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Weekly RoundUp 8-25-2009

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The Features



– Amy Adams & Emily Blunt (Sunshine Cleaning – 2008)


– Rudo y Cursi – 2008


– Julia Roberts & Clive Owen (Duplicity– 2009)


Channing Tatum & Zulay Henao (Fighting – 2009)


Cast (thirtysomething – 1987 - 1991)

The Prices

SD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
Adventureland $19.49 $16.99 $17.99  
Adventures of Robin Hood: Season 4 $10.99 $12.99    
Advs. of Robin Hood: Comp. Series $21.99 $24.99    
American Son $19.99 $19.99    
Batman: Brave & Bold - Vol. 1 $10.99 $12.99    
Billy Jack $10.99 $9.99    
The Billy Jack Collection $21.99 $24.99    
Boot Camp $25.99      
Californication: Season 2 $29.49 $29.99    
Duplicity $15.99 $15.99 $16.99 $18.99
Eclipse #17 - Nikkatsu (CC) $62.99 $59.99    
Fighting $15.99 $15.99 $16.99  
Frayed $20.49 $24.99    
Goodbye Solo $19.99 $19.99    
Gradiva $26.99      
Here's Lucy: Season 1 $19.99 $19.99    
House, MD: Season 5 $26.99 $34.99 $37.99 $37.99
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days DE $13.49 $9.99    
The Informers $18.99 $19.99    
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du... (CC) $35.99 $34.99    
The Last Days of Disco (CC) $34.99 $34.99    
Lee Strobel 3 Film Collection $18.99 $19.99    
Lie to Me: Season 1 $33.49 $31.99 $34.99  
Life: Season 2 $41.99 $39.99    
Life is Hot in Cracktown (R & NR) $24.49 $14.99    
NCIS: Season 6 $35.99 $44.99 $39.99 $38.99
New Tricks: Season 1 $29.99 $34.99    
One Tree Hill: Season 6 $36.49 $35.99 $37.99  
Red Velvet (Amazon Exclusive) $13.49      
Rudo y Cursi $19.99 $19.99    
Samantha Who?: Season 2 $25.99 $25.99 $26.99  
Scrubs: Season 8 $25.99 $25.99 $29.99  
Smallville: Season 8 $36.99 $34.99 $37.99  
Sonny with a Chance: Volume 1 $14.49 $12.99    
Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Aweigh $14.49 $12.99    
Sunshine Cleaning $20.99 $17.99 $16.99  
thirtysomething: Season 1 $38.99 $49.99    
Untouchables: Season 3 Vol. 1 $27.99 $34.99    
Wanted Dead or Alive: Comp. Series $9.99 $12.99    
Wiseguy: Season 1 $21.99 $24.99    

BLU-RAY TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
Adventureland $25.99 $26.99 $27.99  
Children of the Corn $12.99 $12.99    
Duplicity $25.99 $25.99 $24.99 $25.99
Fighting $24.99 $24.99 $25.99  
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days $20.99 $24.99    
The Informers $22.99 $29.99    
Lie to Me: Season 1 $40.99 $40.99 $39.99  
Rudo y Cursi $27.99 $29.99    
Smallville: Season 8 $51.49 $49.99 $54.99  
Sunshine Cleaning $24.49 $27.99 $25.99  


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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

The Billy Jack Collection (SD-DVD) - Born Losers, Billy Jack, The Trial of Billy Jack, Billy Jack Goes to Washington.

The Lee Strobel 3-disc Film Collection (SD-DVD) - The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator.

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

--Best Buy, this week, has EXCLUSIVE RELEASES of Blu-ray versions of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Grace Love Undying.  They are $19.99 apiece.

--Best Buy also has EXCLUSIVE METAL PACKAGING on its DVD & Blu-ray releases of Smallville: Season 8

--BB has a FREE PLUSH (Elmo, Big Bird or Grover) when you buy select Sesame Street DVDs at $7.99 apiece.  Products must be purchased on same receipt to receive savings.  Plush: A $6.99 value.

