Weekly RoundUp 10-27-2015 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features

 

– My Fair Lady – 1964

– Mulholland Dr. – 2001

– Southpaw – 2015

– Pixels – 2015
 

– Them! – 1954
 

– Max – 2015


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!

VHS	Amazon	BestBuy	Target
The Period	$34.95
Two Thousand Maniacs!	$34.95

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!
 

DVDs	Amazon	BestBuy	Target
Barbie & Her Sisters in The Great Puppy Adventure	$11.66		$12.99
Black Veil for Lisa, A	$10.99
Blue City	$6.99
Deadly Bees, The	$6.99
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors	$17.99
Downton Abbey: Seasons 1-5	$59.99		$54.99
The Escort	$14.98
Flying Disc Man From Mars	$12.99
Forbidden Hollywood: Volume 9	$40.99
The Gift	$15.98	$15.99
GTFO	$24.95
I Want to Live!	$9.49
Impromptu	$10.99
Katy Perry: Prismatic World Tour [Friday 10-30 release]	$13.48
Lilies of the Field	$9.49
Mandingo	$6.99
Max [2015]	$14.85	$14.99
The Middle: Season 6	$32.39
Mulholland Dr. [Criterion Collection]	$22.99
No Man's Woman	$24.95
One and Only, The	$6.99
Partners	$6.99
Phase IV	$6.99
Pixels	$16.99	$16.99	$14.99
Roxy: The Movie	$18.88
Southpaw	$14.98	$14.99
Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back	$6.99
Sunset Edge	$29.95
True Fear: The Making of Psycho	$19.95
Tu dors Nicole	$29.95

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-rays	Amazon	BestBuy	Target
Army of Darkness CE	$17.99
Barbie & Her Sisters in The Great Puppy Adventure	$16.99		$17.99
Black Veil for Lisa, A	$12.99
Blue City	$12.99
Breeders [1986]	$12.99
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers	$12.99
Dark Blue	$12.99
Deadly Bees, The	$12.99
Downton Abbey: Seasons 1-5	$54.98
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors	$19.99
Edgar Allen Poe's Black Cats	$62.96
End, The	$29.95
Fifth Element, The [Supreme Cinema Series]	$27.85
Flying Disc Man From Mars	$12.99
Forbidden Zone [+ soundtrack CD]	$27.99
Get Mean LE	$24.99
The Gift	$18.67	$19.99
Heart of Midnight	$12.49
Home Fires	$49.99
Human Centipede III, The: The Final Sequence	$25.39
Human Centipede, The:  The Complete Sequence	$49.99
Impromptu	$12.99
Katy Perry: Prismatic World Tour  [Friday 10-30 release]	$17.98	$13.99
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects	$12.99
Leon: The Professional [Supreme Cinema Series]	$31.32
Mandingo	$12.99
Max [2015]	$24.99	$22.99
Messenger of Death	$12.99
Meteor Man, The	$12.99
Mighty Joe Young	$14.94
Monty Python and the Holy Grail [40th Anniversary Edition]	$13.99
Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Limited Edition Castle Catapult Gift Set]	$34.83
Mulholland Dr.  [Criterion Collection]	$27.99
My Fair Lady [50th Anniversary Edition]	$35.99
No Man's Woman	$12.99
One and Only, The	$12.99
Partners	$12.99
Phase IV	$12.99
Pippi Longstocking Collection, The	$49.97
Pixels	$19.97	$19.99	$18.99
Pixels [3-D Blu]	$22.97	$22.99
Roxy the Movie	$19.99
Son of Kong	$14.98
Southpaw	$18.00	$19.99
Special Effects Collection	$42.90
Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back	$12.99
Them!	$14.86
Tu dors Nicole	$34.95

 

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:


Special Effects Collection (Blu-ray):  Them!, Mighty Joe Young, Son of Kong, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.

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

--At Best Buy, this week, an EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOK release of Southpaw.  The steelbook comes at a premium:  $22.99. 

