Weekly RoundUp 4-3-2007 (1 Viewer)

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Matt Damon & Angelina Jolie (The Good Shepherd – 2006)


– Penelope Cruz (Volver – 2006)


– Ed Harris (Copying Beethoven – 2006)


– Dakota Fanning & friend (Charlotte’s Web – 2006)


– Babe Ruth & Ruth Taylor (Heading Home – 1920)

The Prices

SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco3 Needles$17.49$19.99$19.99 - - All That Jazz SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Attack of the Gryphon$22.49$22.99$19.99 - - Aurora Borealis$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Baseball Double Feature$17.89$9.99$15.99 - - Bedazzled (1967)$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Betty Boop CE (2-disc)$11.19$11.99$12.99 - - **Black Christmas$21.99$19.99$19.99$19.99 -
Brady Bunch: Complete Series
$99.69$119.99109.99$89.99 -
**Charlotte’s Web
$16.99$16.99$14.99$16.99$19.49
Charlotte’s Web DE (Circuit City)
- - $19.99 - - Copying Beethoven$19.59$19.99$19.99 - - Death of a President$19.59$19.99$19.99 - - Defenders of the Earth: Vol. 2$19.99$24.99$29.99 - - Dogs O’ War Collection: WW II$17.99 - - - - Dora: Shy Rainbow$12.69$12.99$15.99$12.99 - Entourage: Season 3 Part 1$22.99$22.99$21.99$24.99$27.49**The Good Shepherd$16.99$16.99$17.99$16.99 - Hip Hop Colony$17.99$19.99$15.99 - - Hip Hop Life$13.99 - $15.99 - - Jump In!$16.99$17.99$12.99$17.99 - The King Maker$22.49$22.99$19.99 - - Law & Order: Season 5$39.49$43.99$49.99 - - Mario Bava Collection: Vol. 1$37.49$44.99$39.99 - - Mind of Mencia: Season 2$16.99$16.99$17.99$16.99 - Naked Brothers Ban: The Movie$9.99$9.99$15.99$12.99 - The Natural SE (Dir. Cut)$22.39$16.99$17.99 - - Opal Dream$26.99$24.99$19.99$19.99 - Reel Baseball (Silents 1899-1926)$26.99$24.99$19.99 - - Romantico$26.99$24.99$19.99 - - Roseanne: Season 7$29.99$34.99$34.99 - - Royal Flash$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - S*P*Y*S$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - She-Ra: Season 1 Vol. 2$37.49$24.99$39.99 - - Sweet Lorraine$6.99$6.99$6.99 - - Tom Goes to the Mayor: Comp. Series$24.49$26.99$29.99 - - Twin Peaks: Season 2$36.99$44.99$39.99$39.99 - Volver$16.99$16.99$19.99$19.99$19.49

HD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoThe Good Shepherd$27.99$34.99$39.98 - -

BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoG.I. Jane$19.95$24.99$29.99 - - Identity$19.95$24.99$28.96 - - King Arthur: Director’s Cut$19.95$24.99$29.99 - - The Natural: Director’s Cut$19.95$24.99$28.96 - - Volver$26.95$29.99$38.96 - -

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Baseball Double Feature: Kill the Umpire, Safe at Home.

Dogs O’ War Collection: World War II: Dirty Heroes, War Boy, Desert Commando, Bridge to Hell, War Devils, Heroes Without Glory, Operation: Cross Eagles, Hellcommandoes, Mediterranean in Flames.

Mario Bava Collection: Volume 1: Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Kill Baby Kill, Knives of the Avenger.

Reel Baseball: Baseball Films of the Silent Era: The Busher, Heading Home, and 11 film shorts.

The Disclaimer Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price.

"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.

I, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list every DVD. So, please don't complain! If there is a title not included in the RoundUp that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone!

Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.

The Specials

**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Black Christmas AND Charlotte’s Web AND The Good Shepherd are ALL available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one(s)!

--Amazon.com is having a BIG SALE!

--At Best Buy…purchase Charlotte’s Web on DVD and get ANY ONE of the following four titles for just $6.99: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown; Dora: Egg Hunt; Dora: Great Dinosaur Rescue; Max & Ruby: Easter with Max & Ruby. (Regular price $12.99) Must be purchased on same receipt.

--At Best Buy…purchase Jump In! on DVD and get ANY ONE of the following three titles for just $9.99: Cheetah Girls 2: Cheetah-licious Edition, High School Musical: Encore Edition, Hannah Montana: Livin’ the Rock Star Life. (Regular price $17.99) Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Best Buy is offering an EXCLUSIVE GIFT SET with The Natural on DVD. The set includes a Roy Hobbs “autographed baseball”, a NY Knights cap, and some baseball trading cards. Price = $22.99. Minimum 6 gift sets per store.

