Midwest Tape Weekly January 1, 2024

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Silent Night (Silent)

Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kid Cudi A grieving father enacts his longawaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve. R 104 min. (2023) Action/Adventure DVD 16427390 2 Discs Blu-ray+DVD 16428801 COMING SOON

“…ranking as one of the few bloody Christmas counterprogrammers since Die Hard that feels worthy of repeat viewing down the road.” - Variety

Best of 2023 p2 New Audiobooks p5

Video Best of 2023 Oppenheimer

Fast X

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.

R 181 min. (2023) (United Kingdom) $324M Drama DVD Blu-ray 4K+Blu-ray

15994557 15994558 15994559

$26.24 2 Discs $32.24 3 Discs $38.99 3 Discs

Starring: Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki Follow Elizabeth through the ‘90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his time as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.

NR 536 min. (2022) (United Kingdom) Drama DVD 16088727 $34.49 4 Discs Blu-ray 16088726 $41.99 4 Discs

Voices of: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.

PG 93 min. (2023) $568M Children’s DVD 15801312 $17.24 Power Up Edition Blu-ray+DVD 15801313 $18.74 Power Up Edition, 2 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 15850660 $25.49 Power Up Edition, 2 Discs 2

A Man Called Otto

Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.

PG13 140 min. (2023) $146M Action/Adventure

The Crown Season 5

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Midwest Tape’s top-selling titles

Starring: Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino, Rachel Keller Otto is a grump who’s given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he finds a friendship that will turn his world around.

PG13 126 min. (2023) $63M Comedy DVD 15625159 $19.49 Blu-ray 15625160 $20.24

DVD 15917859 $26.24 Collector’s Edition Blu-ray+DVD 15917860 $29.99 Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 15917861 $37.49 Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs

1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story Season 1

The Last of Us Season 1

Elemental

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem

Starring: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Brandon Sklenar The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.

NR 464 min. (2022) Western DVD 15970077 $22.49 3 Discs Blu-ray 15970076 $29.99 3 Discs

Voices of: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O’Hara, Leah Lewis The story introduces Ember, a tough, quickwitted, and fiery young woman whose friendship with a sappy, go-with-theflow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.

PG 101 min. (2023) $154M Children’s DVD 15961269 $22.49 Blu-ray+DVD 15961270 $29.99 2 Discs

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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.

NR 521 min. (2023) Action/Adventure DVD 15793185 $22.49 4 Discs Blu-ray 15793184 $29.99 4 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 15793183 $33.74 4 Discs

Voices of: Ayo Edebiri, Rose Byrne, Jackie Chan After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothrs set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts.

PG 99 min. (2023) $119M Children’s DVD 16104067 $23.24 Blu-ray 16104068 $29.99 4K+Blu-ray 16288019 $37.49

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

Best of Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)

Republic Records Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Hayley Williams, Fall Out Boy CD 15991503 $23.99

Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

Republic Records Pop/Rock CD 16300966 $14.99

2023 Ed Sheeran Subtract

Atlantic Pop/Rock CD 15771106 $11.99 Deluxe Edition

Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation

Kelly Clarkson Chemistry

Olivia Rodrigo Guts

Foo Fighters But Here We Are

Dolly Parton Rockstar

NOW That’s What I Call Music 86

NOW That’s What I Call Music 87

U2 Songs of Surrender

Columbia (USA) Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Brandi Carlile, Sia CD 15678933 $12.99 Parental Advisory

Geffen Records Pop/Rock CD 16023859 $14.99 Parental Advisory

Now Pop/Rock Artists: Metro Boomin, The Weeknd CD 15785159 $18.99

Atlantic Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Steve Martin, Sheila E. CD 15908735 $11.99

Music

The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds

Interscope Records Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Lady Gaga CD 16231483 $14.99

RCA Pop/Rock CD 15914321 $11.99

Legacy Recordings Pop/Rock Artists: Miley Cyrus, Post Malone CD 16001946 $18.99

Big Machine Pop/Rock CD 15947354 $24.99

INTERSCOPE Pop/Rock CD 15676061 $22.99

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Audiobook

Holly Stephen King Horror AB CD 13 Discs

15700328

$44.99

15975673

$44.99

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Tom Hanks Historical Fiction AB CD 13 Discs 15411480

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2023

I Will Find You Harlan Coben

Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus Humor AB CD 10 Discs

Best of

$44.99

Suspense AB CD 9 Discs

Identity Nora Roberts $39.99

Women’s Fiction AB CD 12 Discs

Spare Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex

The Exchange John Grisham

Autobiography AB CD 13 Discs

15306617

15483518

$49.99

15684050

January 1, 2024 / Midwest Tape / Weekly Buyer’s Guide / 800.875.2785

$39.99

15813220

$44.99

15795809

$42.99

Tom Lake Ann Patchett

The Secret Lee & Andrew Child Action AB CD 8 Discs

Suspense AB CD 8 Discs

15460637

$44.99

Women’s Fiction AB CD 9 Discs

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

Bestselling authors

Staff Audiobook Picks

A Quantum Love Story Mike Chen

Science Fiction Just as Mariana and Carter figure out their new life in a four- day time loop, everything changes. Carter’s memories of the time loop are slowly disappearing. And their only chance at happiness is breaking out of the loop—forever.

AB CD 9 Discs 15936723 $42.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 30

“A journey of scientific and self-discovery... a great mix of ideas.” -Kirkus Reviews

Come and Get It Kiley Reid

A Jazzman’s Blues Tyler Perry, Echo Brown

Irresistible Love Samantha Chase

Goodbye Girl James Grippando

Literary Fiction A novel about the stories we tell—and the stories we refuse to tell—to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.

