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The Features


– Marisa Tomei & Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler – 2008)


– Frank Langella & Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon – 2008)


– Wes Bentley & Winona Ryder (The Last Word – 2008)


– Magda Apanowicz (Caprica – 2009)


– David Groh & Valerie Harper (Rhoda – 1974 - 78)

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
The Burrowers $24.49 $24.99
Caprica $17.49 $18.99 $17.99
Dallas: Season 11 $25.99 $25.99
Dante 01 $17.99 $14.99
Frost/Nixon $17.99 $17.99 $16.99 $18.99
Hawaii 5-0: Season 6 $34.99 $34.99 $31.99
Hellraiser LE Box Set $42.99 $44.99
Into the Blue 2: The Reef $18.99 $19.99
K*ke Like Me $26.99
The Last Picture Show/Nickelodeon (DF) $22.49 $19.99
The Last Word $18.99 $17.99
Life of Ryan: Complete Series $27.99 $29.99 $24.99
My Own Worst Enemy: Complete Series $19.99 $24.99
Notorious (2009) (1-disc) $21.99 $16.99 $16.99
Notorious CE (3-disc) (NR Dir Cut) $24.49 $22.99 $22.99
The Poker Club $17.49 $19.99
Rhoda: Season 1 $29.99 $29.99
Science is Fiction: 23 Films…Painleve (CC) $36.99 $34.99
Spielberg: Tiny Toon Advs: Season 1 V2 $29.99 $36.99
Voyage of the Damned $10.49 $12.99
Wolverine & X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy $9.99 $9.99
The Wrestler $16.99 $16.99 $16.99 $18.99



BLU-RAY TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
Arctic Tale $19.99 $24.99
The Arrival $17.99 $24.99
Awake Live – Josh Groban (Amaz. Exclusive) $19.99
Caught in the Act: M. Buble (Amaz. Exclusive) $20.99
Frost/Nixon $26.99 $26.99 $26.99
Hellraiser $18.49 $24.99
The Last Word $24.49 $34.99
Notorious $27.99 $25.99 $26.99
Sin City $24.99 $24.99 $26.99
The Wages of Fear (CC) $27.99 $34.99
The Wrestler $25.99 $25.99 $26.99 $25.99
X-Men $23.99 $29.99
X-2: X-Men United $23.99 $29.99
X-Men: The Last Stand $23.99 $29.99
X-Men Trilogy $55.99 $54.99


(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

**Yay! All titles are in their original aspect ratio.

--At Best Buy this week, buy BOTH The Wrestler and Notorious and save $5, instantly. Must be purchased on same receipt. Offer valid with ANY version.

--Get FREE MOVIE CASH for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (or for Night at the Museum 2 or Ice Age 3) with select SD & BD titles at Best Buy. Titles shown are X-Men: The Last Stand, Fantastic Four, Napoleon Dynamite, Night at the Museum. DVDs in this deal are 2/$15 (Reg. $8.99 apiece). Blu-ray discs in this deal are 2/$35 ($19.99 apiece). Movie cash value on BD is $10. Movie cash value on DVD is $5. Movie cash is valid 5-1-09 thru 9-21-09. Wolverine in theaters 5-1, NatM2 in theaters 5-22, IA3 in theaters 7-4.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: BB has several TV titles on sale this week.

--Target, this week, has NO specials on this week’s new releases.

--Target continues to push it’s release from several weeks ago of Twilight with exclusive content.

--And, Target is advertising a number of TV two season value packs on sale this week. Titles shown include: 30 Rock, The Office, House, Monk. Titles shown plus selected others. They list some Food Network show season sets for $12.99.

--Target Odds and Ends: Titles for $5 & $10.

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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4/18/09 at 7:44pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

TV on DVD:
Dexter season 1 $19.99
Supernatural season 3 $19.99
JAG season 2 $19.99
American Dad season 3 $19.99
The Office season 3 $24.99
Heroes season 2 $24.99
Battlestar Galactica season 3 $26.99
John Adams $26.99
Generation Kill $26.99
Band of Brothers $31.99
Planet Earth $49.99
Hawaii 5-0 season 6 $34.99
Dallas season 11 $29.99
Freakazoid season 2 $19.99


Blu-ray:

Sin City $29.99
X-Men Trilogy $54.99
Planet Earth $62.99

2 for $35 or $19.99 each
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Fantastic Four
Napoleon Dynamite
Night at the Museum



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Target on sale DVD items:

Twilight 3-disc $19.99
Quantum of Solace $16.99
Day the Earth Stood Still $16.99
Dark Knight $19.99 (Target exclusive version)

$5 each:
Stuart Little
Elmo in Grouchland
Die Hard
Master and Commander

$10 each:
Baby Mama
Nim's Island
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
21
Hellboy 2

