Weekly RoundUp 10-21-2008 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Ursula Andress (Dr. No – 1962)


– Ed Norton (The Incredible Hulk – 2008)



– Vincent Price (The Last Man on Earth – 1964)


– Sissy Spacek & Jack Lemmon – (Missing – 1982)


– Kid Galahad – 1937

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAccording to Jim: Season 1$27.99$26.99$34.99 - - All I Want for Christmas$12.99$12.99$12.99 - - Anaconda 3: Offspring$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Ben 10 Alien Force: Season 1 Volume 1$9.99$12.99$14.98 - - Bride of the Monster (1955)$12.99$12.99$9.99 - - Bond: Casino Royale (1967) (40th Anniv.)$17.99$14.99$12.99 - - Bond: Casino Royale CE (2006) (3-disc)$24.99$19.99$14.99 - - Bond: Die Another Day UE$14.99$14.99$12.99 - - Bond: Dr. No UE$14.99$14.99$12.99 - - Bond: For Your Eyes Only UE$14.99$14.99$12.99 - - Bond: From Russia With Love UE$14.99$14.99$12.99 - - Bond: Live and Let Die UE$16.99$14.99$12.99 - - Bond: The Living Daylights UE$14.99$19.99$12.99 - - Bond: Octopussy UE$14.99$19.99$12.99 - - Bond: Thunderball UE$14.99$14.99$12.99 - - Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)$9.95$8.99$6.99 - - Dynasty: Season 3 Volume 2$26.99$29.99$29.99 - - Eclipse 13 K. Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women (CC)$41.99$69.99$59.95 - - Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed$17.99$17.99$19.99 - - The F Word$14.95$12.99$12.99 - - Family Guy: Volume 6$25.99$26.99$24.99$26.99 - Family Guy: Party Pack$115.99$129.99$109.99$109.99 - Gangsters Collection: Volume 4 (WB)$53.99$69.99$59.98 - - A Grandpa for Christmas$12.99$12.99$12.99 - - **The Incredible Hulk (1-disc)$15.99$15.99$14.99$15.99 - The Incredible Hulk SE (3-disc)$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99The Incredible Hulk: Season 5$21.99$22.99$19.99$15.99 - The Incredible Hulk: Complete Series$111.99$129.99$109.99 - - Holiday Favorites w/ Wonderland Carolers$14.95$12.99$12.99 - - Knight Rider: Complete Series$99.99$99.99$129.99 - - The Last Man on Earth (1964)$12.99$12.99$9.99 - - The Lazarus Project$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - Linewatch$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Vol. 6$19.99$19.99$21.99 - - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 6$44.99$44.99$59.99 - - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Comp. Series$139.99$149.99$199.98 - - Missing (1982) (CC)$29.99$34.99$34.99 - - Mondays in the Sun$21.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Other Boleyn Girl (BBC)$14.99$14.99$17.99 - - Phantom from Space (1953)$9.95$8.99$6.99 - - Phantom Planet (1961)$9.95$8.99$6.99 - - Santa Clause: The Movie$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - The Strangers (NR)$19.99$17.99$16.99$19.99 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: S2 Part 2$14.99$11.99$14.99 - - Vice$17.99$14.99$14.99 - -


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoBond: Casino Royale CE (2006)$26.95$29.99$34.99 - - Bond: Die Another Day$23.95$24.99$21.99 - - Bond: Dr. No$23.95$24.99$21.99 - - Bond: For Your Eyes Only$23.95$24.99$21.99 - - Bond: From Russia With Love$21.95$24.99$21.99 - - Bond: James Bond – Volume 1$58.95$59.99$59.99 - $58.99Bond: James Bond – Volume 2$61.95$59.99$59.99 - $58.99Bond: Live and Let Die$23.95$24.99$21.99 - - Bond: Thunderball$23.95$24.99$21.99 - - The Breed$13.95$17.99$17.99 - - Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed$24.95$29.99$34.99 - - The F Word$16.95$19.99$17.99 - - Funny Games$30.95 - - - - Geo. Romero’s Diary of the Dead$19.95$19.99$19.99 - - Halloween (2007)$24.95$24.99$24.99 - - The Incredible Hulk$25.95$26.99$29.99 - $26.99Holiday Favorites w/ Wonderland Caroleers$16.95$19.99$17.99 - - Red Desert (1964)$36.95 - - - - Spatial Dynamics: 3-D Musical Experience$21.95 - - - - The Strangers (NR)$27.95$29.99$29.99 - - Shrooms$39.95 - - - - Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet St.$27.95$29.99$34.99 - -

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Gangsters Collection: Volume 4 (WB): The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The Little Giant, Larceny Inc., Invisible Stripes, Kid Galahad, Public Enemies – The Golden Age of the Gangster Film.

