Weekly RoundUp 7-31-2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Features[/COLOR]

– Body and Soul – 1947

– The Seven Year Itch – 1955

–Kevin Costner (Hatfield and McCoys – 2012)

–La Grande Illusion– 1937

–La Havre – 2011

– Miley Cyrus (LOL – 2012)

[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Prices[/COLOR]

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

[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review![/COLOR]




[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]SD-DVD TITLE [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]Amazon[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]BestBuy[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]Target[/COLOR]



4.3.2.1.

$15.93

$16.99





ATM

$13.63

$9.99







The Blade Anime: Complete Series (Marvel)


$14.99

$14.99





Body and Soul

$14.99

$14.99





The Bunny Game

$14.99

$14.99





Cole Younger and the Black Train

$24.28

$24.99





Dead Season

$24.99

$24.99





Detention

$19.85

$24.99





Fire With Fire

$19.99

$19.99





Firstborn

$19.99

$19.99





Force of Evil

$14.99

$14.99





Going for Gold: The 1948 Games

$14.99

$14.99





Hatfields and McCoys

$19.99

$19.99

$21.99



Hijacked

$12.99

$12.99





The Hunter (2010)

$27.43

$24.99





The Jodi Picoult Collection

$14.99

$14.99





Le Havre (CC)

$22.83

$24.99





LOL

$11.99

$14.99





The Magic School Bus: Complete Series

$56.85

$89.99





Marilyn: Premiere Collection

$49.83

$59.99





Melrose Place: Final Season Volume 1

$29.83

$29.99





Melrose Place: Final Season Volume 2

$29.83

$29.99





Melrose Place: Complete Series

$238.29

$239.99





MST3K: Volume XXIV

$41.99

$44.99





Scalene

$19.99

$9.99





Surviving High School

$14.99

$14.99





Transformers Prime: One Shall Stand

$11.99

$11.99





The Weight of the Nation

$14.85

$14.99





Wolverine Anime: Complete Series (Marvel)

$14.99

$14.99





Young Justice: Dangerous Secrets

$13.96

$14.99







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


[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review![/COLOR]




[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]BLU-RAY TITLE [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Amazon[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]BestBuy[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Target[/COLOR]



4.3.2.1.

$19.99

$19.99





ATM

$17.96

$24.99





Body and Soul

$24.99

$24.99





The Bunny Game

$24.99

$24.99





Detention

$20.86

$29.99





Fire With Fire

$24.99

$24.99





Firstborn

$24.99

$24.99





Force of Evil

$24.99

$24.99





The Forever Marilyn Collection

$73.86

$89.99





Fortress

$31.46







Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

$19.85

$19.99





Hatfields and McCoys

$24.99

$24.99

$27.99



Hijacked

$14.99

$14.99





How to Marry a Millionaire

$18.99

$19.99





La Grande Illusion

$25.95

$24.99





Le Havre (CC)

$27.99

$34.99





LOL

$16.99

$19.99





River of No Return

$19.85

$19.99





Scalene

$24.99

$24.99





The Seven Year Itch

$8.86

$19.99





There's No Business Like Show Business

$19.85

$19.99





Total Recall (Mind-Bending Edition)

$7.99

$9.99





War Flowers

$17.99









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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

The Jodi Picoult Collection (DVD): Salem Falls, Plain Truth, The Pact.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIV (DVD): Fugitive Alien, Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, The Sword and the Dragon, Samson vs. The Vampire Women.



Forever Marilyn Collection (Blu-ray): The Misfits, Some Like It Hot, There's No Business Like Show Business, River of No Return, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How To Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch.

[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Disclaimer[/COLOR]




[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]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[/COLOR]. 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 [COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]RoundUp[/COLOR] 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 [COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]RoundUp[/COLOR]. 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).






