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Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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The Features


– Scarlett Johansson (The Spirit – 2008)


– Kate Winslet (The Reader – 2008)



– Rebecca Neuenswander (Fight Night/Rigged – 2008)


– Jill Wagner (Splinter – 2008)


– Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert & Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls – 2004)

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
Anna Karenina (1961) $10.99
Dark Matter $17.49 $19.99
Exosquad: Season 1 $14.99 $14.99
First Night $25.49 $24.99
House of Saddam $21.99 $24.99
Knots Landing: Season 2 $25.99 $25.99
Lost in Austen $14.99 $14.99
Malcolm and Eddie: Season 1 $29.99 $27.99
Pillow Talk (50th Anniversary Edition) $16.99 $14.99
The Reader $16.99 $18.99
The Spirit (1-disc) $20.99 $16.99
The Spirit SE (2-disc) $22.99 $22.99
Splinter $18.99 $24.99
Wings: Final Season $27.99 $27.99
Wings: Complete Series $134.99 $159.99



BLU-RAY TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
8 Mile $20.99 $24.99
Cranford $28.99 $34.99
The Last Kiss $19.99 $24.99
Mean Girls $19.99 $24.99
Pride and Prejudice (1996) $27.95 $34.99
The Spirit $25.99 $25.99
Splinter $20.49 $24.99
The Story of India $24.99 $34.99
Strange Wilderness $19.99 $24.99
The Thirteenth Floor $19.99 $24.99
Universal Soldier: The Return $19.99 $24.99


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

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

--Easter Week is usually a quiet week in the world of new movie releases. Things are no different in 2009.

--At Best Buy this week, buy The Reader and purchase Miss Potter for $5 (Reg. $14.99). Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Best Buy is highlighting Slumdog Millionaire this week: $16.99 (SD) and $24.99 (BD).

--Best Buy is also spotlighting, this week, some Blu-ray Double Features on sale:

$22.99:Mission: Impossible/M:I 2, Clear and Present Danger/The Hunt for Red October, Top Gun/Days of Thunder.

$26.99:Sweeney Todd/Sleepy Hollow.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Title for $4.99 and $9.99.

--Target, this week, takes its usual “week off” and doesn’t print a Sunday flyer. It will eventually post on-line @ Target.com.

--Target Odds and Ends: None available.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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4/11/09 at 8:39pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$4.99 each (more in store and online):
40 Year Old Virgin
The Departed
Gremlins SE
American History X

$9.99 each (more in store and online):
Scarface (Platinum Edition)
The Godfather
THe Bank Job
Semi-Pro
Mamma Mia!

$16.99:
Slumdog Millionaire

$19.99:
Bedtime Stories


Blu-ray:

$22.99 double features:
Mission Impossible 1 / Mission Impossible 2
Clear and Present Danger / The Hunt for Red Octorber
Top Gun / Days of Thunder

$26.99 double feature:
Sweeney Todd / Sleepy Hollow

$24.99:
Slumdog Millionaire




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Target on sale DVD items:

No ad (Easter?)

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4/11/09 at 9:39pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

No much to write home about this week.

But any week that I can post pix of Scarlett Johansson, Lindsay Lohan, Kate Winslet and a couple of newcomers like Jill Wagner and Rebecca Neuenswander...it ain't all bad!

Wonder why there's no BD of The Reader this week?!?

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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4/11/09 at 9:49pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Wonder why there's no BD of The Reader this week?!?

I was wondering the same thing. This was my #2 movie of the year so if it's not coming out my opinion of the format just dropped some more.

EDIT TO ADD: Appears the Blu isn't coming out until 4/28.
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4/11/09 at 11:49pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

The Thirteenth Floor and The Spirit on Blu for me this week.

Sometime's you reach what's real by making believe.

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4/12/09 at 4:12am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

Target's Prices:
The Reader: $16.99
The Spirit: $19.99/$22.99 (2-disc SE)/$26.99 (BD)
Dark Matter: $14.99
Splinter: $19.99
House of Saddam: $15.99

Also, a selection of Blu Ray titles are buy 2, get one free (prices are $14.99 and $19.99, selection varies by store)
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4/12/09 at 5:58am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

$25 for Splinter at Best Buy? What are they smoking?? Circuit City would have had this at $17.99. It's just great to have no competition, I guess. I will have to wait until this drops in price in six months.

