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The Features


– Jean Paul Belmondo & Anna Karina (Pierrot Le Fou –1965)


– Gojira – 1954


– Anna Faris & Seth Rogen (Observe and Report– 2009)


– Matthew McConaughey & Jennifer Garner (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – 2009)


The Prices

SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
30 Rock: Season 3	$32.49	$31.99	$29.99	$31.99
Adam Resurrected	$24.99	$24.99
Battle for Terra	$12.49	$12.99
Brotherhood: Final Season	$27.99	$34.99
Castle: Season 1	$25.99	$29.99
Clive Barker's Book of Blood	$19.99	$24.99
Darwin's Dilemma	$17.99
Friday the 13th - The Series: Final Season	$34.99	$39.99
Ghost Whisperer: Season 4	$16.99	$16.99	$15.99	$18.99
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	$12.99	$12.99
Haunted World of El Superbeasto	$12.99	$12.99
Idaho: An Aerial Tapestry	$15.99	$12.99
Jonas Brothers: Rocking the House	$14.49	$14.99	$14.99
The Judy Garland Show: Volume 2	$14.99	$14.99
Law & Order - SVU: 10th Year	$38.99	$32.99
Lymelife	$24.99	$24.99
The Mentalist: Season 1	$38.99	$36.99	$37.99	$38.99
Mr. Men Show: Season 1 Volume 2	$12.49	$14.99
Mr. Men Show: Season 1 Volume 4	$12.49	$14.99
Observe and Report	$16.99	$16.99	$19.99
O'Horten	$20.49	$19.99
The Paul Newman Tribute Collection	$62.99	$89.99
Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins	$19.99	$19.99	$15.99
Six: The Mark Unleashed	$13.49	$12.99
Star Trek: Orig. Motion Picture Collection	$59.99	$59.99
Star Trek Next Generation: Motion Pict. Coll.	$39.99	$39.99	$34.99
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	$14.49	$14.99
Star Trek IV: Voyage Home	$15.49	$14.99
Star Trek: VI: Undiscovered Country	$14.99	$14.99
Star Trek VIII: First Contact		$14.99
Taxi: Season 4	$29.99	$34.99
Terminator - Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2	$36.99	$36.99
Ugly Betty: Season 3	$38.99	$44.99
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf & Death	$9.99	$12.99
Wallace & Gromit: Complete Collection	$21.99	$24.99
Wizards on Deck/Hannah Montana	$14.49	$14.99	$14.99

BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Adam Resurrected	$24.49	$34.99
Battle for Terra	$19.99	$24.99
Clive Barker's Book of Blood	$26.99	$34.99
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (CC)	$46.99	$59.99
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	$24.99	$25.99	$25.99
Gojira	$19.99	$12.99
Haunted World of El Superbeasto	$19.99	$19.99
Hot Fuzz (Ultimate Edition)	$18.99	$19.99
Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis @ Monterey (CC)	$19.99
Lymelife	$20.99	$24.99
Monterey Pop (CC)	$36.99	$44.99
Observe and Report	$24.99	$24.99	$25.99
Pierrot Le Fou (CC)	$18.99	$19.99
Scooby-doo! The Mystery Begins	$24.99	$26.99	$25.99
Shaun of the Dead	$18.99	$19.99
Star Trek - The Original Series: Season 2	$72.99	$59.99
Star Trek Next Generation: Motion Picture. Coll.	$45.99	$49.99	$54.99
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan	$20.49	$24.99
Star Trek IV: Voyage Home	$20.49	$24.99
Star Trek VI: Undiscovered Country	$19.99	$24.99
Star Trek VIII: First Contact	$19.99	$19.99
Streets of Blood	$19.99	$19.99
Terminator - Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2	$44.99	$44.99
Wallace & Gromit: Complete Collection	$19.99	$24.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

The Paul Newman Tribute Collection (DVD):  The Long Hot Summer, Rally Round the Flag Boys!, From the Terrace, Exodus, The Hustler, Adventures of a Young Man, What a Way to Go!, Hombre, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Towering Inferno, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, Quintet, The Verdict.

Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection (DVD):  Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier.

Star Trek Next Generation Motion Picture Collection (DVD and Blu-Ray):  Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis. 

Wallace & Gromit Complete Collection (DVD and Blu-ray):  A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, Shaun the Sheep - Off the Baa!, A Matter of Loaf & Death.


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

--There are 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. 

--At Best Buy this week, SAVE $6 when you buy BOTH Jonas Brothers: Rocking the House and Wizards on Deck/Hannah Montana.  Products must be purchased on same receipt to receive savings.

--Also @ BB, get a FREE $5 Best Buy GiftCard when you buy BOTH Mr. Men: S1 V2 AND Mr. Men S1 V4.  GiftCard good toward future purchase.  Online offer may vary.

--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray discs on-sale for $12.99 apiece:

Gojira (this week's new release!), Rocky, 2010, Mission: Impossible, Final Destination, The Usual Suspects. 

--BB also has a deal to get a FREE $15 Best Buy Gift Card when you buy ANY TWO of the latest seasons of the following TV series on DVD:

Grey's Anatomy. Desperate Housewives, Heroes, Monk, Psych, House, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Mad Men, Crash, Scrubs, Weeds.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  None to report.

--Target has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Scooby-doo! The Mystery Begins.   Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.  (There is NO WORD as to what is included on the exclusive disc.)

--Target Odds and Ends:  A list of $7.50 titles.

The Features


– Cast (The Wizard of Oz –1939


– Cast (Monsters vs. Aliens – 2009)


– John Krasinski & Maya Rudolph (Away We Go– 2009)


– Jennifer Aniston & Steve Zahn (Management – 2008)


– Robert DeNiro (The Deer Hunter – 1972)


– Anthony Hopkins & John Hurt (The Elephant Man – 1980)


The Prices

SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Away We Go	$19.99	$17.99	$16.99
Cagney & Lacey: The Menopause Years	$29.99	$34.99
Cagney & Lacey: The Return	$11.99	$9.99
CSI NY: Season 5	$46.49	$44.99		$42.99
Disney Animated Coll.: Mickey's Christmas Carol	$14.99	$14.99
The Girlfriend Experience	$21.49	$24.99
The Guild: Seasons 1 & 2	$14.99	$14.99
The Hanging Woman (1972)	$8.99	$9.99
The Hills Run Red	$17.99	$17.99
He-man & Masters/Universe: Complete Series	$18.99	$19.99
How I Met Your Mother: Season 4	$24.99	$27.99	$24.99
Kings: Complete Series	$46.49	$39.99
Lies & Illusions	$19.99	$19.99
Life on Mars: Complete Series	$25.99	$34.99
The Lost and Found Family	$17.99	$19.99
Management	$19.99	$19.99
Monsters vs. Aliens	$15.99	$15.99	$15.99	$18.99
Monsters vs. Aliens/B.O.B.'s Big Break	$22.99	$19.99	$22.99
A Muppet's Christmas: Letters to Santa	$17.49	$19.99	$17.99
The New York Ripper	$16.99	$14.99
The Patty Duke Show: Season 1	$34.99	$34.99
Sense and Sensibility (1971)	$10.49	$12.99
Shrink	$19.99	$19.99
Superman/Batman (1-disc)	$12.99	$12.99	$12.99
Superman/Batman SE (2-disc)	$16.99	$18.99	$15.99
Traffik (20th Anniversary Edition)	$35.99	$34.99
Ultraman: Complete Series	$10.99	$12.99
The Unit: Season 4	$38.99	$39.99
Winnie Pooh: Season of Giving (10th Anniv. Ed.)	$19.99	$19.99	$19.99
The Wizard of Oz (2-disc)	$16.99	$16.99	$19.99
The Wizard of Oz (Ultimate Collector's Edition)	$44.99	$49.99		$44.89
Wyatt Earp: Season 2	$35.99

BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Away We Go	$27.99	$25.99
Billy Jack	$16.99	$19.99
The Dark Crystal	$18.99	$19.99
The Deer Hunter	$27.49	$34.99
The Elephant Man	$22.49	$29.99
Facing the Giants	$19.99	$24.99
Fireproof	$19.99	$19.99
The Girlfriend Experience	$23.99	$29.99
Gremlins (Target Exclusive)			$22.99
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	$20.99	$19.99
How I Met Your Mother: Season 4	$33.99	$34.99	$32.99
Labyrinth	$18.99	$19.99
Management	$22.99	$34.99
Monsters vs. Aliens	$22.99	$25.99	$24.99	$26.99
Snakes on a Plane	$14.99	$24.99
Superman/Batman SE	$19.99	$21.99
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)	$9.99	$9.99
The Unit: Season 4	$47.99	$49.99
The Universe: Season 3	$39.99	$49.99
The Wizard of Oz SE (Target Excl.)			$34.99
The Wizard of Oz (Ultimate Coll. Ed.)	$51.99	$54.99		$56.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

None to report this week. 

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

--There are 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. 

--At Best Buy this week, FOUR EXCLUSIVE LENTICULAR POSTCARDS with their copies of The Wizard of Oz Ultimate Collector's Edition.  Minimum of three per store.  No rainchecks.

--Also @ BB, get an EXCLUSIVE FIGURINE (of Batman) with their copies of Superman/Batman.  Minimum of four per store.  They are not clear if the figurine is attached to the DVD AND/OR Blu-ray versions of the title.

--At BB, get a FREE B.O.B. Plush Monster with the purchase of Monsters vs. Aliens Blu-ray OR the two-pack of MvA on DVD with B.O.B.'s Big Break.  Minimum of 10 per store.  No rainchecks.  Products must be purchased on same receipt.

--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray discs on-sale:

$9.99:  The Kingdom, U-571, Halloween.

$12.99:  Reservoir Dogs, Street Fighter, 40 Year Old Virgin. 

--BB also has a FREE VINTAGE SNOW WHITE POSTER when you buy ANY of the following titles on DVD for $5.99:

The Princess Diaries 2, Bridge to Terebithia, Hocus Pocus.  More titles in store and on-line.  Minimum of 10 per store.  Products must be purchased on same receipt to achieve savings.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Select Dreamworks animated titles for $8.99.  Titles shown include:  Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, Madagascar 2, Over the Hedge.

--Target has a couple of BIG SURPRISES this week!

--Let's start with an EXCLUSIVE SE version of The Wizard of Oz on Blu-ray--that does not include all the trinkets of the Ultimate Collector's Edition that is being released everywhere else.  This version will sell for $34.99 this week. 

--Also @ Target, an EXCLUSIVE RELEASE of Gremlins for $22.99

--It is also rather noteworthy that Target has an EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO PACK (similar to how Disney releases its animated films on BD) of Monsters vs. Aliens for $24.99.

--Target has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of Superman/Batman on DVD.   Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.  (There is NO WORD as to what is included on the exclusive disc nor if the disc is available on BOTH the 1 and 2-disc versions--both of which are shown in the ad.)

--Targtet is advertising FREE MOVIE VOUCHERS to go see the upcoming theatrical re-release of Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (in 3-D) with the purchase of selected Disney/Pixar DVDs.  One voucher per select DVD.  Shown are Wall*E, Finding Nemo and Cars.  Each title shown and selected others.  See sticker for details.

--Target has a list of $10 Dreamwork animated titles:  Madagascar 2, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda & Over the Hedge.  Each title shown and selected others.

--Target Odds and Ends: a list of $10 budget titles.

The Features


– Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs –1937


– Michael Cera & Jack Black (Year One – 2009)


– Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal– 1997)


– Jodie Foster (Contact – 1997)


– Nia Vardalos & Alexis Georgoulis (My Life in Ruins – 2009)


– Mr. Ed – 1961


– Marlene Dietrich (Marlene – 1984)


– Lola Falana (1976)

The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE		Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Ally McBeal: Season 1		$25.99	$29.99	$24.99
Ally McBeal: Complete Series		$129.99	$129.99	$99.99	$115.99
Anvil! The Story of Anvil		$14.99	$14.99
Audition CE		$19.49	$19.99
Blood Ties: Season 2		$18.49	$24.99
Bones: Season 4		$38.49	$39.99	$36.99
The Children (GH)		$13.99	$13.99
Children of the Corn		$25.99	$14.99
Chinatown		$12.99	$14.99
Dance Flick		$16.99	$17.99	$13.99
Dark Country		$18.99	$19.99
Dinosaurs Alive! (IMAX)		$13.99	$17.99
The Gate SE		$14.99	$14.99
Get Smart: Season 4		$17.99	$19.99
Ghostbusters 1 & 2 LE Gift Set		$28.99	$34.99
The Hills: Season 5 Part 1		$19.49	$22.99	$16.99
How to Be a Man: Volume 1		$17.99	$14.99
How to Be a Woman: Volume 1		$17.99	$14.99
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown		$12.99	$17.99
It's Alive		$9.99	$12.99
Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics		$19.99	$24.99
The Lola Falana Show		$26.99
Man vs. Food: Season 1		$13.99	$17.99
Mary Tyler Moore: Season 5		$18.99	$24.99
Marlene (1984)		$26.99	$24.99
Medium: Season 5		$42.49	$44.99
A Miser Brothers Christmas		$13.99	$17.99
Mister Ed: Season 1		$33.99	$34.99
My Fair Lady		$13.99	$14.99
My Life in Ruins		$19.99	$19.99	$15.99	$18.99
National Parks (Ken Burns)		$69.99	$64.99		$69.99
Nip/Tuck: Season 5 Part 2		$25.99	$26.99	$24.99
Offspring (GH)		$14.99	$14.99
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth		$16.99	$19.99
Seventh Moon (GH)		$13.99	$14.99
Six Feet Under: Complete Series		$114.99	$149.99
Stargate Atlantis: Complete Series		$140.99
Staunton Hill		$13.99	$14.99
TCM Spotlight - Esther Williams Volume 2		$41.99	$59.99
The Thaw (GH)		$14.99	$14.99
Trick 'R Treat		$14.99	$14.99
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)		$13.49	$9.99
Year One (Rated and Unrated releases)		$15.99	$15.99	$15.99	$18.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Audition CE	$17.99	$24.99
Bones: Season 4	$47.99	$48.99	$42.99
A Charlie Brown Christmas DE	$19.99	$14.99
The Children (GH)	$19.49	$19.99
Contact	$18.99	$24.99
Dinosaurs Alive! (IMAX)	$16.99	$19.99
Ghost Ship	$18.99	$24.99
A Hard Days Night (IMPORT)	$36.99
Horton Hears a Who! DE	$19.99	$24.99
How the Grinch Stole Christmas DE	$20.99	$24.99
Imagine That	$28.99	$29.99
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	$17.99	$19.99
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)	$21.99	$24.99
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)	$22.99	$24.99
My Life in Ruins	$26.99	$26.99	$25.99
National Parks (Ken Burns)	$72.99	$84.99		$89.99
The Number 23	$19.99	$24.99
Offspring (GH)	$19.99	$19.99
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth	$19.99	$24.99
Seventh Moon (GH)	$19.99	$19.99
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs CE	$24.99	$24.99	$24.99	$25.49
Snow White...Collector's Book Set	$39.99	$39.99	$36.99
Snow White... Plush Gift Set	$53.99	$54.99	$46.99
Snow White... LE Collector's Set	$149.99	$149.99
The Thaw (GH)	$19.99	$19.99
Trick 'R Treat	$24.99	$27.99
Wolf	$17.49	$19.99
Wolf/Dracula/Frankenstein Trilogy	$43.99	$59.99
Year One (Rated & Unrated releases)	$22.99	$26.99	$26.99

(GH) after a title = New release in the Ghost House Series.

