Weekly RoundUp 9-14-10 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Features[/COLOR]

– Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jean Seberg (Breathless – 1960)

– Orson Welles (The Third Man – 1949)

–Cast (Glee – 2009)

–Amanda Seyfried (Letters to Juliet – 2010)

–Brad Pitt & Morgan Freeman (Se7en – 1995)

–Julianna Margulies & Chris Noth (The Good Wife – 2009)

–Star Crash – 1979



[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]The Prices[/COLOR]

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All Men Are Brothers

$13.49

$12.99

 

 



Amish Grace

$16.99

$19.99

 

 



America: The Story of Us

$26.49

$24.99

 

 



The Big Bang Theory: Season 3

$28.99

$29.99

$29.99

 



The Black Cauldron (25th Anniversary Edition)

$14.49

$14.99

 

 



Boogie Woogie

$17.99

$19.99

 

 



Broken Lizard Stands Up

$12.49

$9.99

 

 



Casino Jack and the United States of Money

$24.49

$24.99

 

 



The Commish: Season 2

$14.98

$12.99

 

 



Dad's in Heaven With Nixon (DVD-R)

$17.99

 

 

 



Designing Women: Season 4

$30.99

 

 

 



Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

$11.49

$12.99

 

 



Fringe: Season 2

$38.99

$37.99

$39.99

$37.99



Glee: Season 1 (Complete Season)

$34.99

$34.99

$37.99

$37.99



Glee: Season 1 Volume 2

$25.99

$26.99

$24.99

 



The Good Wife: Season 1

$41.49

$39.99

 

$37.99



Grey's Anatomy: Season 6

$38.99

$39.99

$39.99

 



Hallelujah Broadway

$18.98

 

 

 



It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 5

$24.99

$26.99

$24.99

 



Just Wright

$14.99

$14.99

$17.99

 



The League: Season 1

$21.99

$24.99

 

 



Leave It to Beaver: Season 4

$29.99

$34.99

 

 



Letters to Juliet

$16.99

$17.99

$17.99

$17.99



Looking for Eric

$22.49

$19.99

 

 



Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith

$17.99

$14.99

 

 



My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

$19.49

 

 

 



The Next Hit

$19.99

$24.99

 

 



NFL's Greatest Rivalries: Dallas vs. Washington

$19.99

$29.99

 

 



NFL's Greatest Rivalries: Washington vs. Dallas

$19.99

$29.99

 

 



NFL: History of the Minnesota Vikings

$19.99

$24.99

 

 



One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UCE

$28.99

$29.99

 

 



The Pirates of Penzance

$14.99

$14.99

 

 



Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

$16.99

$16.99

$17.99

$18.99



Princess Kaiulani

$19.99

$24.99

 

 



Private Practice: Season 3

$31.99

$31.99

 

 



Raging Phoenix

$15.99

$24.99

 

 



The Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms

$15.49

$24.99

 

 



Robin Hood: The Complete Series

$70.49

$79.99

 

 



Rules of Engagement: Season 3

$21.99

$24.99

 

 



Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare

$14.99

$16.99

 

 



Sherlock Holmes (1964-'65)

$14.49

$14.99

 

 



Spirit of the Forest

$13.99

$12.99

 

 



Spongebob Squarepants: Ten Happiest Moments

$13.99

$9.99

 

 



Star Crash

$17.49

$14.99

 

 



Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Season 4

$14.49

$12.99

 

 



Two Tickets to Paradise

$13.49

$9.99

 

 



Who is Clark Rockefeller?

$15.99

$19.99

 

 

The price links below will take you directly to the product on Amazon.
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All Men Are Brothers

$10.49

$14.99

 

 



America: The Story of Us

$34.99

$44.99

 

 



The Big Bang Theory: Season 3

$36.99

$36.99

$39.99

 



Boogie Woogie

$20.49

$24.99

 

 



Breathless (CC)

$29.99

$34.99

 

 



Delicatessen

$28.49

$34.99

 

 



Feast

$16.49

$14.99

 

 



Fringe: Season 2

$45.99

$45.99

$49.99

$46.99



Glee: Season 1

$41.99

$44.99

$47.99

$44.99



It's Always Sunny in Philadephia: Season 5

$37.99

$34.99

$34.99

 



Jacob's Ladder

$14.99

$17.99

 

 



Just Wright

$24.49

$22.99

$26.99

 



The League: Season 1

$31.49

$26.99

 

 



Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road

$18.99

 

 

 



Letters to Juliet (1-disc Combo Pack)

$19.99

$29.99

$26.99

$27.99



LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring

$18.99

$19.99

$17.99

 



LOTR: The Two Towers

$18.99

$19.99

$17.99

 



LOTR: Return of the King

$18.99

$19.99

$17.99

 



Mandingo

$15.49

 

 

 



March of the Wooden Soldiers

$11.49

 

 

 



Mercury Rising

$20.49

$22.99

 

 



Monster House (Blu-ray 3-D!)

