Weekly RoundUp 3-27-2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Features

– Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – 2011)

– A Night to Remember – 1958

–Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method – 2011)

–Celia Johnson & Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter– 1945)

–In the Land of Blood and Honey– 2011

–The Lion of Judah – 2011

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

Alvin & Chipmunks - Chipwrecked

$19.99

$17.99

$16.99

Alvin & Chipmunks - Chipwrecked (2-disc Edition)

$24.99

$19.99

$19.99

Assault on a Queen

$18.99

$19.99

BBC Natural History Collection

$161.99

$159.99

Betty White: Champion for Animals

$14.99

$14.99

Breaking Wind (NR Director's Cut)

$19.99

$24.99

Come Blow Your Horn

$22.49

$19.99

Confucius

$13.99

$14.99

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

$18.99

$15.99

A Dangerous Method

$19.99

$16.99

David Lean Directs Noel Coward

$55.99

$89.99

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

$24.99

$24.99

Eureka: Season 4.5

$20.99

$19.99

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

$14.99

$14.99

$14.99

Found Footage Festival: Volume 3

$13.49

$12.99

Found Footage Festival: Volume 4

$13.49

$12.99

I, Claudius

$49.99

$49.99

It's Only Money

$19.99

$19.99

LEGO Ninjago Masters of Spinjitsu

$9.99

$9.99

Lion of Judah

$9.99

$12.99

MST3K: XXIII

$35.99

$35.99

A Night to Remember (CC)

$19.99

$24.99

No Man of Her Own

$18.99

$19.99

Roger Corman Presents: Camel Spiders

$11.99

$11.99





Something to Live For

$18.99

$19.99

South Park: Season 15

$31.99

$24.99





Tarzan: Season 1 Part 1

$34.99







Tarzan: Season 1 Part 2

$34.99

Trinity Goodheart

$11.99

Who's Got the Action?

$22.49

$19.99

Who's Minding the Store?

$18.99

$19.99







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

Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Combo Pack)

$24.99

$22.99

$22.99

Assault on a Queen

$24.99

$24.99

BBC Hi-Def Natural History Collection SE

$101.99

$124.99

The Bodyguard

$11.99

$11.99

Casablanca (70th Anniversary Edition)

$44.99

$59.99

$39.99

Come Blow Your Horn

$26.99

$24.99

Confucius

$10.99

$14.99

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

$20.99

$18.99

A Dangerous Method

$22.99

$19.99

David Lean Directs Noel Coward (CC)

$69.99

$89.99

Dragonheart

$14.99

$14.99

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

$19.99

$17.99

$19.99

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Combo Pack)

$24.99

$22.99

$22.99

In the Land of Blood and Honey

$24.99

$16.99

It's Only Money

$24.99

$24.99

Lion of Judah (3-D) (Combo Pack)

$26.99

$29.99

A Night to Remember (CC)

$27.99

$29.99

The Quest

$14.99

$14.99

Roger Corman Presents: Camel Spiders

$14.99

$14.99

South Park: Season 15

$37.99

$29.99

Strip Nude For Your Killer

$26.99

Who's Got the Action?

$21.99

$24.99

Who's Minding the Store?

$20.99

$24.99







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

Individual Titles in the Collections Listed Above:

David Lean Directs Noel Coward (CC) (DVD and Blu-ray): In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter.

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

--Best Buy is advertising FREE MOVIE CASH to see Wrath of the titans with the purchase of one of the following Blu-rays ($14.99): 300, Troy, Clash of the Titans 3-D Combo Pack. $8 value. In theaers 3-30-12. Offer expires 4-15-12.

--Best Buy continues to advertise recent releases including: Hop ($16.99 DVD/$22.99 Bl-ray Combo Pack), J. Edgar ($14.99 DVD/$17.99 Blu-ray/$22.99 Blu-ray Combo Pack).



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]--The following Blu-rays are on sale at Best Buy this week:[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$9.99: Dances With Wolves, The Crow, The Rock, Trading Places, Blow, Blood Diamond, Blues Brothers, Good Will Hunting, From Dust Till Dawn (4 Film Collection).[/COLOR]



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 255)]$13.99 (Combo Packs): How to Train Your Dragon, Rango, Kung Fu Panda.[/COLOR]

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



$9.99: Workaholics: Season 1, Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos.



$12.99: South Park: S1, S13, S14, Chappelle's Show: S1.



$14.99: 30 Rock: S 1-3 (apiece), Eastbound & Down: S 1-2 (apiece), V: S1, Chuck: S 1-3 (apiece), Futurama: Volume 1-5 (apiece).

$18.99: V: S2, Chuck: S4, One Tree Hill: S 1-7 (apiece).

$19.99: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3-5 (apiece), Camelot: S1, Futurama: Volume 6, Spartacus: S2.



[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]$24.99: Spartacus: S1, Burn Notice: S4, Walking Dead: S1 SE.

$29.99: The Office: S7, One Tree Hill: S8.[/COLOR]

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



--Target, in its flyer this week, will have a 25% off Disney DVD or Blu-ray Target coupon. Expires 3-31-12. Valid in-store or use online promo code: TGTWGYS6. The flyer gives examples of Toy Story 3 and Princess and the Frog Blu-rays (Orig. $22.99) knocked down to $17.24 with the flyer coupon.



--Save $5, instantly, at Target this week when you buy BOTH Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked AND one of the following two Blu-ray Combo Packs ($14.99): Alvin & the Chipmunks, Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.



