Weekly RoundUp 2-28-2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features

– Asa Butterfield (Hugo – 2011)

– The Spiders – 1919

–The Buccaneer – 1958

–Edward G. Robinson (Scarlet Street– 1945)

–Vanya on 42nd Street – 1994

–The Mountain – 1956

The Prices

The price links below will take you directly to the product on Amazon.

Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review!




SD-DVD TITLE

Amazon

BestBuy

Target



Angry Beavers: Season 3 Volume 1

$16.99

$14.99





Answers to Nothing

$14.99

$14.99





Beneath the Darkness

$10.99

$11.99





Born 2 Race

$13.49

$12.99





The Buccaneer (1958)

$22.49

$19.99





Enemies of the People (SE 2-disc)

$26.99







Here Comes the Bride: Season 2

$30.99

$31.99





Here's Lucy: Season 5

$21.99

$24.99





Hugo

$15.49

$16.99

$16.99



I Melt With You

$16.99

$16.99





Johnny English Reborn

$18.99

$19.99

$16.99



Justice League: Doom

$13.99

$12.99

$12.99



Justice League: Doom SE

$16.99

$16.99





King of Triads

$14.99







Law and Order: 10th Year

$24.99

$24.99





Mandrill

$15.99

$24.99





Mission: Impossible - '89 TV Season

$20.99

$27.99





Myth of the American Sleepover

$18.99







Nijinsky

$18.99

$19.99





Rabies

$24.99

$24.99





The Spiders (1919) (Kino Classics)

$24.99

$24.99





Top Gear 17

$18.99

$19.99





Vanya on 42nd Street (CC)

$19.99

$24.99







The price links below will take you directly to the product on Amazon.


Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review!




BLU-RAY TITLE

Amazon

BestBuy

Target



Baba Yaga (1973)

$15.99

$24.99





Beneath the Darkness

$14.99

$14.99





Born 2 Race (Best Buy Exclusive)



$14.99



The Buccaneer (1958)

$24.99

$24.99





Hugo (Combo Pack)

$21.99

$24.99

$22.99



Hugo (3-D) (Combo Pack)

$27.99

$27.99

$29.99



I Melt With You

$18.99

$19.99





Johnny English

$15.99

$14.99





Johnny English Reborn

$23.99

$24.99

$22.99



Justice League: Doom

$14.99

$14.99

$16.99



Mandrill

$15.99

$17.99





The Mountain (1956)

$26.99

$24.99





Nijinsky

$21.99

$24.99





Runaway Jury

$10.99

$16.99





Scarlet Street (1945) (Kino Classics)

$18.99

$24.99





Top Gear 17

$20.99

$24.99





Vanya on 42nd Street (CC)

$27.99

$34.99





Where Love Has Gone (1964)

$26.99

$24.99







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

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.

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, PLEASE 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, Circuit City is still out of business...even in Hawaii (where they NEVER guaranteed their prices anyway).






The Specials

--Best Buy has a FREE EXCLUSIVE FLASH FIGURINE with an EXCLUSIVE Blu-ray Combo Pack of Justice League: Doom (Priced at $19.99).



--Does Best Buy have an overstock of those little plush Lorax figures?!? Yu can still pick one up this coming weekwhen you buy ANY of the following titles for $12.99: Despicable Me (DVD), ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (DVD), Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat (Blu-ray), 3-Movie Collection: An American Tail/Balto/Land Before Time (DVD).

--Best Buy is still advertising Friday's release of Puss In Boots: $14.99 DVD/$19.99 Blu Combo Pack/$27.99 Blu 3-D Combo Pack.



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--Other recent releases advertised by Best Buy:[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$14.99 DVD/$19.99 Blu-ray: The Thing, Dream House, Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption.[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$24.99 Blu-ray: Tower Heist[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--Blu-rays on sale this week @ BB:[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$9.99: Taxi Driver, Glory, Stripes, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$12.99: The Town, Due Date, Red Riding Hood, Book of Eli, Sherlock Holmes, The Rite (More in-store and online.)[/COLOR]



$14.99: Social Network, Zombieland.

--Best Buy has the following TV Shows on DVD on sale this week:

$9.99: Charlie's Angels: Season 1, Partridge Family: S1, Fantasy Island: S1, Barney Miller: S1.

$19.99: Eastbound & Down: Seasons 1 & 2 (apiece), Grey's Anatomy: Seasons 2-6 (apiece).

$24.99: Grey's Anatomy: S7, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: S6.

$29.99: The Office: S7.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $7.99 apiece.



--Target also continues to advertise Puss In Boots this week: $16.99 DVD/$22.99 Double DVD Pack/$27.99 Blu-ray Combo Pack.

