Weekly RoundUp 2-10-2009 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features


– Josh Brolin (W. – 2008)


– Tom Hulce & F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus – 1984)


– Diane Lane & Richard Gere (Nights in Rodanthe – 2008)


– Alfred Hitchcock & Gregory Peck (on set of The Paradine Case - 1947)


– Cast (Miracle at St. Anna – 2008)


– The Exterminating Angel – 1962

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostcoAgainst the Dark$17.49$19.99 - - Alvin…: Mystery of Easter Chipmunk$11.99$14.99 - - Back to the Future SE$13.99$14.99 - - Back to the Future: Part 2 SE$13.99$14.99 - - Back to the Future: Part 3 SE$13.99$14.99 - - Blindness$19.99$19.99 - - Chocolate$22.99$19.99 - - Clint Eastwood: American Icon Coll.$13.99$14.99 - - Dorothy Mills$17.99$14.99 - - The Enforcer CE$12.99 - - - The Exterminating Angel (CC)$29.99$34.99 - - Fist of the Warrior$24.49$24.99 - - Friday the 13th – The Series: Season 2$33.99$33.99 - - Frozen River$19.99$19.99 - - Gospel Hill$18.99 - - - The Guitar$18.99$24.99 - - The Lodger (1927)$12.99$14.99 - - The Lodger (2008)$21.99$19.99 - - Melrose Place: Season 5 Volume 1$26.99$26.99 - - Miracle at St. Anna$19.99$19.99 - - My Name is Bruce$19.99$19.99 - - Nascar: The Ride of Their Lives$17.49$19.99 - - Nights in Rodanthe$16.99$16.99$16.99$18.99The Paradine Case$14.99$14.99 - - Phineas & Ferb: Daze of Summer$14.99$14.99 - - Red Mist$18.99 - - - Red Victoria$17.99$14.99 - - Route 66: Season 3 Volume 1$26.99$24.99 - - Sabotage (1936)$14.99$14.99 - - Sam Elliot Westerns Collection$13.99$14.99 - - Shaun the Sheep: Back in Ba-a-ath$10.99$12.99 - - Simon & Simon: Season 2$44.99$39.99 - - Simon of the Desert (CC)$18.99$19.99 - - The Skulls Trilogy$14.99$14.99 - - Soul Men$19.99$19.99$19.99 - Street Fighter$8.99$8.99 - - Tales from the Darkside: Season 1$25.99$25.99 - - Veggie Tales: Abe & Amazing Promise$10.49$12.99 - - Virtuality$24.49 - - - W.$19.99$19.99$19.99 - Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave$9.98$8.99 - - Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out$9.98$8.99 - - Wallace & Gromit: Wrong Trousers$9.98$8.99 - - Way of War$19.99$14.99 - - Wizards/Waverly Pl.: Supernaturally Stylin’$14.99$14.99 - - Young and Innocent$14.99$14.99 - -


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostcoAmadeus$26.99$29.99 - - The Boondock Saints$23.99$24.99 - - Chocolate$23.99$29.99 - - Donnie Darko$22.99$22.99 - - Doom$19.99$24.99 - - Frozen River$29.99$29.99 - - A History of Violence$19.99$19.99 - - Miracle at St. Anna$23.99$26.99 - - My Name is Bruce$24.49$34.99 - - Nights in Rodanthe$24.99$26.99$26.99 - The Pelican Brief$19.99$24.99 - - Ping Pong Playa$24.49$34.99 - - Pretty Woman$26.49$29.99 - - Raging Bull$22.99$22.99 - - The Rundown$19.99$24.99 - - Soul Men$23.95$24.99 - - Street Fighter$19.99$19.99 - - A Time to Kill$21.95$24.99 - - W.$25.99$25.99$26.99 -

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Clint Eastwood: American Icon Collection: Play Misty for Me, The Eiger Sanction, Coogan’s Bluff, The Beguiled.

