Midwest Tape Weekly June 24, 2024

June 24, 2024

Summer Camp

Starring: Kathy Bates, Diane Keaton, Alfre Woodard

Follow three childhood best friends who used to spend every summer at a sleepaway camp together. After years, when the opportunity to get back together for a summer camp reunion presents itself, they all seize it.

PG13 96 min. (2024) Comedy

DVD 16951883

Blu-ray+DVD 16951884 2 Discs

COMING SOON

“A beautifully observed paean to caretaking— both physical and philosophical.”

- Los Angeles Times

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Starring: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan

(1973)

Perfect

Days (Japanese)

Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano Hirayama is a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo who lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. His rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself.

PG 124 min. (2023) (Japan) $4M Drama

DVD 16817178 $22.49

Blu-ray 16817177 $29.99

4K Blu-ray 16817176 $37.49 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 16

Brief Encounters/ The Long Farewell Two Films by Kira Muratova B&W (Russian)

Starring: Kira Muratova, Nina Ruslanova, Vladimir Vysotsky

Risky Business

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano

R 99 min. (1983)

Comedy Blu-ray 16817180 $29.99

4K Blu-ray 16817179 $37.49

2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 23

Black God, White Devil B&W (Portuguese)

Starring: Yona Magalhaes, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos

NR 118 min. (1971) (Brazil)

Action/Adventure

DVD 16817175 $22.49

2 Discs

Blu-ray 16817174 $29.99

2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 16

Anselm (German)

Starring: Anselm Kiefer, Daniel Kiefer, Anton Wenders

NR 93 min. (2023) (Germany) Documentary

High patron demand!

DVDs

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Starring: Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer

The British military enlists a small group of highly skilled soldiers to launch an attack against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.

R 120 min. (2024) $20M Drama

DVD 16733197 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 16733198 $29.99 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16931937 $37.49 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

The Tiger’s Apprentice

Voices of: Henry Golding, Brandon Soo Hoo, Lucy Liu

Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a mythical tiger, he trains to take on an evil force that threatens humanity.

G 83 min. (2024) Children’s

DVD 16668088 $17.24

Audiobooks

Camino

Ghosts

John Grisham

Suspense

A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island. What the developer doesn’t know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed.

AB CD 9 Discs 16330080 $44.99

Music

Camila Cabello

C,XOXO

Geffen Records

Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Lil Nas X

CD 16929107

$14.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JUNE 28

Hot at Midwest Tape

In

the Land of Saints and Sinners

Starring: Kerry Condon, Liam Neeson, Ciaran Hinds

A disillusioned hitman comes out of retirement for one last job when an IRA bomber on the run from the law arrives in his sleepy Irish village.

R 106 min. (2024)

Suspense/Thriller

DVD 16812638 $14.99

Blu-ray 16812639 $18.74

Nowhere

Special

Starring: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O’Higgins

When John is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the reality of the situation.

NR 95 min. (2024) (United Kingdom) Drama

DVD 16838787 $16.99

Blu-ray 16838788 $25.49

Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Starring: Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh

One of the greatest miscarrages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of postal workers were wrongly accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting due to a defective IT system.

TVMA 240 min. (2024) (United Kingdom) Drama

DVD 16668676 $26.24 2 Discs

The Women

Kristin Hannah

Women’s Fiction

A profoundly emotional, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define a generation.

AB CD 12 Discs 15915083 $44.99

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

Horror

‘You like it darker? Fine, so do I,’ writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of 12 stories that delve into the darker part of life— both metaphorical and literal.

AB CD 17 Discs 16444112 $54.99

Kehlani Crash Atlantic R&B

CD 16937950

$11.24

Parental Advisory

Meghan Trainor

Timeless

Sony Music

Pop/Rock

Guest Artists: T-Pain, Niecy Nash

CD 16810595

$16.99

Audiobook Hot New Children & YA

Children’s

Bamboo Kingdom #5

The Lightning Path

Erin Hunter

Action

As Ghost sets out to reunite both of his families, Leaf is nowhere to be found, and the monkeys are watching their every move. With only piecemeal guidance from a Great Dragon that’s been split in three, how can they hope to stop what Brawnshanks is planning?