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics Collection:  The Walking Dead, Frankenstein (1970), You'll Find Out, Zombies on Broadway.

TCM Spotlight- Esther Williams - Volume 2:  Thrill of a Romance, Fiesta, This Time for Keeps, Pagan Love Song, Million Dollar Mermaid, Easy to Love.

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

--Here are brief descriptions and images of the various Snow White sets this week:



To begin, there are the two Collectors Edition sets.  One comes in a Blu-ray case, the other in a DVD case.  Each comes with the same content:  two BDs, and a DVD.




The Plush Gift Set:  Includes the BD/DVD combo pack like above and all seven collectible plush dwarfs.

The Collectible Book Set: Includes the same combo pack as listed above and a book.

The Limited Edition Collector's Set:  Includes the DVD/BD Combo set, collectible book, Set of Pins, and more.

--There are 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. 

--At Best Buy this week, A FREE $15 BB GIFTCARD, instantly, with the purchase of ANY version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and ONE select Disney Blu-ray title.  Disney Blu-ray titles include:  Chicken Little, Enchanted, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty & Meet the Robinsons.  Gift card good towards future purchase.  Online offer may vary.  Not valid with other offers.

--Also @ BB, get deals on the various Ghost House films being released this week:  The Children, Seventh Moon, The Thaw, Offspring.  On DVD, 2/$25 or 4/$40.  On Blu-ray, 2/$35 or 4/$60.  .

--At BB, get a $2 coupon for the CD "This is Thirteen" when you buy Anvil!: The Story of Anvil on DVD.  The CD is regularly $9.99.

--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray discs on-sale:

$19.99:  Braveheart, Gladiator, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Step Brothers.

$24.99:  Duplicity, State of Prey, Coraline, Last House on the Left. 

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  A list titles for $6.99. 

--No new release specials from Target this week.

--Target has the following Blu-ray discs on sale:

$9.99:  Bullitt

$14.99:  2010

$19.99:  300, The Dark Knight

--Target Odds and Ends: a list of $4.75 budget titles.

The Features


– Woody Harrelson & Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers –1984)


– Dylan McDermott & Stacey Travis (Hardware – 1990)


– Will Ferrell (Land of the Lostl– 2009)


– Betty White & Sandra Bullock (The Proposal – 2009)


– Alison Lohman (Drag Me to Hell – 2009)


– Francis Huster & Sophie Marceau (L'amour braque – 1985)


The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Adoration	$21.99	$24.99
American Violet	$17.99	$24.99
Drag Me to Hell (NR Director's Cut)	$18.99	$17.99	$16.99
Bob Dylan: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize	$16.99
Eclipse 18: Dusan Makavejev (CC)	$33.99	$34.99
Every Little Step	$19.99	$24.99
Flashpoint: Season 1	$29.99	$34.99
Futurama: Complete Collection (1999-2009)	$117.99	$129.99
Girlfriends: Season 7	$29.99	$29.99
Happy Birthday to Me	$9.99	$9.99
Hardware LE (2-disc)	$19.99
The Haunted Airman	$16.99	$13.99
The Hunger: Season 2	$29.99	$34.99
iMurders	$14.99	$14.99
The Killing Room	$14.99	$14.99
Kong: Return to the Jungle	$9.97	$8.99
Land of the Lost (2009)	$18.99	$17.99	$15.99
Land of the Lost: Season 1	$17.99	$24.99	$16.99
Land of the Lost: Season 2	$17.99	$24.99
Land of the Lost: Season 3	$17.99	$24.99
Legend of the Seeker: Season 1	$31.99	$36.99
Limpet Love (L'amour braque)	$29.95
Limpet Love (L'amour braque) LE	$40.49
Looney Tunes Spotlight Coll.: Volume 7	$18.99	$24.99
Married...with Children: Season 11	$27.99	$29.99
Marvel Animation: 6 Film Collection	$36.49			$33.49
Warren Miller: Children of Winter	$17.99	$14.99
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year	$12.99	$12.99
Natural Born Killers (NR Director's Cut)	$15.99
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving	$19.99	$19.99
Playmobil: Secret of Pirate Island	$13.99	$14.99
The Proposal (1-disc)	$16.99	$16.99	$15.99	$18.99
The Proposal SE (2-disc)	$22.99	$22.99	$22.99
Shark City	$19.98	$14.99
The Stepfather	$14.99	$14.99
The Sunchaser	$14.99	$14.99
Tom & Jerry's Greatest Chases: Volume 3	$9.99	$9.99
Rick Wakeman: Six Wives of Henry VIII	$13.99	$13.99
Where the Day Takes You	$9.99	$9.99
Wuthering Heights (1967 BBC)	$10.99	$12.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Adoration	$27.99	$34.99
American Violet	$24.49	$34.99
The Craft	$17.99	$19.99
Dr. Seuss' How Grinch Stole Christmas (2009)	$18.99	$19.99
Drag Me to Hell (NR Director's Cut)	$26.99	$26.99	$24.99
Eagles Over London	$19.99	$29.99
Hardware	$19.99	$24.99
Killer Movie	$13.99	$14.99
Kong: Return to the Jungle	$13.99	$17.99
Land of the Lost	$26.99	$26.99	$24.99
Midnight Movie	$12.99	$14.99
Warren Miller: Children of Winter	$18.99	$24.99
Natural Born Killers (NR Director's Cut)	$19.99	$22.99
Nickelback: Live @ Sturgis	$16.99	$22.99
The Proposal	$27.99	$26.99	$25.99
Screwballs	$14.99
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	$19.99	$22.99
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense	$21.99	$27.99
Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII	$16.99	$21.99

(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

--There are 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. 

--At Best Buy this week, another FREE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTIBLE STEELBOOK BLU-RAY CASE.  This one's for Pixar's Up!  Must pre-order Up! on Blu-ray by November 9, 2009.  In-stores November 10.  $5 deposit required for each movie pre-ordered.

--Also @ BB, the following "Disney favorites" are available at the following prices:

$15.99:  Hannah Montana-The Movie, Bolt, Pinocchio.

$24.99:  Disney's Earth, Nightmare Before Christmas, Race to Witch Mountain.

--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray discs on-sale:

$14.99:  American History, A Clockwork Orange, Star Wars: Clone Wars, 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2010, Cloverfield, Hellraiser, Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  None this week.. 

--Target, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE TITLE called The Black List: Volume 2 on sale for $9.99.  Don't know anything more.

--Target has the following discs on sale (DVDs $14.99/Blu-ray $22.99):  X-Men Origins - Wolverine, State of Play, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Bolt.

--Target Odds and Ends: Dexter: S 1 & 2 and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: S 1-4 on sale for $18.99.

