Weekly RoundUp 12-14-2010 (1 Viewer)

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



– Despicable Me – 2010


– Ben Affleck & Jeremy Renner (The Town – 2010)


–Mark Wahlberg & Will Ferrell (The Other Guys – 2010)


–Jean-Piere Marielle & Dany Boon (Micmacs– 2009)


–John Wayne (True Grit– 1969)


–The Black Pirate – 1926






–24: Season 8
[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Prices[/COLOR]

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


[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review![/COLOR]




[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]SD-DVD TITLE [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]Amazon[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]BestBuy[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]Target[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]Costco[/COLOR]



24: Season 8

$38.99

$39.99

$36.99

$38.79



24: Complete Series

$179.99

$199.99

$179.99





The A-Team (Extended Cut, NR)

$16.99

$16.99

$17.99





Altiplano

$18.99

$24.99







America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (CC)

$71.99

$89.99







Army Wives: Season 4

$29.99

$34.99







Cyrus

$15.99

$15.99







Dear Mr. Gacy

$14.99

$24.99







Despicable Me

$14.99

$14.99

$15.99





Despicable Me/Minion Madness (2-pack)

$19.99

$19.99

$22.99





Double Take

$23.99

$24.99







Exit Through the Gift Shop

$12.99

$24.99







Frenemy

$16.99

$24.99







Gasland

$21.49

$24.99







Gunsmoke: Season 4 Volume 2

$27.99

$29.99







Hawaii Five-O: Season 10

$36.99

$39.99



$31.99



The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle

$18.99

$19.99







Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

$13.99

$14.99







The Last International Playboy

$18.99

$19.99







Leave It To Beaver: Season 5

$28.99

$34.99







Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole (12-17 Release)

$17.99

$17.99

$17.99

$18.99



MLB: 1960 World Series Game 7

$21.99

$24.99







Micmacs

$18.99

$19.99







Mother and Child

$18.99

$19.99







Nanny McPhee Returns

$17.99

$17.99







The Other Guys (Theatrical/Rated)

$16.99

$24.99







The Other Guys (Extended Cut/Unrated)

$16.99

$16.99

$17.99





Robert Klein: Unfair and Unbalanced

$13.99

$14.99







Sinatra: Concert for the Americas

$16.49

$16.99







The Town (12-17 Released)

$17.99

$17.99

$17.99








The price links below will take you directly to the product on Amazon.
[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review![/COLOR]




[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]BLU-RAY TITLE [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Amazon[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]BestBuy[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Target[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Costco[/COLOR]



24: Season 8

$44.99

$44.99

$42.99

$44.99



The A-Team (Extended Cut, Unrated)

$22.99

$22.99







The A-Team (Ext. Cut, NR) (Combo Pack) (Target Exclusive)





$22.99





The Black Pirate

$25.99

$29.99







Cyrus

$22.99

$22.99







Dear Mr. Gacy

$20.99

$24.99







Despicable Me (Combo Pack)

$21.99

$21.99

$24.99





Despicable Me (3-D) (Combo Pack)

$31.99

$34.99

$29.99





Hard Boiled

$15.99

$16.99







Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

$25.99

$29.99







Legend/Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole (1-disc) (12-17 release)



$19.99







Legend/Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole (Combo Pk) (12-17)

$24.99

$24.99

$22.99

$25.99



Legend/Guardians: Owls of Ga'hoole (3-D Combo) (12-17)

$29.99

$34.99







Micmacs

$26.99

$29.99







Mother and Child

$27.99

$34.99







Nanny McPhee Returns

$25.99

$26.99







The Other Guys (1-disc)

$19.99

$19.99

$19.99





The Other Guys (Combo Pack)

$22.99

$24.99

$22.99





The Town (1-disc) (12-17 Release)



$19.99







The Town (Combo Pack) (12-17 Release)

$24.99

$24.99

$22.99





True Grit (1969)

$17.99

$19.99







Vampire Circus

$21.99

$24.99










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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (CC) (DVD): Head, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Drive He Said, The Last Picture Show, The King of Marvin Gardens.

[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]



--Lots more unorthodox combinations of this week's big releases. Many different and varied combinations. Pay close attention to make sure you get what you want.



--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE 9" GIGGLING PLUS MINION for $12.99 with the purchase of Despicable Me ($19.99 when purchased alone). Products must be purchased on same receipt.