--Best Buy also has an EXCLUSIVE METALPAK release of Pixels.  (No premium price for the Metalpak.)

--And, Best Buy is advertising an EXCLUSIVE DR. WHO Blu-ray Christmas Specials Gift Set.  Includes Sonic Screwdriver--whatever THAT means.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:  A list of Halloween movies...starting at $3.99.  Up to 200 titles (both DVD & Blu) from which to choose.  BestBuy.com/HalloweenMovies2015

--Target this week has an EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY RELEASE of Pixels.  They have three different game character lenticular packages from which to choose:  Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Asteroid.  The price for the copies with the lenticular covers is $19.99.

--Target is also advertising a FREE $5 Target Giftcard when you buy the movie Southpaw AND the soundtrack CD ($13.99). 

--Target has the following TV Shows on DVD (unless noted as Blu) on sale this week:

$19.99:  Outlander: Season 1 Volume 2, Homeland: Season 4.

$24.99:  Penny Dreadful: Season 2, Outlander: Season 2 Volume 2 (Blu), Homeland: S4 (Blu).

$29.99:  Penny Dreadful: S2 (Blu), Supernatural: Seasonb 10.

$34.99:  Supernatural: S10 (Blu), The Walking Dead: Season 5.

$39.99:  Walking Dead: S5 (Blu)

 

--Target has a FREE Barbie Chelsea DOLL ($6.99 value) when you buy this week's Barbie movie AND the Barbie Spin 'N Ride Pups Toy (Sale $24.99).  Free doll located in toy department.  Quantities limited.  No rain checks.

--Target Odds and Ends: A FREE Minion flashlight with the purchase of any Despicable Me Movie...and a list of kids Halloween DVD titles from $4.25 to $7.99  There's another list of Halloween Horror Movies which includes American Psycho on Blu for $4.99 and a list of DVDs from $4.99 to $12.99.

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

VHS tapes for $35?


You can buy a bare-bones DVD player for $35 these days.

 

[Matt Hough]

Thank you for the RoundUp, Mike. Some really good titles this week.


I'll have the review for Impromptu tomorrow, and I signed up to review Southpaw, but the review disc has not arrived. And, of course, we're all still waiting for Twilight Time releases, too, which should get here this week.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Thanks for the prices. I got the two Bronson titles ordered. I also ordered ARMY OF DARKNESS. I'm not a big fan but at $18 I'm curious in the extras.


I'll probably rent TRUE TERROR: THE MAKING OF PSYCHO. I watched a few of the director's other documentaries and they're extremely cheap but entertaining.

 

[TravisR]

I'll pick up Army Of Darkness and I'll wait for the upcoming Barnes And Noble sale to get Mulholland Dr.


Thanks for the prices, Mike!

 

[Mike Frezon]

I've got Mulholland Drive pre-ordered from Amazon ($22.49 when Amazon was price-matching someone else's sale a while back!). Also, My Fair Lady.


And...Amazon is now telling me my pre-order of Witness will be delivered Tuesday as well.


And, I think I might just pick up that new Katy Perry blu-ray, too! I hope Amazon matches the Best Buy price of $13.99.


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And, as always folks...thanks for the likes on the OP. Each and every one is appreciated.

 

[Jason_V]

Thanks, as always, Mike. Nothing for me this week...we came home with PLENTY of swag from a week at Disneyland.


Next week is a different matter, though...

 

[Mark-P]

Probably the most expensive week ever for me, with My Fair Lady, The Special Effects Collection, and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Season 3, which by the way Mike is missing from your lineup.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Probably the most expensive week ever for me, with My Fair Lady, The Special Effects Collection, and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Season 3, which by the way Mike is missing from your lineup.

Mark,


A reminder that such titles might be listed in the Blu-ray Preorder Listing I maintain for the forum.

 

[Tony J Case]

By the way the Best Buy Halloween specials are here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/halloween-movies-offer-145581 - your link was broken.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Thanks, Mike. For the first time in a long while, there are actually more than a couple of items coming my way. I have Mulholland Drive, My Fair Lady and Them! all on pre-order.

