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April 1, 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

Voices of: Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis

After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

UNK 94 min. (2024) Children’s

DVD 16607860 2 Discs

Blu-ray+DVD 16607861 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16607862 2 Discs

COMING SOON

“...wisecracking comedy and sprightly action sequences with a message of kindness, inner peace and self-discovery.”

- New York Times

Clive Cussler’s The Heist

Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

Action

Double-cross and betrayal are Detective Isaac Bell’s stock-in-trade, but this time, the deeper he delves into the puzzle of a master thief and his assassin accomplice, the less he seems to understand. He is in a race against his most ruthless opponent yet, to prevent a financial panic that would bring the United States to its knees.

AB CD 10 Discs 16242101 $59.99

AVAILABLE MAY 7

Detective Isaac Bell faces an attack on the Federal Reserve in this all-new adventure

Children’s

Crayola Create to Learn

Voices of: Shannon Miller, James Wells

UNK 146 min. (2021) (Ireland) Children’s

DVD 16486157 $24.74

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

Crayola Family Projects

UNK 114 min. (2021) (Ireland) Children’s

DVD 16486158 $24.74

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

Crayola Steam

UNK 86 min. (2021) (Ireland) Children’s

DVD 16486159 $24.74

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

PAW Patrol Aqua Pups

Starring: Keegan Hedley, Lilly Bartlam, Beckett Hipkiss

The PAW Patrol returns to the magical underwater city of Puplantis! When an unhappy Mer-pup named Moby tries to float Puplantis to the surface, it’s up to the PAW Patrol and Skye’s cousin Coral to stop him and save the city.

G 104 min. (2023) Children’s

DVD 16607873 $9.74

AVAILABLE APRIL 9

Lawmen: Bass

Reeves

Starring: David Oyelowo, Dennis Quaid, Donald Sutherland

Follow the journey of Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black US Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi.

Brand new titles your patrons are sure to love, curated by our video experts here at CVS Midwest Tape!

UNK 361 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 16622910 $26.99 3 Discs

Blu-ray 16622911 $35.24 3 Discs

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

“...an action series that applies moral questions to its action. This doesn’t make the gunplay any less enjoyable, but it does make it seem more intelligent.”

-Wall Street Journal

Dogfight

Starring: River Phoenix, Lilli Taylor, E. G. Daily

Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a cruel game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.

UNK 93 min. (1991)

Drama Criterion Collection

Blu-ray 16557197 $38.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

“Dogfight isn’t a love story so much as a story about how a young woman helps a confused teenage boy to discover his own better nature.” - Roger Ebert

Harley Quinn

Season 4

Voices of: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk

Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it alone as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.

14A (2023) Animated

Blu-ray 16579195 $29.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

“The genius stroke that gives this iteration its chaotic ebullience is its core characters’ uncertainty about where they want to settle on the good-evil spectrum.”

-New Yorker

She Is Conann (French)

Starring: Nathalie Richard, Elina Lowensohn, Agata Buzek

Underworld dog Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by her own future, across eras, myths, and ages, from the near future to the Sumerian age.

UNK 105 min. (2023) (Belgium) Fantasy

DVD 16621020 $36.99

Blu-ray 16621021 $42.99

AVAILABLE MAY 7

“...more of a fever dream than an actual story, offering a queer counternarrative to the macho vision of the legendary warrior that is as hypnotic as it is gnarly.”

-New York Times

Staff Picks Video

Mean Girls

Starring: Jon Hamm, Angourie Rice, Jenna Fischer

Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

UNK 112 min. (2024) $72M Comedy

DVD 16498523 $26.99

Blu-ray 16498524 $32.99

4K Blu-ray 16656485 $36.74

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

“Ultimately, it’s a ton of fun, a toorare commodity whether that’s at the theater or streaming.” - CNN

Audiobook Fantastical Stories

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

Douglas Westerbeke

A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving.

AB CD 9 Discs 16248625 $83.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 2

I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons

Peter S. Beagle

In the kingdom of Bellemontagne, dragons are abundant, ranging from tiny pests to colossal threats. Robert reluctantly inherits his father’s role as a dragon catcher, despite his fondness for the creatures, and dreams of a different future. However, fate has other plans for him, leading to unexpected twists in his journey.

AB CD 6 Discs 16325565 $68.99

AVAILABLE MAY 14

The Book of Thorns

Hester Fox

Cornelia, with the power to heal, joins Napoleon’s army. Guided by a connection to flowers, she discovers her long-lost sister Lijsbeth and together they search for the source of their shared power, fighting to survive.

