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The Features

 

– Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger & Tom Hanks (Sleepless in Seattle – 1993)

– Love Is a Many Splendored Thing – 1955

–Diane Kruger (The Host – 2013) 

–The Jerk – 1979
 

–Kinuyo Tanaka & friend (The Life of Oharu   1952)
 

–Audrey Hepburn (Charade   1963)


The Prices

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VHS Amazon BestBuy Target
The Gothkill LE $19.95
Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69 LE $19.99
The Bloody Ape LE $19.98
Wild Eye VHS Bundle** $59.99

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DVDs  Amazon BestBuy Target
Admission   $19.86 $18.99
Arthur C. Clarke: The Complete Collection ** $59.99 $59.99
Bonanza: The Official Sixth Season, Volume 1 & 2    $41.29 $59.99
Bonanza: The Official Sixth Season, Volume One   $32.19 $44.99
Bonanza: The Official Sixth Season, Volume Two   $44.99 $44.99
Boy   $24.99 $24.99
Combat Girls   $24.99 $24.99
Dead Man Down   $19.96 $18.99
Dynasty: The Seventh Season, Volume 1 & 2    $59.99 $89.99
Dynasty: The Seventh Season, Volume One   $25.89 $34.99
Dynasty: The Seventh Season, Volume Two   $25.89 $34.99
For Richer or Poorer   $10.49 $12.99
The Gatekeepers   $19.96 $19.99
Hands of a Murderer   $16.99
The Host   $19.86 $17.99 $17.99
How the West Was Won    $16.93
The Legend of Korra: Book One: Air   $13.96 $14.99
The Life of Oharu   [Criterion Collection] $20.97 $24.99
Mindless Behavior: All Around the World $16.41 $16.99 $12.99
Mr Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story   $19.99 $19.99
My Best Enemy   $22.48
Portlandia: Season 3   $18.93 $14.99
The Power of Few   $16.93 $16.99
Quincy, M.E.: Season 6  $29.78 $34.99
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special   $9.96 $12.99
Spring Breakers   $14.96 $14.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enter Shredder   $9.96 $9.99
Trek Nation   $12.99 $12.99
Tyler Perry's The Haves and The Have-Nots   $12.99 $14.99 $11.99
Tyler Perry's Temptation   $16.96 $14.99 $14.99
Unforgettable: Season One   $36.96 $42.99
Warehouse 13: Season Four   $36.96 $32.99
Women Who Kill   $8.99 $8.99
Would You Rather   $9.99 $9.99

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Blu-rays  Amazon BestBuy Target
Admission    $24.86 $22.99
Blood and Sand    $20.93 $19.99
Boy   $24.99 $24.99
Charade $13.99 $14.99
Cohen & Tate   $14.99 $14.99
Dead Man Down    $24.96 $22.99
The Gatekeepers   $24.83 $24.99
Gattaca   $9.49 $14.99
Hands of the Ripper    $21.99 $24.99
The Host    $24.86 $22.99 $22.99
The Jerk    $13.99 $14.99
The Legend of Korra: Book One: Air   $23.99 $24.99
Liar Liar   $13.99 $14.99
The Life of Oharu [Criterion Collection]   $27.97 $34.99
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing  [Twilight Time]
Mindless Behavior: All Around the World $22.99 $24.99 $14.99
Portlandia: Season 3   $19.99 $19.99
The Power of Few   $19.99 $19.99
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special   $16.93 $16.99
Sixteen Candles $13.99 $14.99
Sleepless In Seattle  [Twilight Time]
Spring Breakers   $18.96 $19.99
Street Trash Special Meltdown Edition   $19.99 $19.99
Tyler Perry's Temptation  $24.99 $19.99 $19.99
Would You Rather  $12.99 $12.99

 

**Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

Wild Eye VHS Bundle (VHS):  The Gothkill, Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69, Bloody Ape.

The Arthur C. Clarke Collection  (DVD):  Mysterious World, Mysterious Universe, World of Strange Powers.



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

--Yes.  VHS.  Limited VHS releases...in numbered, new black clamshell cases.  Get 'em while you can!  :D 

--There are two new Blu-ray releases from Twilight Time this week:  Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Sleepless in Seattle.  They can be found HERE for $29.95.  


--The following recent releases are on sale this week at Best Buy (all DVD unless otherwise noted):


$19.99:  Falling Skies: Season 2.

$24.99:  Falling Skies: S2 (Blu).

$27.99:  The Bible: Epic Mini-Series.

$29.99:  Breaking Bad: Season 5.

$32.99:  The Bible: Epic Mini-Series (Blu).

$34.99:  Breaking Bad: S5 (Blu)


--Best Buy has the following Blu-ray titles on sale:


$9.99:  The Big Lebowski, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek (2009), Anchorman, Top Gun.

$12.99:  Bridesmaids.

$14.99:  Ice Age: Continental Drift, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.


