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“The acting and singing are totally fetch in the new movie musical version of Mean Girls.”

- San Francisco Chronicle

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 Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

PG13 112 min (2024) Comedy DVD 16498481 Blu-ray+DVD 16498482 2 Discs COMING SOON

Mean Girls

Interscope Records Soundtracks Artists: Renee Rapp, Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho Features the single Not My Fault by Reneé Rapp with rap superstar Megan Thee Stallion.

CD 16554775 $14.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

New Audiobooks p4 New Music p6

96th Academy

Video Award Nominees Nominated for 13 Oscars,

including Christopher Nolan for Best Director Oppenheimer

Nominated for 5 Oscars,

The Holdovers

including Best Visual Effects

Starring: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan PG13 133 min.

(2023) $40M Action/Adventure DVD 16162906 $22.49 Blu-ray 16162907 $29.99 4K+Blu-ray 16389660 $38.99 Ultimate Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs

Nominated for 2 Oscars, including Best Sound

$30.74 2 Discs

Nominated for 2 Oscars, including Best Picture

Past Lives

Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro PG13 105 min.

(2023) $9M Drama DVD 16148327 $14.99 Blu-ray 16148328 $16.49

Nominated for Best Animated Feature The Boy and the Heron

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1

including Jeffery Wright for Best Actor

Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz R 117 min. (2023) Comedy DVD 16428813 $26.99 Blu-ray+DVD 16428814 $33.74 2 Discs COMING SOON

Nominated for 2 Oscars, The Creator

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa R 134 min. (2023) $18M Comedy DVD 16345466 $22.49 Collector’s Edition Blu-ray+DVD 16345467 $26.24 Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs

Nominated for 5 Oscars,

American Fiction

Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera PG13 114 min.

(2023) $636M Comedy DVD 15994567 $17.24 Blu-ray 15994568 $18.74 4K+Blu-ray 16146770 $25.49

including Best Original Screenplay

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including Best Picture

Barbie

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon R 181 min. (2023) (United Kingdom) $324M Drama DVD 15994557 $26.24 2 Discs Blu-ray 15994558 $32.24 3 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 15994559 $38.99 3 Discs

Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames PG13 163 min.

(2023) $172M Action/Adventure DVD 15994569 $17.24 Blu-ray+DVD 15994570 $22.49 2 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 15994571

Nominated for 8 Oscars,

(Japanese) Starring: Luca Padovan, Christian Bale, Dave Bautista PG13 124 min.

(2023) (Japan) Anime DVD 16428806 $26.99 Blu-ray+DVD 16428807 $33.74 2 Discs AVAILABLE MARCH 26

February 5, 2024 / Midwest Tape / Weekly Buyer’s Guide / 800.875.2785

To see all available nominees, SmartBrowse ‘Academy Award Nominees 2024’!

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

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

I.S.S.

Starring: Ariana DeBose, John Gallagher Jr., Chris Messina As a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts on the ISS receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.

R 95 min. (2024) Science Fiction DVD 16498491 Blu-ray 16498492 AVAILABLE MARCH 12

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

$14.24 $15.74

“...skillfully grounds the somewhat far-fetched goings-on in the divisiveness of the real world.” - Washington Post

Starring: Nan Goldin Follow the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic’s death toll.

NR 122 min. (2022) Documentary Criterion Collection DVD 16511783 $22.49 Blu-ray 16511782 $29.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 12

“A tremendous documentary, a striking piece of work that is so tender yet biting.”

- Austin Chronicle

Lord of Misrule

Starring: Ralph Ineson, Tuppence Middleton, Matt Stokoe A priest must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save her daughter from the grip of evil.

UNK 104 min.

(2023) Horror DVD 16359256 $20.24 Blu-ray 16359257 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

The Independent

$22.49

“...the film’s invented version of British folklore gives it some interesting texture and imagery…”

- IGN Movies

Staff Video Picks

Starring: Brian Cox, Jodie TurnerSmith, John Cena A young journalist discovers a conspiracy involving a US presidential candidate that could change the election and the fate of the country.