[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Specials[/COLOR]

--Best Buy's Upgrade and Save Program continues this week:





[SIZE= 12px]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.[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 12px]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.[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 12px]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.[/SIZE]






[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]Best Buy has the following Blu-rays on sale this week:[/COLOR]


[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$9.99 ($4.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon): Blackhawk Down, Boondock Saints, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kick-Ass, Snatch, Das Boot, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight (also get $5 in FREE MOVIE CASH to see The Dark Knight Rises in theaters with the purchase of either of the last two titles in EXCLUSIVE BB STEELBOOKS).[/COLOR] Not valid with any other offer. Visit www.hollywoodmoviemoney.com for a list of participating theaters. Restrictions apply. See sticker on participating packages for details. Offer valid through 8-5-12.


[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$14.99 ($9.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon)[/COLOR]: 127 Hours, Columbiana, Despicable Me, Ides of March, Town, Twilight, Twilight: Eclipse, Twilight: New Moon.



$17.99 ($12.99 with Upgrade & Save coupon): Chariots of Fire, Fast Five, King's Speech, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Lion King, PotC: On Stranger Tides, Scarface, Real Steel, Slipknot (New release this week).

--Best Buy is advertising UP TO $8 IN MOVIE CASH to see The Bourne Legacy (in theaters August 10) with the purchase of select Blu-ray movies. Titles shown include The Bourne Trilogy ($24.99) and each of the Bourne Trilogy individual titles for $9.99 apiece. See a customer specialist for more details. Fandango cash redemption code included in movie pack. Fandango cash must be redeemed by 8-31-12. No cash value. One time use of up to $8 on ticket. Redemption code is subject to Fandango's terms and conditions at ww.fandango.com/termsofuse.aspx and www.fandango.com/purchsepolicy.aspx.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: None to report this week.

--Target this week is advertising an EXCLUSIVE DVD RELEASE: The Gruffalo's Child. Includes 15 minutes of bonus footage, performance by Julia and Axel, a drawing lesson with Axel, and bonus song. Quantities limited, no rainchecks.



--The following Blu-rays are on sale at Target this week:



$7.00: The Ant Bully, Behind Enemy Lines, Interview with the Vampire, Enemy of the State, Beautiful Planet - France & Italy. More in-store.


--The following TV on DVD is on sale at Target this week:


$12.99: White Collar: Season 2


$16.99: House: S7, Shameless: S1


$26.99: Breaking Bad: S4


$29.99: The Walking Dead: S1

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of $7 DVDs.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Thanks Mike. I think I'm going to upgrade my Total Recall Blu-ray as the new version is only $7.99. Das Boot has been on my list for a while and the $4.99 Best Buy trade-in price makes that a no brainer. I'd love to get the Marilyn box set, but I might save that for the Fox Studio Store when we are they in October for the HTF meet.

 

[TravisR]

I wish that Mystery Science Theater 3000 set was another $5 or so cheaper but I may pick that up.
Thanks for the prices!

 

[pitchman]

As always, thanks for the prices, Mike! I don't see it mentioned in the RoundUp, but I wanted to pass along that on Bestbuy.com they are promoting 35% off all HBO shows (including over 50 Blu-ray titles). Depending on what you're looking for, this may be a decent deal (especially with the $5 Upgrade and Save offer) and if you order online and use in-store pickup for a purchase of $50 or more, you get a $10 savings code for a future in-store or online purchase. Perhaps not quite as good as their annual in-store 50% off HBO sale, but this way you don't have to wait until Christmas to fill in those gaps in your collection.

 

[Charles Smith]

The royal wallet has leaked a copious amount lately, with no letup in sight.

The Forever Marilyn set will have to wait a bit in this corner, too.

I ordered the UK release of Le Grande Illusion because it has an additional feature or two that sounded worthwhile.

 

[Jason_V]

Originally Posted by pitchman /t/322593/weekly-roundup-7-31-2012#post_3955393
As always, thanks for the prices, Mike! I don't see it mentioned in the RoundUp, but I wanted to pass along that on Bestbuy.com they are promoting 35% off all HBO shows (including over 50 Blu-ray titles). Depending on what you're looking for, this may be a decent deal (especially with the $5 Upgrade and Save offer) and if you order online and use in-store pickup for a purchase of $50 or more, you get a $10 savings code for a future in-store or online purchase. Perhaps not quite as good as their annual in-store 50% off HBO sale, but this way you don't have to wait until Christmas to fill in those gaps in your collection.

