Weekly RoundUp 6-23-2009 (1 Viewer)

The Features


– Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic – 2009)


– Giorgio Albertazzi & Delphine Seyrig (Last Year at Marienbad – 1961)


– Waltz with Bashir – 2008


– Morgan Freeman & Antonio Banderas (The Code – 2009)


– My Dinner with André – 1981

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostcoBob Funk$17.99$24.99Catlow$10.49$12.99The Code$14.99$14.99$14.99Confessions of a Shopaholic (1-disc)$16.99$16.99$15.99$18.99Confessions of a Shopaholic (2-disc)$22.99$22.99$22.99Dragon Hunters$13.49$12.99The Girls Next Door: Season 5$24.99$24.99Inkheart$17.49$19.99$16.99$18.99Last Year at Marienbad (CC)$29.99$34.99Legend of the Bog$18.99$24.99Mr. Troop Mom$18.99$19.99$16.99My Dinner with André (CC)$29.99$34.99My Dinner with Jimi$13.49$12.99Phoebe in Wonderland$19.99$24.99The Pink Panther 2$17.99$17.99$16.99$18.99Reba: Season 6$15.99$19.99Table for Three$14.99$19.99$16.99Tom & Jerry: Chuck Jones Collection$18.99$24.99$19.99Waltz with Bashir$18.99$19.99


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostcoThe Code$17.99$19.99$19.99Confessions of a Shopaholic$27.99$27.99$25.99$28.99Dragon Hunters$15.49$19.99Inkheart$24.99$29.99$25.99$26.99Last Year at Marienbad (CC)$28.49$34.99Mr. Troop Mom$27.99$34.99The Pianist$28.99The Pink Panther 2$27.99$26.99$25.99Waltz with Bashir$27.99$29.99

(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

--More discrepancies between Best Buy’s Sunday flyer and bestbuy.com. Listed above are the flyer prices. Meanwhile, bb.com lists: Inkheart DVD $17.99, Waltz with Bashir DVD $18.99, The Code BD $17.99, Inkheart BD $24.99 and Waltz with Bashir BD $27.99.

--At Best Buy—ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ONLY—ALL SEASONS OF SELECT TV SERIES ARE 50% OFF. Shown in the ad are Seinfeld: Complete Series for $9.9, Lost: Season 4 for $24.99 and Smallville: Season 7 for $21.49. More in store and online @ bestbuy.com/movies. Standard DVD ONLY. Does NOT include Blu-ray disc.

--At Best Buy, get a FREE EXCLUSIVE COMIC BOOK when you buy select DVD and Blu-ray discs. Shown in flyer are Transformers DVD ($13.99) and BD ($19.99). Comic book contains codes to unlock special Transformers content @ bestbuy.com/transformers. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in theaters 6-24-09.

--BB has the following BDs on sale:

$9.99: Enter the Dragon, Gothika, Ocean’s Twelve, A Scanner Darkly, Basic Instinct, Reservoir Dogs, Dirty Dancing.

$14.99: Amadeus, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Bob Ford, Beetlejuice, The Brave One, Dirty Harry, How the West Was Won, The Matrix, Natural Born Killers.

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

--And, Target continues to advertise their EXCLUSIVE UCEs of Woodstock. DVD (with EXCLUSIVE PACKAGING) for $39.99. BD $49.99. With exclusive never-before-seen performances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Canned Heat.

--Target Odds and Ends: Titles for $10.00 (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Transformers. Selected other titles.

Dang! It's 7am and I'm the first one responding! Another REALLY weak week, and a great time to catch up on stuff I've bought but haven't watched yet.

BTW, Happy Father's Day Mike (and all the other dads out there)!

Looks like I'm catching a break this week... Thanks Mike!

Thanks for the RoundUp, Mike and Patrick!

I was hoping to pick up a TV on DVD set or two for 50% off today during the Best Buy one day sale, but if the online list is all there is to choose from, then that won't be happening. Unless you are in the market for Smallville, Lost, Gossip Girl and the Seinfeld refrigerator case, it does not appear to be much of a sale. And, as Mike pointed out, no Blu-ray. Bah... I should have known better.

Thanks for the roundup. Nothing for me. I won't blind buy Inkheart or Pink Panther 2 since I haven't heard anything good about either. Saving a lot of money these last few weeks.

Nothing for me either (which isn't a bad thing since I spent a good chunk of money last week) but thanks for the prices, guys!

It has been a fairly quiet summer so far.

Fred Meyer is offering another oddball special.

With purchase of Confessions of a Shopaholic, they throw in a free Patty Reed Totebag and some Jolly Time popcorn.

I checked out the TV on DVD sale at Best Buy, but it looked like they had the same titles on sale as online (or, maybe even a few less.) Total bust IMO. On the plus side, I snagged the Blu-ray versions of How The West Was Won and The Matrix for $14.99 each, so the trip wasn't a waste after all. I looked for the Beetlejuice Blu too, but they didn't have any on the shelves. I may check back later in the week.

Matrix on BD for 14.99? SOLD!

Amadeus and/or The Brave One are possibilities, but probably not. A good slow week...the wallet likes that. Thanks Mike!

And my wallet needed it too after last week. Thanks as always Mike.

Just Last Year at Marienbad on Blu for me. Seeing how I made $155 on the DVD I sold this time last I'm more than happy to get a Criterion.

Mine needs the same treatment.

HTWWW on Blu for $14.99. Sold. Finally.

Unfortunately I won't be able to watch it right away because the blu ray lens in my PS3 died over the weekend.

(sob)

I'm very psyched to see Waltz With Bashir -- as soon as the price of the BD drops to about half what it is now!

Nothing new for me, but made out on catalog titles Amadeus, Lethal Weapon 2 and Enter the Dragon at Best Buy. Just a note, your local stores may have unadvertised $9.99 specials, as the LW2 BD wasn't advertised in the flyer, but was marked down in the store.

Going back today to see if they have HTWWW for $15 and also to buy an iPhone holster.

Thanks as always to Mike and Patrick!