Weekly RoundUp 2-24-2009

The Features


– Gene Hackman (The French Connection – 1972)


– Robert DeNiro & Moon Bloodgood (What Just Happened? – 2008)


– Katrina Bowden & Josh Zuckerman (Sex Drive – 2008)


– Ironweed – 1987


– Super Speedway – 1997

The Prices

SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Badland	$17.99	$14.99	-	-
Breaking Bad: Season 1	$26.99	$26.99	-	-
Canterbury’s Law: Complete Series	$20.99	$24.99	-	-
Cyclops	$17.99	$14.99	-	-
FTA	$24.49	$24.99	-	-
Four Flies on Grey Velvet	$19.99	$19.99	-	-
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	$17.99	$17.99	$16.99	-
Futurama: Movies 1-4	$71.99	-	-	-
Girlfriends: Season 6	$24.99	$29.99	-	-
The Haunting of Molly Hartley	$17.99	$17.99	$16.99	-
Ironweed	$10.49	$12.99	-	-
Just Shoot Me: Season 3	$27.99	$34.99	-	-
The Last House on the Left CE	$14.99	$14.99	-	-
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice	$17.49	$19.99	-	-
My Wife and Kids: Season 1	$17.99	$24.99	-	-
NFL – Superbowl XLIII: Pitt. Steelers	$16.99	$19.99	-	-
Red Sands	$17.49	$19.99	-	-
S.I.S.	$17.49	$19.99	-	-
Scourge	$19.99	$24.99	-	-
Sex Drive SE (2-disc)	$19.99	$17.99	-	-
Summer Heights High	$20.99	$19.99	-	-
What Just Happened?	$15.99	$19.99	$16.99	$18.99

BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Akira	$29.99	$29.99	-	-
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage	$21.99	$29.99	-	-
The French Connection	$22.99	$29.99	-	-
The French Connection II	$22.99	$29.99	-	-
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	$27.95	$29.99	-	-
Hounddog	$15.99	$19.99	-	-
LCD/Plasma Ultimate HD Experience	$10.99	$14.99	-	-
Samurai 7: Box Set	$59.49	$69.99	-	-
Sex Drive (NR)	$25.99	$29.99	-	-
Super Speedway (Imax)	$16.99	$19.99	-	-
Vanishing Point	$22.99	$29.99	-	-
What Just Happened?	$26.49	$29.99	-	-
The Who: Live @ Isle of Wight (1970)	$18.99	$24.99	-	-

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Futurama: Movies 1-4: Bender’s Game, Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender’s Big Score, Into the Wild Green Yonder.

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

**Yay! Everything is OAR this week!

--A discrepancy on the price of Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder on Blu-ray this week. Bestbuy.com is listing $27.99. The Sunday flyer is showing $29.99. The flyer price is listed above.

--A discrepancy on the price of Sex Drive on Blu-ray this week. Bestbuy.com is listing $25.99. The Sunday flyer is showing $29.99. The flyer price is listed above.

--A discrepancy on the price of What Just Happened? on Blu-ray this week. Bestbuy.com is listing $25.99. The Sunday flyer is showing $29.99. The flyer price is listed above.

--A discrepancy on the price of The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice on DVD this week. Bestbuy.com is listing $17.99. The Sunday flyer is showing $19.99. The flyer price is listed above.

--A discrepancy on the price of NFL – Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers this week. Bestbuy.com is listing $16.99. The Sunday flyer is showing $19.99. The flyer price is listed above.

--At Best Buy, they are advertising an EXCLUSIVE THREE-DISC VERSION OF SEX DRIVE ($19.99). Bonus disc includes three original features.

--Also at Best Buy, receive a “$5 DVD Cash Sticker” when you purchase Sex Drive (not clear if it’s available with the 2 & 3-disc DVDs and Blu-ray versions). Good toward Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Pineapple Express, or Zack & Miri Make a Porno.

--Best Buy is advertising the new re-releases of the three Back to the Future films for just $9.99 apiece. Collectible Film Cell included with each movie. Reg. $14.99 each.

--Best Buy is dropping the price of High School Musical 3: Senior Year this week to $22.99 (after it was $27.99 during it’s first week of release).

--Best Buy also has a list of Blu-ray titles at $19.99 apiece:

Cars, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Wall*E.

--And, BB.com has “30% off select Lionsgate titles.” See over 1000 DVD & Blu-ray titles on-line only at bestbuy.com/dvdsale. Titles shown are Rambo & MadMen: Season 1.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $6.99 & $14.99.

--Target, this week, has the following deals on Blu-ray discs:

$14.99: Black Hawk Down, Bullitt, The Shining, Underworld: Evolution

$19.99: 300, Eagle Eye, I Am Legend, Iron Man, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

--Target Odds and Ends: Target has lists of DVDs for $6.50 and $10.00.