AB CD 9 Discs 15936923 $54.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 2

Court of Wanderers

Rin Chupeco

Remy, with royal vampires Malekh and Xiaodan, journeys to confront the Night Empress, who is threatening peace. Along the way, Remy discovers unsettling truths about his family, facing a pivotal choice.

AB CD 11 Discs 16125288 $96.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 2

Road to Ruin

Hana Lee

Jin-Lu, a magebike courier, delivers love letters from a prince to Princess Yi-Nereen, risking her life in the wasteland. They flee together, pursued by enemies amid a looming storm and revelations about magic’s heritage.

AB CD 8 Discs 16325634 $83.99

AVAILABLE MAY 14

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Julia Alvarez

Alma wants her characters to rest in peace. But they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives.

AB CD 7 Discs 16687297 $58.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 2

The Last Phi Hunter

Salinee Goldenberg

Ambitious Phi Hunter and perpetual lone wolf Ex finds his road to glory interrupted when a heavily pregnant runaway enlists his help to escape through the ghost-infested forest.

AB CD 10 Discs 16562859 $77.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 9

Summers at the Saint

Mary Kay Andrews

Romance

Follow Traci Eddings, the widowed owner of St. Cecelia hotel, as she faces challenges like staff shortages and financial troubles. Traci aims to revive the hotel’s glory days while her brotherin-law opposes her and a mysterious past incident resurfaces.

AB CD 12 Discs 16242074 $52.99

AVAILABLE MAY 7

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper…

Red Sky Mourning

Jack Carr

Suspense

With the walls closing in, Navy

SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees.

AB CD 13 Discs 16325859 $59.99

AVAILABLE MAY 14

Bestselling authors

Long Island

Colm Tóibín

Literary Fiction

This is a gorgeous story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest bonds she rekindles on her return to the place and people she left behind, to ways of living and loving she thought she’d lost.

AB CD 8 Discs 16325815 $45.99

AVAILABLE MAY 7

Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien

Charles

Women’s Fiction

During WWI, Jessie Carson aids in rebuilding French communities and establishes children’s libraries with the American Committee for Devastated France. In 1987, NYPL librarian Wendy Peterson becomes intrigued by Jessie’s story and discovers their shared connection beyond library work.

AB CD 9 Discs 16325824 $45.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

Paradise Problem

Christina

Lauren

Romance

Due to a clause in a will that could be an inheritance of 100 million dollars, Liam Westson, the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain, and his free-spirited artist ex, Anna, must navigate a fake marriage and keep up appearances.

AB CD 9 Discs 16325572 $68.99

AVAILABLE MAY 14

Pay Dirt

Sara Paretsky

Mystery

When Detective V.I. Warshawski discovers a local troublemaker’s dead body in the drug house a few days after finding a missing person in the same place, she is pitched headlong into a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.

AB CD 13 Discs 16095691 $61.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 16

The Instruments of Darkness

John Connolly

Mystery

In Maine, Colleen Clark is accused of her child’s abduction. Lawyer Moxie Castin and investigator Charlie Parker suspect a complex tale involving her husband, fascists, a psychic, and a mysterious house in the woods.

AB CD 12 Discs 16490083 $96.99

AVAILABLE MAY 7

The Last Time

She Saw Him

Kate White

Suspense

A woman is left reeling when her former fiancé appears to take his own life, and she becomes desperate to prove it was actually murder.

AB CD 8 Discs 16460911 $54.99

AVAILABLE MAY 14

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Kim Gordon

The Collective Matador

Pop/Rock

CD 16557568

$23.99

“This is an astonishing album.” -musicOMH.com

Bolis Pupul

Letter to Yu

Because Music

Pop/Rock

CD 16445214

$20.99

“8.0 out of 10...clean-lined synth pop and invigorating club tracks.”

Pitchfork

Ariana Grande

Eternal Sunshine Republic Records

Pop/Rock

Guest Artists: SZA, Nicki Minaj

CD 16557548

$19.99

Parental Advisory

“…some of the most honest and inventive songs of her career so far.” -Rolling Stone

Moor Mother & Nicole

Mitchell

The Great Bailout

Anti Rap/Hip-Hop

CD 16588732

$22.99

Parental Advisory

“...a grand, artistic and political statement in an age when such vision is too rarely attempted.”

-Mojo

Norah Jones Visions

Capitol Music

Pop/Rock

CD 16554776

$19.99

“This is a vital and worthy addition to Jones’ diverse catalog…”

-Glide Magazine

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Glasgow Eyes

Fuzz Club Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16487037

$23.99

“It’s a staggering, swaggering achievement more vital than anything they’ve done in the last 35 years.” -Record Collector

Sheer Mag

Playing Favorites

Third Man Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16394699

$20.99

“Simply put, Playing Favorites is their best work yet.” -Exclaim.ca

Julian Lage

Speak to Me Blue Note

Jazz

CD 16561734

$19.99

“4.5 out of 5 stars...the sum of its parts is quite dazzling.”