I could go nuts with that, grabbing everything from True Blood S3/S4 to The Pacific to Hung. I gotta be good though.

Same goes with the Bourne Trilogy. There probably won't be any left by the time my budget resets on Friday (hopefully), but that won't be the end of the world.

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the roundup. My mother went to BB for me just now & then I got a call from her. ALL 3 Bourne movies she was going to purchase for $9.99 with U&S had NO Fandango movie cash stickers. They had been out of stock on all 3 & this was a brand new shipment. They even opened one to make sure there was nothing inside (which of course there wasn't). So she's coming home with 3 U&S coupons & no blu rays. I am steaming. Day was already not going well & this adds to it.

 

[DavidJ]

I ordered the UK release of Le Grande Illusion because it has an additional feature or two that sounded worthwhile.

Charles,
What are the additional features? I was planning to pickup the US release, but I might rethink that.

 

[Charles Smith]

This was posted in RAH's "A Few Words About..." thread, and I decided they were enough to make a nice difference for me.

Originally Posted by ReggieW /t/322601/a-few-words-about-the-grand-illusion-in-blu-ray#post_3954531
I should add that two bonus pieces are missing from the US release:
Renoir's silent short (La petite marchande d'allumettes - 32 minutes) The Little Match Girl from 1928 (in SD PAL) & "Francoise Giroud remembers" which contains some interesting information from shooting La Grande Illusion for about 11-minutes.
I understand their importance is relative, but these two features totaling 43 minutes might be important to some, especially when you consider that fans who have region B playback can presently get that disc from AmazonUK cheaper than the US release missing the pieces.

 

[TonyD]

Don't forget Chariots Of Fire Digi for $12.99 after trade and save at BB.

 

[GlennH]

Hatfields & McCoys Blu-ray at BestBuy.com is $24.99, not $19.99.

 

[TonyD]

Who said it is 19.99 online?
it is 19.99 in store with trade in of a DVD for a five dollar coupon.

 

[Mike Frezon]

/t/322593/weekly-roundup-7-31-2012#post_3955535
Who said it is 19.99 online?
it is 19.99 in store with trade in of a DVD for a five dollar coupon.

Well, that's an error on my part then...because I don't post coupon prices in the price table...but the price of the item on the shelf.

I must've gotten confused by that box in the flyer advertising Hatfields and McCoys.

I have adjusted the price in the grid.

 

[DavidJ]

Don't forget Chariots Of Fire Digi for $12.99 after trade and save at BB.

I plan on doing this. I haven't bothered with the program, but this seems like too good of an opportunity.

 

[DavidJ]

This was posted in RAH's "A Few Words About..." thread, and I decided they were enough to make a nice difference for me.

Thanks. I'll just get the US version for now. I need to look into getting my Oppo modded for region B playback as there are several discs I'd like to have that are region locked.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Mike - my review for MST3K Vol. XXIV is now up and can be found here.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Thanks, Todd. A link has been added to the OP.

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And, I have updated Amazon's price on The Seven Year Itch (a great film). They have dropped it from a surprisingly low $9.95 to an even more surprising $8.86! This one I ordered (instead of the big Blu Marilyn collection) figuring that I would wait for similar good prices on Gentlmen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire.
That's one crazy low price!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Well, that's an error on my part then...because I don't post coupon prices in the price table...but the price of the item on the shelf.

I must've gotten confused by that box in the flyer advertising Hatfields and McCoys.

I have adjusted the price in the grid.

Confused? Hell, I just went back and looked at the BB flyer. That particular text is so small and thin and poorly colored that it is barely readable in the two copies of the flyer I got this weekend.

 

[Matt Hough]

I'm working on Forever Marilyn now, but I'm not sure if I can finish today. Depends on what kinds of extras are there for Show Business and Seven Year Itch.

Thanks for the RoundUp, Mike.

 

[Alfonso_M]

Thanks for the roundup and 'Specials' info Mike, I was able to swap for Blu my very old Das Boot disc, don't think anyone else would ever give me $5.00 for this flipper disc today, I couldn't find a copy of the new "Total Recall" Blu, but used another obsolete non-anamorphic title and picked up "Predator" instead.