Today only, the Bee Gees Number Ones greatest hits MP3 album is priced at just 99 cents! This album includes 20 of the Bee Gees’ #1 hit singles, and has an average review rating of 4.5/5 stars.
As always, we remind our readers that Amazon MP3s are DRM-free and totally compatible with iTunes, iCloud and iTunes Match—though now that Amazon’s Cloud service offers matching and digital quality upgrades too, you may want to consider using it instead of iTunes Match and iCloud.
If you’re not much into the Olympics and need some counter-programming for the weekend, check out these Amazon Instant Video rentals, all priced at 99 cents through Sunday. And if you’ve got an iPad, don’t forget to pick up the free Instant Video Player app for the iPad in the iTunes store.
Despicable Me (PG, 4.75/5 stars) – Vying to be “World’s Greatest Villain”, Gru (played by Steve Carell) and his crew of hilarious minions plot the crime of the century: steal the moon – but he meets his match when three little girls steal his heart.
Big Miracle (PG, 4/5 stars) – Set in Cold War-era 1988, Big Miracle tells the true story of a small-town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.
Batman Begins (PG-13, 4.5/5 stars) – Christian Bale stars in Christopher Nolan’s take on the Caped Crusader’s origin story.
The Dark Knight (PG-13, 4/5 stars) – In which Batman must take on the Joker: a new foe whose only goal is creating mayhem in order to prove that when faced with life and death choices, no one, not even the Bat, is truly noble. Will Batman and the citizens of Gotham prove him wrong?
Next are some recent video releases that may not have received the best reviews, but have nevertheless been very popular at the box office, in disc sales and streaming rentals:
21 Jump Street– (PG-13, 3.5/5 stars) A movie remake of the popular TV series. Rookie cops Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go undercover as students to bust a high school drug ring – with hysterically disastrous results!
Lockout (R, 3.5/5 stars) – A renegade CIA agent (Guy Pearce), falsely accused of murder, must overcome a gang of ruthless prisoners held 50 miles above Earth and rescue the President’s daughter (Maggie Grace) in order to regain his freedom.
Safe House (R, 3.5/5 stars) – Oscar-winner Denzel Washington stars in this high tension, action-packed thriller as a lethal prisoner who is escorted from a compromised safe house by a CIA Agent (Ryan Reynolds). They must make their way to another safe house in South Africa without being taken out by violent forces that want them … both dead.
Wanderlust (R, 3/5 stars) – Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in Wanderlust, a comedy about a couple who leaves the big city pressures of Manhattan and joins a freewheeling community where the only rule is to be yourself.
Wrath of the Titans (PG-13, 3.5/5 stars) – When the gods are in danger of being overthrown by the Titans, Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the Underworld torescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.
Friends With Kids (R, 3/5 stars) – Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm star alongside Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott in is a daring and hilarious ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends whose lives change once they have kids.
View the full list of 99 cent weekend Instant Video rentals here.