The Features


– Megan Fox (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen –2009)


– Jack Nicholson (Easy Rider – 1969)


– Summer Storm– 1944


– Monsoon Wedding – 2001


– Cast (Fawlty Towers – 1975-79)


The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Black Adder: Remastered Ultimate Edition	$55.99	$69.99
Blood: The Last Vampire	$18.99	$19.99
Cheri	$19.99	$19.99
The Crew	$20.99	$24.99
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Comp. Series	$98.49
Fawlty Towers Remastered SE	$34.49	$39.99
Hawaii 5-0: Season 7	$34.99	$39.99
Iron Man: Armored Adventures (BB Exclusive)		$12.99
It's Garry Shandling's Show: Complete Series	$119.99	$139.99
The L Word: Final Season	$38.99	$39.99	$36.99
The L Word: Complete Series	$145.99	$209.99	$129.99
Love N' Dancing	$19.99	$19.99
Monsoon Wedding (CC)	$29.99	$34.99
Numb3rs: Season 5	$38.99	$39.99		$35.99
Peanuts 1970s Collection: Volume 1	$21.99	$24.99
Planes, Trains & Automobiles SE	$9.99	$9.99
Route 66: Season 3 Volume 2	$19.99	$24.99
SNL: Best of Amy Poehler	$13.99	$14.99
Summer Storm	$12.99	$12.99
The Tournament	$13.99	$14.99
Transformers 2: Revenge of Fallen (1-disc)	$16.99	$15.99	$15.00	$18.99
Transformers 2: Revenge of Fallen (2-disc)	$22.99	$22.99	$22.99
Transformers: Two Movie Collection	$31.49
Vega$: Season 1 Volume 1	$27.99	$29.99
William Castle Film Collection	$59.99	$79.99
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead		$17.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Blood: The Last Vampire	$22.99	$29.99
The Crew	$24.49	$34.99
Easy Rider	$26.99	$29.99
The Elephant King	$16.99
Escaflowne: The Movie	$23.99	$34.99
Ichi the Killer	$18.99	$24.99
Iron Man: Armored Adventures (BB Exclusive)		$16.99
Love N' Dancing	$19.99	$24.99
Monsoon Wedding (CC)	$26.99	$42.99
Transformers 2: Revenge of Fallen SE (2-disc)	$24.99	$24.99	$25.99	$27.99
Water World	$17.99	$19.99
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead	$19.99	$25.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Peanuts 1970s Collection: Volume 1 (DVD):  It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown; Play it Again, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving; It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown; There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown; You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown.

William Castle Film Collection (DVD):  13 Frightened Girls, 13 Ghosts, Homicidal, Straightjacket, Mr. Sardonicus, The Old Dark House, The Tingler, Zotz!.

Transformers: Two Movie Collection (DVD):  Transformers, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

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

--One special note.  Wal-Mart has it's own EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY RELEASE of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.  Their "Two Disc Big Screen Edition" includes the scenes of the feature shot in IMAX included in the film (similar to the Blu-ray release of The Dark Knight.)  AND...a recently released Wal-Mart flyer which hit the internet shows the price to be just $19.96!



--There are 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, will have one of its DOORBUSTER DEALS for the release of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.  Go to your local Best Buy store during the first two hours they are open on Tuesday, October 20 and get $3 off the Blu-ray and $2 off the DVD.  Some stores may have Midnight Events for this release.  Go to bestbuy.com/transformers for details.  In-store only.  Doorbuster discount does not apply to bestbuy.com pre-orders or sales.  Stores with midnight openings will have Doorbuster pricing for BOTH the midnight opening AND the first two regular business hours on October 20, 2009.

--Best Buy also has an EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY GIFT SET for $44.99.  Includes Optimus Prime replica and a $50 gift card to sideshowcollectibles.com

--Best Buy also has an EXCLUSIVE RELEASE of Iron Man: Armored Adventures on DVD and Blu-ray.  See grids above for prices. 

--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray discs on-sale:

$9.99:  Reservoir Dogs, Swordfish, Gothika, Beerfest, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Terminator 3, Punisher, Chaos.

$12.99:  Halloween (1978), Children of the Corn, Hellraiser, Halloween (2007), Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Calm, Snakes on a Plane.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  A number of DVD "thrillers" are priced at $4.99 and $6.99. 

--Target, this week, has one of its EXCLUSIVE ROBOTIC PACKAGING for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen on either DVD ($26.99 for SE) or Blu-ray $29.99).  Only at Target!  Transformers 2-disc deluxe DVD set and Blu-ray both come with limited edition Bumblebee packaging that transforms into a 14" tall robot.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVD titles for $10.

The Features


– Scratt (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs –2009)


– Charles Vanel & Simone Signoret (Death in the Garden – 1956)


– Z – 1969


– Patrick McGoohan (The Prisoner – 1967/68)


– John Leguizamo, Debra Messing & Alfred Molina (Nothing Like the Holidays – 2008)


The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Adult Swim: In a Box	$51.49	$59.99
Afterwards	$13.99	$14.99
Angel and the Bad Man (2009)	$17.99	$24.99
The Asphyx	$17.99
The Barbara Stanwyck Show: Volume 1	$33.99	$34.99
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan	$16.99	$16.99	$17.99
Death in the Garden (1956)	$18.49
The Fugitive: Season 3 Volume 1	$27.99	$34.99
The Guardian: Season 1	$34.99	$34.99
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$14.99	$14.99	$15.99
Ice Age: Dawn of Dinosaurs + "The Scrat Pack"	$22.99	$22.99	$22.99
Il Divo	$14.99	$14.99
Mannix: Season 3	$34.99	$39.99
Monty Python: Almost the Truth	$20.99
Monty Python: The Other British Invasion	$17.99
Night of the Creeps (Director's Cut)	$13.99	$14.99
Nothing Like the Holidays	$19.99	$14.99	$16.99
On the Road with Charles Kuralt: Volume 1	$35.99	$34.99
Orphan	$17.99	$17.99	$16.99
Pandemic	$19.99
The Prisoner: Complete Series	$48.99	$59.99
Sam Fuller Film Collection	$55.99	$89.99
Stan Helsing	$14.99	$14.99
Tales from the Darkside: Season 2	$29.99	$29.99
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure	$19.99	$15.99	$15.99	$18.99
Whatever Works	$19.99	$17.99	$19.99
Z (CC)	$27.99	$34.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan	$23.49	$26.99	$25.99
Beast Stalker	$23.99	$24.99
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur	$23.49	$24.99	$24.99
Il Divo	$23.99	$24.99
Living Dead @ the Manchester Morgue	$16.99	$24.99
Monty Python: Almost the Truth	$24.99	$32.99
Night of the Creeps (Director's Cut)	$17.49	$24.99
Nothing Like the Holidays	$24.49	$24.99
Orphan	$24.99	$25.99	$25.99
The Prisoner: Complete Series	$50.49
Stan Helsing	$19.99	$19.99
Stargate (15th Anniversary Edition)	$19.99	$24.99
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure	$24.99	$25.99	$24.99	$24.99
Whatever Works	$26.99	$26.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Adult Swim: In a Box (DVD):  Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 2, Space Ghost: Season 3, Moral Oral: Season 1, Robot Chicken: Season 2, Metalocalypse: Season 1, Sealab: Season 2.

Sam Fuller Film Collection (DVD):  It Happened in Hollywood, Adventure in Sahara, power of the Press, Shockproof, Scandal Sheet, The Crimson Kimono, Underworld USA.


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

--There are the usual price discrepancies, this week, between the Best Buy flyer and bestbuy.com on a number of new release titles (usually about $1 difference on a new release).  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, will have an EXCLUSIVE OFFER on Disney's Tinker Bell release--a FREE BOOK.  Discover the magical world of Tinker Bell and her friends in The Essential Guide FREE when you buy Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure on DVD, Blu-ray or Nintendo DS.

--Also, SAVE $8 on Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure on Blu-ray when you purchase Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.