Otherwise, I will certainly look at picking up The Reader. Nothing else grabs my attention.

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4/12/09 at 6:19am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

Nothing for me this week.

It's not really a movie that I want to watch over and over since it's very dark but I thought The Reader was quite good and definitely worth a rental for those interested.

And out of morbid curiosity, I may rent The Spirit.

Thanks for the prices, guys!

EDIT: To add to the prices that Eric listed, here's the DVD and Blu-ray prices from their online ad:

DVDs
The Reader $16.99
The Spirit $19.99
The Spirit (two disc SE + digital copy) $22.99
Dark Matter $14.99
Splinter $19.99
House Of Saddam $15.99

Blu-rays
The Spirit $26.99

Buy 2, get 1 free Blu-rays
300 $19.99
Troy $19.99
The Departed $19.99
I Am Legend $19.99

DVDs $10 each
Happy Feet
10,000 B.C.
No Reservations
Kit Kittridge: An American Girl
Dinosaur

DVDs $7.50 each
In The Name Of The King- A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Da Vinci Code
Live Free Or Die Hard (unrated one disc)
Shark Tale
Anchorman
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4/12/09 at 11:03am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

Nothing for me this week. Thanks for the roundup and Happy Easter to Mike & Patrick.
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4/12/09 at 2:09pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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No much to write home about this week.

That's what I thought too until I saw that Pride & Prejudice has come to blu-ray. I've been waiting for this for years! Already told home and everyone else I could think of, haha. I know what I'm getting for mother's day...
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

Somebody's likin' her some Colin Firth!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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4/12/09 at 6:43pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Originally Posted by Bill Thomann
Nothing for me this week.

Ditto for me. I cruised through all four hours of House of Saddam today and I can whole heartedly recommend it.

I guess this being an off week is good, considering we're taking a little weekend jaunt down to Indianapolis this weekend and I do like to have some spending money.
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4/12/09 at 9:00pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
But any week that I can post pix of Scarlett Johansson, Lindsay Lohan, Kate Winslet and a couple of newcomers like Jill Wagner and Rebecca Neuenswander...it ain't all bad!

Take out Lindsay Lohan from that list and add Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert.....then it will be all good.

The Spirit on Blu for me this week. Wings: Season 8 I will have to wait on as I still have to get Season 7 first.
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4/12/09 at 10:05pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Take out Lindsay Lohan from that list and add Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert.....then it will be all good.

Well...I didn't mean to leave Misses McAdams and Chabert off my list. But I am disheartened by the negative vibes across the HTF for La Lohan tonight. I feel empowered to defend her honor. And it's my thread...so I will!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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4/13/09 at 12:03am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Originally Posted by Bill Thomann
Nothing for me this week. Thanks for the roundup and Happy Easter to Mike & Patrick.

Nothing for me this week either, thanks for posting.
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4/13/09 at 8:45am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Buy 2, get 1 free Blu-rays
300 $19.99
Troy $19.99
The Departed $19.99
I Am Legend $19.99[/color]

Are there not any other movies besides 300 that ever go on sale?

I swear, this movie has been prominently promoted on Blu-ray for at least a year. Its always on these lists, it clogs up the aisle at Target and Best Buy, its in the used BD sections. Sheesh. Is it really selling that well, or did they just make a gazillion too many?
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4/13/09 at 1:33pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Somebody's likin' her some Colin Firth!

You bet! (but only as Mr. Darcy, haha)
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4/14/09 at 7:32am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

no one for 8Mile?
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no one for 8Mile?
I know most people probably assume that that movie is lousy (because they hate rap or think Eminem is ruining the youth or whatever) but it's surprisingly good.
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4/14/09 at 10:29am
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^ I've heard it's good, but being 25ish miles from 8 Mile, I am completely sick of hearing the homophobic, racist, sexist and misogynistic crap coming from his mouth. I was tired of his childish antics 7 years ago and I'm totally over him now. Good music doesn't forgive being a douchebag.
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4/14/09 at 3:50pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-14-2009

Oooh, Exosquad! I might have to get me some of that. The series was pretty cool back in the day.
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