Sam Elliot Westerns Collection: The Desperate Trail, Rough Riders, You Know My Name.

The Skulls Trilogy: The Skulls, The Skulls II, The Skulls III.

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

The Specials

**All right! ALL FILMS are being released this week in their OAR!

--Best Buy is listing Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa at $15.99 this week ($25.99 on Blu-ray). The 2-pack of M: E2A and The Penguins of Madagascar is listed at $19.99. Get a FREE PENGUIN PLUSH when you buy EITHER the 2-pack or the Blu-ray of M: E2A.

--Discrepancies this week between Best Buy’s flyer and their on-line prices for Amadeus & Boondock Saints on Blu-ray. The on-line prices are $26.99 & $23.99 respectively. The flyer prices are in the grid above.

--At Best Buy, purchase BOTH Miracle at St. Anna (any version) AND Blindness and get a FREE $10 BEST BUY GIFTCARD. Must be purchased on same receipt. Gift card good toward future purchase

--Also, BB has a deal on 30% OFF select Paramount movies. Eagle Eye and Iron Man are shown. See over 2000 DVD and Blu-ray titles online at bestbuy.com/dvdsale.

--Best Buy has a list of Blu-ray titles on sale:

$14.99: Failure to Launch, Ghost.

$19.99: The Devil Wears Prada, The Love Guru, Rocky Balboa, Underworld, Unfaithful, Vicky Christina Barcelona.

$24.99: 27 Dresses, Made of Honor.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99 & $7.50.

--Target, this week, is advertising Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa @ $15.99 (Blu-ray for $25.99) and the 2-pack of M: E2A with The Penguins of Madagascar for $22.99. This is an EXCLUSIVE 2-DISC DELUXE EDITION FEATURING A DRREAMWORKS MUSIC CD. They are also advertising a Madagascar Gift Set for $29.99. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: Target has a list of DVDs for $10.00.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Best Buy on sale DVD items:

WWE: Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event $19.99

Dragon Ball Z: Season 8 $29.99

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 2 $14.99
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 1 $9.99


Blu-ray discs
Underworld: Evolution $19.99
Rocky Balboa $19.99
The Boondock Saints $24.99
Amadeus $29.99
Failure to Launch $14.99
Ghost $14.99
Unfaithful $19.99
The Devil Wears Prada $19.99
Vicky Christina Barcelona $19.99
The Love Guru $19.99
27 Dresses $24.99
Made of Honor $24.99
Smallville: Season 6 / 7 $34.99 each
Planet Earth $59.99
Band of Brothers $64.99


$7.50 each:
Madagascar
Open Season
Daddy Day Camp
Ice Age: Super-Cool Edition
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Flushed Away
Over the Hedge
Shrek the Third
Night at the Museum
The Dark Crystal - 25th Anniversary Edition
The Water Horse - Legend of the Deep
Barney - First Favorites
Thomas and Friends - Great Discovery

Curious George - Monkey Collection, Vol. 1 $32.99
Curious George - Robot Monkey $12.99
free Curious George plush with purchase of either DVD

$4.99 each
Say Anything - Special Edition
Failure to Launch
Pretty in Pink - Everything’s Duckie Edition
Hitch
The Lake House
Notting Hill
Tristan and Isolde
Rumor Has It
What Women Want
The Princess Bride - 20th Anniversary Edition
When Harry Met Sally
You’ve Got Mail - Deluxe Edition

DVD Sets:
Sex and the City - Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5/ 6 $14.99 each
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Season 1 $19.99
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3 $19.99
Heroes: Season 2 $19.99
30 Rock: Season 2 $19.99
Gossip Girl: Season 1 $24.99
Smallville: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 $24.99 each
House: Season 4 $26.99
The Office: Season 4 $26.99
John Adams $39.99
Planet Earth $49.99
Band of Brothers $49.99


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Target on sale DVD items:

P.S. I Love You (and other select titles) $10

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the roundup. Nothing for me this week.

