Weekly RoundUp 1-10-2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features

– Brad Pitt (Moneyball – 2011)

– Vera Farmiga (Higher Ground – 2011)

–Gretchen Mol & Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire – 2010)

–Film Socialisme – 2010

–Ari Graynor, Anna Faris & Kate Simses (What's Your Number?– 2011)

–The Hellstrom Chronicle – 1971

The Prices

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

Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review!




SD-DVD TITLE

Amazon

BestBuy

Target



1911

$16.99

$19.99





1911 Collectors Edition

$11.99

$14.99





Answer This!

$15.99

$24.99





Aurora

$26.99





Boardwalk Empire: Season 1

$29.99

$29.99

$34.99



A Bronx Tale

$9.99

$9.99





Columbo Mystery Movie Collection (1994-2003)

$21.49

$24.99





Dennis the Menace: Season 4

$19.99

$24.99





Diary of a Single Mom

$11.99

$12.99





Doctor Who (Episode 71 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

$23.99

$29.99





Doctor Who (Episode 83 - The Android Invasion)

$16.99

$16.99





Film Socialsme

$24.99

$24.99





GI Joe: Real American Hero: Series 2 Season 1

$20.99

$24.99





Gurozuka

$22.49







Hawaii 5-0: Season 12 (Final Season)

$33.99

$33.99





Hawaii 5-0: Complete Series

$255.99

$369.99





The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)

$19.49

$19.99





Imitation of Life (1934 & 1959)

$12.99

$12.99





Killer Elite

$16.99

$16.99

$16.99



A Mile in his Shoes

$11.99

$12.99





Moneyball

$17.99

$17.99

$16.99



Primeval: Volume 3

$32.99

$39.99





Saving Private Perez

$11.99

$11.99





The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

$19.99

$19.99

$16.99



Sinners And Saints

$11.99

$17.99





There Be Dragons

$15.99

$12.99





thirtysomething: Season 1 Volume 2

$9.98

$8.99





What's Your Number?

$14.99

$14.99

$14.99





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


Any clickable link on a title listed below will take you to our own HTF review!




BLU-RAY TITLE

Amazon

BestBuy

Target



1911

$26.99

$24.99





1911 Collectors Edition

$19.99

$19.99





American Graffiti

$14.99

$14.99





Billy Elliot

$14.99

$12.99





Boardwalk Empire: Season 1

$34.99

$34.99

$39.99



Film Socialsme

$29.99







The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)

$20.99

$24.99





Higher Ground (Combo Pack)

$20.99

$44.99





Killer Elite

$19.99

$19.99

$22.99



Legally Blonde

$11.99

$12.99





Looney Tunes Showcase: Volume 1

$18.49

$19.99





Moneyball

$19.99

$19.99





Moneyball (Combo Pack)

$22.99

$24.99

$22.99



Primeval: Volume 3

$42.99

$59.99





The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

$24.99

$24.99

$22.99



Sinner and Saints

$15.49

$19.99





There Be Dragons

$17.99

$17.99





What's Your Number?

$19.99

$19.99

$22.99



When Harry Met Sally

$17.99

$19.99






(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



--There are ALL KINDS of Blu-ray re-releases this week. Many of them are tied to Universal's 100th Anniversary celebration. Among them (not a complete list; prices are Amazon's):



$12.99: Fever Pitch, Just My Luck, John Tucker Must Die, Never Been Kissed, Shallow Hal



$14.99: The Green Mile, 8 Mile, Seabiscuit, Field of Dreams, Babe, Ray, Do the Right Thing, The Breakfast Club, All the President's Men (WB), Treasure of the Sierra Madre (WB)



$15.99: North By Northwest



$16.99: Cool Hand Luke (WB)



$17.99: A Beautiful Mind, Mamma Mia!, Fast Times at Ridgement High, Network, Apollo 13, Inglourious Basterds, Brokeback Mountain, Waterworld, 40-Year-Old Virgin,



$20.49: Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, Bourne Ultimatum



--Best Buy is returning its"Upgrade and Save" program this week--which allows you to return a "legiit" DVD and get a $5 coupon which can be used toward the purchase of any Blu-ray. Bring in your original DVD (no burned copies accepted) with the original case to Customer Service and receive a $5 off coupon valid on any Blu-ray movie priced $9.99 and up. Excludes Blu-ray music titles. See a Customer Specialist or visit BestBuy.com/upgradeandsave for more details about the Upgrade & Save promotion. Limit 5 coupons per trip. A recycling receipt must accompany the coupon at time of redemption. Once you have received your coupon, if you do not find a Blu-ray, you are unable to get your turned-in DVD back. Not valid with any other discount of package. Markdown taken from original price. Your original DVD must have been commercially packed and with the original case. Adult content DVDs not accepted. Not valid with any other offer. Valid on in-stock Blu-ray movies only. No cash value. Offer valid 1-8-12 through 1-28-12.

