The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Keith Richards & Martin Scorsese (Shine a Light – 2008)
– Inglorious Bastards – 1978
– Keifer Sutherland (Dark City – 1998)
– Two Fat Ladies – 1997
– Freakazoid – 1995
The Prices
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Tyrone Power Collection – Volume 2: Café Metropole, Girls Dormitory, Johnny Apollo, Daytime Wife, Luck of the Irish, I’ll Never Forget You, That Wonderful Urge, Love is News, This Above All, Second Honeymoon.
The Disclaimer
The Specials
--A watershed week in the Weekly RoundUp: For the first time ever, Blu-ray new releases are basically dead-even with SD-DVD releases. It’ll only be a matter of time before they likely pass SD releases in quantity on a regular basis.
**Be Careful! Lost Boys: The Tribe is being released in both RATED & UNRATED versions! AND, Doomsday is being released in both OAR & MAR versions…be sure to get the correct one!!
--A good old-fashioned 2/$20 deal @ Best Buy this week when you buy BOTH Phineas & Ferb: The Fast & the Phineas AND Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer excludes Blu-ray. .
--You can also SAVE $9 when you buy BOTH Shine a Light on SD-DVD AND the Shine a Light CD soundtrack ($13.99) @ BB. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer excludes Blu-ray. .
--BB is advertising THREE EXCLUSIVE MINI-POSTERS with the purchase of Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Packaged separately. Minimum 25 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy has a “Buy ANY Two and Save $5” sale…AND a “Buy ANY Three and Save $10” Sale on the following list of titles: Stargate: Continuum, any single season of Stargate SG-1 (Seasons 1 thru 10) ($22.99 apiece), War Games (25th Anniversary Edition) and War Games: The Dead Code. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer excludes Blu-ray. .
--BB has the following Blu-ray titles on sale for $24.99: Eragon, I Robot, Independence Day, Live Free or Die Hard, Master & Commander, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Pathfinder, Rescue Dawn, The Simpsons Movie.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99 and $12.99.
--Circuit City is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE of 50 FREE SONGS & 1 FREE AUDIOBOOK with their copies of The Hills: Season 3.
--At CC, a number of catalog title Blu-ray Discs are on sale for $19.99: Fantastic Four, Flyboys, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Planet of the Apes (2001), Speed, The Transporter, The Transporter 2.
--Circuit City Odds and Ends: A long list of titles for $3.99 and $7.99.
-Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE 3-DISC DELUXE EDITION of Never Back Down for sale for $22.99. With exclusive bonus disc.
-Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION of The Hills: Season 3 for sale for $29.99. With exclusive bonus disc and photo book.
--At Target, get a FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD when you purchase BOTH Phineas & Ferb: the Fast and the Phineas AND Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School. Must be purchased on same receipt. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--Target Odds and Ends: Nothing this week.
The Features
– Keith Richards & Martin Scorsese (Shine a Light – 2008)
– Inglorious Bastards – 1978
– Keifer Sutherland (Dark City – 1998)
– Two Fat Ladies – 1997
– Freakazoid – 1995
The Prices
| SD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
| The Band’s Visit | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Beverly Hills 90210: Season 5 | $39.99 | $39.99 | $59.98 | $39.99 | - |
| Centennial: Complete Series | $38.99 | $44.99 | $59.98 | - | $37.99 |
| Dark City (Director’s Cut) | $11.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| **Doomsday (NR) | $17.99 | $17.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| Freakazoid: Season 1 | $18.99 | $24.99 | $21.99 | - | - |
| Girlfriends: Season 4 | $26.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| Harold & Kumar Escape/Guantanamo Bay | $18.99 | $15.99 | $15.99 | $16.99 | - |
| Harold/Kumar/Guantanamo Bay SE (2-disc) | $22.95 | $22.99 | $29.99 | $22.99 | - |
| The Hills: Season 3 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $26.99 | $26.99 | - |
| Human Body: Pushing the Limits | $17.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Inglorious Bastards | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Inglorious Bastards SE (3-disc) | $26.99 | $19.99 | $21.99 | - | - |
| Law & Order SVU: Year Seven | $38.99 | $44.99 | $59.98 | - | - |
| Lips of Blood (1972) | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| **Lost Boys: The Tribe (R & NR) | $17.99 | $17.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| Never Back Down | $17.99 | $17.99 | $15.99 | $16.99 | - |
| Never Back Down: Extended Edition (2-disc) | $22.99 | $22.99 | $22.99 | $22.99 | - |
| Phineas & Ferb: The Fast & the Phineas | $13.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - |
| Shine A Light | $18.99 | $19.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Stargate: Continuum | $16.99 | $17.99 | $17.99 | $17.99 | $16.99 |
| Surfwise | $23.99 | $19.99 | $21.99 | - | - |
| Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1 Vol. 1 | $30.99 | $39.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Two Fat Ladies | $44.99 | $49.99 | $59.99 | - | - |
| Tyrone Power Collection: Volume 2 | $34.99 | $44.99 | $49.98 | - | - |