--BB has the following giftsets on sale this week TITLE (Blu-ray price/DVD price): The Godfather Trilogy $59.99/$26.99, Planet Earth $39.99/$24.99, Back to the Future Trilogy $39.99/$24.99, Ultimate Matrix $49.99/No DVD, Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box $59.99/No DVD, The Tudors Complete Series No Blu-ray/$79.99, Deadwood Complete Series No Blu-ray/$89.99, Rome Complete Series $89.99/No DVD, The Golden Girls Complete Series No Blu-ray/$89.99, The Wire Complete Series No Blu-ray/$119.99, Lost Complete Series $179.99/$149.99, The Sopranos Complete Series No Blu-ray/$199.99.



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray titles on sale this week for $9.99: The Aviator, The Dirty Dozen, Marley & Me, Mr. & Mrs. Smith.[/COLOR]

--Best Buy has the following recent releases on sale: Inception $17.99 DVD/$19.99 1-disc Blu-ray/$24.99 Combo Pack, Shrek: The Final Chapter $14.99 DVD/$27.99 1-disc Blu-ray, Lost: Season 6 $29.99 DVD/$39.99 Blu-ray.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $3.49 apiece and $4.99 and some holiday titles are advertised.

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--At Target this week...just about the cutest EXCLUSIVE I've ever seen. Target has an EXCLUSIVE COMBO PACK OF DESPICABLE ME WITH WEARABLE GOGGLES for $24.99 (same price as the combo pack without the goggles!). Quantities limited, no rainchecks.[/COLOR]







--Target is offering up a FREE $10 GIFTCARD when you buy Shrek: The Whole Story on either DVD [COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]or Blu-ray ($49.99 Blu-ray[/COLOR]/$34.99 DVD). Quantities limited, no rainchecks. Terms and conditions apply to giftcards.



--Target also has a FREE $10 GIFTCARD when you buy two of these (or other selected titles) on DVD ($17.00)[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)] or Blu-ray ($24.99):[/COLOR] Predators, Robin Hood, Percy Jackson, The Kids Are All Right, Charlie St. Cloud, Marmaduke.



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--Target has the following Blu-ray discs on sale:[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$9.99: The Dark Knight, The Lost Boys, Interview with the Vampire, Office Space, Taken, Crank 2, Transporter 3.[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$14.99: Fight Club, Boondock Saints, Matrix, Sherlock Holmes, Wolverine, Where the Wild Things Are, Gone with the Wind, The Polar Express, Prince Caspian, Spider-man 2, HP and the Half-Blood Prince.[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$17.99: Ramona and Beezus, Karate Kid (2009), The Sound of Music.[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$22.99: Up, The Last Airbender[/COLOR]



--Target has the following TV Shows and movie sets on DVD for sale this week:



$19.99: 24: Season 7



$24.99: Spartacus: Season 1, The Godfather Trilogy, John Adams



$26.99: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy



$29.99: Band of Brothers, Life: Complette Series, Planet Earth



$39.99: Harry Potter Giftset



$42.99: The Pacific



$79.99: The Tudors: Complete Series



$99.99: Friends: Complete Series, Ally McBeal: Complete Series, I Love Lucy: Complete Series, Sex and the City: Complete Series

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of selected holiday titles for various prices.



--I couldn't get any Ultimate Electronics info for this week.

Thanks Mike! Target wins this week with 3D Despicable Me 3D for $29! (I also want a minion for Christmas). In addition I pity the foo' that gets between me and the A-Team on Blu-ray this week, and its nice to see the Duke on BD this week. True Grit will round out the week nicely.


The Black Pirate will have to wait for a BOGO.

Crappy release week, at least for me. Not a thing I'm remotely interested in buying either from the new releases or the catalogue stuff on BB.com. The Town and Despicable Me are both in the Netflix queue. Thanks for saving me some money, Mike!


(And yes, I am well aware you don't create the release schedule or sale prices. But I'd rather thank you for it than some marketing person in a cubicle...)

--Target has the following TV Shows and movie sets on DVD for sale this week:


$99.99: Friends: Complete Series, Ally McBeal: Complete Series, I Love Lucy: Complete Series, Sex and the City: Complete Series

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If anyone is considering the Ally McBeal series set, note that Fox has been selling this through a direct response TV offer for only $60:

http://www.allymcbealdvdoffer.com

That's an impressive price for Ally McBeal!

