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Weekly RoundUp 6-30-2009

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The Features

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– Bill Nunn & Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing – 1989)

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– Jonas Brothers (3-D Concert Experience – 2009)

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– Gwyneth Paltrow & Joaquin Phoenix (Two Lovers – 2008)

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– John Cena (12 Rounds – 2009)

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
12 Rounds $23.99 $24.99 $16.99  
The Betrayed $18.99 $24.99    
Dark Streets $22.49 $19.99    
Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition) $13.99 $14.99    
Eastbound and Down: Season 1 $19.99 $24.99 $22.99  
The Education of Charlie Banks $22.49 $14.99    
Entourage: Season 5 $19.99 $19.99 $24.99 $25.99
Eureka: Season 3.0 $19.99 $19.99    
The Human Contract $19.99 $19.99    
The IT Crowd: Season 2 $19.99 $19.99    
Jonas Bros: 3D Concert Experience (1-disc) $16.99 $16.99 $15.99 $18.99
Jonas Bros: 3D Concert Exp. Ext. Ed. (2-disc) $22.99 $24.99 $22.99  
Lookin’ to Get Out (Director’s Cut) $14.99 $14.99    
Octane $24.49 $16.99    
Princess Protection Program $19.99 $19.99 $15.99  
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season 2 $19.49 $19.99    
Stargate Atlantis: Season 5 $32.49 $34.99 $32.99  
Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li $16.99 $16.99 $19.99  
Two Lovers $16.99 $16.99 $16.99  



BLU-RAY TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
12 Rounds $25.99 $25.99 $25.99  
Barbra Streisand: Live in Concert $18.99      
Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition) $18.99 $24.99    
Flawless $20.99 $24.99    
Jonas Bros.: 3D Concert Experience (Ext. Ed.) $25.99 $26.99 $25.99  
Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li $25.99 $25.99 $26.99  
Two Lovers $23.99 $22.99    


(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

--Both Best Buy and Target are advertising A FREE NECKLACE with their copies of Princess Protection Program. This is NOT exclusive to the two stores…but likely available everywhere. Limited time only.

--More discrepancies between Best Buy’s Sunday flyer and bestbuy.com. Listed above are the flyer prices. Meanwhile, bb.com lists: Eastbound & Down DVD $24.99, Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience (2-disc) DVD $22.99, Stargate - Atlantis: Season 5 BD $32.99.

--At Best Buy, the first seasons of a number of TV series are 50% OFF.

--At Best Buy, get a FREE $5 BB GIFT CARD when you buy BOTH Entourage: Season 5 AND Eastbound & Down: Season 1 together on DVD. Must be purchased on same receipt. Gift card good toward future purchase. Online offer may vary.

--Get a FREE MOVIE VOUCHER to see either Public Enemies or Bruno in theaters when you purchase select DVDs at Best Buy. Shown are American Gangster & Scarface ($7.99 apiece) and The Big Lebowski and Burn After Reading ($11.99 apiece). See in-store display for full selection. Public Enemy in theaters 7-1-09 and Bruno in theaters 7-10-09. $7.50 value. Valid 7-1-09 thru 8-9-09. Minimum 8 per store. Good for either movie at participating theaters. Redeemed on-line using on-pack sticker code. See sticker for details.

--Also, get a FREE EXCLUSIVE COLLECTOR’S PIN SET when you pre-order Watchmen on DVD or Blu-ray at Best Buy. $5 deposit required for each movie pre-ordered. Minimum 5 per store.

--Save 25% on more than 2000 Sony titles at bestbuy.com/dvdsale.

--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE Blu-ray title this week: Rob Thomas: Something To Be Tour Live @ Red Rocks for $14.99. DVD version available for $12.99.

--Best Buy RewardZone members get double points on all purchases @ BB & bb.com when you use your RZ program MasterCard. RZ MasterCard members will earn 2 points for every $1 spent @ BB and BB.com (that’s 4% back in rewards) and will earn 1 point for every $1 of BB Gift Card purchases.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of titles for $4.99.

--Target has a FREE $10 TARGET GIFTCARD when you buy BOTH the Jonas Brothers: 3-D Concert Experience AND Princess Protection Program DVDs “shown.” Not sure what “shown” means. But, they “show” the cover of the 1-disc Jonas Bros. disc while also giving the price of the 2-disc concert set immediately below. Quantities limited. No rainchecks. Terms and conditions apply to GiftCards.

--And, Target has a number of season sets of TV shows on DVD for sale for $16.99 apiece. Includes seasons 1 of Flight of the Conchords and Secret Life of the American Teenager. Also, seasons 1-4 of Entourage, seasons 1-4 of SNL, seasons 1-10 of Friends, seasons 1-4 of Everybody Loves Raymond, seasons 1-2 of How I Met Your Mother, and seasons 1-4 of Northern Exposure. Each title shown and selected others.

--Target Odds and Ends: Titles for $4.75 and $10.
Edited by Mike Frezon - 6/30/2009 at 08:08 pm GMT

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 6-30-2009

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$4.99 each: (More in store and online)
Be Kind Rewind
Maverick
Rambo: First Blood
The Day After Tomorrow
The Great Outdoors
Saving Silverman
Real Genius
Green Street Hooligans

Free movie voucher to see Public Enemies or Bruno when you purchase selected

$7.99 or $11.99 titles below:

$7.99 each:
American Gangster
Scarface

$11.99 each:
The Big Lebowski
Burn After Reading

TV on DVD Sets:
Entourage Seasons 1-4 $19.99 each
Stargate Atlantis Seasons 1-4 $19.99 each
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season One $15.99

Season 1 of these TV shows at 50% off:
Gossip Girl $24.49
Gilmore Girls $19.99
One Tree Hill $19.99
Veronica Mars $24.49
Third Watch $24.49
Nip/Tuck $24.49
Supernatural $19.99
Babylon 5 $24.99
Smallville $21.49
Reaper $16.49



Blu-ray:

None listed.