 

[Peter McM]

Mulholland Dr. from B&N next month. My Fair Lady when the price comes down a bit.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Thanks for your work, Mike. That being said, nothing for me this week. I want My Fair Lady, but not at that ridiculous price, so it and Monty Python and the Holy Grail will enter my collection post-price drops.

 

[Joseph Bolus]

Looking forward to "My Fair Lady" --- had it on preorder from Amazon for a year!


As to the "Sonic Screwdriver" in the Dr Who Christmas Package: It's obsolete now! As of Season 9 (New Series) the Doctor has replaced the Sonic Screwdriver functionality with a "wearable" : Cosmic Sunglasses!

 

[Charles Smith]

Thanks, Mike. A most impressive lineup this week, with MUCH to look forward to seeing.


Always love the poster art in the OP, BTW!

 

[Craig S]

...


As to the "Sonic Screwdriver" in the Dr Who Christmas Package: It's obsolete now! As of Season 9 (New Series) the Doctor has replaced the Sonic Screwdriver functionality with a "wearable" : Cosmic Sunglasses!

It's not "obsolete" - it's a vintage collectable!!

 

[Mike Frezon]

I sent Amazon an email asking if they were going to price-match the advertised Best Buy price of $13.99 on the Katy Perry release on Friday.


Their response makes me believe it was quite effective:

Hello,

Thanks for contacting us about your concern and letting us to serve you.

I understand your concern regarding the price match for your item "The Prismatic World Tour (Blu-ray)". Surely I'll help you with the best.

We appreciate your business and support. We recognize that you have a choice of retailers and we are pleased that you've preferred to order from us. We do consistently work toward maintaining competitive prices on everything we carry.

To help you completely from my end, As an exception, I've edited the price of the item to the currently-listed price of $13.99 from $17.98. This is what you'll be charged for the item according to your shipping option which is two-day shipping.

They sent a link to my adjusted order and the $13.99 price is now available on Amazon.


Good service.


Now if only they would drop the price on MFL!

 

[Aaron Silverman]

I got an email from Barnes & Noble advertising the Dr. Who set on DVD for $40.79 (with "twelfth Doctor sonic screwdriver -- not sure which one was #12 ).


I guess the Blu edition is exclusive to Best Buy.


FWIW, I saw Pixels in 2D because I didn't want to spend the 3D premium on a movie that was getting so trashed by the critics, and wound up regretting it. It wasn't a bad movie, and there were a few scenes that I thought would have been great in 3D. (Target.com is listing $18.99 for the DVD and $24.99 for the BD; I guess the sale prices won't take effect until Tuesday.)

 

[David Norman]

I got an email from Barnes & Noble advertising the Dr. Who set on DVD for $40.79 (with "twelfth Doctor sonic screwdriver -- not sure which one was #12 ).

I guess the Blu edition is exclusive to Best Buy.

I don;t think it is exclusive. The current DW (Peter Capaldi) is unofficially #12 as I understand the fan numbering

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-doctor-who-christmas-specials-gift-set/29150574?ean=0883929525065

Once the 50% British TV sale goes live in December (I'm assuming a new release item should qualify). As I understand all of these specials are part of the Complete Series sets, but the Gift Set has some appeal anyway and until Series 1-4 are released in the US separately there is some current
effectiveness anyway. My not be worth it to me for $40-50 but if it slips to less than $20 I might bite


EDIT POST: BBY will have the Bluray set on Oct 27, wide release of what appears to be the same set will be Nov 24.

 

[Jeff Cooper]

I sent Amazon an email asking if they were going to price-match the advertised Best Buy price of $13.99 on the Katy Perry release on Friday.


Their response makes me believe it was quite effective:



They sent a link to my adjusted order and the $13.99 price is now available on Amazon.


Good service.


Now if only they would drop the price on MFL!

Thanks so much for this Mike!! I had no idea this was even getting released, and at that price for the blu, it's a no brainer. Saw this concert live and it was awesome.