--Also at Best Buy, BUY ANY TWO NEW TV RELEASES (on DVD or Blu-ray) and get a FREE $5 GIFTCARD.  Gift Card good toward future purchase.  Offer valid only on TV series released 8-16-09 thru 8-22-09.  Although the BB flyer shows all TV releases from THIS WEEK(!)  I'm guessing they just got the date in the fine print wrong.

Save $10, instantly, at Best Buy this week when you buy Scrubs: Season 8 and any previous season.  Products must be purchased on same receipt to receive savings. 

--Also at Best Buy this week, the following Blu-ray titles are on sale for $14.99:  King Kong, Adventures of Riddick and Pitch Black

--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE 2-disc release of The Rise and Fall of the WCW for $22.99.  Single-disc release is $17.99 @ BB.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Some good prices on older seasons of House, The Simpsons, Supernatural, Two and a Half Men and Dexter..

--Target, this week, is advertising the following Blu-ray discs on sale:  Each title shown & selected others:

$14.99:  Boondock Saints, Patton, Kingdom of Heaven, Donnie Darko.

$22.99:  Quantum of Solace, Taken, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Valkyrie, Slumdog Millionaire, Notorious, Marley & Me, Bride Wars.

--Target also has a number of TV shows on DVD on slae this week.  Many of its TV Double Packs are on sale from $14.99 to $18.99. 

--Target has seasons 1-5 of Alias on sale for $12.99 and seasons 1-7 of Golden Girls for $8.99 apiece.

--Target Odds and Ends:  A list of titles for $7.50 & $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!

Top Ten Ways to Find Good Deals on DVDs and Blu-ray...
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OK, $12.99 for Children of the Corn on Blu-ray? That's what I'm talkin' about.

I just may have to take them up on that offer. I always loved that flick. I remember seeing it at a drive-in outside of Phoenix, AZ that probably no longer exists WAAAAY back in 1984. Good times.

OUTLANDER!!!! WE HAVE YOUR WOMAN!!!

I loves me some zombies.

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WOW!  I can complete my Golden Girls collection...$8.99 a season?  That's a steal!

As far as new stuff goes, Rudi y Cursi is in my Netflix queue already...
One of my favorite albums...

Liza Minnelli, "Results" 
(One Broadway Icon + Pet Shop Boys = a guilty pleasure dance classic!)
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OK, $12.99 for Children of the Corn on Blu-ray? That's what I'm talkin' about.

It's been available at Best Buy for $12.99 for a few weeks now. I believe they had a limited exclusivity deal with Anchor Bay/Starz. Today they begin selling Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Grace (all on Blu-ray for $19.99/ea). All about a month before national release.
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 Nothing. I guess thats a good thing, cause the end of Sept. is gonna be a killer!
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Is this just a re-release of the previous edition of Wiseguy Season 1?  I guess it's too much to ask for Night's in White Satin to be put back in on this release?
ISO "Lost" ARG prints from Kevin Tong, Olly Moss, Eric Tan and Methane Studios.  PM me if you want to sell!

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Nothing for me this week. I don't feel the need to own them but I thought Adventureland and Sunshine Cleaning were both pretty good.

Thanks for the prices, guys! 
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Thanks for the roundup.  Nothing for me this week, though.
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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$6.99 each (More in-store and online)
The Devil's Rejects
American Haunting

TV on DVD

$19.99 each
Two and a Half Men - Seasons 1 - 5
Scrubs - Seasons 1 - 7
The Simpsons - Seasons 1 - 11
Supernatural - Seasons 1 - 3
One Tree Hill - Seasons 1 - 5
House - Seasons 1 - 4
Smallville - Seasons 1 - 7

TV on DVD
Dexter - Seasons 1 or 2:  $16.99 each

Blu-ray:

$19.99 each
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Grace

$9.99 each
Omega Man
Beetlejuice
The Mask
Unforgiven

$14.99 each
Chronicles of Riddick
King Kong (2005)
Pitch Black



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Target on sale DVD items:

$7.50 each:
Babe
Pursuit Of Happyness
Remember The Titans
The Golden Compass
Old School

