Weekly RoundUp 4-17-2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features


– Tom Cruise & Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol – 2011)

– Buck Privates – 1941

–Michael Fassbender & Carey Mulligan (Shame – 2011

–Born to Be Wild– 2011
The Prices

The price links below will take you directly to the product on Amazon.

Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review!




SD-DVD TITLE

Amazon

BestBuy

Target



7 Below

$14.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$14.99





Alambrista! (CC)

$26.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





Alphas: Season 1 (Best Buy Exclusive)



$29.99





The Amazing Bulk

$17.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1







American Dad: Volume 7

$24.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





The Asphyx: Remastered Edition

$13.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$12.99





Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Volume 5: Ultimate Ending

$14.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$14.99





Bob's Burgers: Season 1

$19.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$19.99





Born to Be Wild (IMAX)

$14.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$14.99

$14.99



Crew 2 Crew

$24.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$15.99





The Divide

$14.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$14.99





Eight is Enough: Season 1

$16.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$16.99





Episode 50

$15.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





Ernie Kovacs: ABC Specials

$11.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$12.99





Frozen Planet: Complete Series

$27.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$29.99

$29.99



The Getting of Wisdom

$19.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$19.99





Grateful Dead: All the Years Combine

$108.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$99.99





High Road to China

$19.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$19.99





The Man Nobody Knew

$27.95http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

$15.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$16.99**

$16.99



Necessary Roughness: Season 1 (Target Exclusive)





$19.99



Robotropolis

$24.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





Roger Corman's Cult Classics: Nurses Collection

$11.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$14.99





Treme: Season 2

$43.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$49.99





Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns: Season 5

$21.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99







The price links below will take you directly to the product on Amazon.
Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review!




BLU-RAY TITLE

Amazon

BestBuy

Target



7 Below

$24.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





Alambrista! (CC)

$28.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$34.99





The Asphyx: Remastered Edition

$14.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$14.99





Born to Be Wild (IMAX)

$19.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$19.99

$22.99



Born to Be Wild (IMAX) (Combo Pack)

$24.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$19.99





Born to Be Wild (IMAX) (3-D) (Combo Pack)

$27.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$27.99





Buck Privates

$25.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$22.99





The Divide

$19.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$16.99





Frozen Planet: Complete Series

$34.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$38.99

$39.99



Halloween: Resurrection

$17.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$7.99





High Road to China

$24.49http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$29.99





In Too Deep

$17.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$7.99





Late Spring (CC)

$28.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$34.99





The Man Nobody Knew

$29.95http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$24.99





Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Combo Pack)

$21.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$22.99

$22.99



Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol LE (Combo Pack)



$19.99**





Operation Condor 2: The Armour of God

$8.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$7.99





The Princess Diaries (10th Anniv. Edition) (Target Exclusive)





$19.99



Roadracers

$7.99

$7.99





Shame (Combo Pack)

$22.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$22.99





Treme: Season 2

$53.99http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hometheaterforum-20&l=ur2&o=1

$62.99






** = Prices in effect at best Buy Tuesday, April 17, 2012 ONLY! The DVD of Ghost Protocol will climb to $17.99 on Wednesday 4-18-12 and the Blu-ray of the Limited Edition Blu-ray will climb to $22.99 on 4-18-12.


(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
--Best Buy has SPECIAL SINGLE-DAY PRICES on Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. See Grid and footnote above for details. Limited time pricing on DVD and exclusive Blu-ray will self-destruct end of day Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE release of The Alphas: Season 1 on DVD and a Limited Edition Blu-ray of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. More than one hour of bonus content.
--Best Buy has the Blu-ray editions of the first three Mission: Impossible movies for just $9.99 apiece. And the Mission: Impossible Extreme Blu-ray Trilogy for only $19.99.

--Best Buy has the following Blu-rays on sale for $7.99: Shakespeare in Love, Dodgeball, The Blues Brothers, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
--And Best Buy is advertising two Disney Classics "Returning to the Vault" on April 30, 2012:

Bambi: $14.99 DVD/$19.99 Blu-ray Combo Pack and Beauty and the Beast: $14.99 DVD/$19.99 Blu-ray Combo Pack/$29.99 Blu 3-D Combo Pack.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: None to report.

--Target has TWO EXCLUSIVE RELEASES this week: A DVD of Necessary Roughness: Season 1 and a Blu-ray Combo Pack of The Princess Diaries: 10th Anniversary Edition.

--Target also has a four-pack DVD set of all four Mission: Impossible movies for just $29.99.
--Target, this week, is advertising a price of $14.99 on recent DVD releases: Hugo, Real Steel, War Horse, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Darkest Hour, In Time. Titles shown and selected others. Blu-ray versions also on sale.
--Target Odds and Ends: Lists of DVDs for $4.75 and $7.

