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Weekly RoundUp 11-24-2009

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The Features


– Ayelet Zurer & Tom Hanks (Angels and Demons – 2009)


– Seth Rogan & Adam Sandler (Funny People – 2009)


–Gomorrah – 2008


Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon (Four Christmases – 2008)


Keenan Wynn, Jack Palance, Ed Wynn (Requiem for a Heavyweight – 1956)


A Walk in the Sun – 1945


Alastair Sim (The Belles of St. Trinian's – 1954)


Santa Buddies – 2009

The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
2009 World Series Highlights $14.99 $14.99    
Aged and Confused (Bill Engvall) $12.99 $12.99    
Air America $14.99 $6.99    
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4 $27.99      
Angels & Demons (Theatrical Edition) $9.99 $15.99 $15.99  
Angels & Demons (Extended Edition) (2-disc) $21.49 $21.99 $22.99  
Angels & Demons Gift Set (with Bookends) $30.99      
The Belles of St. Trinian's $24.95      
Beverly Hills 90210: Season 8 $31.99 $44.99    
Buddies 4-Pack $49.99 $49.99 $47.99 $49.99
Four Christmases $9.99 $16.99 $15.99  
Funny People (1-disc) $15.99 $15.99 $16.99 $18.99
Funny People CE (2-disc NR) $23.99 $22.99    
The Golden Age of Television (CC) $34.99 $44.99    
Gomorrah (CC) $27.99 $34.99    
Hogan's Heroes: Komplete Series (Kommandant Koll.) $103.49 $129.99    
Imagine That $15.99 $19.99    
The Jerry Lewis Show Collection $19.99 $19.99    
Kobe Doin' Work: A Spike Lee Joint $19.99 $19.99    
Laredo: Complete Series (1965-'67) $89.99 $89.99    
Law & Order - Criminal Intent: 4th Year $39.99 $39.99    
Life on Mars: Season 2 $32.99 $44.99    
The Maiden Heist $9.99 $9.99    
Melrose Place: Season 5 Volume 2 $25.99 $29.99    
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's $24.95      
Reborn $18.99 $19.99    
Santa Buddies $9.99 $15.99 $15.99  
Santa Buddies Gift Set (DVD + 5 Plush) $43.99 $44.99    
Shorts (WS & FS) $17.99 $16.99 $17.99  
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $16.99 $16.99 $15.99 $18.99
Spike Jones (The Best of) $26.99 $24.99    
Superman: Complete Animated Series $36.99 $44.99    
Taking Chances $19.99 $19.99    
Three Monkeys $24.99 $24.99    
A Walk in the Sun $12.99 $12.99    
The Witches Hammer $16.99 $19.99    

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BLU-RAY TITLE Amazon BestBuy Target Costco
Air America $14.99 $17.99    
Angel Heart $13.99 $17.99    
Angels & Demons (Extended & Theatrical Eds. 2-disc)  $18.49 $19.99 $19.99*  $26.99
Angels & Demons Gift Set (with Bookends) $38.49      
Blood: The Last Vampire $20.49 $19.99    
Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition) $12.99 $17.99    
Four Christmases $18.99 $19.99 $19.99 $26.99
Frailty $13.99 $17.99    
Funny People CE (2-disc NR) $25.99 $25.99 $25.99  
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 $14.99 $19.99    
Gomorrah (CC) $24.99 $34.99    
Ink $13.99 $19.99    
The Monster Squad (20th Anniversary Edition) $12.99 $17.99    
My Bloody Valentine SE $13.99 $17.99    
My Brilliant Career $15.99 $24.99    
New Police Story $14.99 $17.99    
Santa Buddies $24.49 $24.99 $19.99* $24.99
Shorts $19.99 $19.99 $25.99  
The Sopranos: Season 1 $41.99 $59.99 $36.99  
The Way of the Gun $13.99 $17.99    

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Buddies 4-Pack (DVD):  Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies.

The Golden Age of Television (DVD):  Marty, Patterns, No Time for Sergeants, A Wind From the South, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Bang the Drum Slowly, The Comedian, Days of Wine and Roses.