$10 each:
Curious George
The Clique
Burn After Reading
300
Bangkok Dangerous

TV On DVD
Alias Seasons 1-5 $12.99 each
Golden Girls Seasons 1-7 $8.99 each
I Love Lucy 2-Pack (Season 1 & 2) $14.99 each
Everybody Loves Raymond 2-Pack (Season 1 & 2) $14.99
Angel 2-Pack (Season 3 & 4) $14.99
Get Smart 2-Pack (Season 1 & 2) $14.99
JAG 2-Pack (Season 1 & 2) $14.99
South Park 2-Pack (Season 1 & 2) $18.99
That 70's Show 2-Pack (Season 3 & 4) $18.99
Big Bang Theory Season 1 $14.99
Big Love Season 1 or 2 $18.99 each
One Tree Hill Seasons 1-5 $18.99 each
Wild America Seasons 1-6 $18.99 each

Blu-ray:

$22.99 each:
Quantum Of Solace
Taken
When The Earth Stood Still
Valkyrie
Slumdog Millionaire
Notorious
Marley & Me
Bride Wars

$14.99 each:
The Boondock Saints
Patton
Kingdom Of Heaven
Donnie Darko


"Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there" - Roger Sterling on "Mad Men"
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Nothing for me this week. I don't feel the need to own them but I thought Adventureland and Sunshine Cleaning were both pretty good.
 

Yeah...I'm looking forward to seeing Sunshine Cleaning.  Wish the prices for the BD were a bit better. 

I think I'll wait for an inevitable drop...although, to me, it always seems that whenever I wait for such a thing it takes forever.  Other titles get reduced in weeks.  I wonder if there's a formula that I haven't caught on to?  Studio?  Type of title?  Lack of sales?


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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Not to be cynical, but there is no doubt in my mind that with Circuit City out of the way, we are now seeing a new (HIGHER) price structure at Best Buy. Each week it seems like the advertised price of a new release creeps up just a bit more. My store also changed its price-matching policy. Now they will only match Walmart if the item is featured in a physical print ad (i.e. no printout from the Walmart web site.) I can't tell you the last time I bought a new BD or DVD there, and I don't see that changing any time soon.

Gary

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^ I don't think there's been any major change in either direction. Best Buy's Blu-ray prices might have even dropped slightly (like a dollar or two on a big new release) since the end of Circuit City. BB's prices were generally too high when CC was open and they're still too high now.

Outside of sales, Amazon has gotten the overwhelming majority of my Blu-ray business.
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Costco catalog alert!  My local warehouse had a box filled with my three favorite box sets ever released by the good people at Sony.  The Premiere Frank Capra Collection, The Cary Grant Box Set, and The Collector's Choice - Budd Boetticher were all available for US$18.99.

Regards,

Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA

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Which Cary Grant set are we talking about, Ken?  The Signature Collection? Screen Legend?

No Costcos in my area...but maybe they'll show up at BJs Wholesale Club.

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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It is literally called "The Cary Grant Box Set"  Here are the products I mentioned.  Click on the images for a link to the HTF product page:

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Which Cary Grant set are we talking about, Ken?  The Signature Collection? Screen Legend?

No Costcos in my area...but maybe they'll show up at BJs Wholesale Club.
 


Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA

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Thanks, Ken. 

Ooooh...the product page! 

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!

Top Ten Ways to Find Good Deals on DVDs and Blu-ray...
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Thanks as always, Mike! 

In addition to the wonderful Costco deals on the great Sony classic box sets that Ken pointed out above (and the fantastic $13.99 price point I mentioned a couple of weeks ago on each of the recent Sony Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume 1, Icons of Screwball Comedy Volume 2 and the Michael Powell Film Collection sets), I discovered that Costco has Scrubs Season 8 and Samantha Who? Season 2 for $26.59 each, with a $10 instant rebate for buying both sets.

Jay
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At some point I'd like to see Duplicity and Sunshine Cleaning, but I don't think I need them on the shelf.  And Smallville will be a purchase when the WB store has a sale or stackable coupon codes again.  I'm not in a hurry to relive the second half of that catastrophe.
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I'm not in a hurry to relive the second half of that catastrophe.
Ditto that!

Gary

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