Weekly RoundUp 7-24-2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features

– Kate Beckinsale & Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco – 1998)

– The Deep Blue Sea – 2011

–They Made Me a Fugitive aka I Became a Criminal – 1947)

–Cast (Star Trek - The Next Generation– 1987)

– Carolyn Farina (Metropolitan– 1990)

–Tilda Swinton (The Last of England – 1988)

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



Age of the Dragons

$11.93

$12.99





Beyond the Steppes

$17.96

$14.99





Boss: Season 1

$25.95

$22.99

$27.99



Brake

$13.00

$12.99





Children's Hospital: Season 3

$19.29

$19.99





The Deep Blue Sea

$23.48

$24.99





Drew Peterson: Untouchable

$16.93

$19.99





Eclipse Series 34: Jean Gremillon During/Occupation (CC)

$30.99

$39.99





Footnote

$21.93

$29.99





Game of Thrones: Season 1

$41.99

$59.99





The Girl from the Naked Eye

$14.99

$14.99





Invisible Ink

$17.96

$14.99





Jiro Dreams of Sushi

$23.92

$24.99





The Last of England

$19.99

$19.99





Meeting Evil

$19.85

$24.99





Michael Wood's Story of England

$30.72

$29.99





The Monitor

$24.99

My Way

$23.20

$14.99





On the Inside

$20.83

$24.99





Possession

$17.96

$14.99





The Real McCoys: Season 1

$19.99

$19.99





Silent House

$16.99

$16.99





Sliders: Season 1

$16.93

$14.99





Sliders: Season 2

$15.83

$14.99





Superman vs. the Elite SE (2-disc)

$19.29

$19.99





Touched By an Angel: Season 5

$40.83

$49.99





Treasure Island (2012)

$14.99

$14.99

$15.99



The Untouchables: Season 4 Volume 1

$29.83

$34.99





The Untouchables: Season 4 Volume 2

$29.83

$34.99





Wan Chai Baby

$17.96

$14.99







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



Age of the Dragons

$20.99

$19.99





Big Easy Express 9(Combo pack)

$11.99

$14.99





Boss: Season 1

$27.15

$22.99





Brake

$18.94

$19.99





The Deep Blue Sea

$28.29

$34.99





Footnote

$25.95

$34.99





Game of Thrones: Season 1

$51.99

$89.99





The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

$14.85

$14.99





Jiro Dreams of Sushi

$20.86

$24.99





The Last Days of Disco (CC)

$27.99

$34.99





The Last of England

$20.89

$24.99





Life

$15.83

$11.99





Metropolitan (CC)

$27.99

$34.99





My Way

$18.79

$19.99





Mystery Men

$14.85

$14.99





On the Inside

$24.99

$24.99





Silent House

$19.99

$19.99





Star Trek - The Next Generation: Season 1

$59.99

$59.99

$69.99



They Made Me a Fugitive (Kino) (1947)

$24.99

$24.99





Treasure Island (2012)

$19.99

$19.99





Neil Young - Americana

$14.99

$14.99







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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Eclipse Series 34 - Jean Gremillon During the Occupation (CC) (DVD): Remorques, Lumiere d'ete, Le ciel est a vous.

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's Upgrade and Save Program continues this week:

Bring in your original DVD (no burned copies accepted)--with the original case--to Customer Service and receive a $5-off coupon valid on any Blu-ray movie, TV or music priced $9.99 and up.


See a Customer Specialist or visit BestBuy.com/upgradeandsave for more details about the Upgrade & Save promotion. Limit 5 coupons per trip. A recycling receipt must accompany the coupon at time of redemption. Once you have received your coupon, if you do not find a Blu-ray, TV or music, you are unable to get your turned-in DVD back. Not valid with any other discount or package. Limit one coupon per each Blu-ray purchase. Markdown taken from original price. Your original DVD must have been commercially packed and with the original case. Adult content DVDs not accepted. Not valid with any other offer. Valid on in-stock Blu-ray movies, TV or music only. No cash value. Offer valid 7/15/12 - 8/11/12.


