Midwest Tape Weekly January 27, 2025

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“A Complete Unknown is utterly fascinating, capturing a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture.” - Associated Press

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Complete Unknown

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning

In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with music icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates worldwide.

R 141 min. (2024) Drama

DVD 17507595

Blu-ray 17507596

COMING SOON

A Complete Unknown Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Guest Artists: Edward Norton, Monica Barbara

CD 17595257 $20.39

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 28

Music Biopics

VIDEO

La Bamba

Starring: Lou Diamond

Phillips, Esai Morales, Elizabeth Peña

The brief but incandescent life of rock n’ roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema.

UNK 108 min. (1987) Drama CRITERION COLLECTION

Blu-ray 16002451

$29.99

Sid & Nancy

Starring: Courtney Love, Chloe

Webb, Gary Oldman

R 113 min. (1986) (United Kingdom)

$3M Drama

CRITERION COLLECTION

DVD 11892489 $22.49

2 Discs

The best films about music’s best artists

Love & Mercy

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, Paul Dano

PG13 122 min. (2014) $12M Drama

DVD 11390302 $15.74

Blu-ray 11390301 $21.74

Bohemian Rhapsody

Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee

PG13 135 min. (2018) (United Kingdom) $216M Drama

DVD 12248173 $12.74

Blu-ray+DVD 12248174 $18.69

2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 12288688 $28.89

2 Discs

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee

Jones

PG 125 min. (1980) $67M Drama

DVD 10106444 $12.74 25th Anniversary Edition

La Vie En Rose (French)

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu

PG13 141 min. (2007) $10M Drama

DVD 10194828 $12.74 Director’s Cut

Elvis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge

PG13 159 min. (2022) (Australia) $151M Drama

DVD 15122881 $14.44

Blu-ray+DVD 15122882 $21.24

2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 15281233 $37.49 2 Discs

Rocketman

Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Richard Madden, Taron Egerton

R 121 min. (2019) (United Kingdom) $96M Drama

DVD 12366851 $9.74

Blu-ray+DVD 12366852 $11.04

2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 12430679 $15.29

2 Discs

Get On Up

Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis

PG13 139 min. (2014) $31M Drama

DVD 11217128 $12.74

Blu-ray 12911735 $22.94

Straight Outta Compton

Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell

R 147 min. (2015) $161M Drama

DVD 11416792 $12.74

Blu-ray 12332326 $11.24

Unrated Director’s Cut

4K Blu-ray 12012977 $23.99

Unrated Director’s Cut, 2 Discs

Ray

Starring: Regina King, Kerry

Washington, Terrence Howard

PG13 153 min. (2004) $75M Drama

DVD 10291023 $12.74

Blu-ray 10457485 $12.74

Miss Scarlet

Season 5

Starring: Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Cathy Belton

Miss Eliza Scarlet is ready to begin a new chapter.

William Wellington, aka the Duke, has decided to stay in New York permanently.

TVPG 360 min. (2025) (United Kingdom) Drama

DVD 17387230 $26.24 2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Quantum Leap Season 2

Starring: Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson

Locked into a timeline where his former fiancée Addison has a new love interest and the rest of his disbanded support team is scattered, Ben faces new challenges.

TV14 516 min. (2023) Science Fiction

DVD 17644606 $27.19 3 Discs

Blu-ray 17644607 $32.29 3 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

Flunk

Season 5

Starring: Madelyn Sheahan, Holly Monks, Olivia Wright

As Heidi, Saffron, Ruby, and Astrid approach the end of high school, a huge question mark hangs over their future. Will they find a way to stay in each other’s lives or is this goodbye?

UNK 150 min. (2024) (Australia) Drama

DVD 17458828 $18.74

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

Vienna Blood

Season 4

Starring: Matthew Beard, Juergen Maurer, Luise von Finckh

Doctor Max Liebermann has only just returned from a lecture tour when Inspector Oskar

Rheinhardt asks for help in what could be the most dangerous case of their careers.

TV14 240 min. (2025) (United Kingdom) Drama

DVD 17425625 $22.49

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

Truth Be Told Complete Series

Starring: Octavia Spencer, Ron Cephas Jones, Michael Beach

A true crime podcaster tries to solve the mystery surrounding a family patriarch’s death.

