The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Cast (Bonnie and Clyde – 1967)
– Bob Barker & Barker’s Beauties (The Price is Right – 1973-2007)
– Yul Brynner (Taras Bulba – 1962)
– Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart (Black Orchid – 1940)
– The Mysterious Mr. Wong – 1934
– Ruth Roman (Jungle Queen – 1945)
– Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics – 2008
The Prices
| SD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| April Fool’s Day | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Black Legion | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Bonnie and Clyde SE (2-disc) | $15.69 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Bonnie and Clyde UCE (2-disc) | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Brother Orchid | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Day Break: Complete Series | $19.99 | $19.99 | $29.99(!) | - | - |
| Frisky Dingo: Season 1 | $14.99 | $12.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Gangster’s Collection: Volume 3 | $44.99 | $59.99 | $59.98 | - | - |
| The Invisible Man: Season 1 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $59.98(!) | - | - |
| Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains | $17.49 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Jungle Queen | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Kings of the Sun | $14.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| The Kite Runner | $16.99 | $16.99 | $15.99 | - | $18.99 |
| LA Dodgers: 1988 World Series | $48.99 | $69.99 | $59.99 | - | - |
| Lady Killer | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Laredo, Best of…: Season 1 Vol. 2 | $20.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Lost Highway | $13.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Mayor of Hell | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| The Mist (1-disc) | $22.99 | $16.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| The Mist CE (2-disc) | $25.99 | $22.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Mr. Wong, Detective: Complete Collection | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Noble House | $13.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Painkiller Jane: Complete Series | $24.99 | $24.99 | $39.99(!) | - | - |
| Party of Five: Season 3 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Picture Snatcher | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| The Price is Right, Best of… | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| PU-239 | $19.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Shrooms | $24.29 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Sliders: Season 4 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $59.98(!) | - | - |
| Smart Money | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Solomon and Sheba | $14.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Taras Bulba | $16.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Tripping the Rift: The Movie | $16.99 | $16.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Unknown Soldier | $16.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Walk the Line (Ext. Cut) | $18.89 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Wings: Season 6 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Wristcutters: A Love Story | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| HD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
|
| Bob Hope Collection (2-films) | $13.95 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics | $18.95 | - | $19.99 | - | - |
| BLU-RAY TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
|
| Bonnie and Clyde | $23.95 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics | $18.95 | - | $19.99 | - | - |
| Steep | $26.95 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Bob Hope Collection (HD-DVD): My Favorite Brunette, Son of Paleface.
Gangsters Collection: Volume 3: Picture Snatcher, Lady Killer, Smart Money, Black Legion, Mayor of Hell, Brother Orchid.
Mr. Wong, Detective: Complete Collection: Mr. Wong, Detective, The Mysterious Mr. Wong, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, The Fatal Hour, Doomed to Die, Phantom of Chinatown.
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
**Hooray! ALL of this week’s new releases are available in their Original Aspect Ratio! It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to report that!
From last week’s Best Buy flyer:
Click here:
http://www.bestbuy.com/weeklyad
I don’t know when the ad will go live.
--Circuit City has some deals on recent releases:
$17.99: Bee Movie, Enchanted, I Am Legend.
$9.99: Dragon Wars: D-War, Live Free or Die Hard, The Simpsons Movie, Spider-Man 3, Superbad, Surf’s Up.
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Circuit City Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $5.99.
--At Target, Easter is one of the few weeks of the year they don’t price a weekly sales flyer.
IF they put one on-line, click HERE:
http://weeklyad.target.com