Weekly RoundUp 4-24-2007 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features

– Helen Mirren (The Queen – 2006)


– Kieron Moore and Vivien Leigh (Anna Karenina – 1948)

– Jack Klugman & Tony Randall (The Odd Couple – 1968/1969)

– Ben Stiller & friend (Night at the Museum – 2006)

– Cast (The West Point Story – 1950)

The Prices

SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco10 Items or Less$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - .45$25.19$24.99$19.99 - - Al Franken: God Spoke$20.19$24.99$19.99 - - Anna Karenina (1915 & 1948)$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Bride Came C.O.D.$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Captains of the Clouds$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - China Doll$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Code Name: The Cleaner$21.69$19.99$17.99$15.99 - Columbo: Mystery Movie Coll.$17.99$17.9919.99 - $18.49Daniel Boone: Season 3$34.99$44.99$39.99 - - Deja Vu$16.99$17.99$13.99$15.99 - Documentaries of Louis Malle$55.99$99.99$69.99 - - Drew Carey Show: Season 1$27.99$29.99$34.99 - - Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy: Season 2$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Essential Classics: Amer. Musicals$23.19$29.99$24.99 - - Essential Classics: Dramas$23.19$29.99$24.99 - - Essential Classics: Family Films$23.19$29.99$24.99 - - Essential Classics: Musicals$23.19$29.99$24.99 - - Essential Classics: Romances$23.19$29.99$24.99 - - The Fighting 69th$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Fixed Bayonets (1951)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Flipper: Season 1 (1964/1965)$27.99$34.99$34.99 - - Grease (2-pack)$17.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Great Escape SE$22.49$24.99 - - - Harry & the Hendersons SE$9.99$9.99$12.99 - - Hollywood Sound: Music for Movies$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - Ironside: Season 1$41.99$59.99$49.99 - - I Deal in Danger (1966)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - James Cagney: Signature Collection$34.49$44.99$39.99 - - Jane Eyre (1944)$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Jean Renoir CE Box Set$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - Kidnapped: Complete Series$37.49$46.99$39.99 - - Les Miserables (1935 & 1952)$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Lost Tomb of Jesus$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Man in the Middle (1964)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Moral Orel: Volume 1$20.99$24.99$19.99 - - Naked You Die (1968)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - NCIS: Season 3$39.99$39.99$39.99$39.99$39.99NY Yankees: 1977 WS$52.49$69.99$59.99 - - **Night at the Museum$15.99$15.99$13.99$15.99$19.49Night at the Museum SE (2-disc)$22.79$22.99$22.99$22.99 - The Odd Couple: Season 1$27.99$32.99$27.99 - - One Day at a Time: Season 1$20.99$24.99$19.99 - - Parenthood SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Piano Tuner of Earthquakes$20.99$24.99$19.99 - - Planet Earth: Complete Collection$53.99$59.99$69.99 - - Play Dirty$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - The Purple Heart (1944)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - The Queen$17.99$17.99$17.99$17.99$19.49Rome Adventure (HK Import)$7.99 - $9.99 - - Sailor of the King (1953)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Shameless: Season 1$26.19$29.99$29.99 - - Tears of the Black Tiger$24.29$24.99$19.99 - - Thr3e$20.29$19.99$19.99$17.99 - Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Torrid Zone$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Tsunami: The Aftermath$20.99$24.99$19.99 - - Until Death$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Von Richtofen and Brown$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - West Point Story$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - WKRP in Cincinnati$25.99$26.99$29.99 - -

HD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoEternal Sunshine Spotless Mind$19.95$24.99$29.98 - - Failure to Launch$19.95$24.99$29.99 - - The Nutty Professor (1996)$19.95$29.99$29.98 - - Planet Earth: Complete Series$69.95$79.99$99.98 - $69.89

BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoDeja Vu$23.95$29.99$34.00$24.99$23.89Failure to Launch$19.95$24.99$29.99 - - Night at the Museum$27.95$29.99$39.98$24.99$27.89Planet Earth: Complete Series$69.95$79.99$99.98 - $69.89The Queen$23.95$29.99$34.00 - - Secret Window$19.95$24.99$28.96 - - Ultimate Avengers 1 & 2$27.95$34.99$39.99 - -

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Documentaries of Louis Malle: Vive le tour, Humain trop humain, Place de la Republique, Phantom India, Calcutta, God’s Country, And the Pursuit of Happiness.

Essential Classics - American Musicals: The Music Man, Meet Me in St. Louis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Essential Classics - Dramas: The Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane, Ben-Hur.

