version of Mr. Woodcock at Best Buy and get any ONE of the following three titles for just $5: The Man, Monster-In-Law, Tenacious D & the Pick of Destiny Reg. $9.99 apiece. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Buy Criss Angel Mindfreak: Season 3 on DVD @ Best Buy and you are eligible to buy Seasons 1 & 2 for $9.99 apiece!

--Best Buy is advertising another of it’s great sales on Warner Brothers SEs! Just $9.99 apiece for select titles. Shown in the flyer: Casablanca, Citizen kane, Doctor Zhivago, east of Eden. Find these and more in store and online. Save $11 to $15 on these award winners.

--Best Buy is also advertising a number of Blu-ray titles (Buena Vista/Disney) for $24.99 apiece:Apocalypto, Cars, Con Air, High School Musical 2, Invincible, PotC 1, PotC 2, PotC 3, Ratatouille, The Rock, Wild Hogs.

And, BB is advertising some good deals on three recent releases:

$14.99: The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter/Order of the Phoenix

$29.99: Lost: Season 3

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:Best Buy has a number of DVDs listed @ $6.99 and $7.50.

--At Circuit City, buy Good Luck Chuck and be eligible to buy EITHER Waiting OR Employee of the Month for $5. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Also @ CC, buy Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest and be able to buy Family Guy: Volumes 1 thru 5 for $19.99 apiece. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Circuit City also has a number of titles on HD media on sale for $17.99 (Sale applies to BOTH HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs!): The Ant Bully, Blood Diamond, Bullitt, Corpse Bride, The Dirty Dozen, Enter the Dragon, The Fountain, The Fugitive, Goodfellas, Lethal Weapon, March of the Penguins, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera, Superman Returns, Superman 2 (Donner Cut), Training Day, The Wicker Man.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has a list of DVDs for sale @ $9.99 apiece and another list of 2/$15. CC also has a long list of TV Shows on DVD on sale.

--Target Odds and Ends: Since Target has absolutely NO DVD specials in their flyer this week, I will include this sole DVD-related Target sale for this week: 24-pack .5-liter Market Pantry Water are 2/$7! Our lowest price of the season!

 

[Patrick Sun]

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

$17.99 each High-Def (either version Blu-ray or HD DVD)
Blood Diamond
Superman Returns
Superman II (Richard Donner cut)
Goodfellas
The Fugitive
The Wicker Man
March of the Penguin
Bullitt
Training Day
Lethal Weapon
The Fountain
The Ant Bully
Million Dollar Baby
The Dirty Dozen
Corpse Bride
The Phantom of the Opera
Enter the Dragon

Undercover Dora $14.99

$17.99? Maybe:
3:10 to Yuma
Resident Evil: Extinction
War
Rush Hour 3

2 for $15:
Inside Man
Superman Returns
The Ant Bully
Miami Vice
M:I: III
Daddy's Little Girl
Idlewild
Bruce Almighty
Unleashed
She's the Man
ATL
Delta Farce
V for Vendetta
The Condemned
Bug
The Hitcher
??
Jackass number two unrated
You, Me and Dupree
Old School
There's Something about Mary
Music & Lyrics
Anchorman
???
Nacho Libre
???
???
???

$9.99 each
Breach
The Last King of Scotland
Planet Terror
Death Proof
Red Line
Touristas unrated
We are Marshall
I think I Love My Wife
Reno 911!
License to Wed
A Good Year
TMNT
300
Casino Royale
Little Miss Sunshine
Are We Done Yet?
1408
Premonition
Vacancy
The Number 23

TV season sets:
The Starter Wife S1 $12.99
MASH S11? $19.99
Futurama S4 $19.99
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S1&2 $19.99
The Simpsons S1 - S6 $19.99 each
The Simpsons S7 - S10 $24.99 each
Stargate: Atlantis S1-S3 $24.99 each
Stargate: SG-1 S10 $24.99
The House of Payne S1 $24.99
Charmed S6 $27.99
24 S1 S6 $27.99 each
Boston Legal S1 - S3 $27.99
Prison Break S1 - S2 $27.99
The Unit S1 - S2 $27.99
South Park S10 $27.99
Heroes S1 $39.99
Lost S3 $39.99
Grey's Anatomy S3 $39.99
The Wire S1 - S3 $39.99 each
Deadwood S1 - S3 $49.99 each
Band of Brothers $49.99

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$14.99 each:
The Bourne Ultimatum
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Lost S3 $29.9

$9.99 each (2-disc SE)
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Doctor Zhivago
East of Eden

$24.99 each Blu-ray discs:
High School Musical 2
Cars
Ratatouille
Invincible
Apocalypse
Wild Hogs
Con Air
Pirates of the Caribbean 1
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
The Rock

