The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Godzilla (Gojira – 1954)
– Brazil (1985)
– Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
– Tyrone Power & Henry Fonda (Jesse James – 1939)
– Cast (Family – 1976-1980)
The Prices
(CC) after a title = New Criterion Collection release.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Ace Ventura Double Feature: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura:When Nature Calls.
Jim Henson’s Fantasy Film Collection: Labyrinth, Mirrormask, The Dark Crystal.
The Disclaimer
The Specials
**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! United 93 (1-disc) is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one! Also, National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2 is available in both a rated and unrated edition...get the one that’s right for you.
--Wow! What a huge week! Truly something for everyone. New Criterions. Anamorphic releases of old Criterions. New TV shows released for the first time. Later seasons of old favorite TV shows. Classic movies. Cult movies. Monster movies. Recent movies. The individual releases of the Mel Brooks films. Lots of stuff of high interest. And then there’s next week…
--I am still unsure of my efficiencies in finding and pricing the various HD & Blu-Ray release each week. Be forewarned. It seems like in-store prices at Best Buy and Circuit City are coming in cheaper than the prices as reported on-line.
--Amazon.com is having a special offer on Blu-Ray & HD-DVD discs: Save an additional 10% on all of your Blu-ray & HD-DVD Disc purchases for the next year. Purchase three Blu-ray or HD-DVD Discs right now, and you'll automatically qualify to receive an additional 10% off all of your high-definition DVD purchases for one year. To receive a 10% discount on your three high-def Discs upon checkout, use this claim code: HDDISC10. Go HERE for details.
--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Lost: Season 2. Features “The Reckoning”: the Season 2 recap episode and “Lost: On Location” featurette. Minimum 30 per store.)
--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Supernatureal: Season 1. Minimum 10 per store.
--Best Buy also has a price of $21.99 on Seasons 1-3 of Alf.
--Best Buy also has two big lists of DVDs for $3.99 and $5.99 this week!
--For Sunday & Monday only…Circuit City is advertising a price of $12.99 apiece on the following DVDs: Annapolis, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Final Destination 3, Inside Man, King Kong (2005), Syriana, V for Vendetta.
--Circuit City has FREE MOVIE CASH with its copies of Jackass: The Movie (NR). For Jackass: The Movie 2. Ticket value = $12.00. Ticket valid 9-22-06 thru 10-1-06. While supplies last.
--Circuit City, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE FREE $10 iTunes MUSIC CARD with the purchase of Lost: Season 2 on DVD. While supplies last.
--Circuit City is also offering a price of $27.99 on Seasons 1-3 of Oz. Seasons 4 & 5 are $42.99.
--Target is offering FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD with the following titles: Alf: Season 4, Broken Trail, Lost: Season 2, Supernatural: Season 1. GiftCard will be given automatically at checkout.
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: September 5, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Buena Vista Home Video
$9.99 - The Hole, The Hot Chick, Jersey Girl, My Baby's Daddy
$14.99 - Bride & Prejudice, The Country Bears, Don't Be a Menace...: Special Edition, Ella Enchanted, Frida, George of the Jungle 2, Good Morning Vietnam: Special Edition, Hidalgo, Inspector Gadget 2, King Arthur, King Arthur: Extended Edition, Rushmore, A Saintly Switch, Sling Blade: Special Edition, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Yards: Director's Cut
$19.99 - The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl, Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows, City of God, Flightplan, Frank Miller's Sin City, The Great Raid, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Ice Princess, National Treasure, The Pacifier, Sky High, Trainspotting: Collector's Edition
The Features
– Godzilla (Gojira – 1954)
– Brazil (1985)
– Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
– Tyrone Power & Henry Fonda (Jesse James – 1939)
– Cast (Family – 1976-1980)
The Prices
| SD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
| Abbott & Costello Show: S1 | $34.99 | $33.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Ace Ventura: Deluxe Double Feature | $12.87 | $12.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| Alf: Season 4 | $27.87 | $27.99 | $34.99 | $29.99 | - |
| All the King’s Men | $13.99 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - - |
| Almost Strangers | $20.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Amarcord (CC) | $27.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| The Assassination of Trotsky | $17.99 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| Blade Runner (Dir. Cut) | $13.99 | $14.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Brazil (CC) (1-disc) | $20.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Brazil (CC) (3-disc) | $41.99 | $57.99 | $49.99 | - | - |
| Broken Trail | $19.87 | $19.99 | $28.97 | $22.99 | - |
| Buffy: Curse of the Hellmouth | $22.49 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Clive Barker’s The Plague | $18.69 | $22.99 | $24.97 | - | - |
| Commander in Chief: Part 2 | $19.87 | $16.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Complete Toxic Avenger | $44.99 | - | - | - | - |
| Dead Man’s Shoes | $20.19 | $22.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| District B13 | $18.89 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $16.99 | - |
| Doctor Who: Inferno | $24.49 | $26.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Doctor Who: Web Planet | $16.19 | $22.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Escape/Witch Mtn./Return/Witch Mtn. | $17.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Family: Seasons 1 & 2 | $34.99 | $44.99 | $39.99 | - | - |
| Fantastic Four | $14.99 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| Flintstones: Season 6 | $29.87 | $44.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Forensic Investigators: Season 1 | $26.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Fraggle Rock: Season 2 | $34.99 | $44.99 | $39.99 | - | - |
| Frankenstein Unbound | $14.99 | $14.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Gang Wars | $16.99 | $22.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Gojira (Godzilla) (2-disc) | $16.49 | $19.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Guys and Balls | $16.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Heart of Darkness: Viet. War Chron. | $35.99 | $33.99 | $39.99 | - | - |
