The Features
– Scarlett Johansson (The Spirit – 2008)
– Kate Winslet (The Reader – 2008)
– Rebecca Neuenswander (Fight Night/Rigged – 2008)
– Jill Wagner (Splinter – 2008)
– Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert & Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls – 2004)
The Prices
SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostcoAnna Karenina (1961)$10.99Dark Matter$17.49$19.99Exosquad: Season 1$14.99$14.99First Night$25.49$24.99House of Saddam$21.99$24.99Knots Landing: Season 2$25.99$25.99Lost in Austen$14.99$14.99Malcolm and Eddie: Season 1$29.99$27.99Pillow Talk (50th Anniversary Edition)$16.99$14.99The Reader$16.99$18.99The Spirit (1-disc)$20.99$16.99The Spirit SE (2-disc)$22.99$22.99Splinter$18.99$24.99Wings: Final Season$27.99$27.99Wings: Complete Series$134.99$159.99
BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyTargetCostco8 Mile$20.99$24.99Cranford$28.99$34.99The Last Kiss$19.99$24.99Mean Girls$19.99$24.99Pride and Prejudice (1996)$27.95$34.99The Spirit$25.99$25.99Splinter$20.49$24.99The Story of India$24.99$34.99Strange Wilderness$19.99$24.99The Thirteenth Floor$19.99$24.99Universal Soldier: The Return$19.99$24.99
(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
--Easter Week is usually a quiet week in the world of new movie releases. Things are no different in 2009.
--At Best Buy this week, buy The Reader and purchase Miss Potter for $5 (Reg. $14.99). Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy is highlighting Slumdog Millionaire this week: $16.99 (SD) and $24.99 (BD).
--Best Buy is also spotlighting, this week, some Blu-ray Double Features on sale:
$22.99:Mission: Impossible/M:I 2, Clear and Present Danger/The Hunt for Red October, Top Gun/Days of Thunder.
$26.99:Sweeney Todd/Sleepy Hollow.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Title for $4.99 and $9.99.
--Target, this week, takes its usual “week off” and doesn’t print a Sunday flyer. It will eventually post on-line @ Target.com.
--Target Odds and Ends: None available.