 

[Peter McM]

I fail to see the sense in releasing the three Wallace & Gromit shorts on three seperate discs when they've seen no fewer than three incarnations as a collection.

 

[Jason_V]

I'll prolly pick up History of Violence, Pretty Woman and Time to Kill on blu sometime in the future. But this is most definitely a nothing week. Thank you gents, as always.

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up Friday The 13th: The Series: Season Two this week and at some point, I'll get A History Of Violence, Raging Bull and W. on Blu-ray.

 

[Shawn.F]

Just Amadeus for me this week. Raging Bull and History of Violence a little ways down the road.

 

[Chris S]

Thanks for the Roundup!

Only thing for me this week will be Moribito: Guardian Of The Spirit - Vol. 3 which is only $15.99 at FamilyVideo.com.

 

[Scott_J]

Wow, it's Monday night and I'm only the 10th post in the thread? Wow, with CC not in the RoundUp anymore, I guess no one's interested in the thread.

Or maybe it's because of this week's releases, none of which I'm picking up. Though I'll be getting a few of the Blu catalog titles down the road when they're cheaper.

 

[RickER]

Sure we are, or i am interested, in the prices!

Just nothing to buy this week.

 

[Jason_V]

I blew my proverbial wad the last two weeks at CC sales. Picked up five movies on Saturday at 40% off, not to mention a Best Buy run right afterward.

 

[HyperDuel]

Don't know if this counts but I got myself a Yamaha RF Demodulator APD-1 (for the laserdisc) and two DTS laserdiscs for $65 shipped. Came out pretty good.

 

[Mike Frezon]

This is one of the most boring RoundUps ever! There. Someone had to say it!

And while the quantity of new titles takes a dive in future weeks...there are, at least, a couple of interesting things in there.

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In the meantime, I've been keeping busy as my local FYE (TransWorld) stores are featuring a 40% off any ONE used item in their current flyer. This is good thru 2-14-09. Picked up an interesting "get" or two. This is the most I've purchased in a looooooooooooooooooong time.

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Shopping in the USED bin...AND at 40% off! For example, I picked up a BD of Vicky Christina Barcelona for $12! (40% off $20). FYE's new prices are awful (For example, I saw Amadeus behind the counter tonight waiting to make it's FYE debut at $35.99!). Even their used prices are still pretty high. But, grab 40% off and they're pretty darn good.

 

[Tim-H.]

No must-buys for me, but I'm looking forward to renting FROZEN RIVER and MY NAME IS BRUCE on Blu. As always, many thanks for the RoundUp!

 

[EricSchulz]

Some things I saw at Target this morning:
Friday the 13th S2: $39.99
Melrose Place: $29.99
Skulls Trilogy: $13.78
Tales from the Darkside: $26.99
Clint Eastwood Collection: $13.78
Miracle at St.Anna: $19.99

 

[Jeff Cooper]

Donnie Darko Blu-Ray is $29.99 at my local Best Buy, not $22.99. I also found it at Target and Fry's for $24.99 each.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Mike, is that 40% off at FYE a coupon or can you just walk into the store and get the deal?

I'll be getting Amadeus on Blu -- once they release the theatrical cut, that is!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Aaron: It's a coupon...good only on used CDs/DVDs. I had one guy once refuse to accept it on Blu-ray, but a number of others took it with no problem.
The good thing is...most stores have supplies of the flyers at the stores...right inside the door or near the register.

Of course, YMMV.

 

[WillG]

Thought that $22.99 for a BD at Best Buy seemed unusual, and that it matched Amazon's price as well. Also I bought Tales from the Darkside there and it rang up at $29.99 not $25.99 so beware.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Hmmm. Wonder if Bestbuy.com is now matching up against Amazon? But not doing the same in-store, I guess.

For the record, there have been some Round-Uppers who have reported success getting their local BB to price-match the prices at bestbuy.com. Others, not so much.