| High Anxiety | $11.19 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| History of the World Part 1 | $11.19 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| History of the WWE Championship | $23.99 | $19.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| House of the Damned | $10.49 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Hustle: Season 1 | $24.49 | $29.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Jackass: The Movie SE (NR) | $11.87 | $12.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Jesse James (1939) | $11.19 | $14.99 | - | - | - |
| Jim Henson’s Fantasy Film Coll. | $35.89 | $44.99 | $39.99 | - | - |
| Kinky Boots | $29.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Legend of Lucy Keyes | $22.49 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Lost: Season 2 | $38.87 | $35.99 | $37.99 | $37.99 | $38.99 |
| **Nat’l Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2 (R & NR) | $19.87 | $22.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Night Train to Paris | $11.19 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Oz: Season 6 | $41.87 | $44.99 | $42.99 | - | $44.99 |
| Playtime (CC) | $27.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Population 436 | $18.69 | $22.99 | $24.97 | - | - |
| Pretty Poison | $11.19 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Red Dwarf: Complete Collection | $174.89 | $212.48 | $249.98 | - | - |
| Return of Frank James (1940) | $11.19 | $14.99 | - | - | - |
| Robin Hood: Men in Tights | $9.99 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Rocky Horror/Shock Treatment | $26.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Seven Samurai (CC) | $34.99 | $42.99 | $39.99 | - | - |
| Shock-O-Rama | $13.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Silent Movie | $11.19 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Shock Treatment SE | $14.99 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Shooting the Past | $20.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Silk Stalkings: Season 5 | $24.47 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Summer Storm | $16.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Supernatural: Season 1 | $37.27 | $39.99 | $39.99 | $37.99 | $39.99 |
| Three Musketeers (BBC) | $22.49 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| To Be or Not to Be (1983) | $11.19 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| True Story of Jesse James (1957) | $11.19 | $14.99 | - | - | - |
| Twelve Chairs | $11.19 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| United 93 (2-disc) | - | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| **United 93 (1-disc) | $16.87 | $16.99 | $14.99 | $16.99 | $19.49 |
| Unknown White Male | $16.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Young Frankenstein SE | $11.19 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| HD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
| None this week. | - | - | - | - | - |
| BLU-RAY TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
| Blazing Saddles | $19.95 | $24.99 | $28.99 | - | - |
| Firewall | $23.95 | $29.99 | $34.00 | - | - |
| Full Metal Jacket | $19.95 | $24.99 | $28.99 | - | - |
| Lethal Weapon | $19.95 | $24.99 | $28.99 | - | - |
(CC) after a title = New Criterion Collection release.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Ace Ventura Double Feature: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura:When Nature Calls.
Jim Henson’s Fantasy Film Collection: Labyrinth, Mirrormask, The Dark Crystal.
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! United 93 (1-disc) is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one! Also, National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2 is available in both a rated and unrated edition...get the one that’s right for you.
--Wow! What a huge week! Truly something for everyone. New Criterions. Anamorphic releases of old Criterions. New TV shows released for the first time. Later seasons of old favorite TV shows. Classic movies. Cult movies. Monster movies. Recent movies. The individual releases of the Mel Brooks films. Lots of stuff of high interest. And then there’s next week…
--I am still unsure of my efficiencies in finding and pricing the various HD & Blu-Ray release each week. Be forewarned. It seems like in-store prices at Best Buy and Circuit City are coming in cheaper than the prices as reported on-line.
--Amazon.com is having a special offer on Blu-Ray & HD-DVD discs: Save an additional 10% on all of your Blu-ray & HD-DVD Disc purchases for the next year. Purchase three Blu-ray or HD-DVD Discs right now, and you'll automatically qualify to receive an additional 10% off all of your high-definition DVD purchases for one year. To receive a 10% discount on your three high-def Discs upon checkout, use this claim code: HDDISC10. Go HERE for details.
--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Lost: Season 2. Features “The Reckoning”: the Season 2 recap episode and “Lost: On Location” featurette. Minimum 30 per store.)
--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Supernatureal: Season 1. Minimum 10 per store.
--Best Buy also has a price of $21.99 on Seasons 1-3 of Alf.
--Best Buy also has two big lists of DVDs for $3.99 and $5.99 this week!
--For Sunday & Monday only…Circuit City is advertising a price of $12.99 apiece on the following DVDs: Annapolis, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Final Destination 3, Inside Man, King Kong (2005), Syriana, V for Vendetta.
--Circuit City has FREE MOVIE CASH with its copies of Jackass: The Movie (NR). For Jackass: The Movie 2. Ticket value = $12.00. Ticket valid 9-22-06 thru 10-1-06. While supplies last.
--Circuit City, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE FREE $10 iTunes MUSIC CARD with the purchase of Lost: Season 2 on DVD. While supplies last.
--Circuit City is also offering a price of $27.99 on Seasons 1-3 of Oz. Seasons 4 & 5 are $42.99.
--Target is offering FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD with the following titles: Alf: Season 4, Broken Trail, Lost: Season 2, Supernatural: Season 1. GiftCard will be given automatically at checkout.
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: September 5, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Buena Vista Home Video
$9.99 - The Hole, The Hot Chick, Jersey Girl, My Baby's Daddy
$14.99 - Bride & Prejudice, The Country Bears, Don't Be a Menace...: Special Edition, Ella Enchanted, Frida, George of the Jungle 2, Good Morning Vietnam: Special Edition, Hidalgo, Inspector Gadget 2, King Arthur, King Arthur: Extended Edition, Rushmore, A Saintly Switch, Sling Blade: Special Edition, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Yards: Director's Cut
$19.99 - The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl, Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows, City of God, Flightplan, Frank Miller's Sin City, The Great Raid, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Ice Princess, National Treasure, The Pacifier, Sky High, Trainspotting: Collector's Edition
Can't you double-check that price in the RoundUp? 