| War Games (25th Anniversary Edition) | $12.99 | $9.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| War Games: The Dead Code | $19.99 | $19.99 | $21.99 | - | - |
| Vengeance | $13.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Witch Blade: Complete Series | $44.99 | $49.99 | $69.98 | - | - |
| Wizards Waverly Place: Wizard School | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - |
| BLU-RAY TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
| Beer League/The Big White | - | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Bears | $16.95 | - | - | - | - |
| Beowulf | $27.95 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| The Big White | $9.95 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Clear and Present Danger | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Dark City (Director’s Cut) | $18.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Doomsday (NR) | $27.95 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Harold & Kumar/Escape Guantanamo Bay | $24.95 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Human Body: Pushing the Limits | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Hunt for Red October | $18.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Last Sentinel/Final Days of Planet Earth | - | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Lost Boys | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Lost Boys: The Tribe | $24.95 | $29.99 | $27.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Mortuary | $9.95 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Never Back Down | $21.95 | $29.99 | $27.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Patriot Games | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Perhaps Love | $20.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Salvage | $9.95 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Salvage/Mortuary | - | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Shine a Light | $26.95 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Stargate: Continuum | $26.95 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $27.89 |
| Stargaze HD: Universal Beauty | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Sum of All Fears | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Tiger Blade | $15.95 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Top Gun | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Vengeance | $16.95 | $14.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Tyrone Power Collection – Volume 2: Café Metropole, Girls Dormitory, Johnny Apollo, Daytime Wife, Luck of the Irish, I’ll Never Forget You, That Wonderful Urge, Love is News, This Above All, Second Honeymoon.
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
--A watershed week in the Weekly RoundUp: For the first time ever, Blu-ray new releases are basically dead-even with SD-DVD releases. It’ll only be a matter of time before they likely pass SD releases in quantity on a regular basis.
**Be Careful! Lost Boys: The Tribe is being released in both RATED & UNRATED versions! AND, Doomsday is being released in both OAR & MAR versions…be sure to get the correct one!!
--A good old-fashioned 2/$20 deal @ Best Buy this week when you buy BOTH Phineas & Ferb: The Fast & the Phineas AND Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer excludes Blu-ray. .
--You can also SAVE $9 when you buy BOTH Shine a Light on SD-DVD AND the Shine a Light CD soundtrack ($13.99) @ BB. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer excludes Blu-ray. .
--BB is advertising THREE EXCLUSIVE MINI-POSTERS with the purchase of Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Packaged separately. Minimum 25 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy has a “Buy ANY Two and Save $5” sale…AND a “Buy ANY Three and Save $10” Sale on the following list of titles: Stargate: Continuum, any single season of Stargate SG-1 (Seasons 1 thru 10) ($22.99 apiece), War Games (25th Anniversary Edition) and War Games: The Dead Code. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer excludes Blu-ray. .
--BB has the following Blu-ray titles on sale for $24.99: Eragon, I Robot, Independence Day, Live Free or Die Hard, Master & Commander, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Pathfinder, Rescue Dawn, The Simpsons Movie.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99 and $12.99.
--Circuit City is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE of 50 FREE SONGS & 1 FREE AUDIOBOOK with their copies of The Hills: Season 3.
--At CC, a number of catalog title Blu-ray Discs are on sale for $19.99: Fantastic Four, Flyboys, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Planet of the Apes (2001), Speed, The Transporter, The Transporter 2.
--Circuit City Odds and Ends: A long list of titles for $3.99 and $7.99.
-Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE 3-DISC DELUXE EDITION of Never Back Down for sale for $22.99. With exclusive bonus disc.
-Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION of The Hills: Season 3 for sale for $29.99. With exclusive bonus disc and photo book.
--At Target, get a FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD when you purchase BOTH Phineas & Ferb: the Fast and the Phineas AND Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School. Must be purchased on same receipt. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--Target Odds and Ends: Nothing this week.