--Target this week is also having a sale on HBO DVDs and Blu-rays (Titles below are DVD unless otherwise noted. Quantities limited, no rainchecks).



$14.99: Eastbound & Down: Seasons 1 & 2 (apiece), Entourage: Seasons 1-7 (apiece), Curb Your Enthusiasm: Seasons 1-7 (apiece).



$16.99: The Wire: Seasons 1-5 (apiece), The Sopranos: Season 6 Part 2.



$19.99: Mildred Pierce



$24.99: Mildred Pierce (Blu-ray)



$29.99: True Blood: Seasons 1-3 (apiece)



$34.99: Boardwalk Empire: S1, Band of Brothers.



$39.99: The Pacific



$44.99: Boardwalk Empire: S1 (Blu-ray)



$49.99: Band of Brothers (Blu-ray)



$54.99: The Pacific (Blu-ray)

--Target Odds and Ends: Lists of DVDs for $4.75 and $10.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

I should have my Hugo review up tomorrow and I must say that it was a pure joy to watch. Highly recommended!

 

[Jason_V]

Just Justice League: Doom this week. That's an insanely low price for a DC BD on release week.


Thanks Mike!

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up Hugo this week. Thanks for the prices and I still hope you're feeling better, Mike!

 

[Michael Mathius]

Wow, slow start this year. Nothing for me again this week.

 

[Charles Smith]

I see some stuff there with my name on it. If emptying my wallet is any proof, Mike is back in full force. But I must resist. The poor thing needs some rest!

 

[Gregg Loewen]

Id love to get the Buccaneer....but $24.99 ?? Come on now.

 

[EricSchulz]

Can't wait to see Hugo, although I REALLY thought that a movie like that would play better on the big screen...just never made it.


Glad to have you back, Mike!

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Hugo 3D combo pack from Best Buy for me this week; I got a $5 Reward Zone certificate I want to use up. I don't have a 3D rig yet, but in theaters this was second behind only Avatar among great 3D experiences. I know I'll want to experience that again at some point.

 

[Mike Frezon]

A link to Timothy's review of Scarlet Street has been added to the OP.

 

[DavidJ]

Can't wait to see Hugo, although I REALLY thought that a movie like that would play better on the big screen...just never made it. Glad to have you back, Mike!  

Me too. I also wanted to see it on the big screen, but I guess my home setup will have to suffice. Just Hugo for me this week which is good since I've been spending a lot on discs this year.

 

[Nelson Au]

Wow, The Mountain! Never thought that title was ever popular enough for release. Cool.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

Mike - my review of Hugo 3D is now posted here: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/318900/hugo-blu-ray-3d-review


What a wonderful film. If you have 3D, it is a must own!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Neil Middlemiss /t/318844/weekly-roundup-2-28-2012#post_3901706

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Went to Best Buy after a dentist appointment, picked up the last copy of the 3D Blu-Ray for Hugo, and got home to find an email in my inbox from Best Buy with a coupon for triple rewards points with purchase. Ain't that always the way.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt


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I picked up a 2-D Hugo Blu today at Target for $22.99. The Target I went to didn't have many copies of Hugo at all either--unless they flew off the shelves this morning...

 

[Charles Smith]

Okay, I got that email from BB this afternoon, but the way it reads, it's good through March 3rd -- when you pre-order by February 27th, which was, let me see...about a day before I got the email. Am I missing something?

 

[Charles Smith]

Whoops. When you get to the coupon printing stage there's another line stating it's good in-store from Feb. 28th to whatever, so if it works tomorrow, I might just be pushed over the edge.

 

[Jason_V]

I'm pretty much done with Best Buy at this point. They never seem to have what I want when I go in (Justice League: Doom, in this case). There were a grand total of 1 copy between the DVD and BD's. The movie came out yesterday. I don't really believe this DTV movie is flying off the shelves because of its superior quality. Only 3 of the closest 10 stores to me are showing as being in stock. Why is it unavailable? Did some stores not get a shipment?


Another customer was asking for the same thing to a Blue Shirt. The response was they were completely sold out. Really? Then the Blue Shirt asked me if I needed help. I told him I was looking for the same thing the previous customer was looking for. He sheepishly said "Sorry" as I walked out.


I picked it up at Target-yes, I know it's $2 more expensive than Amazon, but with shipping included (under $25), Amazon would have been more expensive in the end.


The moral of the story isn't that BB lost a $16 sale. It's that I'm not going back. Amazon price matches pretty much everything and for the stuff they don't PM, fine. I'm on a crusade to cut down on my movie buying anyway.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

^ A lot of times I order from Bestbuy.com for free in-store pickup for just that reason. Got sick of everything being sold out. They've really scaled back their movie section in recent years.