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

It's one of the odd weeks of the calendar year.  While these new releases are out on Tuesday and the catalog prices kick in on Sunday...the 800-pound gorilla in the room is Black Friday.  And there are lots of GREAT Black Friday software deals coming up for the not-so-faint-of-heart! 

--Amazon.com has EXCLUSIVE GIFT SETS on Angels and Demons this week.  The sets, listed in the tables above, include sets of bookends.

--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.

--Best Buy, this week, has some EXCLUSIVE VERSIONS of this week's Angels & Demons release.  Purchase the 2-disc SE DVD or the Blu-ray version and get an EXCLUSIVE AUDIO BOOK.  Quantities limited.  Minimum 10 per store.  No rainchecks.  

--At Best Buy, SAVE $8, instantly, when you purchase ANY version of Santa Buddies with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Also at Best Buy, the following titles can be purchased for $8.99 (DVD) or $14.99 (Blu-ray):

Taken, Coraline, The Wrestler, Slumdog Millionaire, Quantum of Solace, Valkyrie, Aliens in the Attic, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Fighting, Notorious, Marley & Me, Drag Me to Hell, Land of the Lost, Australia.

--The following TV shows on DVD seasons will be $12.99 apiece @ BB:

The Office: Seasons 1-4, House: Seasons 1-4, Heroes: Season 2, 30 Rock: Seasons 1-2..

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Best Buy is advertising a number of DVD titles for $4.99 and $8.99.

--This is interesting!  Target has an EXCLUSIVE BD/DVD COMBO PACK of Angels & Demons!  For just $19.99!  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION of Angels & Demons this week.    Exclusive deluxe with collectible storybook packaging.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also has an EXCLUSIVE GIFT SET of Snow Buddies. Exclusive gift set includes DVD and CD Soundtrack.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also lists the following Blu-ray discs for $19.99:

Braveheart, Fight Club, Gladiator, Heat, Forrest Gump, The Negotiator.

--Target Odds and Ends: None to report.

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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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$4.99 each:
The Kingdom
????????????
Black Hawk Down
Definitely, Maybe
????????/
Music and Lyrics
Knocked Up
Date Movie
???????/
Meet the Fockers
????????//



$8.99 each:
Taken
Coraline
The Wrestler
Slumdog Millionaire
Casino Royale
Valkyrie
Aliens in the Attic
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fighting
Notorious
Marley & Me
Drag Me to Hell
Land of the Lost
Australia
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
17 Again
Orphan
Observe and Report

TV On DVD

$12.99 each:
The Office season 1-3
House season 1-3
Hereoes season 2
30 Rock season 1

Blu-ray:

$14.99 each:
Taken
Coraline
The Wrestler
Slumdog Millionaire
Casino Royale
Valkyrie
Aliens in the Attic
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fighting
Notorious
Marley & Me
Drag Me to Hell
Land of the Lost
Australia




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Target on sale DVD items:

Blu-ray:

The Sopranos: Season One - $36.99

$19.99 each:
Braveheart
Gladiator
Forrest Gump
Fight Club
Heat
The Negotiator

"Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there" - Roger Sterling on "Mad Men"
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Thanks for the roundup.   Just Angels & Demons dvd/blu ray combo pack at Target this Tuesday.
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Patrick: 

I can help you with those question marks on the BB $4.99 titles:

Lawrence of Arabia, Field of Dreams, Without a Paddle, Van Wilder.

The ad says: Pick up these and lots more in store or at BestBuy.com.

The mysterious $8.99 (DVD)/$14.99 (Blu-ray) title--already listed in the OP--is:  Notorious.


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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For what it is worth, I bought Angel Heart, Air America (both due out on Tuesday) as well as Red Heat on BD for $7.99 each at my local (and favorite) warehouse store.  The one not owned by Walmart.  If you happen to be going there anyway this weekend it may be worthwhile to take your over sized cart down the movie aisle.