TVMA 1260 min. (2019) Drama Blu-ray 17554045 $76.49 9 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

Master Crimes

(French)

Starring: Muriel Robin, Anne Le Nen, Nicolas Briançon

Louise is a psychocriminology professor, as brilliant as she is exasperating. But she is called to a crime scene that seems to relate to her, recruiting four of her students to help.

NR 311 min. (2023) (France) Crime

DVD 17507621 $25.49 2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

Nine Perfect Strangers

Season 1

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon

Nine stressed city dwellers visit a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation. The resort’s director is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies.

UNK 400 min. (2021) Drama

Blu-ray 17554046 $33.14 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

Thrilling Tales

We Are Watching

Alison Gaylin

After her husband’s bizarre death, Meg reopens her bookstore but faces threats from conspiracy theorists obsessed with a novel. As the threats escalate, Meg suspects the accident wasn’t accidental and must uncover the truth to protect her family.

AB CD 8 Discs 17152869 $42.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

JANUARY

The Family Inside

Katie Garner

Iris Blodgett, struggling after her husband’s unsolved murder, moves into her boyfriend Hugh’s mansion. There, she discovers unexpected family members and dark secrets, revealing the true reason she and her daughter were invited.

AB CD 9 Discs 16850914 $42.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

The Dark Hours

Amy Jordan

LAPD detective

Renée Ballard investigates a New Year’s Eve shooting linked to an old case by Detective Harry Bosch. Teaming up with him, they face dangerous predators willing to kill to keep their secrets.

AB CD 9 Discs 16851298 $42.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

Shop these heartstopping listens to keep patrons on their toes.

FEBRUARY

A Killing Cold

Theodora visits her boyfriend’s family retreat. There, she receives threats and finds a childhood photo of herself, uncovering dangerous secrets, realizing she’s in grave danger.

AB CD 8 Discs 17302886 $49.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

Count My Lies

Sophie Stava

Sloane Caraway lies her way into a nanny job with the wealthy Lockhart family. She soon discovers their perfect life hides dangerous secrets, and her lies trap her in a twisted reality.

AB CD 8 Discs 17242058 $63.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 4

The Ghosts of Rome

Joseph O’Connor

In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as the Choir successfully smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Escape Line, but both are now in danger.

AB CD 10 Discs 17166968 $59.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea

C. L. Miller

When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum and a dead body is found nearby, the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter’s Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate.

AB CD 9 Discs 17167166 $52.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 18

MARCH

The Last Days of Kira Mullan

After a psychotic break, Nancy North hears unsettling voices in her new flat. When a neighbor’s death is ruled a suicide, she suspects foul play despite doubts about her sanity.

Detective Maud O’Connor shares her suspicions, risking everything to uncover the truth.

AB CD 8 Discs 17153508 $42.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 4

Girl Anonymous

Christina Dodd

Maarja Daire returns to the mansion where she lost her mother and meets Dante Arundel.

Recognizing her courage, they must navigate betrayal and loss to end the vendetta that tore their lives apart.

AB CD 9 Discs 16851228 $42.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 11

Close Your

Eyes and Count to 10

Lisa Unger Suspense

Charismatic adventurer Maverick Dillan’s ultimate hide-and-seek challenge turns into a deadly survival game. Adele, a determined single mother, finds herself caught in a web of danger and deception, fighting to protect her children. As the competition escalates, the line between reality and illusion blurs, forcing Adele to rely on her wits and will to survive.

AB CD 9 Discs 16851208 $42.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 18

When the real game begins, who will make it to the count of 10?

Nemesis

Gregg Hurwitz

Suspense

When Tommy Stojack breaks Evan Smoak’s trust, their friendship turns deadly. As Evan hunts Tommy, who is fulfilling a promise to a late friend, an even greater threat emerges, jeopardizing them both.

AB CD 13 Discs 16931922 $44.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Seeing You

Samantha Chase Romance

Years after leaving Marcus Calloway, Billie Donovan crosses paths with him again in Sweetbriar Ridge. Old passions resurface, forcing Billie to confront her past choices and decide if she’s ready to trust Marcus with her heart.

AB CD 7 Discs 17527918 $69.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 28

The Paris Express

Emma Donoghue

Historical Fiction

A gripping novel set on a train with a diverse cast of characters, including politicians, a medical student, a secretary, crew members, and an anarchist, all intertwined by secrets, ambitions, and dangerous plans.

AB CD 6 Discs 17242009 $52.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 18

The Story She Left Behind

Patti Callahan Henry

Historical Fiction

Thirty years after her famous mother Bronwyn’s disappearance, Clara discovers a clue to her lost work. This takes her to London, where she uncovers the truth about her mother’s legacy.