--Here is a list of Blu-ray titles advertised this week as being eligible with the Best Buy program:



$9.99 ($4.99 after coupon): Knocked Up, Casino, Braveheart, Rocky



$14.99 ($9.99 after coupon): Dark Knight, Scarface, Due Date, The Town, Our Idiot Brother



$17.99 ($12.99 after coupon): The Debt, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Warrior, Cowboys & Aliens



$19.99 ($14.99 after coupon): Moneyball, Killer Elite, , What's Your Number?, Green Lantern, Avatar, The Fighter, HP & the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Help, Fright Night, Friends With Benefits, Super 8



$24.99 ($19.99 after coupon): Moneyball (combo pack), Kung Fu Panda 2, Dolphin Tale



$29.99 ($24.99 after coupon): Bambi Blu-ray (combo pack), Alice in Wonderland (combo pack)



$34.99: ($29.99 after coupon): Boardwalk Empire: S1, Beauty & the Beast 3-D Blu-ray Combo Pack



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its DVD and Blu-ray copies of Boardwalk Empire: Season 1. Contains two historical featurettes and the first episode of Boardwalk Empire: Season 2. You can also buy EXCLUSIVE (to Best Buy) Boardwalk Empire Playing Cards for $3.99. [/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--Also, at BB, purchase ANY HBO series or mini-series and get a FREE Game of Thromes samplker on DVD or Blu-ray.[/COLOR]



--Best Buy is advertising FREE MOVIE CASH to see Beauty & the Beast 3-D in the theaters in copies of the Bambi Blu-ray combo pack ($29.99, Alice in Wonderland Blu Combo Pack ($29.99) and Beauty & the Beast Blu-ray 3-D Combo Pack ($34.99). Up to $12 value. In theaters 1-13-12. Offer expires 2-12-12.

--Best Buy has the following TV Shows on DVD on sale this week:



$9.99: Breaking Bad: Season 1, Breaking Bad: S2



$12.99: Cleveland Show: Season 1



$14.99: Big Bang Theory: Season 1, Cleveland Show: S2, Breaking Bad: S3, Dexter: S1, Dexter: S2

$16.99: Mad Men: S1, Mad Men: S2, Mad Men: S3, Mad Men: S4

$18.99: Two and a Half Men: S8

$19.99: Family Guy: Volume 9, Futurama: Volume 6, Spartacus: S2, It's Always Sunday in Philadelphia: Seasons 1-4 (apiece), Psych: S5

$24.99: The Simpsons: S14, 30 Rock: S5



$29.99: Glee: S2, NCIS: S8, Sons of Anarchy: S1, Sons of Anarchy: S2

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $4.99 apiece.

--Target this week has SIX EXCLUSIVE BOARDWALK EMPIRE POSTCARDS with its copies of Boardwalkj Empire: Season 1. As always, Mr. Phelps, it is unclear as to whether this goes for both their DVD and Blu-ray copies. Quantities limited, no rainchecks. Items packaged together..



--Also at Target this week, SAVE $5 INSTANTLY if you buy BOTH Killer Elite and Scorpion King 3 on Blu-ray.



--The following Blu-ray titles are on sale at Target this week (more in store):



$14.99: Green Lantern, Hangover Part II



$17.99 ($14.99 DVD): In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds



$18.99 ($13.99 DVD): Cowboys and Aliens, Change-Up



$19.99 ($14.99 DVD): Zookeeper, PotC: On Stranger Tides, 30 Minutes or Less, TRON: Legacy, Kung Fu Panda 2, Cars 2, Tangled, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast



--Target also has a $10 DVD sale (more in sale): The King's Speech, Easy A, Just Go With It, The Hangover, Burlesque, Battle: Los Angeles, Ramona & Beezus, The Expendables



--And the following TV on DVD titles are on sale this week @ Target (more in store):



$12.99: Cleveland Show: S2



$15:00: Big Bang Theory: S4, Glee: The Concert, Royal Pains: S3 Volume 1, Vampire Diaries: S2



$19.99: Justified: S2



$24.99: Modern Family: S2



$29.99: The Borgias: S1



--Target Odds and Ends: None to report.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Thanks Mike. Some of what you had listed as re-releases I think are new releases including:

$12.99: Fever Pitch, Just My Luck, John Tucker Must Die, Never Been Kissed, Shallow Hal

I am replacing my DVDs of John Tucker and Never Been Kissed with the new Blu-ray releases. Tony Robbins is attempting to motivate me to get Shallow Hal, but with those two catalog titles and Moneyball, I have hit by budget limit this week. Thankfully I previously purchased When Harry Met Sally and Legally Blonde when they were WM exclusives for $9.99.


I'm really looking forward to Moneyball. I didn't see it in the theaters, but really wanted to. Its already shipped from Amazon, so Tuesday can't come soon enough!

 

[Jason_V]

Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich

I'm really looking forward to Moneyball. I didn't see it in the theaters, but really wanted to. Its already shipped from Amazon, so Tuesday can't come soon enough!

I think you'll be really impressed with it, Adam. I went in with zero expectations and thinking I wouldn't like it due to Jonah Hill, but he's quite subdued and Brad Pitt is...well...Brad Pitt.


If the funds allow it, I'd love to pick up the new GI Joe set and Boardwalk Empire. I know I won't get to them for a year or three, but...ya know...

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich /t/317508/weekly-roundup-1-10-2012#post_3885511

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Originally Posted by Mike Frezon /t/317508/weekly-roundup-1-10-2012#post_3885515

 

Nothing for me this week. I think the end of this month and February will be big for me, though. I have a feeling this year will be very expensive, as I intend on picking up a lot of the Universal 100 blu-rays.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Well, we know American Graffiti is a reissued since it was just released last year in May. Anything, for them to place that Universal 100th Anniversary tag on it.







Crawdaddy

 

[Matt Hough]

Hope to eventually have some Fox reviews you can link to, Mike. Just waiting for the review discs to arrive!


Thanks for the RoundUp as always.

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up Boardwalk Empire: Season One and probably Moneyball ($15 with that trade-in at BB is too tempting). For those who haven't seen Moneyball yet, you're in for a treat because it's one of the better movies of the year. Thanks for the prices!

 

[Charles Smith]

The Hellstrom Chronicle kind of calls to me, but I'm wondering if I ever even saw it back in the day.

I never acquired A Bronx Tale -- maybe it's time? Already got the "Legacy Edition" Imitation of Life set, otherwise that would be a buy.

 

[Jason Hughes]

Once again, mass confusion on the Upgrade and Save deal at Best Buy. Nobody there (again) seemed to know how to operate the program (managements fault, not the workers). Finally after I got everything rung up, the clerk told me the coupons were not good for items on sale (despited the contrary listed on the website and their instore ad). Anyway, she "took care of it" for me and knocked 5 dollars off each one, after having to get a write down code of some sort from her manager 5 different times....... A pain in the rear, but still worth it as I got some good bargains.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Robert Crawford

Well, we know American Graffiti is a reissued since it was just released last year in May. Anything, for them to place that Universal 100th Anniversary tag on it.

Man...I hope this entire anniversary year for Universal doesn't make it this difficult to figure out what each week's new releases really are.

 

[Regulus]

Hawaii Five-O - The Complete Series is [COLOR=FF00AA]NOT[/COLOR] complete, it does not have the Bored, she hung herself Episode!

 

[Citizen87645]

The website terms and conditions does say, "Markdown taken from original price," which I would read as not the sale price. But good job getting them to remove the $5 from the sale price!


EDIT: Ah, I see the ad is seeming to say otherwise with the "examples."

Originally Posted by Jason Hughes

Once again, mass confusion on the Upgrade and Save deal at Best Buy. Nobody there (again) seemed to know how to operate the program (managements fault, not the workers). Finally after I got everything rung up, the clerk told me the coupons were not good for items on sale (despited the contrary listed on the website and their instore ad). Anyway, she "took care of it" for me and knocked 5 dollars off each one, after having to get a write down code of some sort from her manager 5 different times.......

A pain in the rear, but still worth it as I got some good bargains.

/t/317508/weekly-roundup-1-10-2012#post_3885589

 

[Citizen87645]

The BB trade in went painlessly for me. Went for Apes and Bosses. Not sure if I will go nuts with this deal though.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Yeah. I'm thinking of trying out the BB "Upgrade & Save" program for the first time myself.


I'll definitely be picking up the combo pack of Moneyball that way.


I'm currently checking out what other Blu-ray discs are eligible for the program. Here's a link to the titles at BestBuy.com.


EDIT: Huh. John Adams for $24.99 ($19.99 after coupon). Can't imagine a much better deal than that!

 

[Matt Hough]

The review for There Be Dragons can be found here.

 

[TravisR]

No problem doing the Best Buy upgrade or cashing in the coupon for me either.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by MattH. /t/317508/weekly-roundup-1-10-2012#post_3886438

 

[Matt Hough]

Originally Posted by Mike Frezon

Thanks, Mike!