CVS Midwest Tape Weekly 14, August 2023

August 14, 2023

Barbie

Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.

UNK 114 min. (2023)

Comedy

DVD 15994586

Blu-ray+DVD 15994587

2 Discs

COMING SOON

Barbie

The Album

Atlantic Soundtracks

Artists: Dua Lipa, Nicki Minaj

CD 15973191 $19.99

Oppenheimer

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon

The story of American scientist

J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

UNK 180 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 15994594

Blu-ray 15994595

COMING SOON

Preorder this Barbenheimer double feature that your patrons will want to experience!

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Succession Season 4

Starring: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook

The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys.

UNK 651 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 16106473 $42.99

3 Discs

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

The Last of Us Season 1

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv

After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity’s last hope.

14A 521 min.

(2023) Action/Adventure

DVD 15953274 $33.74 4 Discs

Blu-ray 15953275 $37.49 4 Discs

4K-Blu-ray 15953276 $41.24 4 Discs

House of the Dragon Season 1

Starring: Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans

A prequel to Game of Thrones. An internal succession war is underway within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.

18A 615 min. (2022) Drama

DVD 15423887 $39.99 5 Discs

Blu-ray 15423888 $42.99 4 Discs

4K-Blu-ray 15423889 $54.99 8 Discs

Nominated for outstanding lead actress in a comedy – Natasha Lyonne

Poker Face Season 1

Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Helberg

Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road and with every stop encounters strange crimes she can’t help but investigate and solve.

UNK 548 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 16023693 $23.99 3 Discs

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

“With a killer cast led by Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, this last hurrah stakes [its] claim on immortality.

Astounding, all of it. TV doesn’t get better than this.” - ABC News

“A cut above the best...Poker Face scratches all my old-school Columbo itches.” - Chicago Tribune

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

Available August 15

Staff Picks Video

The Thief Collector

Starring: Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Eric Banks

One of the most valuable stolen paintings of the 20th century was found 32 years later hanging in a New Mexico home.

UNK 96 min. (2022)

Documentary

DVD 15923052 $28.99

Blu-ray 16022119 $28.99

Kill Shot

Starring: Rachel Cook, Rib Hillis, Bobby Maximus

Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.

UNK 94 min. (2023)

Action/Adventure

DVD 16004839 $32.99

Blu-ray 16004840 $33.99

Prisoner’s Daughter

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Brian Cox, Sarah Anderson

Granted a compassionate release, a dying convict tries to reconnect with his daughter and the grandson he’s never known, but his violent past comes back to haunt them all.

PG 101 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 16028500 $23.24

Blu-ray 16028501 $27.74

Mavka

The Forest Song (Ukrainian)

Voices of: Nataliya Denisenko, Artem Pivovarov, Elena Kravets

Mavka has been chosen by the spirits to become the forest’s new guardian. But when she meets a human musician, she must choose between love and duty to protect the forest.

G 99 min. (2023) (Ukraine) Children’s DVD 15967797 $17.24

Sesame Street

Abby & Elmo’s Amazing Adventures

Voices of: Ryan Dillon, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph

From clowning around at the Sesame Circus to solving mysteries with Tango, Grover, and Cookie Monster, little ones will have the best time playing, singing, and exploring.

G 150 122 min. Children’s DVD 15967798 $14.99

Maggie Moore(s)

Starring: Nick Mohammed, Jon Hamm, Tina Fey

A police chief in a dusty desert town is suddenly faced with the back-toback murders of two women with the same name.

14A 99 min. (2023) Suspense/Thriller

DVD 16028498 $23.24

Blu-ray 16028499 $27.74

The Machine

Starring: Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro

Bert’s past catches up with him when he and his father are kidnapped by those Bert wronged 20 years ago while drunk on a college semester abroad in Russia.

14A 112 min. (2023) $10M Comedy

DVD 15917879 $26.24

Blu-ray 15917880 $32.24

Hotel Transylvania Transformania

Voices of: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn

After one experiment, Johnny turns into a monster and everyone else becomes human. Now it has to be seen whether they will be able to reverse this experiment.