AB CD 10 Discs 17242208 $63.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 18

Beach Vibes

Susan Mallery Romance

Beth’s life is turned upside down when she discovers her brother Rick, a surgeon, cheating on her best friend, Jana. Torn between protecting Rick’s secret and losing the man she loves, she faces a tough decision.

AB CD 9 Discs 16851198 $42.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 18

Stone Certainty

Simon R. Green Mystery

In Chipping Amesbury, sinister legends surround a crumbling stone circle where Alistair joins Diana for a documentary on its restoration, and their reunion turns deadly. Unleashing ancient forces, they must face blood-chilling horrors to survive.

AB CD 5 Discs 17292143 $39.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

New Rock Albums MUSIC

The Velveteers

A Million Knives

Pop/Rock

The Velveteers bring a visceral energy to their explosive sophomore album, A Million Knives, loaded with blistering rock anthems infused with melodic indie songwriting.

CD 17391797 $11.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 14

Smith/Kotzen

Black Light/ White Noise

Pop/Rock

Smith/Kotzen is the musical collaboration between musicians Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden and Richie Kotzen, who is a member of the Winery Dogs and a solo artist in his own right.

CD 17532192 $16.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 7

The Darkness

Dreams on Toast

Pop/Rock

The Darkness’s upcoming album marks a bold new chapter for the band. With their signature blend of flamboyant rock anthems and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, this album cements their place at the pinnacle of British rock.

CD 17360662 $16.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 28

Bob Mould

Here We Go

Crazy

Pop/Rock

Alt-rock legend

Bob Mould returns with his new album, Here We Go Crazy. The former frontman of Hüsker Dü and Sugar delivers 11 slices of anthemic, emotional, driving alternative rock.

CD 17616130 $15.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 7

Sharon

Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory

Pop/Rock

Writing and recording in total collaboration with her band for the first time, Van Etten finds the freedom that comes by letting go. The result of that liberation is an exhilarating new dimension of sound and songwriting.

CD 17602765 $15.29 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 7

Lacuna Coil

Sleepless Empire Pop/Rock

With this release, Lacuna Coil goes to a place that is dark, cinematic, and unmistakably true to the unique characteristics that have given the band such a celebrated entry in the annals of heavy music.

CD 17371050 $16.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 14

Guided by Voices

Universe Room

Pop/Rock

The 18th Guided by Voices album in 10 years packs a vast mix of energy levels and sounds into 17 diverse tracks in less than 40 minutes.

CD 17631829 $20.39

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 7

Killswitch Engage

This Consequence

Pop/Rock

Killswitch Engage delivers another album that delivers a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, and enlightened lyricism.

CD 17532203 $16.14

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 21

Architects

The Sky the Earth & All Between Pop/Rock

After two relentless years on the road, featuring massive European summer tours with Metallica and top billing at festival stages across North America, Architects returned to the studio to deliver their most powerful collection of songs yet.

CD 17595249 $13.59 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 28

Features the new single Dancing in the Flames

The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow

R&B

The sixth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, released through XO and Republic Records, serves as the final part of an album trilogy that began with After Hours (2020) and continued with Dawn FM (2022).

CD 17612809

Parental Advisory

$9.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 31

Jeremy Pelt

Woven

Jazz

CD 17602740

$16.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 31

Combines

21st century jazz with electronic synthesized sounds

Panda Bear Sinister Grift

Pop/Rock

CD 17416541

$13.59

Panda Bear’s first new album in five years

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

I Will Not Be Moved

Gospel

CD 17616129

$13.59

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 28

Live album from the worship group

Coolio

Greatest Hits

Rap/Hip-Hop

CD 17612815

$16.99

AVAILABLE JANUARY 31

Best-of collection from the rap icon

Joaquina

Al Romper La Burbuja Pop/Rock

CD 17631821

$12.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 7

Singer’s deeply personal debut album

Johnnyswim When the War Is Over Pop/Rock

CD 17631830

$12.74

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 7

Captures a journey through personal upheaval and resilience

“Fast, brutal and absorbing, the shocker opener sets the template for the rest of the movie.”
- New York Times

Gladiator II

Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen

After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.

R 147 min. (2024) $154M Action/Adventure

DVD 17427180 $25.49

4K Blu-ray 17427182 $37.49 3 Discs

AVAILABLE MARCH 4

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