orangecrush

I stopped by 2 different stores on my lunch break. Picked up a used copy of Crackdown that looked brand new w/ insert and regular packaging for $7. I also got new copies of Metal Slug for the Wii ($14) and Ratatouille for the 360 ($7). The selection varied wildly between the stores. I would recommend hitting up multiple stores if you don't find what you want at one.

keylimeroth

Picked up at the Sheffield Ohio store closing today 3 for 20$ or 6.98 each!!
Contempt
Rififi
The Blob
Grey Gardens
Sisters
Rushmore
39 Steps

All Criterion

Going Back for:

Written on the wind
Bob le Flambeur
Carnival of Souls 2 disc
Seconds OOP Rock Hudson
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Madman


AWESOME DEALS at Mine! WooHoo!!

Alcoholiday

picked up some decent films tonight from Hollywood. No booklets on the CC sadly...

La Dolce Vita
And The Ship Sails on (CC)
Autumn Sonata (CC)
Manhattan
Talk to Her
Milk
Bottle Rocket

Passed on Last Temptation (CC), Ran (CC), and a few others.

izatright

Got more! 3 for $20

1. The Company Of Wolves
2. Oliver Twist (Criterion)
3. The Tenant (Roman Polanski)
4. Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Mitchell
5. The Horse's Mouth (Criterion)
6. Grand Illusion (Criterion)

Alcoholiday

Good find!

Boba Fett

The location nearest me was a joke. The guy there said their store rarely got Criterion editions when they were doing well in business. This was quite obvious from the number of PD releases on the shelves that would otherwise have a much better version available. Honestly didn't see one film there worth $7, but I'll probably gather a list of more obscure and hard to find movies that might be hiding and go back.

dcrw6

Can I ask which one you went to? I stopped by one in Hillsboro which didn't have much and one out on Sandy in Portland which didn't have a whole lot either. I went by the one on Burnside which I know is just a treasure trove of titles but apparently the landlord had locked it up a week ago because they hadn't been paying the rent like some other stores mentioned here. That was a huge disappointment which felt like even more of a kick in the gut when you can still see all the shelves in there untouched.

Perkinsun Dzees

Picked up the following (at 6 for $40)

Men With Guns
Night of Cabiria (Criterion)
Ponette
The Third Man (Criterion - old version)
Tie Me Up Tie Me Down
Truly Madly Deeply

Boba Fett

The one down on Division near 148th.

dcrw6

Okay, thanks. I probably won't waste my time going to that one then.

kenbuzz

Movie Gallery in Bloomington, IN:

$4.99 each
Spiderwick Chronicles
City of Ember
Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)

All of the used DVDs are 30-60% off on one side of the store, and 3 for $20 on the other. The new release rentals are not yet included in the sale, but everything else is. Went in primarily looking for family movies under $5 for the kid - found two and picked up the 2008 DTESS just out of morbid curiousity. Didn't look for any CC's, will probably drop back in later next week to see what's shaking.

Howie2000

Pretty much all the Criterions were taken fast or they didn't have any .

I got a few decent films though

3 for 20's I got

The Cuckoo
Hula Girls
Girl On The Bridge
Late Marriage
The Wind Will Carry Us
Queen Margot

I may go back in a few days to get The Brothers Bloom which is $8 there which has a lot of copies.

dex14

Picked up for 2.99 each

Last Chance Harvey
The Great Buck Howard
Towelhead

Went in looking for a copy Barfly...no luck...

waterwizard2005

Picked up for 3/20$. They still aren't selling new releases and have 7 copies of Moon (Grrr I want that).

Joyeux Noel
You are Alone
Windcroft (probably will regret this one)

I'm going to the other Movie Gallery tommorow in my area to shop in the morning. It is 30 miles away. The one I shopped at today is 5 miles. I absolutely am not impressed with most of the titles the one near my house has, and I hate how the store closings are being conducted.

I went to a Blockbuster that is closing 35 miles away and picked up these for 6 dollars a piece

Harry and Tonto
Barton Fink
Ong Bak 2
Antibodies
In the Loop
Bright Star
Broken
Timecrimes
Black Book

I like Blockbuster a lot more than Movie Gallery. I'm kind of sad to see Blockbuster go. I don't have any negative feelings about Movie Gallery/Hollywood Video's troubles after shopping at the closing and hearing the local staff talk. Today one of them said that "maybe people aren't buying movies any more because they are getting back to real life" very loudly in the store as the reason why they are going out of business. I thought it had more to do with Redbox, the always busy used dvd exchange, Netflix and their watch it now, amazon independent web sellers, and piracy; but maybe she's right instead.

Abob Teff

I'd vote more for the fact that corporate business models don't work in today's market. Video stores are not an industry that sell a product -- yet that is what Blockbuster is focused on and Hollywood lost sight of a long time ago. Video stores sell service and are not high profit margin businesses. The corporations think that getting exclusive movies and 1,000 copies of Gigli at $6 a pop are answers to their problems.