$27.99

$34.99

 

 



One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UCE

$31.99

$31.99

 

 



The Order

$17.99

$19.99

 

 



Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

$23.99

$23.99

$22.99

 



Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (Combo Pack)

$27.99

$27.99

$26.99

$27.99



Raging Phoenix

$20.49

$24.99

 

 



Se7en

$24.99

$24.99

 

 



Spirit of the Forest (Combo Pack)

$17.49

$19.99

 

 



Star Crash

$19.99

$24.99

 

 



The Third Man (LionsGate)

$29.99

$34.99

 

 



The Twilight Zone: Season 1

$69.99

 

[Patrick Sun]

Best Buy on sale DVD items:


Letters of Juliet $17.99
Just Wright $14.99
Barbie - A Fashion Fairytale $14.99

 

TV on DVD

 

19.99 each:
Smallville season 8 (S1-S7 available)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 4 (S1-S3 available)
30 Rock season 3 (S2 available)
Castle season 1
Desperate Housewives season 5 (S3-S4 available)
How I Met Your Mother season 4 (S1-S3 available)
Law and Order SVU season 10 (S8-S9 available)
Two and A Half Men season 6 (S1-S5 available)


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[COLOR= #00f]$7.99 each:
Terminator 3
Eraser
Swordfish
Bullitt
Gothika
Trick or Treat
Number 23
Collateral Damage[/COLOR]

 



 



Target on sale DVD Items

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[Adam Lenhardt]

Thanks as always, guys! I'll pick up The Third Man if the reviews are good when the price comes down. Otherwise, nothing for me this week.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

 

Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt

Thanks as always, guys! I'll pick up The Third Man if the reviews are good when the price comes down. Otherwise, nothing for me this week.

Reviews are not looking good for this BD release of The Third Man -- I was hoping also since I missed out on the Criterion BD.

 

_Man_

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up The Twilight Zone: Season One Blu-ray and I'll get the Seven Blu-ray when it goes on sale at some point.

 

Thanks for the prices, guys!

 

[Jeff Meyers]

Thanks as always Mike & Patrick.

 

I need to pick-up Glee: Season 1 Volume 2 and I'm thinking that my daughters will be pushing for Letters to Juliet. The Blu-ray version of LtJ is interesting: 1-disc Combo with both versions (DVD + Blu-ray) on one disc. I never really liked double sided discs (i.e. DVD's with the WS version on one side and the P&S version on the other side). It frequently confused me: does the inner printed ring that says "Widescreen" face up in the player, or does it mean that that is the widescreen side and should face down in the player? I definitely like artwork on one side of my discs.

 

I can't recall a recent title that has done this (Blu & DVD) on a single disc. I'm not sure that I have one in my collection. Anyone know of other titles that have done this?

 

Back to the WRU: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time will be a rental for me. My local Redboxes have started stocking Blu-rays for $1.50 per night.

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the Roundup. Just The Black Cauldron for me. First dvd I've bought since I went BLU. Unfortunately Disney isn't putting out a blu ray of it.

 

[Jason_V]

To be honest, nothing's shouting at me to get NOW. There are a couple things on my Price Watch list like Seven, The Twilight Zone, Big Bang Theory...but nothing I need to get rid now. I'd even except The Commish Season 2 to price drop quickly. I picked up the first season at BB for $9.99 earlier this year.
 

Thanks gents!

 

[pitchman]

Wow, Best Buy's advertised price for the Twilight Zone BD sure does suck. Looks like I'll go the Amazon route...

 

I'm interested in some other TV on DVD titles, but I my hold off and wait for better prices that are sure to come as we get closer to the holidays.

 

[EricSchulz]

Definitely picking up Glee at some point....I'm wondering if it will be a better deal getting close to the holidays, though.