G 87 min. (2022) Children’s

DVD 16088734 $26.24

Blu-ray 16088735 $32.24

Audiobook Hot New Children’s

Bee Bakshi and the Gingerbread Sisters

Emi Pinto

Family Themes

AB CD 8 Discs 15807819 $54.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Between Monsters and Marvels

Alysa Wishingrad

Action

AB CD 8 Discs 15807828 $54.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Finch House

Ciera Burch

Horror

AB CD 3 Discs 15826070 $68.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

Maid for It

Jamie Sumner

Family Themes

AB CD 4 Discs 15833079 $68.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

The Mossheart’s Promise

Rebecca Mix

Family Themes

AB CD 8 Discs 15807783 $54.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

Mysteries of Trash and Treasure

The Ghostly Photos

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Family Themes

AB CD 9 Discs 15808318 $54.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Riverstar’s Home

Erin Hunter

Action

AB CD 14 Discs 15809296 $76.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

Megalops

Randy Wayne White Animals

AB CD 5 Discs 15549305 $56.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

Flat Stanley’s Adventures in Classroom 2E

Class Pet Surprise

Jeff Brown, Kate Egan

Animals

AB CD 4 Discs 15807350 $35.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Riding the Slides

Social Themes

AB CD 4 Discs 15807355 $35.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

23 1/2 Lies

James Patterson

Suspense

AB CD 8 Discs 15682962 $49.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Bestselling Authors

Holly Stephen King

Horror

AB CD 20 Discs 15700328 $59.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

Suspense

The Syrian government appears to have created a highly addictive new drug but Mitch quickly discovers the shocking truth that it’s created as a weapon against the West. If Russia uncovers Rapp’s desperate plot, it will set off a confrontation between the two countries that could change the course of human history.

AB CD 8 Discs 15726517 $46.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Book 22 in the Mitch Rapp series

Hemlock Island

Kelley Armstrong

Horror

AB CD 8 Discs 15920237 $66.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Not Forever, but for Now

Chuck Palahniuk

Horror

AB CD 7 Discs 15726376 $68.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

The Raging Storm

Ann Cleeves

Mystery

AB CD 8 Discs 15697680 $51.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

Historical Fiction

AB CD 8 Discs 15813202 $53.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 12

Music Reissues

Snow Patrol

Final Straw

20th Anniversary Edition

A&M Records

Pop/Rock

Final Straw was Snow Patrol’s third album and their major label debut.

This 20th Anniversary Edition 2-CD set features 23 additional tracks, including demos, B-sides, and the previously unreleased track Tired.

CD 16002483 $25.99 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 15

Returning favourites and hidden gems

Betty Davis

Crashin’ from Passion Light in the Attic

R&B

In the 1970s, Betty Davis defied genre and gender by pushing her voice to extremes and embracing the erotic. Her fifth album is her most musically diverse, blending elements of reggae and calypso, jazz, dark synth-pop, and even disco.

CD 16028680 $27.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 25

Supergrass

Life on Other Planets

2023 Remaster

Echo

Pop/Rock

The fourth album from Supergrass has been remastered and expanded to include live performances, acoustic tracks, and previously unreleased demos.

CD 16033979 $40.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 25

Several of the singer’s iconic albums make their way back onto CD.

Shania Twain

Come on Over Diamond Edition

Mercury Nashville Country

In celebration of Come On Over’s 25th anniversary, the album has been remastered from the original tapes and now includes an additional bonus disc of duets with Chris Martin and Elton John, live tracks, remixes, and more.

CD 16028624 $25.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 25

Tom Waits

The Black Rider

Island Records Pop/Rock

CD 16068092 $18.99

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 6

Tom Waits

Bone Machine Island Records Pop/Rock

CD 16068091 $18.99

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 6

The Darkness

Permission to Land... Again

20th Anniversary

Edition

Atlantic Catalog Group

Pop/Rock

The Darkness celebrate the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough debut album with a new edition that includes B-sides, live performances, and unreleased demos.

CD 16071973 $32.99 Parental Advisory

Swordfishtrombones

Island Def Jam Records Pop/Rock

CD 16066370 $18.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1

Rain Dogs

Island Records Pop/Rock

CD 16066369 $18.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 6

Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Tom Waits

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Staff

Picks Music

Brothers Osborne Brothers Osborne

EMI Nashville Country

CD 16095380

$15.99

AVAILABLE

SEPTEMBER 15

Includes the hit Nobody’s Nobody

Lil Uzi Vert

The Pink Tape

Atlantic MOD Rap/Hip-Hop

Guest Artists: Nicki Minaj, Bring Me the Horizon

Lil Uzi Vert fuses his rock and hip-hop influences, stretching their sound in new directions. This debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart following its digital release.

