Weekly RoundUp 11-17-2009

The Features


– Clark Gable (Gone With the Wind – 1939)


– Zachary Quinto & Chris Pine (Star Trek– 2009)


–Jean Reno & Natalie Portman (Leon the Professional – 1994)


– Brad Pitt (Fight Club – 1999)


– Dennis Hopper (Mad Dog Morgan – 1976)


– Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith (Clerks – 1994)


– Cameron Diaz & Abigail Breslin (My Sister's Keeper – 2009)


– Sasha Barton Cohen & friend (Bruno – 2009)

The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
7th Heaven: Season 9	$22.99	$34.99
Andy Barker, PI: Complete Series	$18.99	$19.99
The Art of Love (1983)	$26.99
Best of Monk	$14.99	$14.99
Best of Star Trek - TOS: Volume 2	$8.99	$12.99
Best of Star Trek - Next Generation: Volume 2	$8.99	$12.99
Blue Seduction	$14.99	$14.99
Bruno	$16.99	$15.99	$16.99	$18.99
Daniel Boone: Best of Mingo	$17.99	$14.99
Daniel Boone: Fess' Favorites	$17.99	$14.99
Darwin's Darkest Hour	$12.99	$14.99
Downhill Racer (CC)	$19.99	$24.99
Elvis Costello - Spectacle: Season 1	$44.99	$44.99
The Exiles	$24.99	$24.99
Farscape: Complete Series	$104.99	$129.99
Food Beware: French Organic Revolution	$22.49	$19.99
Franklyn	$15.99	$24.99
Gone With the Wind (70th Anniv. Ed.) (2-disc)	$16.99	$16.99	$16.99
Gone With the Wind (70th Anniv. Ed.) Ultimate CE	$45.49	$45.99		$45.39
How to Be	$16.99	$16.99
Humpday	$19.99	$24.99
Is Anybody There?	$18.99	$22.99
It's Always Sunny/Philadelphia: Very Sunny Christmas	$15.99	$17.99	$16.99
The Limits of Control	$19.99	$24.99
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)	$17.99	$14.99
Moonshot	$14.99	$14.99
My Effortless Brilliance	$22.49	$19.99
My Sister's Keeper	$9.99	$17.99	$16.99
Official Rejection (1-disc)	$13.99
Official Rejection (2-disc)	$18.99
The Open Road	$22.99	$19.99
Prisoner	$16.99	$14.99
Rome: Complete Series	$64.99	$69.99
The Sopranos: Complete Series	$158.99	$239.99
Spectacular Spider-man: Volume 5	$14.99	$14.99
Star Trek (2009) (1-disc)	$9.99	$14.99	$15.99
Star Trek (2009) SE (2-disc)	$22.99	$22.99	$22.99
Thirst	$19.99	$19.99
Train	$19.99	$19.99
Wagon Train: Season 1	$71.99
Wild Child	$19.99	$19.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Bruno	$20.99	$25.99	$25.99
Chasing Amy	$25.99	$29.99
Clerks	$25.99	$29.99
Darwin's Darkest Hour	$19.99	$24.99
Elvis Costello - Spectacle: Season 1	$46.99	$59.99
Fight Club (10th Anniversary Edition)	$18.99	$16.99
Franklyn	$21.49	$34.99
Galaxy Quest	$19.99	$24.99
Gone With the Wind (70th Anniv. Ed.) Ultimate CE	$45.49	$56.99		$56.79
Is Anybody There?	$19.99	$29.99
It's Always Sunny/Philadelphia: Very Sunny Christmas	$19.99	$19.99
Kevin Smith Box Set	$55.49	$89.99
Leon: The Professional	$15.99	$19.99
Lords of the Street	$15.99	$14.99
Moonshot	$13.99	$19.99
My Brilliant Career	$15.99	$24.99
My Sister's Keeper	$19.99	$19.99	$25.99
The Open Road	$23.99	$23.99
Rome: Complete Series	$84.99	$84.99
Scrubs: Season 8	$36.99	$44.99
Sex, Lies & Videotape	$17.99	$19.99
Star Trek (2009) Ultimate Edition (3-disc)	$19.99	$23.99	$24.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Kevin Smith Box Set (Blu-ray):  Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.


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

--The usual price discrepancies, this week, between the Best Buy flyer and bestbuy.com on a number of new release titles .  So, if you are thinking of picking up a title at your local store, you MAY want to consider doing a purchase on BB.com and an in-store pickup.  Those discrepancies range from $1 to $5.

--Best Buy, this week, has some major DOORBUSTER PRICES for the new Star Trek release.  Be at Best Buy for the first two hours of business on November 17 and the following prices are in effect:

Star Trek DVD (1-disc):  $12.99
Star Trek DVD (2-disc):  $20.99
Star Trek (Blu-ray) (3-disc):  $20.99
Star Trek (Blu-ray) LE Gift Set:  $36.99

Stores with midnight openings will have Doorbuster pricing for BOTH the midnight opening and the first two regular business hours on November 17, 2009.  Go to bestbuy.com/startrek for participating stores with midnight hours.