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the Roundup, Mike. I'll be getting Mission: Impossible LE at BB On Tuesday & Princess Diaries at Target. Hope they have it in blu ray packaging. At Target.com it shows that PD combo is available in both dvd & blu ray packaging. If it were a Toys R Us exclusive they would be sure to just have all dvd packaging. Hopefully Target will have both (or all in blu. Nobody buys dvd anymore.)

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Bill Thomann /t/320031/weekly-roundup-4-17-2012#post_3916643
Thanks for the Roundup, Mike. I'll be getting Mission: Impossible LE at BB On Tuesday...

I'm with you, Bill. That's a great deal. I wish I could get there early on Tuesday....but I think I'll have to wait until after work.

 

I pre-ordered Eight is Enough. That is 'enough' for me this week.

 

[Jason_V]

Maybe the MI 3 pack at some place other than BB. And then Ghost Protocol down the line when it gets cheaper. That's a huge "maybe" since I'm not really even watching the stuff I already have...

 

[TravisR]

Since it was a cool movie, it's only $20 and I don't knows if the BB-exclusive one will get cheaper, I'll pick up Mission: Impossible on Tuesday. And I'll get Treme: Season Two (one of the best shows on TV) when it goes on sale. The next season doesn't start airing until the fall so I've got time.
Thanks for the prices, Mike!

 

[Matt Hough]

I just got the review copies for the two Criterion releases in the mail late yesterday, so the review for Late Spring will go up later today. Alambrista! and Shame will also go up at some point this week.

Thanks for the RoundUp, Mike.

 

[Rocky F]

Looking at the Target ad, it appears by the packaging that the Princess Diaries 10th Anniversary Combo pack actually includes both the original movie and it's sequel.

 

[DavidJ]

Ghost Protocol for me this week. Thanks for the RoundUp Mike.
(And a "yeah!" for the simple grid without the pics)

 

[Charles Smith]

Normally I don't jump for current films, but I might go for Ghost Protocol, since it's not only highly recommended as a great demo disc but was a pretty damned good flick besides.

What's exclusive about Best Buy's LE? The inclusion of the extra features disc?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Since it was a cool movie, it's only $20 and I don't knows if the BB-exclusive one will get cheaper, I'll pick up Mission: Impossible on Tuesday.

Same here. Hopefully I can buy the LE on the website for in-store pickup, because the local Best Buy stock so poorly any more than I'm not confident they'll be any left after I get out of work.

 

[Matt Hough]

The review for Late Spring can be found here.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Normally I don't jump for current films, but I might go for Ghost Protocol, since it's not only highly recommended as a great demo disc but was a pretty damned good flick besides.
What's exclusive about Best Buy's LE?  The inclusion of the extra features disc?

According to DVD Town's review, the movie disc has no extras. Only the Best Buy LE includes a second BD containing extra features.

Disc two, also a Blu-ray, contains the bonus materials, mostly in HD. First up is a series of featurettes called "Mission Accepted," which includes "Suiting Up in Prague," "Heating Up in Dubai," and "Vancouver Fisticuffs." They total about forty-eight minutes and give you behind-the-scenes looks at the special effects. Next is another series of featurettes, this one called "Impossible Missions," which includes "The Russian Prison," "Shooting in IMAX," "Art Department," "A Roll of Film," "Life Masks," "Stepping into the Storm," "The Sandstorm," "Dubai Car Crash," "Lens on the Burj," "Props," and "Composer" These total about fifty-one minutes and give you more behind-the-scenes looks at things. Then, there are eight deleted scenes totaling about fifteen minutes, with optional director commentary; and two widescreen theatrical trailers.

 

[Matt Hough]

The review for Alambrista! can be found here.

 

[TonyD]

You should be able to order Ghost Protocol at BB for in store picks now.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

You sure can. Incidentally, it's a free shipping item if you don't feel like going to the store.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Mike - I'll have my review of Roadracers up later this week (missing from the Roundup, but already sold out on Amazon).

 

[Matt Hough]

The review for Shame went up tonight and can be found here.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by MattH. /t/320031/weekly-roundup-4-17-2012#post_3916879
The review for Late Spring can be found http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/320044/late-spring-blu-ray-review
The review for Alambrista! can be found http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/320085/alambrista-blu-ray-review
The review for Shame went up tonight and can be found here.

All links have been added to the grid in the OP. Thanks, Matt!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Toddwrtr /t/320031/weekly-roundup-4-17-2012#post_3917352
Mike - I'll have my review of Roadracers up later this week (missing from the Roundup, but already sold out on Amazon).

It's NOT missing from the RoundUp any more Todd. It is now waiting for the link to your review.