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Target on sale DVD items:

$4.75 each:
Milo and Otis
13 Going on 30
King Kong
Uncle Buck

$10 each
The Bucket List
Chronicles of Narnia
3:10 to Yuma
Open Season

TV on DVD
$16.99 each:
Entourage season 1-4 each
Flight of the Conchords season 1
SNAL season 1-4 each
Friends season 1-10 each
Everybody Love Raymond season 1-4 each
How I Met Your Mother season 1-2 each
Northern Exposure season 1-4 each
The Secret Life of the American Teen


Blu-ray:

None listed.

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 6-30-2009

Thanks guys! The only title I'm interested in this week is Parker Lewis Can't Lose - The Complete First Season, and based on the RoundUp, it looks like I'll have to get it online since none of the B&Ms have it in their ads.

Gary

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Do The Right Thing is 20 years old? Who's been messing with my calendar?
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly saw this movie on their first date in 1989.

If the movie is set in Brooklyn, why is Spike Lee wearing a "Dodgers" shirt?

Feline videophiles Susie and Dukie.

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Re: Weekly RoundUp 6-30-2009

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Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls
Do The Right Thing is 20 years old? Who's been messing with my calendar?


If the movie is set in Brooklyn, why is Spike Lee wearing a "Dodgers" shirt?

Because the Dodgers played in Brooklyn before they moved out to LA?
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Geez Brett, next story you'll be telling me is that they were called the Dodgers because they had to keep jumping out of the way of the streetcars.

Feline videophiles Susie and Dukie.

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Geez Brett, next story you'll be telling me is that they were called the Dodgers because they had to keep jumping out of the way of the streetcars.
I don't understand your initial question then if you already knew the answer to it? By the way, that's a Jackie Robinson jersey he's wearing and there is only one more player left in MLB that can still wear the #42 because that number was retired by MLB. He's the only player still playing MLB that was grandfathered in when that number was retired. Also, that jersery number will be retired again by the New York Yankees because of his HOF accomplishments as perhaps the greatest reliever in ML history.

Anyhow, Robinson never played for the LA Dodgers and retired before they moved after they tried to trade him to the Giants.
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Seasons 1-4 of SNL for 16.99 each? Holy crap! Too bad I already purchased them at about 3 times that price!

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Nada this week. I'm kinda hoping for a 4th of July sale this weekend...

Most current reviews on The Movie Rambler: Medicine for Melancholy; Sauna; Expedition Africa (Blu-ray); A Serious Man; Il Divo; Fear[s] of the Dark; The Prisoner: The Complete Series (Blu-ray); Saw VI; Amelia; The Nostradamus Files; Life After People: The Series-The Complete Season One; Left Bank

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Crawdaddy,

Mike Frezon constantly teases me about my ignorance of baseball trivia.

Feline videophiles Susie and Dukie.

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It seems the number of new releases on DVDs is getting smaller and smaller. Is it the economy or just a lack of new material to be released on DVD?

Lawn Ranger Motto: You're only young once, but you can be always be immature.

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I'll be picking up Entourage: Season Five and probably the very vulgar and very funny Eastbound & Down: Season One. Thanks for the prices, guys!

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Originally Posted by Marty M
It seems the number of new releases on DVDs is getting smaller and smaller. Is it the economy or just a lack of new material to be released on DVD?
It might be partly the economy but the summer is a pretty dead time for DVDs anyway.
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Crawdaddy,

Mike Frezon constantly teases me about my ignorance of baseball trivia.

Yeah, Robert. What he said.

I'd almost chalk him up as a hopeless cause...except I'm trying to get him to take in a Boise Hawks game this summer.

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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Nice and easy on the wallet this week......only Stargate Atlantis: Season 5 for me. It's nice to have a quiet week once in a while.
Recently watched- BSG: Razor[BD], BSG: Season 3, Ghost Rider[BD], X-Men Origins: Wolverine[BD], BSG: Season 2[BD], Forever Knight: Season 3

Currently watching- Heroes: Season 1[BD], Michael Palin: Pole To Pole, Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series[BD], Magnum P.I.: Season 7
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Nada this week. I'm kinda hoping for a 4th of July sale this weekend...

Until next week I'm sure...
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 I don't see the vendor names in the top row of price table in either Safari 4 or Firefox 3.5.  Can it be fixed?  

Thanks!
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^ Until Mike gets here to fix them, you can highlight those fields in the table and see the labels.  The text turned white and, therefore, invisible. 

Most current reviews on The Movie Rambler: Medicine for Melancholy; Sauna; Expedition Africa (Blu-ray); A Serious Man; Il Divo; Fear[s] of the Dark; The Prisoner: The Complete Series (Blu-ray); Saw VI; Amelia; The Nostradamus Files; Life After People: The Series-The Complete Season One; Left Bank

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Originally Posted by Ted Todorov View Post

 I don't see the vendor names in the top row of price table in either Safari 4 or Firefox 3.5.  Can it be fixed?  

Thanks!
Ted



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^ Until Mike gets here to fix them, you can highlight those fields in the table and see the labels.  The text turned white and, therefore, invisible. 

Fixed.

I have a lot to learn before posting next week's Roundup.  I hope everyone is in a "forgiving mood."  I just about got the vb code down and now I've got to learn a whole new way to do this.

The RoundUp made the transfer to the new site fairly unscathed.  There are some minor issues (like the text colors, etc.)...but all-in-all not so bad.




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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