Also, you can get a $5 coupon toward any Blu-ray movie, TV or music $9.99 and up when you check for upgrade eligibility on your mobile phone with a Mobile Phone Specialist. See a Mobile Phone Specialist for upgrade check. You do not need to be eligible for a phone upgrade in order to receive $5 coupon. Markdowns taken from original or promotional price. Limit one upgrade check/coupon per person. Not valid with any other discount or package or on No-Contract phones. Valid only on in-stock Blu-ray movies, TV or music available in store. Limit one coupon per each Blu-ray purchase. Offer not available in Best Buy Mobile specialty stores or on BestBuy.com. Best Buy employees ineligible for upgrade check coupon. No cash value.

--Best Buy has the following Blu-rays on sale this week:


$9.99 ($4.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon): Goodfellas, Dazed and Confused, Happy Gilmore, Resevoir Dogs, Superbad, Stripes, Sherlock Holmes.


$14.99 ($9.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon): The Hangover, Hop, Cape Fear, Men In Black II, Zombieland, Friends With Benefits, The Social Network, Love and Other Drugs.


$19.99 ($14.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon): Firefly, Get the Gringo, John Carter, Life, Human Planet, Planet Earth, Intruders, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows.



--Best Buy has the following 3-D Blu-rays on sale this week:



$19.99 ($14.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon): Clash of the Titans, How to Train Your Dragon, The Final Destination, Green Lantern, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Kung Fu Panda 2, Legend of the Guardians-owls of Ga'Hoole, Megamind, Puss n Boots, Rio, The Three Musketeers, Yogi Bear.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $4.99 apiece.

--At Target this week the following DVDs are advertised on sale: Jane By Design: Volume 1 $16.99, The Office: S7 $19.99.



--At Target this week the following Blu-rays are advertised on sale: The Bourne Identity $10, True Blood: S4 $42.99, Star Wars: The OT $45.99.



--Target is having a BUY 2 GET 1 FREE sale. Choose from over 60 great DVD and Blu-ray movies. Free offer quantities limited. No rain checks.


The titles listed in the Sunday flyer are (all DVD unless noted otherwise):


$9.99: The King's Speech, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, PotC: At World's End, Hook (Blu-ray)

--Target Odds and Ends: Lists of DVDs for $4.75 & $10.00.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Thanks Mike. Quiet week for me. I can save up for the upcoming box sets....

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Here are some review links to this weeks Blu-ray releases:
My Way (Cameron Yee): http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/322461/my-way-blu-ray-review
Last Days of Disco (Matt Hough): http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/322440/the-last-days-of-disco-blu-ray-review
Metropolitan (Matt Hough): http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/322410/metropolitan-blu-ray-review
Boss Season 1 (Matt Hough): http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/322314/boss-season-one-blu-ray-review

I know Neil is currently working on Star Trek NG.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich /t/322464/weekly-roundup-7-24-2012#post_3952188
Thanks Mike. Quiet week for me.

For some reason I expect to hear a lot of that this week, Adam. This is one of the weakest weeks in a long time.

I suspect the item of most interest will be S1 of ST: TNG.

I would love to hear from anyone in-the-know about the Game of Thrones: S1 release. It seems we've already seen that release and, frankly, I've been seeing it show up in other "new release" lists over the past several weeks. Most of those listings I have ignored. This one seems legit.

 

[RickER]

Yea, just 1 thing for me.
Star Trek: TNG season 1...and thats enough!
Thanks for the Round-up, as always, Mike!

 

[Citizen87645]

I believe the re-issue is due to this "controversy": http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hbo-game-of-thrones-bush-severed-head-edited-338315

I'm not sure if they've revised the commentary track that makes mention of it...