--BB also has an EXCLUSIVE FREE BONUS DISC with its copies of Mind of Mencia: Season 2. Minimum 12 per store. No rain checks.

--There’s an $11 savings at Best Buy on the purchase of Entourage: Seasons 1 & 2. These sets, which are regularly priced $33.99 are on sale for $22.99—same price as Entourage: Season 3.1

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: BB has an extensive list of DVDs on sale for $9.99 apiece. Best Buy also has a long list of season sets of TV Shows on DVD for $19.99 apiece (including Seinfeld: Seasons 1 thru 6).

--Circuit City is offering an EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD with the purchase of Jump In! on DVD. ”Watch Corbin Bleu on his journey from actor to pop star.”

--Circuit City also has a 2/$20 deal on Jump In! and High School Musical: Encore Edition. Must be purchased on same receipt. In-store only. You can get the same 2/$20 deal on the CD soundtracks for the same two movies.

--At Circuit City, get a FREE EXCLUSIVE 64-PAGE COLORING & ACTYIVITY BOOK with the purchase of Charlotte’s Web on DVD.

--Circuit City…which is offering a DELUXE EDITION of Charlotte’s Web is offering an EXCLUSIVE FREE LUNCH BOX PLUS THE 64-PAGE COLORING & ACTIVITY BOOK with the purchase of the DE.

--Circuit City is offering a FREE ENTOURAGE KEYCHAIN with the puirchase of Entourage: Season 3.1 on DVD.

--CC has Entourage: Seasons 1 & 2 on sale for $21.99 apiece.

--CC also has a long list of TV Show Season 1 sets on sale for $17.99.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has long lists of titles on sale for $4.99 and $6.99. CC also has a list of $9.99 DVDs (mostly children’s titles—many Easter-themed) which come with a FREE PLUSH BUNNY.

--Target has EXCLUSIVE POSTCARDS available with their copies of Entourage: Season 3.1. ”…featuring your favorite Entourage guys.” Quantity limited. No rainchecks.

--Target also has an EXCLUSIVE FULL LENGTH NOVEL OF CHARLOTTE’S WEB (WITH BOOKMARK) with the purchase of Charlotte’s Web on DVD. Items are packaged together. Quantity limited. No rain checks.

--Target Odds and Ends: Target also has a looooooong list this week of DVDs and TV on DVDs marked down. Some pretty good prices, too. For example, 24: Season 5 for $29.99. And, finally, Target has it’s usual assortment of $10 titles.

The Markdowns

The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:

EFFECTIVE: April 3, 2007 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)

None to report.

Good job Mike, as usual.

Looking forward to seeing The Good Shepherd on HD DVD.

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

Dancing With The Stars: Cardio Dance $12.99
Pokemon Ranger: Temple Of The Sea $14.99
Happy Feet $19.99
Rocky Balboa $19.99
Casino Royale $19.99
The Pursuit Of Happyness $19.99
Flyboys $11.99
The Illusionist $11.99
Monster House $11.99
Crank $11.99
Flushed Away $14.99

$4.99 each:
The Wedding Singer (1st Pressing)
Austin Power: International Man Of Mystery
The Whole Nine Yards
About Schmidt
Little Nicky: Special Edition
Three Amigos
Doc Hollywood
Money Talks
Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy
Twister
Tango & Cash
Purple Rain (1st Pressing)
Queen Of The Damned
Cradle 2 The Grave
The Lost Boys (1st Pressing)
I Am Sam
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
You’ve Got Mail
Angel Eyes
After The Sunset
Message In A Bottle
Cellular
Rock Star
The Astronaut’s Wife
The Pelcan Brief
Empire Of The Sun
Dreamcatcher
Dangerous Ground
Fallen
Mystic River (1st Pressing)
A Perfect Murder: Special Edition
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Bloodsport
Murder By Numbers
Cobra
On Deadly Ground
Lost In Space
Frantic
True Crime
Most Wanted

$6.99 each:
Antz
Labryinth
The Indian In The Cupboard
Casper
Flubber
13 Going on 30: Fun & Flirty Edition
Guess Who
Fried Green Tomatoes: Collector’s Edition
Forrest Gump
American Beauty
The Gospel: Special Edition
The Fifth Element (1st Pressing)
Equilibrium
Black Dawn
Any Given Sunday