--Best Buy also is advertising FREE MOVIE CASH in it's copies of Twilight on DVD ($17.99).  Buy Twilight and get $7.50 off your ticket to The Twilight Saga: New Moon

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Various sales on random horror/Halloween titles. 

--Target, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE also tied to Disney's Tinker Bell release.  Only at Target!  Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure jewelry box gift set--includes DVD and necklace ($22.99).  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also has an EXCLUSIVE CD SOUNDTRACK with its copies of Nothing Like the Holidays. (Although there is no mention if that offer includes both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film.)  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVD titles for $10 (includes the first two Ice Age releases).

The Features


– Cary Grant (North By Northwest –1959)


– Jimmy Stewart (It's a Wonderful Life – 1946)


–Denzel Washington (The Taking of Pelham 123 – 2009)


– Alastair Sim & Cast (A Christmas Carol – 1951)


– The Big Heat – 1953


– Sienna Miller (GI Joe: Rise of Cobra – 2009)


– Helena Bonham Carter (Howard's End – 1992)


– Robert Young, Claudette Colbert & Melvyn Douglas (I Met Him in Paris – 1937)


– Marlon Brando & Teresa Wright (The Men – 1950)


The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Aliens in the Attic	$18.49	$17.99	$17.99
All About My Mother	$13.99	$14.99
Answer Man	$18.99	$22.99
Buck Rogers (70th Anniversary Edition)	$29.99
Claudette Colbert Collection	$34.99	$44.99
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics	$44.99	$44.99
Command Performance	$14.99	$14.99
The Dead	$9.49	$9.99
Doctor Who: Black Guardian Trilogy	$38.99	$49.99
Doctor Who: The War Games	$31.99	$39.99
The Donna Reed Show: Season 3	$27.99
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America...	$13.99	$13.99
Forrest Gump	$24.49	$29.99	$19.99
Food, Inc.	$18.99	$16.99
Fraggle Rock: A Merry Fraggle Holiday	$8.99	$9.99
Fraggle Rock: Complete Final Season	$19.99	$24.99
Fraggle Rock: Complete Series	$69.99	$79.99		$67.99
GI Joe-Real American Hero: Season 1.2	$19.99	$17.99
GI Joe: Resolute	$13.99	$14.99
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (1-disc)	$16.99	$15.99	$15.99	$18.99
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2-disc)	$22.99	$22.99	$22.99
Gravestoned	$13.99	$14.99
Hardwired	$17.49	$19.99
Here's Lucy: Season 2	$19.99	$19.99
I Love You, Beth Cooper	$19.99	$17.99	$16.99
It's a Wonderful Life	$19.99	$17.99
Law of Desire	$13.99	$14.99
Matador	$13.99	$14.99
The Men	$13.49	$12.99
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In...	$16.99	$19.99	$16.99
Mission: Impossible - Season 7	$34.99	$39.99
Mission: Impossible - Complete Series	$187.99	$234.99
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharoahs (IMAX)	$17.99	$17.99
Mutants	$24.49
The Narrows	$19.99	$24.99
Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	$27.99	$27.99
Night Watcher	$19.49	$24.99
North By Northwest (50th Anniv. Edition)	$12.49	$16.99
Not Forgotten	$14.99	$14.99
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Live	$37.49	$32.99
The Rockford Files - Movie Coll.: Vol. 1	$19.49	$19.99
Ruby-Spears Superman	$19.99	$24.99
Say Anything	$12.99	$14.99
The Shield: Complete Series	$115.99	$109.99		$106.99
Spin City: Season 3	$29.99	$34.99
Star Wars - Clone Wars: Season 1	$30.99	$34.99	$29.99
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)	$18.49	$15.99	$16.99	$18.99
TCM Greatest Classic Films Coll.: Holiday	$16.99	$24.99
TCM Greatest Classic Films Coll.: Comedy	$15.99	$19.99
TCM Greatest Classic Films Coll.: Family	$19.99	$24.99
TCM Greatest Classic Films Coll.: Hitchcock	$15.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7	$20.99	$24.99
Terminator Salvation: Machinima Series	$7.49	$9.99
Walt Disney Treasures - Zorro: Season 1	$38.99	$44.99		$38.89
Walt Disney Treasures - Zorro: Season 2	$38.99	$44.99		$38.89
Where God Left His Shoes	$13.99	$14.99
White Christmas (Anniversary Edition)	$14.99	$19.99
Wings of Desire (CC)	$27.99	$34.99
Wolverine & X-Men: Beginning of the End	$9.99	$9.99
Wolverine & X-Men: Volumes 1 - 3	$19.99	$24.99
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	$13.99	$14.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Aliens in the Attic	$26.99	$25.99	$25.99
The Answer Man	$22.99	$20.99
A Christmas Carol (1951)	$16.99	$17.49
Command Performance	$17.99	$13.99
Direct Action	$12.49	$10.49
Food, Inc.	$20.99	$20.99	$24.99
Forrest Gump	$23.49	$24.99	$22.99
GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra	$19.99	$24.99	$24.99	$27.99
Howard's End (CC)	$26.99	$30.09
I Love You, Beth Cooper	$26.99	$20.99	$25.99
It's a Wonderful Life	$21.99	$24.99
Love Actually	$17.99	$13.99
Mummies: Secret of the Pharoahs	$15.99	$13.99
The Narrows	$22.99	$24.49
Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	$33.99	$24.99
North By Northwest (50th Anniv. Edition)	$24.49	$24.99
Not Forgotten	$19.99	$13.99
Rocky: The Undisputed Collection	$67.49	$54.99
Say Anything	$20.99	$17.49
Star Wars - Clone Wars: Season 1	$34.99	$47.99
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)	$25.99	$24.99	$26.99	$26.99
Transformers: Two Movie Collection	$41.99	$41.99	$44.99
Two Girls and a Guy	$14.49	$17.49
Wings of Desire (CC)	$26.99	$30.09

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Claudette Colbert Collection (DVD):  Three-Cornered Moon, The Maid of Salem, I Met Him in Paris, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, No Time for Love, The Egg and I.

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics (DVD):  The Big Heat, 5 Against the House, The Lineup, Murder By Contract, The Sniper.

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Holiday (DVD):  Christmas in Connecticut (1945), A Christmas Carol (1938), The Shop Around the Corner, It Happened on Fifth Avenue.

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Comedy (DVD):  Arsenic and Old Lace, A Night at the Opera, The Long Long Trailer, Father of the Bride.

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Family (DVD):  Lassie Come Home, Flipper (1963), The Incredible Mr. limpet, National Velvet.

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Hitchcock (DVD):  Suspicion, Strangers on a Train, The Wrong Man, I Confess.

Rocky: The Undisputed Collection (Blu-ray):  Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa.

Transformers: Two Movie Collection (Blu-ray):  Transformers, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.




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

--LARGER-THAN-USUAL price discrepancies, this week, between the Best Buy flyer and bestbuy.com on a number of new release titles (up to $4 difference on some new releases!).  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  $5 INSTANT SAVINGS when you buy ANY VERSION of Ice Age with Aliens in the Attic.  Must be purchased on same receipt.  Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is shown...but the text says "ANY VERSION OF ICE AGE".

--Also, SAVE $10 when you buy the new Blu-ray of Forrest Gump AND ALSO PURCHASE Braveheart OR Gladiator ($29.99 apiece) on Blu-ray.

--The following Action Films are on sale on DVD for $4.99:  Terminator 2, Behind Enemy Lines, Hitman, marine, Total Recall, Behind Enemy Lines 2, Man in the Line of Fire, True Lies, Minority Report, Peacemaker, The Saint (1997), Collateral Damage.