-AllMusic

Mannequin Pussy I Got Heaven

Epitaph

Pop/Rock

CD 16474978

$19.99

Parental Advisory

“This is punk at its most multifaceted and emotional, overflowing with desire and angst.” -Kerrang!

Bat for Lashes

The Dream of Delphi

Decca

Pop/Rock

CD 16648096

$19.99

AVAILABLE MAY 31

Top upcoming releases patrons are looking for

A personal and magical album that explores motherhood

Cage the Elephant Neon Pill

Sony Music

Pop/Rock

Neon Pill is the highly anticipated new album from Cage the Elephant, and the group’s first new music since their album Social Cues, which won Best Rock Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

CD 16678037 $20.99

AVAILABLE MAY 17

Includes the single Out Loud

Brian Kelley

Tennessee Truth

Big Machine

Country

CD 16687145

$15.99

AVAILABLE MAY 10

Debut solo album from the Florida Georgia Line singer

Of Montreal

Lady on the Cusp

Polyvinyl Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16704508

$23 .99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE MAY 17

Featuring experimental funk pop and modern-day psychedelic rock

For King & Country Unsung Hero

The Inspired By Soundtrack

Word Entertainment

Soundtracks

Guest Artists: Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith

The 11-track collection showcases original music both heard in the film and inspired by the Smallbone family’s story of radical risk, bravery, and faith.

CD 16704505 $18.99

AVAILABLE APRIL 26

Soundtrack from the music duo’s new film

Staff Picks Music

The Mavericks

Moon & Stars

Mono Mundo Recordings

Country

Guest Artists: Nicole Atkins, Sierra Ferrell

CD 16687128

$20.99

AVAILABLE MAY 17

New album from the genrebending Americana icons

Richard Thompson

Ship to Shore

New West Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16668699

$22.99

AVAILABLE MAY 31

Iconic singer-songwriter returns with new music

CANADIAN Perspective

Like Rum-Drunk Angels

Tyler Enfield

Action

AB CD 6 Discs 16610178 $129.99

The Clarion

Nina Dunic

Literary Fiction

AB CD 5 Discs 16610166 $64.99

The Unconventional Nancy Ruth

Ramona Lumpkin

Biography

AB CD 10 Discs 16610251 $50.99

Letters with Smokie

Rod Michalko, Dan Goodley

Animals/Pets

AB CD 5 Discs 16609690 $49.99

When the Whalers Were Up North

Dorothy Harley Eber

History

AB CD 7 Discs 16610199 $42.99

Denison Avenue

Audiobooks

Daniel Innes, Christina Wong

Literary Fiction

AB CD 8 Discs 16610206 $64.99

The Rooftop Garden

Menaka Raman-Wilms

Suspense

AB CD 5 Discs 16610172 $64.99

Big Mall

Kate Black

History

AB CD 4 Discs 16609685 $42.99

Warrior Life

Pamela Palmater

Political Science

AB CD 8 Discs 16610214 $85.99

Stay Up

Khodi Dill

Young Adult

AB CD 6 Discs 16610185 $42.99

Andor Season 1

Starring: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Stellan Skarsgard

In an era filled with danger, deception, and intrigue, Cassian Andor will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

UNK 546 min. (2022) Action/Adventure

Blu-ray 16693502 $56.24 3 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16693501 $72.74 3 Discs

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

Obi-Wan Kenobi Complete Series

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi must save young Leia after she is kidnapped, all while being pursued by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan, now known as Darth Vader.

UNK 261 min. (2022) Action/Adventure

4K Blu-ray 16693507 $72.74 2 Discs

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

Moon Knight Season 1

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy

Steven Grant discovers he’s been granted the powers of an Egyptian moon god. But he soon finds out that these newfound powers can be both a blessing and a curse.

UNK 288 min. (2022) Action/Adventure Collector’s Edition, Steelbook

Blu-ray 16693506 $56.24 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16693505 $72.74 2 Discs

AVAILABLE APRIL 30

Falcon and the Winter Soldier Season 1

Starring: Sebastian Stan, Anthonie Mackie, Daniel Bruhl

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities—and their patience.

UNK 304 min. (2021) Action/Adventure

Blu-ray 16693504 $56.24 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16693503 $72.74 2 Discs

AVAILABLE APRIL 30