Independents know that it is more about the relationships you develop with your customers. Trust me, if you know your customer's family's names and keep suggesting movies he likes, not only will he wait three weeks to see "Ishtar 2: Isht-harder", he may even bring your staff a pizza every now and then.

Alcoholiday

i agree.

one thing that really irked me about HW video was the fact that their selling TV series individually. Meaning that they took seasons of TV shows, and are selling each disc individually instead of bunching them together and selling as a lot.

So for a basic 4 disc set, you'd be paying 27 bucks for a used set w/o any inserts or boxes.

When a blockbuster went out of business around here, they bunched the dvds together and sold them off for 20 bucks a season. While that's not an excellent deal, it's fair, IMO.

waterwizard2005

I gave in at 5 bucks or 3 for 15$. Yeah I know. They will go lower. I don't care though. I don't want to wait. I paid 5.50 on average for dvd's worth 9.47 on average if shipped from amazon in used/very good condition. My wife's were 6.41 on average so we paid a little less for those. Three or four of the ones I picked were 20+ used.

I bought:
Lost (a movie)
Midnight Express
Citizen X
Priest
Badland
Show Me Love (...Amal)
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
The Company of Wolves
Breaking the Waves (yay)
Princess Mononoke
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (on watch it now but I wanted it anyway)
My Summer of Love
Don't Look Now
The Signal
Mountains of the Moon
SFW
Powder
Soylent Green
Sling Blade
Leon the Professional International
The Eel
Kikijuro
Dark Mind
Babe: Pig in the City
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My wife bought

Mist: the tale of a sheepdog puppy
Love in the time of cholera
Gods and Generals
Dog of Flanders
All the Pretty Horses
The Bear
The Last Confederate
Ring of Bright Water
Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny
The Lost Battalion
The English Patient
Possession
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Ken Burns The War

Overall it was probably cheaper than the internet at 5.25 a piece. We will sell all that we won't watch more than once back to the used dvd exchange for store credit. Faster and cheaper than netflix and much less hassle though I do have the 9.99 plan for the unlimited watch it now.

***I heard a tip from a store employee that not this Monday but next Monday they will start selling new releases. This is his best guess. It might not turn out to be true but you never know. I would like to buy Moon (Sam Rockwell) and A Serious Man for a reasonable price

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

If you order online, most DVDs are $4.99 each and Blu-rays are $6.99 each. Throw in coupon code 25PV and you get 25% off and free shipping.

Boba Fett

Yeah, I noticed people nearly clearing the shelves of TV stuff. I had to chuckle at them blindly buying stuff like LOST S1 and 2 for $40 each, when they could go to Target and get those two seasons together, new for $40 total.

izatright

Right, but I get the feeling most, if not all, of the titles they're selling online are the PV drops of new titles, whereas most of us are aiming for the scarcer library dvds. None of the titles I wanted are available online, and I'm pretty sure most of us can say that!

waterwizard2005

I did buy a little too soon. But I couldn't get these for that price

Show Me Love (...Amal)
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
The Company of Wolves
Breaking the Waves (yay)
The Eel

You really save if you wait until they are 2 or 3 bucks. I felt like splurging early though.

izatright

Scratch that. I found a handful of great titles, but what a pain! I browsed 72 pages and randomly searched a dozen actors and directors before I collected 5 titles worth ordering. I'll post what I got if and when I get them.

CaptConfidence

With a devilsh grin, I will share the films that I bought that made it so worth 3 for $25.

Jackie Chan My Stunts. (OOP)
Fireworks (OOP)
Kikujiro
Rashomon - The Criterion Collection
Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto - The Criterion Collection
Samurai 3: Musashi Miyamoto - The Criterion Collection

8 1/2 - Criterion Collection (2 disc version)
And God Created Woman - The Criterion Collection
Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection (OOP version)
M - The Criterion Collection (OOP version)
Man Bites Dog - Criterion Collection
The Wages of Fear - Criterion Collection (OOP version)
Live Flesh (OOP)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Confessions of a Superhero
The Birds
Do the Right Thing: The Criterion Collection
Double Indemnity - Universal Legacy Series

Went back during the 3 for $15 and picked up
George Carlin Double Feature (Jammin in New York and Doing It Again)
George Carlin It's Bad For Ya
Jesus of Montreal
Solaris (CC)
The Vanishing (CC)
Haunted Honeymoon (OOP)

Undeadcow

Picked up Moon for $4.49 at Movie Gallery in Elgin, TX.

mh4268

My store said the new releases will be available on Friday. Blu Rays were still 11 dollars, I think I may stop by Friday and see if the prices are lower, I may pick up Spider-man 2 since I can pick it up individually.