Leave it to beaver season 5 week !! Mike, no picture for Leave it to beaver season 5, shame on you! Also, I have to ask you because Im curious. Are you not a fan of the 50-60s Dennis the menace tv show? Its in the works to be released next year, I figure its right up your alley, since you like Leave it to beaver.

If the True Grit Blu offered a free ticket to the remake, I'd pick it up now, but as-is, I'll wait for a price drop.

I'll be picking up the 24: Season Eight Blu-ray and probably The Town.


Thanks for the prices!

Hard to believe they've remade true grit, I'm interested when it hits around the $10 Price point, not too interested in seeing the remake.

Originally Posted by Jason_V Also, I have to ask you because Im curious. Are you not a fan of the 50-60s Dennis the menace tv show? Its in the works to be released next year, I figure its right up your alley, since you like Leave it to beaver.

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Nah...not really. LitB was really a special show for me. (And I only include pix for TV shows for either season 1 or for the last season.) Dennis the menace didn't have the same charms for me. I liked Herbert Anderson as Henry Mitchell...but not nearly as much as High Billingsley as Ward Cleaver. Jay North was too much of a "wise guy" for me. And the rest of the cast was pretty forgettable except, maybe, for Mr. Wilson. I could never warm up to the relationship between Dennis and Mr. Wilson. It might be fun to revisit it...but it just doesn't mean the same to me as Beaver. But I certainly don't begrudge anyone else for whom it might be their favorite show.

Mike, you have some good points there. The main reason I like it is because, it was the first black and white situation comedy tv show I watched back in the early 80s. I didnt discover Leave it to beaver till around 1984 or so. Ive seen a few reruns of Dennis back in 2002, when I was still in the USA, when tv land channel showed it. It didnt hold up as well as the beaver, but still better than I thought it would hold up in my memory. I cant exactly remember now, but there are things in this show that actually date it more than the beaver, but thats part of its charm. Im in for this on day 1. Although I doubt it,I hope they give it a H-D quality like the beaver sets.

Picked up Underworld 3 on Blu and Casino Royale (spec. ed) on Blu for $9.95 each at Ultimate Electronics in Boulder CO. At the same price they also had Resident Evil 3 and several other good titles (which I already had).


For $8.95, they had Sixth Day, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Gattaca, and several others. But since those are often cheap titles (and the savings was therefore not as significant) I did not get them.

Wake me up when someone has the Despicable Me 3 pack for $18 or less...

I'll be picking up the 24: Season Eight Blu-ray

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I'll get it eventually, but think I'll wait for that to go on sale at some point.

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

I'll be picking up the 24: Season Eight Blu-ray

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I'll get it eventually, but think I'll wait for that to go on sale at some point.

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Yup to both. I think I'll be looking for both of these in the used bin eventually. TV shows like 24 always end up there.

Best Buy has an exclusive Despicable Me that allows one to use their smartphone to decipher everything the Minions say I think it's just the combo blu ray version.


I'd lke to get that but I like the Target goggles too.

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

Wake me up when someone has the Despicable Me 3 pack for $18 or less...

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Buzzzzz! I'm not sure if you have Fred Meyer stores in NJ, but this week they are advertising the following for $17.99 each according to their Sunday ad insert:


Despicable Me: BD+DVD+Digital Copy

A-Team: BD+Digital Copy

The Other Guys: BD

The Town: BD+DVD

Legend of the Guardians: BD+DVD+Digital Copy


I'll have to pay more attention to their ads from now on. Its a great movie, I highly recommend it. Interestingly enough the add is also touting the DVD only versions of those titles for the same price....

There are quite a few titles being released this week that I'll probably buy when I see them in the used bins.


Oh, I've learned my lesson. . .

Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman

There are quite a few titles being released this week that I'll probably buy when I see them in the used bins.


Oh, I've learned my lesson. . .

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I have too, but I've also learned that there are exceptions. I doubt you will be able to buy True Grit anytime soon for much less than $17.99, especially if you have Amazon Prime. I'm also leery of buying WB used these days as most are rental copies with no features. I can buy The Town tomorrow locally for $17.99 and get the features plus a DVD, or get a featureless rental copy in two months for $10 + shipping. The extra 4 or 5 dolllars is worth it.

Matt's official HTF review of the blu-ray of The A-Team has been linked-to in the OP.