$9.99 each: (Free Plush Bunny with purchase of ANY of these DVDs)
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Winnie The Pooh: Springtime With Roo
It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
Dora The Explorer: Egg Hunt
That’s So Suite Life Of Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana: Livin’ The Rock Star Life
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs – Volume II: Enchanted Tea Party
Disney Princess Stores: Volume I
Dora The Explorer: Musical School Days
Dora The Explorer: World Adventure!
The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody: Taking Over The Tipton
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
Little Einsteins: Legend Of The Golden Pyramid
My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place
Go Diego Go: The Great Jaguar Rescue
Go Diego Go: The Great Dinosaur Rescue
Dinosaur
Bratz: Fashion Policez
Avatar, The Last Airbender: Book 2 Earth – Volume I
Avatar, The Last Airbender: Book 1 Water – Volume V
Spongebob Squarepants: A Whale Of A Birthday
The Muppet Movie
School House Rock
Space Jam
Cats & Dogs

DVD Sets:
Stargate: Atlantis – Season 1 $17.99
Stargate: SG1 - Season 1 $17.99
Angel: Season 1 $17.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 1 $17.99
Dead Like Me: Season 1 $17.99
Arrested Development: Season 1 $17.99
That 70’s Show: Season 1 $17.99
Futurama: Season 1 $17.99
The Girls Next Door: Season 1 $17.99
Stacked: The Complete Series $17.99
The Addams Family: Volume I $19.99
St. Elsewhere: Season 1 $17.99
The Pretender: Season 1 $17.99
Entourage: Season 1 $21.99
Entourage: Season 2 $21.99

HD-DVD DVDS:
Batman Begins $24.99
Happy Feet $34.99
Babel $29.99
The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift $34.99


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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

Flushed Away $16.99
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown $12.99

$9.99 each:
Fun With Dick & Jane (Jim Carrey)
RV
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
Ultimate Avengers 2
Ice Age
Robots
Jumanji: Deluxe Edition
Father Of The Bride: 15th Anniversary Edition
Pink Panther: Special Edition (Steve Martin)
Pretty Woman: 15th Anniversary Edition
Hoodwinked
Nanny McPhee
Barbie: Magic Of Pegasus
Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
Benchwarmers
Sherrybaby
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Romancing The Stone: Special Edition >>>>
King Kong (Peter Jackson)
The Greatest Game Ever Played
REDS: Special Collector’s Edition
Tron: 20th Anniversary Edition
Aeon Flux: Special Collector’s Edition (Charlize Theron)
Ultraviolet: Unrated Extended Cut
Zathura: Special Edition
Dead Poet’s Society: Special Edition
The Mummy Collector’s Set (3 Movies)
Munich
Legends Of The Fall: Special Edition
Memoirs Of A Geisha

DVD Sets:
The Lost Room $14.99
Tom Goes To The Mayor $26.99
She-Ra: Princess Of Power: Season 1 – Volume II $24.99
The Wire: Season 1 $24.99
ROME $59.99
The Sopranos: Season 4 / 5 / 6.1 $54.99 each

$19.99 each:
Seinfeld: Season 1 + 2 / 3 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Rescue Me: Season 1 / 2
Dawson’s Creek: Season 6
Party Of Five: Season 2
The King Of Queens: Season 5
Starsky & Hutch: Season 4
Married With Children: Season 5
Bewitched: Season 3
Charlie’s Angels: Season 3
Boondocks: Season 1 - Uncut & Uncensored

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Target on sale DVD items:

Happy Feet $17.99
Flushed Away $14.99
Everyone’s Hero $14.99
Garfield: A Tale Of Two Kitties $14.99
Open Season $17.99
Eragon Low Price ($17.99)
Cinderella III $17.99
Peter Pan: 2-disc Platinum Edition $17.99
The Nativity Story $17.99
The Pursuit Of Happyness Low Price ($17.99)
Dora The Explorer : Egg Hunt $7.99
Curious George $14.99
Barnyard $14.99
Chicken Little $14.99
It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown $7.99
Max & Ruby: Springtime For Max & Ruby $7.99
Peter Cottontail: The Movie $7.99
Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines (Limited Edition) $7.99
Barbie As The Princess & The Pauper $7.99

Pokemon Ranger: Temple Of The Sea $16.99
Target Exclusive Music CD. Quantity Limited. No rain checks

$10.00 each:
Little Miss Sunshine
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Devil Wears Prada
The Marine
Flyboys
The Illusionist
A Good Year
Flicka
John Tucker Must Die
X- Men 3: The Last Stand

DVD Sets:
Sex And The City: The Compete Series $139.99
Monk: Season 4 $32.99
The Simpsons: Season 9 $24.99
Martin: Season 1 $22.99
24: Season 5 $29.99
The Office: Season 2 $29.99
Family Guy: Volume IV $19.99
Beverly Hills 90210 : Season 1 $27.99
Friends: Season 10 $19.99
Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 7 $19.99
Full House: Season 5 $19.99
Scrubs: Season 1 $27.99
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 1 $17.99
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 2 Uncut $39.99
The Hills: Season 1 $19.99
Entourage: Season 2 $24.99

Thanks for the roundup. Just Charlotte's Web for me at CC w/ coloring book (for the nieces & nephews). Won't be spending an extra five spot for the lunchbox.