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

$9.99:  Carrie, entrapment, The Graduate, Napolean Dynamite, Road House, Robocop, The Terminator, Usual Suspects, Righteous Kill, Reservoir Dogs, Sunshine Cleaning, Blazing Saddles, Terminator 3, Bullitt, Beerfest, Total Recall, Ninth Gate, Stargate, Traitor, Kickboxer.

$14.99:  Primal Fear, Bruce Almighty, Cinderella Man, Field of Dreams, Fletch, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Seabiscuit, Constantine, The Lost Boys, 2010.

$19.99:  Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, National Treasure 2, PotC: At World's End, Gran Torino, Body of Lies, 17 Again, Orphan, Observe & Report, Wanted, Role Models. 

--Best Buy also is advertising a FREE $5 Best Buy Gift Card when you buy ANY TWO of the following holiday titles on DVD:  Elf ($9.99), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Snow Buddies, Muppet Christmas Carol, Fred Claus, The Polar Express 3-D,  Barbie's A Christmas Carol (all $14.99 apiece), Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life ($19.99 apiece).  Gift Card toward toward future purchase, online offer may vary.  Must be purchased on same receipt.

--The following DVDs are on sale for $14.99 apiece at BB:  X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I Love You Man, Crank 2, Duplicity, State of Play. 

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Best Buy is advertising an EXCLUSIVE 4-DVD set of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live for $24.99. 

--Target, this week, has a whole lot of TV on DVD on sale:

$12.99 each:  Arrested Development: Seasons 1-3, Family Guy: Volumes 1-7, The Simpsons: Season 12, 24; Seasons 1-7.

$14.99 each (doublepacks):  Everybody Loves Raymond: Seasons 3&4, Full House: Seasons 1&2, M*A*S*H: Seasons 1&2.

$18.99 each:  Californication: Season 2, The Big Bang Theory: Season 2 and the following doublepacks:  That '70s Show:  Seasons 5&6, Prison Break: Seasons 1&2, Scrubs: Seasons 1&2.

--Target also has the following Blu-ray titles for sale (Each title shown and selected others):

$14.99:  Kill Bill Volume 1, Kill Bill Volume 2, Independence Day, Patton.

$19.99:  National Treasure, Wall-E, Harry Potter & Order of Phoenix, Gremlins.

--Target also has a great deal on a Player/Software combo.  Buy the Philips Blu-ray player shown in the ad (model # not given) AND any one of the following Disney Blu-ray titles (Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney: Earth) for $159.  Items packaged separately.  Quantities limited.  No rain checks.

--and Target is avetising an ONLINE ONLY offer for some Blu-ray 2-packs for just $22:  Cinderella Man/Seabiscuit, Daredevil/Fantastic Four, The Other Boleyn Girl/A Knight's Tale.  Titles shown and dozens more from all movie categories.  Reg. $39.99-$49.99)

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVD titles for $4.75 and $7.50.

The Features


– Up – 2009


– Buster Keaton (The General – 1926)


–Gerard Butler & Katherine Heigl (The Ugly Truth – 2009)


– Godzilla – 1998


– Uma Thurman (The Accidental Husband – 2008)


– Monster's Inc. – 2001


The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
The Accidental Husband	$16.99	$19.99
Ballast	$24.99	$24.99
Batman - Brave & the Bold: Volume 2	$9.99	$12.99
The Break-Up Artist	$24.49	$14.99
Dawson's Creek: Complete Series	$81.99	$99.99
Discovery Atlas: Complete Collection	$29.99	$34.99
The Echo	$15.99	$24.99
GI Joe: Real American Hero: Comp. Series LE Set	$149.99	$149.99
Ink	$16.99	$19.99
JAG: Season 9	$35.99	$39.99	$39.99
Justice League: Complete Series	$67.99	$89.99
Keeping up With the Kardashians: Season 2	$9.99	$9.99
Love Finds a Home	$15.99	$19.99
MLB Official World Series Collection	$171.99	$199.99		$129.99
Mamma Mia! Gift Set	$25.99	$29.99
Nash Bridges: Season 3	$31.99	$39.99
Natalee Holloway	$17.99	$19.99
Rolling Stones: Live at the Max	$13.49	$13.99
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 2	$27.99	$34.99
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days	$19.99	$24.99
SpongeBob's Truth or Square	$10.99	$12.99	$9.99
Spread	$12.99	$12.99
Three Stooges Collection: Volume 7 (1952-'54)	$19.99	$19.99
Touched By An Angel: Holiday Collection	$8.99	$12.99
Touched By An Angel: Hope Collection	$8.99	$12.99
The Ugly Truth	$16.99	$16.99	$15.99
The Untouchables: Season 3 Volume 2	$26.99	$34.99
Up (1-disc)	$14.99	$15.99	$15.99	$18.99
Up DE (2-disc)	$19.99	$21.99	$22.99
Watchmen: Ultimate Cut	$28.99	$39.99
Xavier - Renegade Angel: Seasons 1 & 2	$14.99	$14.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Ballast	$29.99	$29.99
Cars: Ultimate Combo Gift Set	$31.49	$32.99	$26.99	$31.39
Discovery Atlas: Complete Collection	$33.99	$44.99
The Echo	$21.49	$34.99
The General (1927)	$22.99	$29.99
Godzilla (1998)	$16.99	$16.99
Heat	$16.49	$19.99
Logan's Run	$17.99	$24.99
Mamma Mia! Gift Set	$30.99	$34.99
Monster's Inc.	$22.99	$28.99	$26.99	$28.99
Near Dark	$12.99	$17.99
The Negotiator	$17.49	$24.99
Red Heat	$12.99	$17.49
Rolling Stones: Live at The Max	$16.99	$21.99
Spread	$21.99	$19.99
The Ugly Truth	$25.99	$26.99	$26.99
Up (4-disc Combo Pack)	$19.99	$23.99	$26.99	$28.99
Watchmen: Ultimate Cut	$32.99	$49.99

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. 

--Best Buy, this week, has  $10 INSTANT SAVINGS when you buy Up on Blu-ray with ANY ONE of the following items:  Monster's Inc. on Blu-ray  ($28.99);  Cars Blu-ray Gift Set ($32.99), Up Nintendo DS game ($19.99), or a BESST BUY EXCLUSIVE "Doug" Talking Dog Plush Toy ($14.99) Minimum 4 Dog Plush Toys per store.  Must be purchased on same receipt. 

--Also at Best Buy, pre-order any of the following three movies and get a FREE COLLECTOR'S ITEM:  Terminator Salvation (12-1-09) and get a FREE TS Comic Book; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12-8-2009) and get FREE HP Trading Cards, The Hangover (12-15-2009) and get FREE Hangover Doorhangers.

--The following Kids Films are on sale on DVD for $7.99:  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Robots, Hook.

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

$19.99:  The Polar Express, HP & the Order of the Phoenix.

$22.99:  A Bug's Life, Wall-E, Ratatouille, Pixar Short Films Collection.

$24.99:  Coraline. 

$29.99:  Monsters vs. Aliens.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Best Buy is advertising a bunch of TV on DVD on sale--including Mad Men: Season 2 on Blu-ray for $19.99 and Weeds: Season 4 on Blu for $14.99.

--Target, this week, has AN EXCLUSIVE DVD RELEASE this week:  My One and Only (with Renee Zellweger).  Exclusive DVD includes behind-the-scenes footage and six "making of" featurettes.

--Target also has a FREE 150-PAGE JOURNAL when you buy EITHER the Deluxe DVD or Blu-ray versions of Up.  Journal packaged with movie.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also has the following Blu-ray titles for sale (Each title shown and selected others):

$9.99:  Terminator 3, Swordfish, Terminator, Predator.