AB CD 12 Discs 15937981 $49.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 30

Multicultural Interest An extraordinary story of two lovers fated to be together but compelled to take different paths in a moving and unforgettable tale of love and family secrets set in Georgia in the 1940s.

AB CD 7 Discs 15799345 $52.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 23

Romance She’s the darling ballerina of the renowned Montgomerys, and he’s the sexy numbers nerd who works for her family. Three years ago at a New Year’s Eve party, they shared a kiss at the stroke of midnight. Now she’s back and everything is…irresistibly complicated.

AB CD 7 Discs 16407297 $59.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 30

Suspense A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck’s client— a pop music icon—is the accused killer. Solving the case may not just exonerate or convict Jack’s client, it may shape the future of the recording industry.

AB CD 9 Discs 16071656 $42.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 9

The Night Island Jayne Ann Krentz

The Heiress Rachel Hawkins

Romance A rocky investigation leads Talia March and Luke Rand to a rustic, remote retreat where they discover none of their high-tech devices work on an island with mysterious disappearances.

AB CD 7 Discs 16277812 $39.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 9

Suspense Jules and Cam realize that an inheritance can entail far more than what’s written in a will— and that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave.

AB CD 7 Discs 15914805 $39.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 9

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Video Staff Picks Beyond Paradise Season 1

Starring: Kris Marshall, Sally Bretton, Zahra Ahmadi DI Humphrey Goodman takes up post in Devon. But with a high crime rate, maybe things will be louder than expected.

UNK 343 min.

(2023) Drama DVD 16405419 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

De Humani Corporis Fabrica (French)

$31.49 2 Discs

“...this light comedy caper was precision engineered to be Friday night, switch your brain to standby, viewing.” - The Herald (Scotland)

Mudbound

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell Two men return from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjust to life after war.

R 134 min. (2017) Drama Criterion Collection DVD 16345480 Blu-ray 16345479 AVAILABLE JANUARY 30

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

Shot in five Parisarea hospitals, it reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others by examining the world under our skin.

NR 118 min. (2022) (France) Documentary DVD 15933462 $22.49 Blu-ray 15933461 $26.24 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

“...it gets at the idea of a kind of spiritual and corporeal transference, the knowledge that healing other people’s bodies invariably exacts a toll on one’s own.” - Los Angeles Times

Planet Earth III

$22.49 $29.99

“With great performances across the board and a socially relevant story, Mudbound will resonate long after the credits roll.”

Starring: David Attenborough Explore the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them in the final part of David Attenborough’s Planet Earth trilogy.

NR 400 min. (2023) Documentary DVD 16444184 $26.24 3 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 16444183 $36.74 6 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

“The scale and scope of this project are spectacular. It is often a great joy to watch.”

Journey to Bethlehem

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Milo Manheim, Geno Segers The live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith, and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told.

PG 99 min. (2023) $6M Action/Adventure DVD 16390664 $26.24 Blu-ray 16388739 $29.24 AVAILABLE JANUARY 16

“A snappy, satisfying seasonal-appropriate gem, complete with wisecracking Three Wise Men.” - San Jose Mercury News

- The Guardian

- Empire Magazine

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January 1, 2024 / Midwest Tape / Weekly Buyer’s Guide / 800.875.2785

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Top upcoming releases patrons are looking for Il Divo XX

Il Divo Music LLC Pop/Rock CD 16460059 $15.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

Classical crossover group celebrates 20 years of music

Music Staff Picks

Brittany Howard What Now

ISLAND Pop/Rock Brittany Howard releases her second solo album, which reflects some of the uncertainty in today’s time while constantly delivering one unexpected moment after another.

CD 16444059 $11.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2

New solo album from the Alabama Shakes lead singer

Billy Porter Black Mona Lisa

Republic Records R&B CD 16444055 $14.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 5

Digital release from the multiaward winner is now on CD

Ty Segall Three Bells

Drag City Pop/Rock CD 16391216 $18.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 26

Singer-songwriter continues to push boundaries

Future Islands People Who Aren’t There Anymore 4AD Pop/Rock CD 16444053 $17.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 26

Includes the singles King of Sweden and Peach

Mansionz Mansionz 2

Island Pop/Rock CD 16376201 $11.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE JANUARY 26

New music from the duo of Mike Posner and Blackbear

Dhani Harrison Innerstanding

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Mereki, Graham Coxon CD 16394695 $14.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

Musician’s first new album in six years

Chelsea Wolfe She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock CD 16356511 $12.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

An album centered on rebirth and catharsis

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Toledo, Ohio Permit No. 242

The Marsh King’s Daughter

Starring: Daisy Ridley, Garrett Hedlund, Ben Mendelsohn A woman seeks revenge against the man who abducted her mother.

R 108 min. (2023) $2M Crime Blu-ray+DVD 16344608 $18.74 2 Discs

“Neil Burger’s thriller aims to capture a mother pushed to protect her family from her past.” - New York Times

“Special Ops: Lioness has all the makings of a crackling good military spy thriller.”

- Chicago Sun-Times

AVAILABLE JANUARY 2

Special Ops Lioness Season 1 Starring: Zoë Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the spear in the CIA’s war on terror. She enlists Cruz, a female special operations Marine, as an undercover operative in the Lioness Program.

NR 352 min. (2023) Drama DVD Blu-ray

16236661 16236660

AVAILABLE JANUARY 23

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$22.49 3 Discs $30.74 3 Discs