Thank a million fellas!

Looks like
She-Ra S1 V2
The Lost Room
Seinfeld S6

Thanks guys! Just The Good Shepherd on HD DVD and Entourage for me this week.

Thanks, Mike and Patrick!

At long last... Twin Peaks: Season Two for me!! BTW, what's up with that awful Best Buy price?

And, I'm really leaning towards the Mario Bava Collection: Vol. 1, but from the reviews I've seen so far, there appears to be little to no improvement over the older Image discs.

Lastly, if I were in to it (which I'm not), that $89.99 seems like a pretty nice price at Target for the Brady Bunch: Complete Series box set.

I'd like to pick up She-Ra, but it won't happen with this weekends Chicago trip. Thanks, as always, guys.

I'm tempted to pick up Charlotte's Web as a blind buy at Target. I read that book about a dozen times as a kid and would love to pass it on to my niece...

Gotta pick up Arrested Development S1 for $17.99! I originally rented it and bought seasons tow and three, so now the collection is complete!

Found a couple of other deals in the circulars:

KMart's April 1-8's flyer shows the 3 disc TEN COMMANDMENTS ANIVERSARY EDITION and the 2 disc THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST DEFINITIVE EDITION for $9.99 each. (I figure this may be a photo error, but I plan to use it for price-matching anyway.)

Toys R Us is offering Buy 1 Get One at 50% Off on all DVDs.

I'll be picking up

Black Christmas
Entourage: Season Three
and Twin Peaks: Season Two (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Thanks for the prices!

Definitely looking forward to Law & Order Season 5. Sam Waterston comes in as the new executive ADA. Can't go wrong when you've got Waterston and Orbach together.

I have a $3.00 Off Coupon for Charlottes Web That means I'll be able to get this Movie for $11.99 at Circuit City. I also got a $25.00 Money card from a Car dealer so I'll be using it to get a Future DVD Set!



BTW This version of Charlottes Web SMOKES its 1972 Predecessor!

Looks like I'll be picking up The Good Shepherd this week. Heading Home looks interesting too... I'll probably stick with Netflix on that one, though.

As always, thanks!

Thanks for the prices, guys.

This week is just Entourage S3V1 (which I've been watching for the past week thanks to an early shipment from my e-tailer) and BB's Natural Gift Set.

**And a head's up on the Natural gift set - BB.com has it listed for $19.99, not the $22.99 that is listed in the flyer. So if anyone else is looking into that one, you may want to go the .com route for in-store pickup (assuming they still have that price on the site on Tuesday).

Does anyone know if "The Natural: Director's Cut" is still coming out on Blu-ray on 4/3? Amazon has it listed but DVDempire took it off it's site. I just checked Netflix & they don't have the Blu-ray listed either.

Anyone have any info on this?

In addition to Season 5 being on sale, Target also has Seasons 2-4 of 24 on sale for $34.99 each. In addition, they appear to have permanently marked down Season 1 of 24 to $19.99.

Does anyone know if "The Natural: Director's Cut" is still coming out on Blu-ray on 4/3? Amazon has it listed but DVDempire took it off their site a couple of weeks ago for pre-order?

Think Charlotte's and Good Shepherd Will be Rentals for me. I may pick up the Natural once it hits the usual Discount Sales, and I Might pick up The Illusionist in one of those Sales..

Long time viewer / reader; first time poster

Thank you Michael and Patrick for your all your efforts each week to keep us informed of the best sales around. Over the past couple of years, I have saved many dollars due to your diligent work here.

They don't stay long as I am always here reading about ways to spend them at one of the many online Buy One Get One Free Sales. You'll get no complaints from me.

However, I was moved to write when I opened the Best Buy circular found in today's Boston Globe. While it listed all that you did, one line appears to have been left out which makes the sale even better.

$19.99 each after savings
Save $10-$22 on ALL seasons of these favorite shows (excludes Seinfeld Season 7 and complete series box sets.

I would humbly suggest that the list copied below should be changed as follows:


Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$19.99 each:
Seinfeld: Season 1 + 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Rescue Me: Season 1 / 2
Dawson’s Creek: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Party Of Five: Season 1 / 2
The King Of Queens: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Starsky & Hutch: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Married With Children: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Bewitched: Season 1 / 2 / 3
Charlie’s Angels: Season 1 / 2 / 3
Boondocks: Season 1 - Uncut & Uncensored

As for me, I just ordered a BUNCH of $6- movies online, so I won't be buying for a while.

Thanks again for all your work!

The Best Buy website confirms this information. In addition,
I Dream of Jeannie 1 / 2
are listed at $19.99 each