 

Thanks Mike and Patrick!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Jeff Meyers

 

Interesting to me is that this MAY be the first time we are seeing a DVD, Blu-ray AND Combo Pack release of the same title (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time). There definitely haven't been many of those.

 

[Scamp]

Originally Posted by Mike Frezon  

 

Interesting to me is that this MAY be the first time we are seeing a DVD, Blu-ray AND Combo Pack release of the same title (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time). There definitely haven't been many of those.

I want to say Disney actually kicked off this trend sometime last year although I can't say as I've noticed any other studio doing the same with the exception of the occasional store exclusives that would feature a combo pack while the general retail release would just be a blu-ray only release. Really not too happy about it personally as all I've seen it do is drive up the sale price of the combo pack. From what I've seen of the prices, it appears that the blu-ray only version is now receiving the sale price that the combo packs used to get when they were the only option available. But now with a blu-ray only option out there, the combo packs are costing 3-5 dollars more than they used to.  

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Scamp

Quote:


Really not too happy about it personally as all I've seen it do is drive up the sale price of the combo pack. From what I've seen of the prices, it appears that the blu-ray only version is now receiving the sale price that the combo packs used to get when they were the only option available. But now with a blu-ray only option out there, the combo packs are costing 3-5 dollars more than they used to.  

Exactly my concern.

 

[Will_B]

My local Best Buy deleted one aisle of movies. They replaced it with a double-width aisle, in which there are a pair of standees or mini-racks on which "best sellers" are displayed. Looks like they reduced their inventory of BluRays by a bit less than one-third, and they reduced their inventory of DVDs by one-half.

 

Their A-Z section now fits on one side of one aisle. Which is good because I always saw people reaching the end of the aisle, and then they'd fall to their knees and scream upwards to the heavens "WHERE DOES THE ALPHABET CONTINUE? WHAT COMES AFTER 'P'???!!!"

 

[Mike Frezon]

Originally Posted by Will_B

My local Best Buy deleted one aisle of movies. They replaced it with a double-width aisle, in which there are a pair of standees or mini-racks on which "best sellers" are displayed. Looks like they reduced their inventory of BluRays by a bit less than one-third, and they reduced their inventory of DVDs by one-half.

 

Their A-Z section now fits on one side of one aisle. Which is good because I always saw people reaching the end of the aisle, and then they'd fall to their knees and scream upwards to the heavens "WHERE DOES THE ALPHABET CONTINUE? WHAT COMES AFTER 'P'???!!!"

I haven't seen anything like that at my local BB, Will. That's awful...and surprising (to me, anyway). In my area the number of stores selling DVDs & BDs are becoming pretty scarce.

 

[TravisR]

^ I love walking down aisles and looking at movies but for the stuff that I want, Amazon or occasionally Target beat out Best Buy so often that I barely even go to BB anymore. Looking at my Reward Zone account, in the last three months, I've only bought Shutter Island (which was on sale) and Lost: Season Six from BB. I can assure you that I've bought ALOT more than that at Amazon and even Target in the last three months.

 

I guess in the end, I don't really care that much because if BB doesn't want my money, I've got no problem going to Target or Amazon.

 

[Jason_V]

Fine. I found myself in Best Buy after leaving work today. They had a bunch of Warner BD Digibook's on sale for $19.99: 300, Willy Wonka, Matrix, Bonnie and Clyde, Falling Down and others. Sales tags all said the price is good through October 2.
 

So I picked up 300, Star Trek (on sale) and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (on sale). Apparently Iron Man BD is on sale too, but my store didn't have any on the shelf.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Matt's review to Glee: Complete Season 1 on Blu-ray has been linked-to in the OP.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Glee sounds interesting enough, and the 2nd season apparently begins a week from now. If they released this BD set a month ago, I might be more inclined to get it right away to catch up before the 2nd season begins, but now is probably a tad too late to try that, especially w/ all the back-to-school busy-ness right now. OTOH, I've never been all that big on closely following a TV series during their regular prime-time run on network TV, so it's probably no big deal waiting for a nice sale price and catching whatever I just happen to OTA...

 

_Man_

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Is it just me or does that Star Crash poster make it appear to rip off Return of the Jedi 4 years early?

 

Man, FWIW I only flip on Glee occasionally and don't have much trouble following the continuing storylines.