$22.99:  Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen, Monsters vs. Aliens.

--Target is also advertising E-Movie Cash for The Twilight Saga  "New moon" with its copies of Twilight on DVD ($17.99)  Up to a $7.50 value. At participating theaters only.  Offer expires 1-20-10.  Quantities limited.  No rain checks.

--Target's also got a FREE $5 GIFTCARD when you buy The Dark Knight deluxe edition ($17.99).  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.  Terms and conditions apply to Giftcards.

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVD titles for $10.

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	$16.99	$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	$17.99	$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	$89.99	$84.99
Scrubs: Season 8	$36.99	$44.99
Sex, Lies & Videotape	$17.99	$19.99
Star Trek (2009) Ultimate Edition (3-disc)	$21.49	$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.

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	$9.98	$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)	$20.99	$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	$53.99	$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	$44.99	$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	$14.99	$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.

The Features


– Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation – 2009)


– Amy Adams (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – 2009)


–Gimme Shelter – 1970


– Catherine Deneuve (A Christmas Tale – 2008)



– Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan & Mr. Jingles  (The Green Mile – 1999)

The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Ben 10: Alien Swarm	$13.99	$14.99
Better Off Ted: Season 1	$19.99	$19.99
The Brooklyn Heist	$27.49
The Boy with the Sun in His Eyes	$26.99	$24.99
A Christmas Tale (CC)	$29.99	$32.99
The Complete Loves Comes Softly Collection	$69.99	$89.99
Deadline	$17.49	$14.99
Death Warrior	$17.99	$19.99
The Donna Reed Show: Season 3	$32.99	$34.99
Frat Party	$16.99	$14.99
The Girl in the Park	$17.49	$14.99
Into the Storm: Churchill at War	$16.99	$19.99
The Jazz Singer (1980) (30th Anniversary Edition)	$9.98	$8.99
Mental: Season 1	$36.99	$36.99
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo Choo Train	$15.99	$19.99
Mystery Science Theater 3000 XVI (Limited Edition)	$41.99	$49.99
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (1-disc)	$9.99	$18.99	$15.99
Night at the Museum: Battle/Smithsonian SE (2-disc)	$23.99	$22.99	$22.99
Paper Heart	$16.99	$16.99
Ride Around the World (IMAX)	$17.99	$17.99
Saturday Night Live: Season 5	$44.99	$59.99
Silent Night, Deadly Night Box Set (3-disc)	$14.99	$14.99
**Terminator Salvation	$9.99	$15.99	$15.99
Terminator Salvation DE (Target Exclusive)			$22.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Ben 10: Alien Swarm	$19.99	$19.99
A Christmas Tale (CC)	$26.99	$29.99
Deadline	$18.99	$13.59
Death Warrior	$19.99	$19.99
Gimme Shelter (CC)	$23.99	$23.99
The Green Mile	$19.99	$23.99
Gremlins	$19.99	$19.99
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	$17.99	$19.99
The Mask of Zorro	$15.99	$15.99
The Mask of Zorro/The Legend of Zorro	$33.99	$35.99
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	$18.99	$22.99	$19.99
Night at the Museum Two Film Pack	$67.49
Paper Heart	$26.99	$26.99
Ride Around the World (IMAX)	$19.99	$15.99
Secondhand Lions	$18.99	$19.99
Snatch	$17.99	$19.99
Terminator Salvation (Director's Cut)	$15.99	$19.99	$19.99	$25.99
The Wizard of Oz (3-disc)	$36.99	$35.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection (DVD):  Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise, Love's Long Journey, Love's Abiding Joy, Love's Unbinding Legacy, Love's Unfolding Dream, Love Takes Wing, Love Finds a Home.

Silent Night, Deadly Night Box Set (DVD):  Silent Night, Deadly Night III, IV & V.

Night at the Museum Two Pack (Blu-ray): Night at the Museum, NatM: Battle of the Smithsonian.


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

--BE CAREFUL!!!  I almost forgot how to post this (what used to be a regular) WARNING.  It has been months between MAR'd releases!  That's the good news.  The bad news is that Terminator Salvation is being released this week in both MAR & OAR DVD editions.  Get the right one! 

--ALSO, Best Buy's EXCLUSIVE release of the Blu-ray disc of The Green Mile and Target's EXCLUSIVE Blu-ray release of Gremlins and The Wizard of Oz (3-disc) are...no longer exclusive. 

--And people should be aware that if they are interested in the two-disc SE of NatM: Battle of the Smithsonian, they should be on the lookout for a side-by-side "Holiday Gift Set" with the 2nd disc being in its own case and called "Monkey Mischief."

--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 EXCLUSIVE PACKAGING for its Blu-ray copies of Terminator Salvation (a Terminator Salvation Endoskull Blu-ray case).  While supplies last.  Minimum 4 per store.  No rainchecks.  

--At Best Buy, you can also get a FREE COPY OF TERMINATOR MACHINIMA ($4.99) when you purchase the Terminator Salvation video game (Xbox $19.99).  Must be purchased on same receipt.

--The following Gift Sets are on sale for $39.99 apiece @ Best Buy PLUS BUY 2 and get a $25 BB GIFTCARD INSTANTLY.  BUY 3 and get a $50 BB GIFTCARD INSTANTLY:  Fox War Hero Collection (Patton, Behind Enemy Lines, Rescue Dawn), Rocky - The Complete Set, X-Men Trilogy, Fox Searchlight Collection (Juno, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler), 007 Blu-ray collection (The World is Not Enough, Goldfinger, Moonraker).  More in store and online.

--Also at Best Buy, the following Blu-ray titles are on sale:

$9.99:  The Day the Earth Stood Still, Donnie Darko, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Patton, Risky Business, In the Valley of Elah, The Pelican Brief, A Time to Kill.

$12.99:  The Monster Squad, My Bloody Valentine, The Ninth Gate, Requiem for a Dream.

$14.99:  Dogma, Ghost Rider, A Knight's Tale, The Pink Panther (2006).

--Best Buy also has a deal to buy 5 DVDs from a list of 22 $9.99 titles and get a FREE $20 Best Buy GIFTCARD INSTANTLY.  More in store and online.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  Best Buy has a slew of holiday titles listed for sale.

--Target, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION of Terminator Salvation.  No clue as to what's included except at the top of the packaging it says "2-disc Digital Copy Special Edition."   Only at Target.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target.com has a number of single-season TV series on DVD for just $15.  Titles shown include NCIS, Charlie's Angels, Bewitched, Dora the Explorer, That '70s Show and Roseanne.  Titles shown and over 100 more.  Regular $24.95 to $49.95.   They are also advertising "Multipack Movies."  Many titles to choose from.  $20  Online only.

--Target also lists the following DVDs for $14.99:  The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Wolverine, Attack of the Aliens, I Love You Beth Cooper.

--Target Odds and Ends: A List of $10 titles. and $8.99 DVD Gift Sets.