Essential Classics – Family Films: The Wizard of Oz, Goonies, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Essential Classics - Musicals: My Fair Lady, Singing in the Rain, Gigi.

Essential Classics - Romances: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Dr. Zhivago.

Grease (2-Pack): Grease, Grease 2.

James Cagney – Signature Collection: The Bride Came C.O.D., Captains of the Clouds, The Fighting 69th, Torrid Zone, The West Point Story.

Jean Renoir CE Box Set: La Fille De L’Eau, Nana, La Marseillaise, Sur Un Air De Charleston, La Petite Marchande D’Allumettes, Le Testament Du Docteur Cordelier, Le Caporal Epingle.

John Cleese Comedy Collection: How To Irritate People, Romance With a Double bass, Strange Case of the End of Civilization.

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 EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Night At the Museum is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one!

Also, a new release of The Great Escape SE is listed on all my new release lists but I cannot find out anything about this release or how it compares to the 2004 two-disc SE.

And, this week’s release of Rome Adventure (1962) is one of those Hong Kong imports released on Castaway Pictures.

And, this week’s release of WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 1 is rife with music replacement. Buy at your own risk/discretion.

--Amazon.com is still having their BIG SALE!

--Best Buy is offering an EXCLUSIVE FREE NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM DINOSAUR PUZZLE with the purchase of the Night at the Museum SE or Blu-ray disc. Minimum 80 per store. No rain checks. Items must be purchased on same receipt.

--Save $10 @ Best Buy when you purchase BOTH The Queen AND Deja Vu on DVD. Must be purchased on same receipt. Looks like this will work for both the SD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: BB has an extensive list of DVDs on sale for $9.99.

--Circuit City is offering an EXCLUSIVE FREE CD-ROM with the purchase of the Night at the Museum SE on DVD. Includes game, making of the movie featurette and free Encyclopedia Britannica Dinosaurs CD-ROM.

--Circuit City has a $6 savings when you purchase BOTH The Queen AND Déjà vu on DVD. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Circuit City is offering TWO FREE MONTHS OF NAPSTER SERVICE PLUS FIVE FREE DOWNLOADS with the purchase of WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 1 on DVD.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has long lists of titles on sale for $6.99

--Target has a number of TV season sets listed this week for $17.99 (The Simpsons: S4, South Park: S4, Firefly: Complete Series and $22.99 (One Tree Hill: S1, Veronica Mars: S2, Supernatural: S1, The O.C.: S1, 2, or 3, The Gilmore Girls: S1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.

--Target Odds and Ends: And, finally, Target has it’s usual assortment of $6.50 and $10 titles.

The Markdowns

The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:

EFFECTIVE: April 24, 2007 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)

None to report.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

Man On Fire / Out Of Time Double Feature $13.99
Born To Fight $19.99
Smokin’ Aces $19.99
Freedom Writers $19.99
The Last King Of Scotland $19.99
Charlotte’s Web (2007) $19.99
The Pursuit Of Happyness $19.99
Happy Feet $19.99
Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets!

An Inconvenient Truth $14.99

HD-DVDs:
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider $24.99
The Dukes Of Hazzard: Unrated $24.99
Rundown $24.99
Apollo 13 $24.99
The Chronicles Of Riddick $24.99

$6.99 each:
Entrapment: Special Edition
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Alien vs. Predator
Mad Max: Special Edition
Cocoon / Cocoon: The Return Double Feature
Donnie Darko (1st Pressing)
Raging Bull (1st Pressing)
Hoodlum
Drum Line
Redemption
Roll Bounce
The Vanishing / Chain Reaction Double Feature
The Last Of The Mohicans
Alien Nation / Enemy Mine Double Feature
The Transporter: Special Delivery Edition
Cast Away
Men Of Honor
White Men Can’t Jump
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Johnson Family Vacation
Weekend At Bernie’s
Fever Pitch
Club Dread: Unrated
A Walk In The Clouds
West Side Story
Edward Scissorhands
Dr. Doolittle (Eddie Murphy)
Like Mike
Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion – Diamondz
Bratz Babyz: The Movie

DVD Sets
Jurassic Park Adventure Pack (3 Movies) $13.99

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

Harry & The Hendersons: Special Edition $9.99
Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets! $9.99
The Cleaner $19.99
Thr3e $19.99
An Inconvenient Truth $14.99
The Prestige $17.99
Barnyard $9.99
M:I: III $9.99
World Trade Center $9.99
Kingdom Of Heaven (Theatrical) $9.99
Jackass #2: Unrated $9.99
Eddie Murphy: Delirious $9.99
The Last Kiss $9.99
The Omen (2006) $9.99
Eragon $15.99