James Bond: Volume 1 (Blu-ray): Dr. No, Die Another Day, Live and Let Die.

James Bond: Volume 2 (Blu-ray): For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Thunderball.

James Bond Six-Pack (Amazon Exclusive): Dr. No, Die Another Day, Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Thunderball.

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.

"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.

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, 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, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.

The Specials

**Be Careful! The Incredible Hulk (1-disc) is being released, this week, in both OAR and MAR versions! Get the right one!

--Amazon craziness: Some BIG exclusive this week @ amazon.com. First up, Exclusive packaging on The Incredible Hulk Blu-ray release:



Also, amazon has an exclusive James Bond Blu-ray “6-pack” for $111.95. A good deal if anyone plans to get all six:



And, amazon has a Family Guy Complete Set (with Stewie Head Packaging) for $121.99 (although I don’t know how it can be complete since new episodes are being aired):



--ALL James Bond releases this week (both SD-DVD and Blu-ray) all carry FREE MOVIE MONEY to see Quantum of Solace. In theaters 11-7-08. Valid through 12-31-2008.

--Best Buy has EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOK PACKAGING on the James Bond Blu-ray titles this week.

--Best Buy has a FREE EXCLUSIVE LITHOGRAPH with ANY new release, this week, of The Incredible Hulk. Minimum 8 per store. Limit 1 per customer. No rainchecks.

--If animated wise-acre babies are more your thing than big green guys, maybe you’d prefer a FREE EXCLUSIVE LITHOGRAPH with this week’s release of Family Guy: Volume 6.

--Best Buy also will have a FREE EXCLUSIVE GUIDE BOOK with its copies of Looney Tunes: Golden Collection – Volume 6. Minimum 6 per store. Limit 1 per customer.

--The following Blu-ray discs are on sale for $19.99 at Best Buy this week: The Departed, Eraser, Hairspray, I Am Legend, Letters from Iwo Jima, Outbreak, The Shining, Under Seige 2: Dark Territory. AND…buy any TWO of these titles on the same receipt and get them both for $35.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99 and $6.99.

--Circuit City is advertising a FREE COLLECTIBLE INTERACTIVE CD GAME CARD with their copies of The Incredible Hulk SE (3-disc) on SD-DVD. Available on-line and in select stores. While supplies last.

--Circuit City has a $5 INSTANT SAVINGS when you purchase ANY TWO of the new James Bond titles on SD-DVD OR Blu-ray. In-store only. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Circuit City is also advertising four volumes of James Bond Ultimate Edition SD-DVD gift sets for $39.99 apiece.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Lists of titles for $4.99 and $6.99. And, a number of $7.99 “Triple Feature” DVDs.

--Target, this week, is advertising another of it’s DELUXE EDITIONS of The Incredible Hulk on SD-DVD. Includes “breaking wall” packaging and bonus disc with additional content and digital copy. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.

--And Target’s got a DELUXE EDITION of Family Guy: Volume 6. This is priced at $29.99 ($3 above the regular release). With signed script and collectible poster.

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of recent-release DVDs for $14.99.

 

[Dave Jessup]

Looney Tunes Golden Collection 6 here. I jumped on the Time-Life wagon for Man From UNCLE last year - really should watch some more of those.

Thanks as ever for the price work, gents.

 

[Regulus]

As soon as a certain on-line Retailer has their 20% off sale next month The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is MINE! (Along with a Couple of other Complete Series!)

 

[Jason_V]

This is the kind of week that just makes me want to cry. Sweeney Todd, the Bond's, Hulk and, if I weren't such a damn pansy when the BF is gone, The Strangers. In all likelihood, it'll be Hulk and ST on Tuesday. Maybe some Bond's come Thursday and payday...