$7.50 each:
Music & Lyrics
Domino
Employee of the Month
Jackass number two unrated
The Covenant
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Jaws
Waist Deep
The Black Dahlia
The Ant Bully
All the Kings Men
Squid and the Whale
Silent Hill
RV
House of Flying Daggers
World Trade Center
Nacho Libre
Snakes on a Plane
Code Name: The Cleaner
Rumor Has It
Poseidon
Lady in the Water
Cowboys
Rio Bravo
V for Vendetta
Superman Returns
The Fountain
Deliverance
M: I: III
Transporter 2
Last Unicorn
Akeelah and the Bee

$6.99 each:
The Gangs of New York
Good Will Hunting
Clerks
Chocolat
Equilibrium
Ladder 49
Black Hole
The Search of the Castaways
The Boatniks
Ice Princess
Shopgirl
Annapolis
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Flightplan
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Unbreakable
The Rocketeer
The Count of Monte Cristo
Armageddon
From Dusk Till Dawn
Rocketman
Rushmore
Rounders
The Parent Trap (original version)
The Parent Trap: Special Double Trouble Edition
The Three Musketeers
Under the Tuscan Sun
Paid in Full
Open Range
Old Yeller/ Savage Sam
King Arthur
The Hero
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Bridget Jones' Diary
Reign of Fire
Shakespeare in Love
The 13th Warrior
The Apple Dumpling Gang: Special Edition
The Rock
The Waterboy

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Target on sale DVD items:

Undercover Dora $12.99

 

[ChrisBEA]

Blue Harvest!

 

[Timothy J Wolfe]

Just a heads up to any one with HDDVD that wants "The Ten" Amazon does have a listing for it. I just noticed it when I looked up the DVD on Amazon to see what the show is. But it is only $19.95 less than a dollar more than the standard DVD. here is a link: Amazon.com: The Ten [HD DVD]: DVD: Reed Birney,Famke Janssen,Oliver Platt,Winona Ryder,Ron Silver,Janeane Garofalo,Liev Schreiber,Justin Theroux,Jerry Grayson,Gretchen Mol,Paul Rudd,Rashida Jones,Zak Orth,Bobby Cannavale,Jessica Alba,Michael Showalte

 

[John Burton]

I'll have just the Market Pantry Water...
That is a great price!

 

[RickER]

Thanks guys, as always. Wow, what a dead week for me. Nothing. Not even any of the cheap titles on sale.

 

[Shawn.F]

Quiet week for me, although I would love to see Breaker Morant again. I haven't seen that in...wow...20 years?

 

[John Swarce]

When the best thing on sale is on Market Pantry water, then you know it's a slow week!

Thanks for the prices, Mike!

--John

 

[george kaplan]

Thanks as usual.

Definitely:
Rockford season 5

Possible upgrades:
An Affair to Remember
In the Heat of the Night
When Harry Met Sally

My upgrading a dvd (as opposed to blu-ray) is a hell of a lot less likely these days, and I'd have to be convinced of very strong picture quality improvement, but these are the candidates.

 

[Scott_J]

Thanks, Mike and Patrick.

Just the Extras Complete Series set this week. It's a blind buy but I've heard a lot of good things about the show.

 

[pitchman]

Thanks guys! I'll be double-dipping Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and It Came from Beneath the Sea. I kind of wish these were available at a better price, but, when you have to have it... you have to have it!

 

[Peter McM]

Best Buy also has all six Star Wars volumes for 9.99 each.

 

[Kenneth Cummings]

Another week, another lack of purchases. But if my financial aid comes in and after I pay off my classes, I might be getting a HD-TV, but I probably wait to get Blu-Ray, as the prices titles are a bit high at the moment.

 

[PatWahlquist]

Mike, you couldn't find a better picture to spotlight Good Luck, Chuck?

This movie was slaughtered by the critics, but I'm curious if its even worth it just for Jessica Alba. Heck, for her I even sat through Honey!

 

[RickER]

I have to wait and see if those get the Blu-ray treatment like 20 Million Miles to Earth did, or i would get the double dip as well.

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the roundup. Just When Harry Met Sally CE for me. It should arrive early in the week from DeepDiscount.

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up:

Family Guy: Blue Harvest (I'm not a fan of FG but as a Star Wars fan, I have to say that they did a very good job with the parody)

And if anyone is buying the Extras series set just for the Special, it is going to be released on its own on February 26 so I'll be waiting until then.

Extras (US - DVD R1) in News > Releases at DVDActive

Thanks for the prices, guys!

 

[Jason_V]

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, for the boyfriend. Maybe we can start getting rid of some of the VHS tapes now. Thanks Mike and Patrick, as always.

 

[Carlo_M]

Just Family Guy BH on DVD and Good Luck Chuck on BD. Thanks as always for the hard work!

 

[Patrick Sun]

Rent it, trust me.