TV on DVD:
House Season 3 & 4 value pack $34.99
Monk Season 5 & 6 value pack $32.99 (also Season 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 value packs)
30 Rock Season 1 & 2 value pack $29.99
The Office Season 3 & 4 value pack $34.99

4 Food Network DVDs $12.99 each. Can't read the titles.


Blu-ray:

Twilight $26.99
Quantum of Solace $24.99
The Day the Earth Stood Still $24.99
Dark Knight (Mask Packaging) $24.99

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4/19/09 at 1:14am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

Freakazoid, season 2 (& final): list $26.98
The dot-coms:
Amazon $19.99
Best Buy $19.99
Target $19.99
Costco: n/a
Love the wide variations in price but gotta get my ration of freak this week.

Thanks as always, gentlemen!
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4/19/09 at 5:14am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

Thanks for the round-up, Mike.

If you have a Papa Johns nearby they have a coupon for $10 off the Blu-Ray X-Men Trilogy with any pizza purchase.

Also at Bestbuy.com all the individual X-Men Blu-Ray titles are in the 2 for $35 deal. So for those who already have X3 and don't want to double dip, or don't want X3 period this looks like a good way to go.
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4/19/09 at 5:35am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

X-Men Trilogy and Caprica. Yeah, I know, Caprica will be on TV shortly and will be included in the S1 and Complete Series releases at some point. But I wanna see it noooooowwwwwwww. Thanks guys!
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I'll be buying Sin City on Blu-ray. I'm going to rent Caprica now and buy it when it comes out in the season set.

And I thought Frost/Nixon and The Wrestler were both excellent and worth checking out.

Thanks for the prices, guys!
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I wonder how many seasons of Rhoda will be offered. Is this series also controlled by Fox?

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

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I wonder how many seasons of Rhoda will be offered. Is this series also controlled by Fox?

Based on the reviews, this will be the only season.

Check out the discussion of this title on the forum:

Link to HTF discussion of Rhoda Travesty

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4/19/09 at 11:53am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

like always.. i could only say thanks..

wonderful...

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I was excited for that 3-disc CE of "Notorious"...then I realized it wasn't the Hitchcock movie.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I was wondering if you were going to get this up last night, Mike, considering the Fenway trip you took. But I see that you "cheated" to get it up in time.

Just the X-Men Blu trilogy this week. I'll wait for lower prices on the Blus of Frost/Nixon, Wrestler and Sin City.

Mike, you may want to add the Hellraiser LE box to the Blu-ray grid, as well, since it includes the Blu-ray of the first film plus DVDs of the first and second films - as weird as that configuration is.
Does anyone even click on these "My Collection" links?
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4/20/09 at 6:19am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

When will Caprica air on Sci-Fi?
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

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When will Caprica air on Sci-Fi?
I think they've said that the series starts airing in 2010 so I'd imagine (but could be wrong) that this won't hit the airwaves until then.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

This may be a dumb question: Think the BB movie cash will come with the BD X-Men Trilogy? I didn't see this stated on the flyer or website, just for the single titles. Guess I'll see tomorrow...

EDIT - To answer my own question: No, movie cash only seems to be with individual titles.

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

Man, I love these roundups but they are sooooo depressing. BluRay media should be getting cheaper and it seems prices are still going up. Who the hell is buying $35 new release RomComs? The Criterion ones for $35 I can ALMOST see, but cmon.... Sorry to whine, but my personal limit is $20 outside a VERY select few disks but this is just ridiculous...

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

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Man, I love these roundups but they are sooooo depressing. BluRay media should be getting cheaper and it seems prices are still going up. Who the hell is buying $35 new release RomComs? The Criterion ones for $35 I can ALMOST see, but cmon.... Sorry to whine, but my personal limit is $20 outside a VERY select few disks but this is just ridiculous...
+1

I used to buy at least one title a week, now it's one per month, if that.

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I tell ya...most everything I've been buying lately is used...and on sale on top of that!

For example, if I decide to go for The Wrestler sometime down the road...

It will be (soon enough) at my local FYE in their used bin (probably for $19.99). Sometimes FYE runs a coupon for 40% off a used item. Right now they are running a "Buy any two or more used items (DVD/BD/CD) and get all the used items for 20% off."

I can wait.

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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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I'll give another + to the Blu comments. The pricing is becoming a joke even for a cheap-o like me who refuses to pay over $15. THE WRESTLER, DOUBT, FROST/NIXON, THE READER and several others are must buys turned into forcing myself to wait. I refused to pay Criterion prices on SD and I refuse to pay this much on Blu.