 

[Patrick Sun]

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

Iron Man $14.99
Transformers: 2 Disc Special Edition $14.99
Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull $14.99
The Happening $16.99
Trailer Park Terror $14.99
Go Diego Go: Bugs’ World $9.99 (All Diego videos are on sale this week)

$4.99 each: Titles May Vary By Store & More Titles In Store
The Descent: Original Unrated Cut
House Of 1000 Corpses
High Tension
Silent Hill
Feast: Unrated
The Silence Of The Lambs
Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition >>>>
Jeepers Creepers
Halloween
The Simpsons Treehouse Of Terror
The Devil’s Rejects
Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition
Carrie: Special Edition
Pet Sematary: Special Collector’s Edition
The Covenant
Thir13en Ghosts
Fright Night
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Premonition
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: New Line Platinum Series >>>>
George A Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead

$6.99 each:
P2
Resident Evil: Extinction
1408
Hostel: Director’s Cut
Hostel : Part II – Unrated Director’s Cut
Vacancy
30 Days Of Night
The Mist
Mr. Brooks
Lake Placid 2
The Rundown
Carlito’s Way: Rise To Power
JAWS: 30th Anniversary Edition
King Kong (Peter Jackson)
Waist Deep
The Terminator
The Bourne Identity: Explosive Extended Edition
Jurassic Park: Collector’s Edition
Unleashed: Unrated
Van Helsing
The Transporter: Collector’s Edition
Munich
DOOM
Behind Enemy Lines
The Thomas Crown Affair (Brosnan)
The Fast & The Furious: Tricked Out Edition
2 Fast , 2 Furious
Phantasm
Halloween Unrated: Director’s Cut
Bram Stoker’s Dracula

$7.99 Triple Feature DVDs: Titles May Vary By Store
Club Dread / Killer Klowns Rom Outer Space / Killer Tomatoes Strike Back
Carrie / Prom Night II / Swimfan
Child’s Play / The Good Son / The Omen
Candyman 2: Farewell To The Flesh / The FOG / Terror Train
Alien / Invasion Of The Body Snatchers / Lifeforce
Dark Wolf / The Howling / Perfect Creature
The Amityville Horror / The Legend Of Hell House / Poltergeist II / Poltergeist III

DVD Sets:
James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD Gift Sets: Volume I / II / III / IV $39.99 each


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Best Buy on sale DVD items:
Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull >>>> $15.99
All Together Now: A Documentary Film >>>> $19.99 ????
Paul Stanley: One Live KISS >>>> $11.99

$4.99 each:
More Titles In Store & Online
JAWS: 30th Anniversary Edition
Jurassic Park: Collector’s Edition
SAW II
Friday The 13th
The Ring
American Psycho: Uncut Version – Special Collector’s Edition
28 Days Later
Aliens
Alien
BUG
Candyman: Special Edition
Children Of The Corn
Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition
Christine
The Covenant
The Descent: Original Unrated Cut
From Hell
The Grudge 2: Unrated Director’s Cut
The Grudge
The Hills Have Eyes
The Howling: Special Edition
Identity
Jeepers Creepers
The Mothman Prophecies
Night Watch
Phantasm
SAW
Turistas: Unrated
Wrong Turn
Zodiac

6.99 each:
Halloween: 25 Years Of Terror
Hostel: Director’s Cut
28 Weeks Later
Dawn Of The Dead (Divimax Edition)
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Alien vs. Predator
Day Of The Dead
Donnie Darko (1st pressing)
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Halloween
Hatchet: Unrated
Hellraiser
The Hills Have Eyes 2: Unrated
Hollow Man
Hostel Part II: Unrated
Land Of The Dead
Mr. Brooks
Resident Evil: Extinction
SAW III: Unrated Edition
Shaun Of The Dead
The Silence Of The Lambs
Vacancy

Blu-Ray Discs:
Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull $24.99
Made Of Honor $29.99
The Fall $29.99
The BBC Earth Collection $99.99
James Bond Blu-Ray Collection Volume I or Volume II $59.99