--Target continues to advertise last week's release of Hop ($16.99 DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack $22.99).

--At Target this week purchase specially-marked $7.50 DVDs and get a FREE COUPON for a 2-liter Coke product. Titles shown: Family Guy, Death at a Funeral, Namesake, Walk the Line, Little Miss Sunshine, Fly Boys. Quantities limited, no rainchecks.



--Target has the following TV on DVDs on sale this week (more in store):



$14.99: SNL: Seasons 3 - 4 (double pack)



$19.99: Weeds: Season 7



$24.99: Bones: Season 6



$34.99: Game of Thrones: Season 1



--Target also advertised these film/DVD deals (more in store):



$4.75 Three Stooges: 75th Anniversary



$8.99: Four Film Nicholas Sparks Collection (Nights in Rodanthe/Notebook/Message in Bottle/Walk to Remember)



$39.99: Star Wars: Episodes IV - VI (Blu-ray)

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of $4.50 and $10 DVDs.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Nothing again this week. My wallet is happy. Thanks Mike!

 

[David Weicker]

Barnes and Noble online has the I, Claudius set for $35.99, and its already available (they got their copies on 2/28) David

 

[Jason_V]

I stopped into Costco today. They were running basically the same deal as everyone else on Lion King 1.5 and 2. $24.99 for each and then $8 off for a total of $41.98. Picked them up.


That'll pretty much be it for me for the week.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Thanks Mike. I think the kids will want Chipwrecked

Originally Posted by Jason_V

I stopped into Costco today. They were running basically the same deal as everyone else on Lion King 1.5 and 2. $24.99 for each and then $8 off for a total of $41.98. Picked them up.


That'll pretty much be it for me for the week.

Was that the Woodinville one?

 

[TravisR]

I'll probably pick up Mystery Science Theater 3000 and South Park this week. Thanks for the prices!

 

[Matt Hough]

Thanks, Mike, as always.


I am slated to review Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked but the review copy has not arrived so look for it (hopefully) some time this week.

 

[EricSchulz]

Mike, I can't believe it, but I'll be the first to give a big thumbs up to the new grids!


After reading Matt's review, I'm tempted by A Night To Remember to purchase (Titanic freak here!)...and the Roger Corman doc is a definite rental.

 

[Jason_V]

Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich /t/319574/weekly-roundup-3-27-2012#post_3910364

 

[Michael Cucka]

Like the thumbnails in the grid. :tu: But it appears that only the listings with thumbnails have links to Amazon. Previously, all the listings had active Amazon links. Thanks for the RoundUp!!!

 

[Scamp]

Like the thumbnails in the grid. :tu: But it appears that only the listings with thumbnails have links to Amazon. Previously, all the listings had active Amazon links. Thanks for the RoundUp!!!

The thumbnails are great, but I am not seeing the grid with the prices. All I see are the thumnails plus the titles.

 

[Jason_V]

Originally Posted by Scamp


The thumbnails are great, but I am not seeing the grid with the prices. All I see are the thumnails plus the titles.

Ditto that and there are some pics that aren't populating for me on IE.

 

[Johnny Angell]

Barnes and Noble online has the I, Claudius set for $35.99, and its already available (they got their copies on 2/28) David

Anyone know anything about the quality of this release? I have the old one and it leaves much to be desired, image-wise.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Guys/Gals:


Regarding the new layout of the pricing grid: Some new things are being tried out. About all I can say right now is that feedback is always helpful.

If you can't see the prices for the thumbnails (think "the forest for the trees"), It might be helpful to know your OS and browser info. Same goes if you can't see all the thumbnails, etc.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

I see thumbnails and prices, except for the Tarzan titles and one other: Something to Live For $18.99 $19.99 Tarzan: Season 1 Part 1 $34.99 Tarzan: Season 1 Part 2 $34.99 where I only see the title and price. I run Safari under Mac OS 10.7

 

[Aaron Silverman]

$8.99: Four Film Nicholas Sparks Collection (Nights in Rodanthe/Notebook/Message in Bottle/Walk to Remember)

That price isn't quite accurate. The actual price is $8.99 plus EVERY OUNCE OF TESTOSTERONE IN YOUR BODY.

 

[TonyD]

should be able to print the 25% Target coupon from here. http://coupons.target.com/easter-coupons?page=3

 

[TonyD]

oops double post.

 

[David Weicker]

Barnes and Noble online has the I, Claudius set for $35.99, and its already available (they got their copies on 2/28) David

Anyone know anything about the quality of this release? I have the old one and it leaves much to be desired, image-wise.

I received my copy on Saturday, and did a quick compare. The picture quality has definitely improved. Also the audio volume has been turned up (on the prior release, you had to crank up your tv/system just to hear it). DVD Beaver did do a compare, and my own viewings match theirs. Because it is 70's BBC Video, it will not likely ever be super-crisp, but I felt it was worth the upgrade. David

 

[Scamp]

Guys/Gals: Regarding the new layout of the pricing grid:  Some new things are being tried out.  About all I can say right now is that feedback is always helpful.  If you can't see the prices for the thumbnails (think "the forest for the trees"), It might be helpful to know your OS and browser info.  Same goes if you can't see all the thumbnails, etc. 

Hi Mike, At this point all I can see are the thumbnails & titles with the exception of just a couple for which I can only see the title. Don't see any pricing or store names. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition version 5.1.2600 service pack 3 build 2600 with browser IE version 8.0.6001.18702