--Best Buy also has an EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY GIFT SET of the new Star Trek release for $39.99.  3-disc Blu-ray set with digital copy and four replica Starfleet Division Badges as worn by the USS Enterprise Command Crew. Minimum 6 per store.  No rainchecks.

--Also at Best Buy, bargain prices on the Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection ($64.99) and the Star Trek: Next Generation Motion Picture Collection ($44.99).

--PRE-ORDER District 9 @ BB on Blu-ray or DVD and get EXCLUSIVE FREE DOG TAGS and LITHOGRAPH.  $5 deposit is required.  Pre-order in-store or go to bestbuy.com/movies.  Available on Blu-ray and DVD 12-29-09.

--Also at Best Buy, there's a number of good deals on various seasons of TV Shows on DVD.

--The following blu-ray titles are on sale at Best Buy:

$9.99:  Terminator 3, Stargate.

$14.99:  2010.

$17.99:  Independence Day, X-Men, X2, X-Men 3. 

$19.99:  Apocalypto, ST: Wrath of Khan, ST: Voyage Home, ST: Our Undiscovered Country, ST: First Contact, 300, Wanted.

$24.99:  Galaxy Quest, Death Race.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Best Buy is advertising a bunch of holiday DVDs and Blu-ray discs on sale. 

--Target, this week, has EXCLUSIVE PACKAGING OF STAR TREK this week.    Only at Target!  Star Trek 2-disc deluxe DVD ($26.99) and 3-disc deluxe Blu-ray ($29.99) each with limited edition packaging that transforms into a replica of the USS Enterprise.

--Target also has an EXCLUSIVE VERSION OF GONE WITH THE WIND ON BLU-RAY. $34.99  No other details are listed in the ad about the release.

--Target also has a FREE $10 TARGET GIFTCARD when you buy BOTH It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Very Sunny Christmas DVD AND any previous version (1-4) of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  Must be purchased on same receipt.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.  Terms and conditions apply to Giftcards.

--Target continues to advertise Twilight on DVD & Blu-ray.  E-Movie cash offer for the Twilight Saga: New Moon in the various incarnations of Twilight:

Twilight (Standard DVD):  $17.99
Twilight (Exclusive 3-disc DVD):  $22.99
Twilight (Exclusive 2-disc Blu-ray): $24.99

Up to a $7.50 value, at participating theaters only.  Offer expires 1-20-2010.  Quantities limited.  no rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: None to report.

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

Borat $4.99

$12.99 each:
The Grinch...
Barbie - A Christmas Carol

$14.99 each:
White Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Nothing Like the Holidays
Mickey's Magical Christmas
Mickey's Other Christmas Special

TV On DVD

$14.99 each:
Gossip Girl season 1
The Big Bang Theory season 1
Nip/Tuck season 5 part 1
Smallville season 7
Supernatural season 3
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles season 1
Two and A Half Men season 5
Sex and the City season 6 part 2

$17.99 each:
Castle season 1
Dirty Sexy Money seaosn 2
Scrubs season 8

John Adams $19.99

$24.99 each:
Grey's Anatomy season 5
Desperate Housewives season 5
Brothers and Sisters season 3
Private Practice season 2
Ugly Betty season 3

True Blood season 1 $34.99

Blu-ray:

$9.99 each:
Terminator 3
Stargate

2010 $14.99

$17.99 each:
Independence Day
X-Men
X-Men 2
X-Men 3

$19.99 each:
Apocalypto
Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek 4 - The Voyage Home
Star Trek 6 - The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek 8 - First Contact
300
Wanted
Elf
A Christmas Story

$24.99 each:
Galaxy Quest
Death Race
The Polar Express


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Target on sale DVD items:

Twilight standard edition $17.99 (comes with $7.5 movie cash)
Twilight 3-disc edition $22.99

TV On DVD

$14.99 each:
Gilmore Girls season 2-7
Two and a Half Men season 1-5
Moonlight
Nip/Tuck season 5 part 1
Entourage season 1-5

$16.99 each:
Grey's Anatomy season 5
How I Met Your Mother season 4
Smallville season 8
Dexter season 3

Blu-ray:

Gone With The Wind (Target exclusive 1-disc version) 34.99
Twilight 24.99

Big week for me. Star Trek, Fight Club, Clerks and Chasing Amy (or the Kevin Smith box set if the Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back disc is new).

Thanks for the prices, guys! 

Gone With the Wind and Star Trek for me this week.

Is the Prisoner listing under the SD-DVD section the AMC show that airs tomorrow night? I'm guessing it's not.

HERE ya go, Todd.

Thanks Mike. I had a feeling it wasn't the new show yet. I was doing some more poking around on the internet and see that the new show is airing over the next few nights so a DVD/Blu-ray release this week is a bit premature.