R 108 min. (2022) Suspense/Thriller DVD 16529269 $12.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

“...this solid, by-numbers political thriller serves as a star-making vehicle for British actor Jodie TurnerSmith, who is nothing short of mesmerising.”

Next Goal Wins

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana The American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 match they lost 31-0, hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen to try to qualify for the next World Cup. PG13 104 min. (2023) (United Kingdom) $7M Comedy DVD 16345456 $14.99 Blu-ray 16345457 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

“...derives most of its modest charm from the film’s sheer unpretentiousness... despite being equipped with likable characters and scenic locales.”

- CNN

- The Observer

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2024 ALA Youth SmartBrowse ‘2024 Youth Media Audiobook Media Awards Award Winners’ for more titles!

Coretta Scott King Book Award Nigeria Jones Ibi Zoboi Young Adult AB CD 8 Discs 15792823 $42.99

Newbery Honor Book

Morris Award

Whalefall Daniel Kraus

Rez Ball Byron Graves

Science Fiction AB CD 7 Discs 15675318 $52.99

Young Adult AB CD 7 Discs 15807837 $36.99

Caldecott Honor Book

Odyssey Honor Audiobook

Elf Dog and Owl Head M. T. Anderson

Jovita Wore Pants Aida Salazar

Chinese Menu Grace Lin

Odyssey Honor Audiobook & Morris Award Finalist

Odyssey Honor Audiobook

Odyssey Honor Audiobook

Once There Was Kiyash Monsef

Sisters of the Lost Marsh Lucy Strange

Stateless Elizabeth Wein

Children’s AB CD 4 Discs 15684282 $39.99

Children’s AB CD 10 Discs 15185556 $44.99

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Alex Awards

Children’s AB CD 5 Discs 16167641 $39.99

Children’s AB CD 1 Disc 16229653 $9.99

Children’s AB CD 5 Discs 16230030 $39.99

February 5, 2024 / Midwest Tape / Weekly Buyer’s Guide / 800.875.2785

Young Adult AB CD 9 Discs 15592825 $44.99

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

Bestselling authors

Staff Audiobook Picks

Anita de Monte Laughs Last Xochitl Gonzalez

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice Elle Cosimano

Maktub Paulo Coelho

Mona of the Manor Armistead Maupin

Multicultural Interest Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of two women, this story is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.

AB CD 11 Discs 16354710 $59.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Mystery If Finlay can juggle a jealous ex-husband, two precocious kids, her mother’s marital issues, and a decomposing loan shark, and find Vero’s missing boyfriend, she might get out of Atlantic City in one piece.

AB CD 9 Discs 16354623 $52.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Short Stories (Single Author) Following the path of his previous internationally bestselling works, this thoughtful collection of short, inspirational pieces will engage seekers of all ages and backgrounds.

AB CD 4 Discs 16086643 $31.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Humor The adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed lady of a glorious old manor in Britain’s golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted son Wilfred, as they come to the aid of an American visitor with a troubling secret.

AB CD 8 Discs 16086919 $42.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Never Too Late Danielle Steel

The Hunter Tana French

Romance A stirring novel about a woman striking out on her own after loss as her adult daughters try to find their own independent paths in life.

AB CD 8 Discs 16345524 $34.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Suspense It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming home. One of them is coming to die.

AB CD 14 Discs 16118716 $49.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

The New Couple in 5B Lisa Unger

Three-Inch Teeth C. J. Box

Thriller Chad’s late uncle has left him his luxury apartment, so he and wife, Rosie, move in right away. When one of the neighbors turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about their home before she, too, falls under its dangerous spell.

AB CD 10 Discs 15937143 $42.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Suspense Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human.

AB CD 10 Discs 16293468 $39.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

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Music Live Albums Bringing the concert experience home Phish The Spectrum ‘97

Live on Mountain Stage Outlaws & Outliers

JEMP Records Pop/Rock All new six-CD box set from Phish.