CD 16095393 $23.99 Parental Advisory

Chart-topping digital release now available on CD

Various Artists

Song for Leon: A Tribute to Leon Russell

Primary Wave Music Pop/Rock

Artists: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Bootsy Collins

CD 16071977 $22.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 8

Features tracks from Orville Peck, Pixies, and more

Chai

Chai

Sub Pop Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16068094

$20.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 22

New album from the acclaimed Japanese rock group

GUTS

Geffen Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16023859

$18.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE

SEPTEMBER 8

Highly anticipated sophomore album

Bigger Houses

Warner Music Nashville Country

Featuring an ascending melody that builds into an explosive chorus, the album showcases a sound indicative of the direction that emphasizes a more live, organic feel.

CD 16095392 $14.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 15

Follow-up to the awardwinning album Good Things

Black Stone Cherry

Screamin’ at the Sky

Mascot Pop/Rock

CD 16068106

$24.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 29

Eighth album from the Southern hard rockers

Olivia Rodrigo

Dan + Shay

CANADIAN Perspective

Metric

Formentera II

Metric Music International, Inc. Pop/Rock

Formentera II is a testament to the band’s unwavering love for each other and their insatiable desire to push themselves as artists. It’s a wildly experimental release that finds the band going into uncharted territory.

CD 16047134 $16.99

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 13

Shania Twain

Come on Over Diamond Edition

Mercury Nashville Country

Guest Artists: Chris Martin, Elton John

In celebration of the album’s 25th anniversary, the album has been remastered from the original tapes and now includes an additional bonus disc of duets with Chris Martin and Elton John, live tracks, remixes, and more.

CD 16028624 $25.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 25

Good Lovelies

We

Will Never Be the Same

Outside Music Folk

Here fans can hear the 17 years the Good Lovelies have spent singing and writing together in the lush vocal arrangements, layered guitars, garnishes of banjo and wurlitzer, and rich drum and percussion textures.

CD 16033968 $18.99

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 6

The Glorious Sons Glory

TGS Music Inc. Pop/Rock

The fourth studio album from The Glorious Sons is rooted in introspective lyricism, indelible melody, and the band’s signature dynamic. They take listeners on a journey of self-reflection, self-loathing, reconciliation, and triumph.

CD 16110076 $18.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 8

Super Duty Tough Work Paradigm Shift

Next Door Records Rap/Hip-Hop

Committed to tradition, yet set on innovation, Super Duty Tough Work is a constantly evolving art-rap ensemble with their intentions set on shaking up the industry and providing offerings that elevate joy.

CD 16000344 $18.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 8

Jeremy Dutcher

Motewolonuwok

Secret City Records Pop/Rock

Five years after winning the Polaris Music Prize with his groundbreaking debut, Jeremy Dutcher has returned with a radiant exploration of contemporary Indigeneity and his place within it.

CD 16005529 $19.99

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 6

Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec

Art Choral, Volume 5 Romantique

Virgin Music International Classical

Featuring choral music from the romantic era by Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Verdi, Brahms, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, and Faure. This album is the fourth release from the Art Choral series.

CD 16091051 $18.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 8

Islands And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs

ELF Pop/Rock

Taking a giant leap forward, replete with addictive hooks at every turn, Islands’ new album stands out as their strongest and most articulate record yet.

CD 16010538 $19.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 25

The Flash

Starring: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon

Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

UNK 144 min. (2023) $106M

Action/Adventure

DVD 15961303 $23.24

Blu-ray 15961304 $29.99

4K-Blu-ray 15967787 $33.74

AVAILABLE AUGUST 29

“The Flash is, by far, the best movie to come out of this modern, postNolan Warners/DC collaboration...”

- Rolling Stone

No Hard Feelings

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti

On the brink of losing her home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to ‘date’ their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college.

14A 103 min. (2023) $47M

Comedy

DVD 15961290 $26.24

Blu-ray 15961291 $32.24

AVAILABLE AUGUST 29

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