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Target on sale DVD items:

Blu-Ray DVDs:
Underworld: Evolution $24.99
Black Hawk Down $24.99

$6.50 each:
Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Charlotte’s Web (Animated)
This Is Spinal Tap
Supersize Me
Love, Actually

$10 each:
Barnyard
Little Man
Garfield: A Tale Of Two Kitties
World Trade Center
M:I: III

DVD Sets:
The Simpsons: Season 4 $17.99
South Park: Season 4 $17.99
Firefly: The Complete Series $17.99
One Tree Hill: Season 1 $22.99
Veronica Mars: Season 2 $22.99
Supernatural: Season 1 $22.99
The O.C. : Season 1 / 2 / 3 $22.99 each
The Gilmore Girls: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 $22.99 each

 

[Andrew Grall]

Hmmmm...

Will be tempted to pick up the following Blu-Ray discs:

Deja Vu
Night at the Museum
Avengers

Thanks!

 

[Bill Thomann]

Just Harry & The Hendersons from DDD & A Night At The Museum 2 disc from CC.

 

[Kevin Linke]

Does anyone know if 10 Items or Less is a good film. I really like the other Brad Silberling movies, but I don't know much about this one. Thanks.

 

[EricSchulz]

Despite the fairly big list this week, there's not a lot that I am really interested it, although I have Planet Earth pre-ordered from Amazon.

 

[Peter McM]

I've been looking forward to WKRP for literally years! But, alas, due to obvious reasons, I'll have to pass on this one.

 

[John Gido]

Just Harry and the Hendersons & The Drew Carey Show, S1 for me.

 

[Bob Graham]

Both the Target and K-Mart circulars have coupons for a $10 gift certificate with the filling of a new or transfer of an existing prescription in their pharmacy. They come in handy when buying DVDs/DVD sets.

 

[pitchman]

Thanks gents! Great job as always!

Fairly interesting week, with some titles that weren't really on my radar until I saw the RoundUp.

I will be picking up:

Harry & the Hendersons - My kids loved this movie as they were growing up and our old VHS copy is still kicking around here someplace. Could it be possible that this is the first ever DVD release of this film??

Parenthood SE - Another classic that I somehow managed to miss out on DVD until now.

The Odd Couple: Season 1 - Vintage Garry Marshall, and one of those rare TV series that surpasses the original play and film that inspired it.

Also, when I can catch it on sale for a better price somewhere down the road... Drew Carey Show: Season 1 - I think this show lost some of its creative edge in later seasons, but the first few seasons are inventive and FUNNY!

And Finally, as much as I would love to own it, I will take a big PASS on WKRP...

 

[Ric Easton]

Is The Odd Couple a better deal than what Time/Life is doing? Did they come out all at once? How's the price comparison?

 

[Steve...O]

Thanks for the Round-Up. Ironside ($35.xx at DDD) and James Cagney collections for me this week.

Steve

 

[TravisR]

Nothing for me. Thanks for the prices though!

I'm assuming that The Great Escape is just a re-release.

 

[Jason_V]

Thank you guys for confirming another week I get to save money.

 

[Scott_J]

Thanks, guys. No definites this week, but I'll probably pick up Harry & the Hendersons and may get Odd Couple and Drew Carey S1s.

I believe it's identical to the Time-Life release except CBS/Paramount added a bonus disc with 5 non-S1 episodes, supposedly among the favorites of Tony and Jack. As for price comparisons, I'm not sure what T-L was charging for their set so I can't be of help there.

 

[george kaplan]

Thanks as usual.

The good news is that after weeks of nothing, something worth buying this week - Columbo

The terrible news is that a pile of syndicated, music-replaced, edited crap posing as one of my favorite shows of all time is out, virtually guaranteeing that we will never see the real version of WKRP.

 

[TonyD]

watching now.
do you know anything about it?
pretty good, a bit different.
morgan freeman as "the guy in those ashley judd movies."
i dont think he ever says his name.
he is researching a role so he goes to a neighborhood market and hangs out with the checkout clerk.
almost like a fake documentary.

paz vega is the star of this movie.

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i wanted to get wkrp too but not gonna happen.

i wonder if great escape is just a re issue myself.

 

[EricSchulz]

Kinda surprising that Target didn't advertise many of the new TV sets that come out this week...their weekly "Cinema Red" newsletter shows that they are carrying "Odd Couple", "WKRP" (also being promoted on in-store signage) and "Flipper". I'll post pricing on Tuesday morning sometime....

 

[Mike<> C]

anyone know the price of the 2 disc Night at the Museum at Costco?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Oops. I meant to give Drew Carey's release some props this week: