Weekly RoundUp 10-6-2009 (1 Viewer)

[COLOR= rgb(255,0,0)]The Features[/COLOR]


– 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)

[COLOR= rgb(255,0,0)]The Prices[/COLOR]

The link below will take you directly to the product on Amazon
[COLOR= rgb(255,255,255)]SD-DVD TITLE[/COLOR] [COLOR= rgb(255,255,255)]AmazonBestBuyTargetCostco[/COLOR]Ally McBeal: Season 1 $25.99 $29.99$24.99 Ally McBeal: Complete Series $129.99 $129.99$99.99$115.99Anvil! 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$18.99National Parks (Ken Burns) $69.99 $64.99 $69.99Nip/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
The link below will take you directly to the product on Amazon
[COLOR= rgb(255,255,255)]BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostco[/COLOR]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 $89.99The 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$25.49Snow 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.

[COLOR= rgb(255,0,0)]The Disclaimer[/COLOR] [COLOR= rgb(0,0,0)]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[/COLOR]. 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 [COLOR= rgb(255,0,0)]RoundUp[/COLOR] 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 [COLOR= rgb(255,0,0)]RoundUp[/COLOR]. 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).

[COLOR= rgb(255,0,0)]The Specials[/COLOR]

--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.

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

X-Men Origins: Wolverine $15.99
Knowing $14.99

Monsters and Aliens/Bob's something in 3D 2-pack $19.99

$6.99 each:
Snatch
The DaVinci Code
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Swingers

[COLOR= rgb(51, 102, 255)]Blu-ray:
Fast and Furious $24.99
X-Men Origins: Wolverine $23.99

$19.99 each:
Superbad
Pineapple Express
Step Brothers
Gladiator

$19.99 each:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Braveheart

$24.99 each:
State of Play
Duplicity
Coraline
The House on the Left[/COLOR]

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Target on sale DVD items:

$4.75 each:
Barbie (something...)
Dr. Seuss (something...)
The Corpse Bride
Twister

[COLOR= rgb(51, 102, 255)]Blu-ray:
Bullitt $9.99
2010 $14.99
300 $19.99
The Dark Knight $19.99[/COLOR]

Just a reminder that if you plan on buying any of the titles on the roundup at Amazon this week please click on the price links in the roundup to support the forum.


I am looking forward to Contact. I haven't seen it since the DVD came out years ago, and have been wanting to watch it again so I've been waiting for the Blu-ray.

I thought that the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Blu was moved up to this week? Is it still being released on 10-20?

I've clicked on several of the Amazon links and all I am seeing is the following error message:

Looking for something?
We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site

Go to Amazon.com's Home Page

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Originally Posted by Eric Scott Richard

I thought that the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Blu was moved up to this week? Is it still being released on 10-20?

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The lists I check each week put it at 10-20-09, Eric. And, no retailers are advertising a Wonka release for this week...and you';d think that would be an important title to advertise.

You'll have to wait another couple of weeks before you look for a Golden Ticket.

Originally Posted by Eric Scott Richard

I thought that the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Blu was moved up to this week? Is it still being released on 10-20?

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Amazon says 10/20, but the Warner press site still says 10/6. I believe it got pushed back 2 weeks.

I've already pre-order Snow White, so that's a given. And I'll wait for Contact. Something tells me it will drop in price quickly just like the last group of Warner catalogue BD's.

Looking forward to finally getting the chance to see Trick 'R Treat. I'll be getting that and Audition on Blu-ray.

Mike --

One to add; it's a small DVD release but one I'll be reviewing for the forum:

Not Quite Hollywood, a documentary on the Oz exploitation film industry.

Originally Posted by Michael Reuben Cool. I've been looking forward to seeing that one.

Just Snow White on Blu for me. There's a lot of stuff I'll want to rent. My Gotta Watch pile is starting to stack up.

After what seems like an eternity, Mary Tyler Moore S5 (which I pre-ordered about three months ago!). I knew the day would come when I would be forced to buy a BD title (I'm what the industry calls a "late adopter") to get Snow White, although I might hold off since it will probably be pushed a bit as the holidays get closer. And Trick 'r' Treat is #1 on my Netflix queue!

I received a WalMart circular in my paper this weekend that has the Snow White BD (along with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Monsters vs. Aliens BDs) advertised at 19.96. There is also a Internet printable coupon for $10 bucks off Snow White.

$9.96 for a new release BD? Not too shabby.

I sure hope WalMart takes the coupon.

Originally Posted by Todd Stout

I've clicked on several of the Amazon links and all I am seeing is the following error message:

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I am getting the same error. I was going to check out Ken Burns' National Parks BD. I watched some of the series last week, and was planning on just picking up the SD-DVD (picture quality of this documentary is not a big deal due to all the old photo/film footage used), but the BD is only $7 more.

I'll be picking up Snow White on Blu-ray.

Thanks for the prices, guys!

Snow White, and Red Dwarf on Blu for me this week! Thanks guys!

Thanks for the Wonka info, Mike. I guess it is Snow White for me this week!

Thanks for the heads up on the errors you guys were getting from the links. They should be working now, not sure what happened as they were all working yesterday....

Originally Posted by MarkBirds

I received a WalMart circular in my paper this weekend that has the Snow White BD (along with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Monsters vs. Aliens BDs) advertised at 19.96. There is also a Internet printable coupon for $10 bucks off Snow White.

$9.96 for a new release BD? Not too shabby.

I sure hope WalMart takes the coupon.

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Toys R Us also show for $19.99 and I have used these coupons there before, but Walmart should too.

I love Contact and sampled my dvd a couple weeks ago, it still works.

Michael looking forward to the review of "Not Quite Hollywood".

I saw a trailer on another blu-ray and it looks really interesting.

Originally Posted by Michael Reuben

Mike --

One to add; it's a small DVD release but one I'll be reviewing for the forum:

Not Quite Hollywood, a documentary on the Oz exploitation film industry.

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That's funny you should mention NQH...I just watched it yesterday afternoon. Still trying to get through all the extras, though.