This is a two-show complete audio box set recorded live December 2 and 3, 1997, at the legendary sports and music arena that hosted Phish nine times between December 1995 and November 2003.

CD 16538314 $34.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 15

Oh Boy Records Country Artists: Wilco, Molly Tuttle With four decades’ worth of recordings in its archives, many documenting artists in their formative years, this is bound to be an essential release. This collection features many iconic moments from the public radio program.

CD 16543481 $15.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 19

Wiener Philharmoniker Neujahrskonzert 2024/New Year’s Concert 2024/Concert Du Nouvel an 2024

Sony Classical Classical There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year’s Concert from the Vienna Philharmonic.

Under the direction of Christian Thielemann, they ushered in the new year.

CD 16529971 $20.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

The Who Live at Shea Stadium 1982

Mercury Studios Pop/Rock The Who’s 1982 tour promoted the recent It’s Hard album, which was released in June 1982, and the set list included a number of tracks from that album, some of which the band would only play live on this tour.

CD 16538312 $23.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 1

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Erasure The Neon (Live)

Mute Pop/Rock Along with tracks from their recent album, this set sees the duo play hits from their entire career, including live versions of their timeless synth-pop classics Always; Chains of Love; and A Little Respect.

CD 16489144 $17.99

The Allman Brothers Band Manley Field House, Syracuse University, April 7, 1972

Allman Brothers Band Recording Pop/Rock Pulled from the original source recording and remastered, this show has been widely circulated as a fan-favorite radio broadcast bootleg for years. This release is the first to include the complete show with the highest audio quality.

CD 16475014 $23.99

The Rolling Stones Live at the Wiltern

Mercury Studios Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Solomon Burke In November 2002, the Stones arrived in Los Angeles to perform at a packed Wiltern Theatre, treating fans to a set heavy on rarities which feel right at home in such an intimate setting.

CD 16538313 $23.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 8

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Top upcoming releases patrons are looking for The Color Purple Music from & Inspired By

WaterTower Music Soundtracks Artists: Halle Bailey, Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson CD 16543464 $21.99 2 Discs AVAILABLE MARCH 8

Featuring soulful and emotional music from the film

Music Staff Picks

Jennifer Lopez This is Me...Now

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Pop/Rock Jennifer Lopez shares the real story, a piece of her soul, and she is doing it in her own inimitable style. She effortlessly blends R&B, contemporary pop sounds, and hip-hop beats on her most personal album yet.

CD 16548850 $16.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Includes the track Can’t Get Enough

Aaron Lewis The Hill

Valory Country CD 16543727 $11.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE MARCH 29

A personal and unplugged collection of songs

Norah Jones Visions

Capitol Music Pop/Rock A vibrant and joyous 12-song set that finds Norah Jones singing about feeling free, wanting to dance, making it right, and acceptance of what life brings. It’s the yang to the yin that was her last album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor.

CD 16554776 $14.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 8

Melissa Errico, Stephen Sondheim Sondheim in the City

Concord Classical CD 16534075 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Sondheim tribute from the Tony Award nominee

Bryn Terfel Sea Songs

Deutsche Grammophon Classical Guest Artists: Sting, Simon Keenlyside CD 16474971 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

A rich and diverese tapestry of sea shanties

Waxahatchee Tigers Blood Anti Pop/Rock CD 16549951 $16.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 22

Acclaimed singer-songwriter’s highly anticipated new album

Includes the new single Running

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Presorted First-Class Mail

P.O. Box 820 Holland, OH 43528

U.S. POSTAGE PAID Toledo, Ohio Permit No. 242

Wednesday Season 1

Starring: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan It follows Wednesday Addams’s years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.

NR 480 min. (2022) Comedy DVD 16500841 $18.74 3 Discs Blu-ray 16500842 $22.49 2 Discs AVAILABLE MARCH 26

“The entire series finds director Tim Burton in perfect sync with the material.” - San Jose Mercury News

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