Quote:

[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]I would love to hear from anyone in-the-know about the Game of Thrones: S1 release. It seems we've already seen that release and, frankly, I've been seeing it show up in other "new release" lists over the past several weeks. Most of those listings I have ignored. This one seems legit.[/COLOR]

 

[Steve Tannehill]

I would love to hear from anyone in-the-know about the Game of Thrones: S1 release.  It seems we've already seen that release and, frankly, I've been seeing it show up in other "new release" lists over the past several weeks.  Most of those listings I have ignored. This one seems legit.

It's apparently a reissue lacking the image of George W. Bush's head on a stick in episode 10. There may be additional features compared to the original release, I don't know. I have not watched it yet, so I sure am not going to buy the new one.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

For some reason I expect to hear a lot of that this week, Adam. This is one of the weakest weeks in a long time.

I suspect the item of most interest will be S1 of ST: TNG.

I would love to hear from anyone in-the-know about the Game of Thrones: S1 release. It seems we've already seen that release and, frankly, I've been seeing it show up in other "new release" lists over the past several weeks. Most of those listings I have ignored. This one seems legit.

I think Steve is right as the original release has been discontinued. There is a "super deluxe" BD/DVD/Digital Copy with extra features edition coming in November as well.

 

[Jason_V]

Next Gen. Blu ray. Sold.

I'd like Human Planet and Firefly, too, along with some extra seasons of BSG at $20 a pop...but I've budgeted for Next Gen (along with the Fathom event on Monday night).

And Mike...thank you for getting the cast picture for S1 right. It's the little things like the picture that make me happy. And you know, it's all about keeping me happy. (Totally kidding, in case anyone didn't get the sarcasm.)

 

[Towergrove]

ST:TNG for me along with some of the Best Buy 3D sale trade up items.

 

[TravisR]

I might pick up something using Best Buy's trade-in deal but nothing new for me this week.
Thanks for the prices, Mike!

 

[Matt Hough]

Thanks as always for the RoundUp.

I'll be posting the review for The Untouchables: Season 4, Volume 1 later today. I still have three episodes to go on it.

 

[Charles Smith]

They Made Me a Fugitive immediately caught my eye, but of course the next thing to catch my eye was the ever-unyielding Kino price of $25, so, as others are saying with respect to the expenses we all know are coming up, that one will have to go on my list but wait for some more convenient buying time in the future.

Unless I should hear that the BD transfer of The Island of Dr. Moreau turns out to be a disaster in some way, I will absolutely do a DVD trade-in for that at Best Buy. Glad to see the trade-up promo continues till 8/11. I'll have to do another walk-through because I have several DVDs here that are worth somewhere between nothing, zilch, and nada on Amazon at the present time.

Thanks, as always, Mike!

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the Roundup, Mike. Nothing for me.

 

[SVTStingRay]

that price for TNG makes me want to upgrade. as far as the trade-in, they will take any dvds, i think i have some old ww2 documentary dvds in the truck with me that i dont want.

 

[Aly]

Just returned from Best Buy and wanted to let people know that they also had "Meet the Robinsons 3D" for $19.99. Obviously with U&S came out to $14.99.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by MattH. /t/322464/weekly-roundup-7-24-2012#post_3952265

I'll be posting the review for The Untouchables: Season 4, Volume 1 later today. I still have three episodes to go on it.

Matt: do the owners keep you locked in a basement or something?!?

I don't know how you find the time to go through all these titles!

 

[Matt Hough]

Originally Posted by Mike Frezon /t/322464/weekly-roundup-7-24-2012#post_3952529

Matt: do the owners keep you locked in a basement or something?!?

I don't know how you find the time to go through all these titles!

LOL! It's called loving your work.

And that Untouchables, Season 4, Volume 1 review can be found here.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Back to the basement Matt, your 15 minutes are up!

Neil just posted his review of Star Trek NG Season 1: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/322473/star-trek-the-next-generation-season-one-blu-ray-review

 

[Mike Frezon]

And both now have links in the OP. Thanks Matt & Adam (and Neil)!