Usually these "newer" titles drop pretty quickly at Amazon's Marketplace so I'll eventually pick them up there. I've been looking at used discs at Blockbuster but they seem to be charging $17-$22, which also seems somewhat crazy.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

I have had to seriously curtail my DVD purchases. I used to average a 2 or 3 DVDs a month, now I am only averaging less than one a month. I have so many DVDs in my collection that I will probably never watch again, or sadly have never watch at all. A Netflix subscription has changed my DVD viewing habit completely.

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like always.. i could only say thanks..

wonderful...

Same here, thanks for another round up.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

On the topic of Blu-ray pricing . . .

I keep waiting for someone to come to their senses on The Bourne Trilogy set. I balked at $64.99, and figured it would drop below $50 within a few weeks. It's now been at $74.99 for over a month. Yikes people!

For me, a price under $20 makes a purchase much more likely. As much as I loved the film Doubt, I really couldn't justify the $23.99 price. Thankfully, I got it brand-new from an Amazon Marketplace seller for $18.99 shipped.

Disney and Universal titles seem to be the ones least likely to go on sale or be part of a BOGO or B2G1 special, which is ironic since most of the discs I'm interested in come from them. But nope . . . it's always older Sony and Warner stuff.

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FYI Sin City was 29.99 at my local Best Buy--I had to get a price adjustment to match their website. It was...a pain. But Buyer Beware.
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I'd really like to know how these Amazon Marketplace guys are getting their product so cheap tho. I just bought the CE of Demigod for less than the price of the standard via the MP. I'm cheap on Movies but I'm even worse on games, outside of 2-3 blockbusters a year I dont buy ANY new releases, but the horrible crap the pirates are doing to Stardock made me give in to support a developer i really like. But still, I worry that SD is getting hosed by that marketplace seller, are they stealing a certain number of copies that the dev will never see a dollar of? I just don't know.

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

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I'd really like to know how these Amazon Marketplace guys are getting their product so cheap tho.

My impression is that some of them are wholesalers who have decided that they can make a few bucks by selling some direct to consumers. Last month I picked up a copy of RELIGULOUS for $10, shipped, when regular Amazon was still selling it for twice that.

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FYI Sin City was 29.99 at my local Best Buy--I had to get a price adjustment to match their website. It was...a pain. But Buyer Beware.
Yes, the advertised price in this week's circular is $29.99. I became aware of the potential discrepancy after reading the RoundUp on Sunday morning. Mike has it listed for $24.99 (I assume he got his price off the BB web site) and Patrick lists it for for $29.99 (the print ad price.) Just to be on the safe side, I printed out a copy of the web ad and took it with me when I bought my copy this morning. Sometimes in the past when there has been a difference between the web site pre-order price and the circular price, by the time I get there it has already been changed at store-level to reflect the lower price. That was not the case today, but I just handed the printout to the cashier when I checked out and the match was honored, no fuss, no muss.

It appears that on occasion some forum members have trouble price-matching the BB web site at their local BB store. If you fall into that category and still want to get Sin City for $25, just take in a printout of the listing on Walmart's site. They're selling it for $24.86.

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Also at Bestbuy.com all the individual X-Men Blu-Ray titles are in the 2 for $35 deal. So for those who already have X3 and don't want to double dip, or don't want X3 period this looks like a good way to go.

Hmmm... I wonder if this (along w/ the movie-cash part of the offer) can be used multiple times (to buy more than just 2 BDs).

I ordered the first two X-Men BDs w/ this (for in-store pickup), but wouldn't mind doubledipping the 3rd one, if the offer works more than once.

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 4-21-2009

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Originally Posted by Dave Jessup
Freakazoid, season 2 (& final): list $26.98
The dot-coms:
Amazon $19.99
Best Buy $19.99
Target $19.99
Costco: n/a
Love the wide variations in price but gotta get my ration of freak this week.

Thanks Dave. I had forgotten that it came out this week since it wasn't in the Roundup. Off to Best Buy!!

Gratefully yours,
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Thanks Dave. I had forgotten that it came out this week since it wasn't in the Roundup. Off to Best Buy!!

Dave: Consider me grateful as well and negligent in expressing that sentiment. But that is exactly how to play the game. Every once in awhile I'll let a desired title slip through the cracks and I always appreciate when others make the effort to check out the prices and post the info. Thanks!

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I'm pretty much Down to getting TV Sets only. Movies only when I know they'll get rewatched, so it's mostly Genre Movies Bond, Superhero Stuff, Sci Fi. Something like the Wrestler, a great film but nothing I need to own, If I want to see it again I'll rent it, but there's always something new to watch so I might not. The Days that I buy something just to see it on my collection shelf, well those days are over, I did that with DVD and I learned my rather expensive lesson.

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bestbuy.com is showing the individual X-Men Blu titles at $19.99 each now.

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