I haven't seen the print ad, but the Target.com online weekly ad states that the BD of Gone with the Wind is a two-disc set (probably along the lines of the Wizard of Oz set they did a few weeks ago).  Guess we'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out!

Star Trek, maybe Galaxy Quest. The Kevin Smith movies will have to wait.

And Mike., that Jay & Silent Bob pic is NOT from Clerks. :)

I don't know if everyone knows or not, but the Target Star Trek packaging houses the discs INSIDE the saucer section of the model.


Edited by Nathan*W - 11/15/09 at 1:53pm

2 words: STAR TREK!

 Hey Ric! Me two!

Anyone know of any retailer that is offering the Star Trek blu-ray as an exclusive with an included standard dvd of the film?

As for the normal 3-disc blu-ray, Wal-mart and Fry's have both been advertising it for $19.95

Target is going to be selling a single-disc version of Gone With the Wind on blu-ray for $12.99 as part of its Black Friday deals.

Also...

$12.99 Tv and Blu-ray:
The Office seasons 2-4
Supernatural seasons 1-3
House seasons 1-4
One Tree Hill seasons 1-6
Gossip Girl seasons 1-2
Wizard of Oz
The Dark Knight
Gremlins
Gone With The Wind

That's something that I would like to know. I have finally planned on getting a blu player in 2010 and while I plan on being more selective with blu titles, I think that this is one that I would like to have, but in the meantime would like the dvd. I might just get the dvd ($9.99 at Amazon is pretty good) and worry about blu next year or so if no combo exists.

At least it's Clerks 2.

Amazing amount of cool releases this week. Must have the new Kevin Smith releases and would love to add Fight Club and Galaxy Quest to the Blu-ray collection...

Anyone want to take a guess as to a series of films I know nothing about?!? 

The wife is getting me Trek on Blu for Christmas; she already told me because she knew I'd have it myself on Tuesday otherwise.  It will be a fine inaugural for my (hopefully) soon-to-be HD setup--featuring a 60- or 65-inch Mitsubishi DLP.  If my seasonal job turns permanent, it will be my reward.

When I click on Fight Club BD in Best Buy's Weekly Ad, it shows up in the shopping cart at $18.99.

It will be interesting to see what prices people actually get on Tuesday.

Trek and GalaxyQuest should be on my doorstep by the end of the week.  Picked up The Peacekeeper Wars at Fry's to compliment the Farscape box which landed in the mail last week.  I've even got Moonshot (BD) waiting at home, along with something called Vampire Party.

The short version?  I don't think I'm buying anything this week that hasn't already been pre-ordered.  Maybe Fight Club at some point...

Amazon price for Star Trek 2009 3-disc BD is now down to $19.99.

Here in Canada, this version is sold at Best Buy stores.  I'm really, really tempted to pick this version up.  Star Trek will be a definite purchase on blu-ray this week.

Other Blu's that I will get eventually are Galaxy Quest, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Leon and Fight Club.  But these ones I will take my sweet time getting.  I'm in no rush.

Not sure why I would want to make the early trip to BB when I can order at Amazon for $3 less at $9.99 (if it were a title I wanted, that is).

Be that as it may, I enjoyed seeing Jay and Bob immortalized in the Weekly Round-up.

Would Chasing Amy be an okay place to start?  It's been sitting on my shelf for years...just sort of looking back at me.  I picked up the Criterion release used at a game store for next-to-nothing...but I've never worked up the nerve to spin it. 

I honestly know very little about these films. 


Hmmmm.  Thanks, Glenn!  Trigger finger's getting itchy. 

Mike, didn't you go for the BB combo deal from a couple weeks back?

_Man_

Sounds great, if true!  That's exactly what I wanted to hear about some of those (classic) titles.  Guess I'll plan on dropping by Target (or have my wife do that ).

Thanks for the heads up!


No idea, but $10 for the DVD is not bad.  If you later don't want to keep it, maybe you can still sell it (or give it away to a friend or something).

OR maybe you should just rent the DVD for now, but buy the BD whenever you find a good sale price.  There's good likelihood that you'll eventually spot it for something closer to $15-17 down the line, if not less, maybe as soon as the BF/CM sales -- in fact, that's roughly what I'm paying for my BB preorder.  Anyway, I seem to remember highly popular blockbuster action titles like Iron Man and Incredible Hulk got discounted very steeply during the BF/CM sales last year -- and those were released maybe a month or two before the BF/CM sales.  And judging from recent sales trend, I don't see why ST won't get similar sales discounts around BF/CM time (or maybe in Dec).

_Man_

Pre-ordered the Star Trek blu-ray when it was $23.99. Might pick up Fight Club as well

I went with the Amazon $10

Nope.  Not even sure what you're talking about.  Combo deal on Star Trek (2009) and what?  A pre-order?

I ended up doing amazon's combo deal on Up & Monster's Inc.  Maybe that's what you're thinking of. 

Thanks for the remarks on the Smith films.  I was actually given a copy of Dogma recently.  Maybe THAT'S where I'll start after all.