2 for $35 (Blu-ray)
Letters From Iwo Jima $19.99
Hairspray $19.99
I Am Legend $19.99
The Departed $19.99
Eraser $19.99
Outbreak $19.99
The Shining $19.99
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory $19.99

DVD Sets:
The L Word: Season 5 $37.99
Family Guy: Volume I / II / III / IV / V $29.99 each
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection VI $44.99

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Target on sale DVD items:

Iron Man $14.99
Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull $14.99
Sex & The City: The Movie $14.99
The Happening $14.99

DVD Sets:
Family Guy: Volume VI – Target Deluxe Edition $29.99
Family Guy: The Complete Collection $109.99

 

[JackKay]

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I've got to get a Blu-ray player!

 

[John Swarce]

Mike:

Is the Hulk collectible packaging at Target only for the SD version, or is it available in Blu-ray as well? I'm thinking SD only, but one can hope!

--John

 

[RickER]

The Bonds on Blu for me.
Thanks guys.

 

[olaf675]

If anyone is interested in 'The Silence of the Lambs:Collector's Edition' DVD at Best Buy, you may encounter a pricing problem.

The ad says $6.99 for the Collector's Edition (as noted by the spine in the ad), but they have two SKU's for the same item - 4224379 and 8237142. The only difference is the cover (one is lenticular), as both share the same extras and UPC code - 027616065841.

I believe you can get SKU 8237142 from Best Buy's site, but it shows the cover for SKU 4224379 (!).

Until recently, Best Buy's site had the DVD for around $11.00, noting an $8 savings, but luckily changed it.

This problem might have been corrected by the time you get to your Best Buy, that is if you don't already have the DVD.

 

[Mike Frezon]

John: It looks like it's only on the Target versions of the SE SD-DVD. The Blu-ray is listed @ $27.99 with no picture. That's too bad. I hope that if they continue to have retailer exclusive (and it looks like they are here to stay) that they extend them to Blu-ray as well. I see, occasionally, that they do...but usually only when it is not an "on pack" situation...like the Hulk lithographs at Best Buy this week.

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Six and the Halloween remake and The Strangers on Blu-ray. And I'll start buying the Bond Blu-rays here and there too.

Thanks for the prices, guys!

 

[Todd Schnell]

Bond on Blu for me.
Dr. No, & From Russia With Love for sure. Perhaps Thunderball as well.

 

[John Swarce]

Thanks, Mike, for the info. I thought as much when I got the Target ad and looked at it today. Would have made a nice go-together with the Iron Man Blu-ray from a couple of weeks ago.

The lithographs at BB are on pack? They must be really small or folded, so either way, those are out. Guess I just get the Hulk in the "Green-ray" packaging, then.

Surprised there is no advertising for the Man from U.N.C.L.E. release. I'll still be looking for it in-store.

--John

 

[Mike Frezon]

Nooooooooooo!

John: You mis-read my post. The lithos are NOT on-pack...which is why they can give them out with BOTH SD & BD titles!

 

[Mike Frezon]

It'll be in briefcase-style packaging, John...if you can find it in-store. Looks pretty cool!

 

[Chris S]

So many titles, so little money...

James Bond BD (Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball), Incredible Hulk BD, Lonney Tunes Vol 6 (hoping for a good Costco deal), and LittleBigPlanet (PS3 game which may not come till next week).

 

[John Swarce]

Jeez, one week I call you "Dave", the next week I can't read your posts correctly! What the heck is wrong with me?

BB gets my business for Hulk, then!

Now I have to go mourn the Red Sox loss to Tampa tonight (and what a great team Tampa has this year!).....:frowning:

--John

 

[Mike Frezon]

The Rays were good all season...from April to October.

And that's coming from a lifelong Red Sox fan.

 

[Craig S]

Bond fans who have a Fry's nearby, take note: The individual Bond Blu-Rays are going for $16.99 apiece on Tuesday. This is off of a Houston Fry's ad; local results may vary but I'd be surprised if this wasn't a chain-wide deal.

That's a kick-ass price both for Bond cherry-pickers AND for those of us who are staying away from the three-packs because of the packaging.

 

[streeter]

Does anyone know what the Free Guide is that comes with Looney Tunes Vol. 6 at Best Buy?