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


--Target this week has 30 EXCLUSIVE MINUTES on its release of Mindless Behavior: All Around the World.


--Target is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE DVD RELEASE of something called Room on the Broom for $9.99. 

--Target has FREE THEATER CASH to see new movies with the purchase of the following titles (Theater Cash code packaged inside.  Only good for theatrical movie listed.  Free offer quantitites limited; no rainchecks.):

$8.99:  Despicable Me (DVD), ParaNorman (DVD), Hop (DVD), The Lorax (DVD) for FREE $7.50 theater cash to see Despicable Me 2.  Also get a free 2" Minion figurine with the purchase of one of these titles.  Figurine packaged separately.  Quantities limited; no rainchecks.
$11.99:  Ghost Protocol (Blu-ray) for a FREE $7.50 theater cash to see World War Z.

$11.99:  The Bourne Legacy (Blu) for a FREE $8.00 theater cash to see R.I.P.D. or Kick Ass 2.

$11.99:  Columbiana (Blu) for a FREE $10.00 theater cash to see White House Down.

$14.99:  Madagascar 3 (DVD) for a FREE $7.50 theater cash to see Turbo.

--Target Odds and Ends: None to report.


 

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VHS?!? At first, I thought this was a late April Fool's joke. Do any of us here actually still support VHS in our home theater systems?
 

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Steve Tannehill said:
VHS?!? At first, I thought this was a late April Fool's joke. Do any of us here actually still support VHS in our home theater systems?
I have a machine still hooked up. I actually 3 functioning VCRs in the house (2 of the Last Mitsu SVHS 2000 and a JVC SVHS)
Admittedly in this same cabinet I have 2 Bahr tweaked LD players (CLD 99 and Mitsu 704 Clone), a dual Denon cassette, a 1980 Akai turntable (that I'm hoping to finally get up the nerve to replace with a Project Debut Carbon), and my OPPO 93.
 

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Those VHS releases are just trying to get in on the recent 'rediscovery' of the oversized VHS boxes by nostalgic horror fans. They're emulating the kind of movies that companies like Gorgon and Wizard Video put out that had over the top & totally inaccurate cover art for movies that were generally terrible.
 

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I have a JVC SVHS-ET and a Sony VHS not hooked up, but still functional. And I have a DVHS deck that is hooked up but not functional. I'll be pulling it from the main rack to replace it with a good turntable.
 

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VHS? Sure--why not? Who'd have thought not long ago about vinyl LPs making a comeback in the music industry--so deliciously retro! BTW--yes, I have a unit hooked up that dubs VHS to DVD/R.
 

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What's next? Will somebody have the bright idea to start putting movies out in super-8 format? Yes, get the entire movie on 5 400 foot reels!
 

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Yes, VHS is becoming a cult thing. Meanwhile I have to say that Sony's licensing "Sleepless in Seattle" to Twilight Time shows that they REALLY don't know what the hell they're doing, which has been apparent ever since they reissued several DVD titles a few years ago with only the pan and scan versions included when they previously had both. As part of the company that OWNS the Blu-Ray format, they should be putting out as many titles as they can to support it, and "Sleepless in Seattle" isn't exactly an obscure title either.
 

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Yep, I still have VHS as part of my DVD-R recording unit, and I do occasionally put in a tape of something not on DVD. I actually bought a videotape off Ebay during the past year: the Oliver Reed/Elke Sommer version of Ten Little Indians (which isn't very good, but I'm an Agatha Christie completist).

I should have some reviews up this week of this week's releases, but so far none of the review materials have arrived (not even Criterion which is usually reliably early). Look for Blood and Sand, Oharu, and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing in the upcoming days.

Thanks, Mike!
 

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Next thing you know they will be releasing music on 8 track tape again!

Anyone know if this release of Gattaca is the same transfer as the previous release?
 

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I still have a couple of D-VHS machines around - and a full collection of tapes...

It was a nice transition before BR/HD-DVD - and full bit-rate audio.

Although i enjoy the nostalgic sound of my LP's and turntable, I feel very little nostalgia towards VHS ;)
 

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Jesse Skeen said:
Yes, VHS is becoming a cult thing. Meanwhile I have to say that Sony's licensing "Sleepless in Seattle" to Twilight Time shows that they REALLY don't know what the hell they're doing, which has been apparent ever since they reissued several DVD titles a few years ago with only the pan and scan versions included when they previously had both. As part of the company that OWNS the Blu-Ray format, they should be putting out as many titles as they can to support it, and "Sleepless in Seattle" isn't exactly an obscure title either.
Or maybe they don't give a damn, who knows. Sleepless would have sold well as a regular release. Crap!
 

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That sale started after the weekly roundup was written, Mike doesn't miss much...

Just Oharu of the new releases at the BN sale for me (along with a bunch of other CC titles...)
 

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