The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– This Sporting Life - 1963
– Heather Graham (Adrift in Manhattan – 2007)
– Cast of Torchwood - 2006
– Madison Pettis & Dwayne Johnson (The Game Plan – 2007)
The Prices
| SD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| 4 by Agnes Varda (CC) | $74.99 | $99.99 | $99.99 | - | - |
| **Adrift in Manhattan (R & NR) | $9.99 | $9.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Avatar: Last Airbender Book 3 Fire Vol 2 | $11.99 | $9.99 | $15.99 | $12.99 | - |
| Banacek: Season 2 | $17.49 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Barney Miller: Season 2 | $19.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Blonde Ambition | $22.49 | $16.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| ER: Season 8 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $39.99 | - | - |
| Fatal Contact | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| **The Game Plan | $16.99 | $16.99 | $14.99 | $16.99 | - |
| The Girls Next Door: Season 3 | $22.99 | $24.99 | $22.99 | - | - |
| Hawaii 5-0: Season 3 | $36.99 | $39.99 | $39.99 | - | $33.99 |
| The Hunting Party | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Hustle: Season 4 | $26.19 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| John Frankenheimer Collection | $29.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Make Room for Daddy: Season 6 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Miss Julie (CC) | $29.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Missionary Man | $22.49 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Molière | $22.49 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Odd Couple: Season 3 | $29.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| R & B Chick | $17.99 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| Saved from Flames: 54 Films 1896-1944 | $49.95 | - | - | - | - |
| **Saw IV (R/OAR, NR/OAR, NR/MAR) | $16.99 | $16.99 | $14.99 | $16.99 | - |
| Sex and Breakfast | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Simple Life 5 (Goes to Camp) | $14.99 | $14.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Swamp Thing: The Series | $27.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| **Sydney White | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| This Sporting Life (CC) | $29.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Torchwood: Season 1 | $54.99 | $54.99 | $69.99 | - | - |
| When Evil Calls | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
| HD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| None to report this week…again. | - | - | - | - | - |
| BLU-RAY TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| The Game Plan | $23.95 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Saw IV | $26.95 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - |
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
4 by Agnes Varda: La Pointe Courte, Cleo from 5 to 7, Le Bonheur, Vagabond.
The John Frankenheimer Collection: The Train, The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin, The Young Savages.
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.
"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.
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, 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, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii. |
The Specials
**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! 3The Game Plan AND Saw IV (Unrated) AND Sydney White are available in
both OAR and MAR versions...
get the right one(s)! Also,
Adrift in Manhattan is available in both rated and unrated versions. Get the one that’s right for you.
--At Best Buy, purchase Saw IV on DVD ($16.99) and you are eligible to add ANY one of the following three DVDs onto your purchase in a 2/$25 deal: 3:10 to Yuma, Good Luck Chuck, War (Statham/Li) (Reg. $19.99 apiece).
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Or, you can buy Saw IV on Blu-ray disc ($29.99) and become eligible to add any one of the following three Blu-ray discs onto your purchase in a 2/$45 deal: 3:10 to Yuma, Good Luck Chuck, War (Statham/Li) (Reg. $29.99 apiece).
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--At Best Buy: Purchase The Game Plan on DVD (or Blu-ray) and pick one DVD from the following list of three DVDs for just $5: Mighty Ducks, Miracle, The Rookie (Reg. $9.99 apiece).
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy has a number of TV Shows on DVD season sets on sale for just $19.99. Titles include select season sets from: American Dad, Arrested Development, Dharma & Greg, Futurama, How I Met Your Mother, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Practice and The Shield.
--@ Best Buy, select seasons from the following shows are $14.99: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Dawson’s Creek, I Dream of Jeannie, Married With Children, Roseanne, Rules of Engagement.
--Also @ Best Buy, select seasons of Desperate Housewives and Lost are on sale for $29.99.
--Best Buy is also doing “Double Reward Zone Program Points” on a number of “Award Winning” movies:
$9.99: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Goodwill Hunting, LOTR: ROTK, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways.
$14.99: Braveheart SE, The Departed, Gladiator, Last King of Scotland, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen, The Sound of Music, The Usual Suspect, Walk the Line.
$19.99: Gandhi.
--Best Buy has a FREE $10 GIFTCARD if you buy any TWO Blu-ray discs from the following list…or a FREE $25 GIFTCARD if you buy any THREE Blu-ray discs from the following list ($29.99 apiece): 300, Apocalypto, Happy Feet, Oceans 13, PotC 3, Ratatouille, Spider-Man 3, Superbad, Surfs Up, Talladega Nights, Underdog, Wild Hogs.
--Best Buy is advertising FREE “Nick bucks” towards the purchase of Nickelodeon titles. “Nick bucks” are available on a number of titles marked down from $14.99 to $9.99.
On-pack. Nick bucks valid toward future Nickelodeon purchase. Redeemable in-store only.
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Best Buy Odds and Ends:Best Buy has a number of DVDs listed @ $4.99.
--With Circuit City this week, I’ve got a couple of discrepancies between their low on-line price and their flyer price…so beware! The Game Plan has a flyer price of $14.99…but a circuitcity.com price of $15.99. And, The Simple Life 5: Goes to Camp has a flyer price of $12.99…and an on-line price of $15.99.
--Circuit City has a FREE FILM CELL available with its copies of Saw IV.
--CC also has a deal in which you can save $5 on the purchase of Saw, Saw II, or Saw III (Reg. $14.99 apiece) with the purchase of Saw IV.
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--@ CC, buy The Game Plan and pick up The Pacifier AND/OR Sky High for just $5 apiece.
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--And, @ Circuit City you can save $10 on the joint purchase of The Girls Next Door: Season 3 AND The Simple Life: Season 5 (Goes to Camp).
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--I think it’s worth noting that Circuit City is advertising the “Ultimate Editions” of the three Rambo movies for just $3.99 apiece this week.
--CC has BUY 2, Get 1 FREE deals on select Blu-ray titles ($24.99) this week…and a Buy 2, save $10 deal on select HD-DVD titles ($29.99) this week.
Blu-ray: Black Hawk Down, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Cruel Intentions, Curse of the Golden Flower, Donnie Brasco, A Few Good Men, Fifth Element, Final Fantasy: Spirit Within, Hellboy, Hitch, Hostel, House of Flying Daggers, Into the Blue, A Knight’s Tale, Kung Fu Hustle, Layer Cake, Memento, The Patriot, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Stealth, SWAT, Tears of the Sun, Vertical Limit, Wild Things, XxX.
HD-DVD: Blades of Glory, The Bourne Ultimatum, Flags of Our Fathers, The Heartbreak Kid, Hot Fuzz, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, King Kong, The Kingdom, Knocked Up (NR), Mission Impossible: 3, Shooter, Shrek the Third, Smokin’ Aces, Transformers.
--Circuit City also has a bunch of Season 1 sets of various TV Shows on DVD on sale this week.
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Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has lists of DVDs for sale @ $3.99, $6.99 and 2/$12.
--At Target, there is an EXCLUSIVE “DELUXE EDITION” of Saw IV for $22.99
Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--Target also has a list of select “Fitness” DVDs on sale for $12.99 this week.
Located in fitness section.
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Target Odds and Ends: Target has selections of DVDs listed at $6.50 and $10 this week.