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TV/DVD "The Prisoner" series (Patrick Mcgoohan)

Anyone that's interested in either set Std or BR, it's available on Amazon's Deal of the Day Sun 11/22 here .  I think I'll have to finally pull the trigger on this one today. (Std set)

Std set : $28.99   ~59% off

BR: $40.99

"Checkmate King Two Out"  "Combat! A Selmur Production"

I'm a 50's - mid-90's TV/DVD Collector. Two DVD shows since '96: Firefly & Smallville

My 2 all-time favorite TV shows: "Combat!" & "The Fugitive"  My 2 all-time best blind-buys: "Smallville" & "Donna Reed Show"

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I'll be getting Funny People and My Bloody Valentine on Blu-ray and Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four on DVD this week. I was going to wait on The Sopranos: Season One Blu-ray but $37 is pretty tempting to me.

Thanks for the prices, guys!
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Aside from Superman: The Complete Animated Series, there's not a single new release I'm interested in this week.  Which is good, since a rare Sunday outing yielded Forrest Gump, Drag Me to Hell, A Time to Kill, Australia and Valkyrie.  I put Sunshine Cleaning back just so I could I was being "good."

Happy Thanksgiving all, since the next Round-Up is prolly gonna be after Turkey Day!  (Unless Mike has plans to do a Black Friday edition...?)
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I'm not sure about Best Buy, but Target's ad runs Sun-Wed ONLY, with a new two day ad for Black Friday.
One of my favorite albums...

Liza Minnelli, "Results" 
(One Broadway Icon + Pet Shop Boys = a guilty pleasure dance classic!)
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Originally Posted by Jason_V View Post

Happy Thanksgiving all, since the next Round-Up is prolly gonna be after Turkey Day!  (Unless Mike has plans to do a Black Friday edition...?)

Done 'em in the past...but this time Patrick Sun stepped up and started a Black Friday HT thread already! 

I'll be back next week.  Same bat time...same bat channel. 


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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Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich View Post

For what it is worth, I bought Angel Heart, Air America (both due out on Tuesday) as well as Red Heat on BD for $7.99 each at my local (and favorite) warehouse store.  The one not owned by Walmart.  If you happen to be going there anyway this weekend it may be worthwhile to take your over sized cart down the movie aisle.

Not sure what the big secret is, but that leaves either Costco or BJ's.

Uncle Joe: I'll never marry you, Selma Plout!  You may as well take off that wedding dress and put it back in your Hopeless Chest!

--Petticoat Junction--

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Chris S just posted in the Black Friday ad that Amazon has just posted a schedule of Movies & TV software that they're going to be discounting--all week long.  CHECK IT OUT!

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 sure what the big secret is, but that leaves either Costco or BJ's.
 

I think it's more of a breaking Release date which isn't supposed to happen.  OTOH, I happened to be looking at some Kirkland Brand stuff today at one of those stores and ran across those same Blu Rays plus several other older BR for cheap -- Ind. Day for 12.99, Mr and Mrs Smith for 12.99,  Reservoir Dogs for 7.99 (along with at least 10 others I can't remember names), Wedding Crashers for 8.99.  

The Blu Rays I bought are listed on the receipt as BD/BLKFRIDAY instead of by name.



The store starts with C

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I think it's more of a breaking Release date which isn't supposed to happen. 

Bingo!

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Chris S just posted in the Black Friday ad that Amazon has just posted a schedule of Movies & TV software that they're going to be discounting--all week long.  CHECK IT OUT!
 

Hmmm...  Not that many BDs listed there so far, but I guess they'll add some more later.  Would be awesome if they add the GWTW BD box set.

_Man_

 

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I'm surprised. I've occasionally come across DVDs at Costco that were put out early, but usually, they won't ring up until street date.


STOP HIM! He's supposed to die!
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Does anyone know if the Target exclusive for 'Angels & Demons' includes the extended version of the film on Blu and regular DVD?
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The Target version:

Blu has the 138 minute theatrical and 146 min extended editions. 

The included DVD only has the theatrical edition of the film.

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Thanks for the info David..
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