The Features



– Daniel Radcliffe & Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 2009)


– Meryl Streep & Amy Adams (Julie and Julia – 2009)


–Marion Cotillard & Johnny Depp (Public Enemies – 2009)


– Brigitte Bardot (Plucking the Daisy – 1956)

The Prices

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SD-DVD TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
AK 100: 25 films By Akira Kurosawa (CC)	$284.99	$299.99
Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection	$27.49	$24.99
Coraline LE Gift Set	$39.99	$49.99
The Cove	$19.99	$19.99
The Dog Who Saved Christmas	$12.99	$14.99
The Fugitive: Season 3 Volume 2	$29.99	$29.99
Get Smart: Season 5	$15.99	$22.99
**Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1-disc)	$9.99	$15.99	$15.00
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince SE (2-disc)	$19.99	$22.99	$26.99
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ultimate Edition	$25.99	$24.99
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ultimate Edition	$25.99	$24.99
**Harry Potter: Years 1-6	$44.99	$44.99	$44.99
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me	$27.49	$24.99
Julie and Julia	$9.99	$15.99	$16.99
Julie and Julia (Amazon Exclusive w/ Shopping Bag)	$17.99
Julie and Julia DE (Target Exclusive)			$22.99
Knut and Friends	$14.98	$14.99
Legendary Gangsters: Five Movie Collection	$39.99	$49.99
Lost: Season 5	$36.99	$37.99	$37.99	$38.89
Lost: Season 5 (Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit)	$74.99	$77.99	$74.99
Moonlight Serenade (2009)	$12.49	$24.99
Perry Mason: Season 4 Volume 2	$29.99	$29.99
Public Enemies (1-disc)	$15.99	$15.99	$16.99	$18.99
Public Enemies SE (2-disc)	$22.99	$22.99	$22.99
Rescue Me: Season 5 Volume 2	$29.99	$29.99
Spongebob Squarepants: Season 6 Volume 1	$19.99	$22.99
Wagon Train: Season 1	$71.99	$89.99
World's Greatest Dad	$19.99	$19.99

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BLU-RAY TITLE	Amazon	BestBuy	Target	Costco
Alphabet Killer	$9.99	$14.99
Behind the Mask: Rise of Leslie Vernon	$9.99	$14.99
Coraline LE Gift Set	$43.99	$59.99
Cyclops	$14.99	$14.99
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (3-disc)	$15.99	$17.99	$19.99
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (BB Excl. w/ Mask)		$33.99
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ultimate Edition	$32.99	$32.99
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ultimate Edition	$32.99	$32.99
Harry Potter: Years 1-6	$92.99	$94.99	$89.99
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer	$9.99	$14.99
Julie and Julia	$25.99	$25.99	$25.99	$26.99
Knut and Friends	$13.99	$17.99
Lost: Season 5	$46.99	$49.99	$47.99
Lost: Season 5 (Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit)	$84.99	$89.99
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon	$14.49	$14.99
Lower Learning	$14.49	$14.99
Public Enemies	$19.99	$19.99	L/Price
Red Mist	$13.99	$14.99
Sands of Oblivion	$13.99	$14.99
Walled In	$9.99	$14.99
While She Was Out	$9.99	$14.99
World's Greatest Dad	$23.99	$29.99

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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa (CC) (DVD):  Sanshiro Sugata, The Most Beautiful, Sanshiro Sugata Part Two, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday, Drunken Angel, Stray Dog, Scandal, Rashomon, The Idiot, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, I Live in Fear, Throne of Blood, The Lower Depths, The Hidden Fortress, The Bad Sleep Well, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low, Red Beard, Dodes’ka-den, Kagemusha, Madadayo.

Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection (DVD):  The Night Heaven Fell, Plucking the Daisy, Don Juan.

Harry Potter: Years 1-6 (DVD & Blu-ray): Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, HP & the Chamber of Secrets, HP & Prisoner of Azkaban, HP & the Goblet of Fire, HP & the Order of the Phoenix, HP & the Half-Blood Prince.

Legendary Gangsters - Five Movie Collection (DVD):  Scarface, Carlito's Way, Casino, American Gangster, Public Enemies.

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

--BE CAREFUL!!!   Huh?!?  It had been months between MAR'd releases!  And now two in a row?  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (along with the HP: Years 1-6 Set) is being released this week in both MAR & OAR DVD editions.  Get the right one!  When will this madness ever end?

--WATCH YOUR SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS!  Make it a Blu Christmas with $130 in savings on some of the most sought after high-definition titles from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Starting Dec. 6, look for coupons inside your major local newspaper and on www.smartsource.com. Coupons are good at most major retailers. Offers include $3.00 off the hottest Blu-ray Discs like action-packed hits Fight Club and Independence Day, family fare including Home Alone and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, classics such as Patton and Miracle on 34th Street and many, many more.  Receive $10.00 off Blu-ray box sets including X-Men Trilogy, Rocky: The Undisputed Collection, The Mel Brooks Collection and Die Hard Collection just to name a few.

--Wal-Mart looks like the low price, this week, on the Blu-ray of Harry Potter and the half-Blood Prince:



--Amazon has a unique item you can get along with your DVD copy of Julie & Julia -- a shopping bag!  Nowhere does the listing say "EXCLUSIVE", but I haven't seen this item anywhere else.



--Amazon & BestBuy.com have something known as a Lost: Season 5 Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit:




--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.

--Also, Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE PACKAGING with it's Blu-ray copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  Look for the Death Eater Mask Packaging.  While supplies last.  Minimum of 4 per store.  No rainchecks.

--Best Buy, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC, PACKAGING & DHARMA LUGGAGE TAG with it's copies of Lost Season 5.  Bonus disc includes additional scenes and content including Lost on Location: This Place is Death --  an inside look at a landmark episode and  return of the smoke monster. Minimum 4 Blu-ray discs per store.  Minimum of 34 DVDs per store.  No rainchecks.  

--Also at BB, Buy ANY TWO SEASONS of LOST on Blu-ray and SAVE $20.  Or, Save $15 when you buy ANY TWO SEASONS on DVD.  Must be purchased on same receipt to receive savings.

--At Best Buy, you can also get an EXCLUSIVE EDITION OF PUBLIC ENEMIES (either 2-disc SE on DVD or Blu-ray).  Includes the making of Public Enemies with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and background of the man who became Public Enemy Number One.  Minimum of 4 per store (each DVD & Blu-ray).

--The Best Buy exclusives just keep on a-comin'.  BB has an EXCLUSIVE FREE BOOK on pack with its Julie and Julia DVDs (DVD only):  Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously.  Quantities limited.  Minimum 4 per store. 

--And a-comin'!  Best Buy has EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIBLE STEELBOOK PACKAGING on Disney Blu-ray Favorites (starting Tuesday, December 8th).  $29.99 each for Pinocchio, A Bug's Life, Cars, Wall-E, Monster's inc. and Pirates of the Caribbean.  More available in store.

--Also at Best Buy, there are some crappy deals on "Recent Releases" (DVD & Blu-ray).

--BB has a deal of $29.99 Rescue Me: Season 5 Volume 1 to go along with anyone buying Volume 2 this week (Reg. $39.99).

--BB has the following DVDs for $6.99 this week (in conjunction with the Public Enemies release): Scarface, Casino, American Gangster.

--Best Buy is advertising a number of complete TV series sets on DVD in their flyer along with movie sets on Blu-ray.   

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  There are some so-so deals on TV season sets.  Nothing to write home about although I suppose $21.99 for Season 2 of Mad Men isn't all that bad.

--Target has an EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  includes collectible lenticular case.  2-disc DVD with digital copy and more. Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also has EXCLUSIVE single-disc versions of the extended Harry Potter films (Sorcer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets) released this week.  The EXCLUSIVE extended version DVDs are $15 apiece. 

--Target, this week, has an EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION of Julie and Julia on DVD.  2-disc DE includes a 90-minute featurette, "Julia Child's Kitchen Wisdom."   Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also has EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITIONS of Public Enemies on both DVD AND Blu-ray.  Each includes exclusive production notes.  Quantities limited.  No rainchecks.

--Target also lists the following "Pre-wrapped" DVDs for $14.99:  Star Trek (2009), Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, Monsters vs. Aliens.  Seasonal merchandise.  No rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: Lists of $7.50 & $10 titles.