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

30% off select Liongate titles (DVD and BD). Check www.bestbuy.com/dvdsale

$6.99 each:
The Bucket List
Semi-Pro
P.S. I Love You
The Golden Compass
Fool's Gold
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Godfather
Ocean's Thirteen

$14.99 each:
Pineapple Express
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Tropic Thunder
Step Brothers
The House Bunny
Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who
Wanted
Hancock
Mamma Mia!
Death Race (2008)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Burn after Reading
Righteous Kill
Max Payne
Babylon A.D.
Traitor
The Dark Knight 1-disc

$19.99 each:
Body of Lies
Changeling
The Dark Knight 2-disc

$13.99:
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

$9.99 each:
Sex and the City movie
Get Smart
Fred Claus

TV on DVD:

$19.99 each:
The Tudors season 2
Gang Land seasons 1 / 2
The L Word seasons 3/ 4
Martin seasons 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
WKRP in Cincinnati season 1
Without a Trace season 1 / 2

$14.99 each:
M.A.S.H. season 1 through 11 each
Drawn Together season 1 / 2 / 3


Blu-ray discs
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa $19.99



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Target on sale DVD items:

$10 each:
Enchanted
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears A Who!
The Dark Knight
Sex and the City: The Movie
Mamma Mia! The Movie
Juno

$6.50 each:
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Bueller...Bueller Edition
Pretty in Pink - Everything’s Duckie Edition
Breakfast At Tiffany’s - Anniversary Edition
Charlotte’s Web
Underworld


Blu-ray discs
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $19.99
Eagle Eye $19.99
Iron Man $19.99
300 $19.99
I Am Legend $19.99
The Shining $14.99
Bullitt $14.99
Black Hawk Down $14.99
Underworld: Evolution $14.99

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Thanks for the Roundup!

A fair warning for those, like me, who are looking to pick up the Akira BD, it has sold out from the manufacturers and the second pressing (without all the first pressings limited bells & whistles) won't be in stores until 3/10.

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Super Speedway is one of the best Imax films.
I had no idea it was coming to blu.
the dvd is excellent and is one of the best dts tracks
i ever heard.
hope all the stuff from the dvd is on the blu.

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chris maybe i'm misunderstanding you.
what do you mean by sold out from manufacturers?

Akira on shelves this tuesday will be a first printing and this
first print is what is sold out?
the second printing will be missing special features?
The one being offered on amazon shipping on the 24th
should be the one with the "bells and whistles"?

are you aware of a printing number, how many?

well?
huh?
huh?

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So many questions...so little time...

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...another week to catch up on some previously purchased titles. Were any of these movies actually released to theaters?

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Tony, i am sure you can find Akira on release day. Plenty are in distribution. Its just like the MST3K 20th Ann. tin, once its gone from store shelves, you wont be able to get the little book, and whatever, that comes with it, when the next pressing comes out.

Good to see an anime title sell so well...on the distribution level, anyway!

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Thanks for the roundup. Nothing for me this week.

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I'll be picking up Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder and The Bird With The Crystal Plummage Blu-rays. I doubt the new special features are enough to get me to pick up The Last House On The Left again but I'll see if I can find some reviews and then decide.

Thanks for the prices, guys!

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Basically it means that stores (Best Buy, Amazon, etc) won't get another order in (provided they sell out) until 3/10. I'm not sure what the actual pressing numbers were this go-around but I don't imagine they're too high seeing as this is somewhat of a niche release. Therefore I worry that it may be difficult to come across by later in the week and thus the warning.

The one coming out on Tuesday contains a 20 page booklet and slipcover that won't be available on the later version. All of the on-disc extras (i.e. the really important stuff) will remain the same.

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The booklet and slipcover probably aren't deal breakers for most but an additional 2 week wait for the non-limited release might be for some.

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There were, just not any worth leaving your house for.

As for this week's releases, my local BB was nice enough to have the Fox BDs out last Thursday so I nabbed French Connection. Maybe Vanishing Point somewhere down the road...

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John Frankenheimer's "Ronin" is scheduled to be released on Blu-Ray. Not sure why it's not in Best Buy's online catalog.

Amazon: 31.49

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Interesting, Cameron.

I had Ronin on my "New Release" list. But when it didn't show up on Best Buy's site I figured it must be an import (Amazon carries a lot of those from 101 Distribution). I would have sworn I checked amazon.com and that was the case...but I just checked and it seems to be an MGM release slated for 2-24. Don't know what's up with that $31.49 price tag, though.

Do you have a review copy?

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There is an independent film being released this week that many might not have heard of, and one that I've been spreading the word about. Also, I thought RoundUppers might be interested in checking out. It's called "Broken Windows" and is from first-time writer and director Tony Hickman. The indie stars Larisa Oleynik, Sarah Thompson, Jennifer Hall, Sara Jane Nash, Corri English, Jonathan Murphy ("October Road", "Life on Mars"), Jason George, Devon Gummersall ("My So-Called Life", "Roswell"), Kyle Brandt, Hayley Marie Norman, and Michael Gross. It also features music from Majandra Delfino ("Maria DeLuca" on "Roswell").

While I didn't work on this production or know anyone personally from it, I'm a fan whose background includes involvement on Fan Forum years ago for "Roswell" and now on the official ABC.com message boards for "October Road" and "Life on Mars".

The film was screened last year at the San Diego Film Festival. I'm on the East Coast, and there wasn't a way for me to attend myself.

It will be available to purchase and rent on the 24th.

Broken Windows Trailer


I just wanted to give you the heads up. Thanks for the Roundup and the encouragement to post this, Mike.

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Just Futurama for me. Last one. Here's hoping we can get more in the future.

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Thanks, Chris! It's great to have someone on the "inside" to let us know about releases such as this one...that definitely got-by me...and might have gotten-by some others here.

Broken Windows is listing @ $17.99 at amazon.com and $14.99 at Best Buy.

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That "Broken Windows" seems like a made for tv effort that doesn't try to excel above the same old stuff I've seen done countless times on the OC, Smallville, Gilmore Girls, etc. It's very hard in this day and age to have stand out pieces that don't resemble other efforts. I will say, Thank You Chris for bringing this to my attention for I did not know about it. There's a possibility my girlfriend will love this and I'll show her the trailer you provided. So, that means this will be sitting on our dvd shelf tuesday.

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Yeah, that price is nuts for what is on the disc.

I haven't received a review copy yet.

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Thanks as always Mike & Patrick for the Weekly RoundUp!
I stopped by Best Buy today and had them refund me $5 under their Price Guarantee.

Don't forget the $10 off coupon for HSM3 on Blu-ray:

High School Musical 3 - Save $10 On Blu-ray Or $5 On DVD

Note: When you click on the coupon "buttons" in the above link, you will be redirected from Disney's site to Coupons.com to print the coupons. If you have not printed coupons from them before you will be prompted to install a small coupon printer app. These coupons will print directly to your printer (no display on screen and no print to file/PDF). Note also that you will only be able to print each coupon twice.
Also, there is a $5 rebate available when you purchase HSM3 (on SD-DVD or Blu-ray) and Sara Lee® Soft & Smooth™ Bread, Buns or Hillshire Farm® Deli Select™ Lunch Meats. (How in the world do they come up with some of these linked product promotions?) See the complete details on the 2 page PDF here:

http://www.gomeat.com/offers/hsm3_rebate.pdf

The amazing thing about this promo (at least for me) is that my wife went to the store yesterday and just happened to pick up 2 loaves of Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Bread, and then I discovered the rebate today. Whoo-hoo . . . free bread (after MIR)!

BTW - no new releases for me this week. But I did pick-up The Bucket List when I was at Best Buy today for $6.99.

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Just Futurama and Akira on blu-ray for me. Thanks guys.

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A few Blu-rays being released this week that I'll be getting (not necessarily this week, though): Futurama, Sex Drive and probably Super Speedway. If Breaking Bad was getting a BD release, I'd probably get that, too, but I'll pass on the SD until/unless it eventually falls to the $15-20 range.

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If you have Comcast, all the episodes are on On Demand in HD and SD until the S2 premiere.

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I've been saying a lot of "maybe" titles in the last couple of weeks and haven't picked a single thing up in the name of being financially responsible. Maybe French Connection sometime down the line. Gotta save those pennies for May...

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It's my pleasure, Mike and Troy. I also want to add that "Broken Windows" is now available for $17.99 on the official website.

Broken Windows Film

Here's a look at the back cover:

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Chris: I missed your mention of Michael Gross being in the cast. Cool!

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Saw Breaking Bad at my local Sam's Club for $19.46. Target has it on sale for $24.99.

Jay

P.S. Thanks for all your hard work, Mike and Patrick!

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NONONONONO

HUGE warning!!!

The pinheads at Lionsgate decided to release Ironweed in full frame. My head just about exploded tonight when I finally got my hands on this disc, which I have been waiting YEARS for, only to see a full frame presentation.


CRAP!!!!!!

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What?!?!?!?! That is outrageous! Of all the titles this week...that is one I was looking forward to. Ironweed was written by Albany-area author William Kennedy. The book/movie takes place in Albany and was shot (partially) in Albany.

What the heck were they thinking???

Sorry I let you down on that one, John...but it's a complete surprise to me.