AB CD 5 Discs 16468917 $31.99

They Call Me No Sam!

Drew Daywalt

Animals

Meet Sam: a mischievous pug adopted by scientists Elaine and Gary to keep their son, Justin, company, who inadvertently becomes a hero. Despite causing chaos with his antics, Sam’s actions ultimately foil criminals attempting to steal the family’s research findings.

AB CD 2 Discs 16460676 $21.99

Young Adult

Break to You

Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, Michelle Knowlden

Romance

An intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences.

AB CD 8 Discs 16469717 $42.99

AVAILABLE JULY 2

My Weird School Special

There’s a Skunk in My Bunk!

Dan Gutman

Humor

A.J. can’t wait to enjoy summer break but his parents announce that he’s been signed up for sleepaway camp. Between the mosquitoes and bees, animals that break into the cabins, and a moose head that guards the mail, this is definitely one weird camp.

AB CD 2 Discs 16467670 $21.99

Willow the White House Cat

Jill Biden

Social Themes

The story of how Willow the White House Cat made her way from a farm in Pennsylvania to her new home, the White House, and made new friends along the way, written by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.

AB CD 1 Disc 16860595 $31.99

Icon and Inferno

Marie Lu Thriller

A year has passed since superstar Winter last saw secret agent Sydney. After barely surviving their first assignment together, the two haven’t spoken at all. So, when Syndey shows up one day with a new mission from Panacea, he has no choice but to accept.

AB CD 9 Discs 16354574 $52.99

Death at Morning House

Maureen Johnson

Historical Fiction

Needing a new summer job, Marlowe ends up giving tours at Morning House, a mansion with a dark secret on an abandoned island. As Marlowe uncovers clues about the mansion’s horrific past, she realizes her life is in danger.

AB CD 10 Discs 16470347 $47.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

Arkangel

James Rollins Action

Facing enemies on all sides, it will be up to Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force to unravel a mystery going back millennia— and uncover the truth about a lost civilization and an arcane treasure that could save the planet…or destroy it.

AB CD 12 Discs 16470516 $47.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

Fire and Bones

Kathy Reichs Suspense

Tempe teams up with telejournalist Ivy Doyle to investigate a deadly fire and discovers the building was linked to the Foggy Bottom Gang. After two more incidents, Tempe realizes her actions are being anticipated, putting her in constant danger.

AB CD 8 Discs 16376343 $32.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

Mystery

Between a Flock and a Hard Place

Donna Andrews

The Smetkamps win a home makeover, but tensions rise with the crew, the Smetkamps, and their neighbor. Mrs. Smetkamps is found deceased the next morning, in a yard full of aggressive turkeys.

AB CD 8 Discs 16450540 $49.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

Bestselling authors

Shanghai

Joseph Kanon

Historical Fiction

Audiobook

Daniel Lohr, a lucky refugee, escaped the Gestapo in 1938 and found family in lawless Shanghai. He navigates his uncle’s world in Shanghai’s nightlife, where survival means staying ahead in a dangerous mix of politics and crime.

AB CD 9 Discs 16325737 $39.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

The Pairing Casey

McQuiston

Humor

Two exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a competition of the amorous kind to prove they’re over each other—except they’re definitely not.

AB CD 12 Discs 16450670 $59.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

House of Glass

Sarah Pekkanen Suspense

A young nanny’s death leaves nine-year-old Rose Barclay mute and collecting sharp objects. As lawyer Stella Hudson investigates, she finds the Barclays’ home eerie and everyone, including Rose, is a suspect in the nanny’s death.

AB CD 9 Discs 16242014 $39.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

A Happier Life

Kristy Woodson

Harvey

Women’s Fiction

As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations.

AB CD 10 Discs 16125187 $63.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

Don’t Let the Devil Ride

Ace Atkins

Addison’s husband, Dean, vanishes, revealing secrets about their marriage. With help from PI Porter Hayes, they uncover Dean’s dangerous double life. As threats escalate, they race to find Dean before it’s too late.

AB CD 12 Discs 16469424 $47.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 25

The Lost Coast

Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman

Clay Edison, a former coroner now working as a private eye, takes on a fraud case that leads him to a remote California town. The residents are hostile to outsiders and will go to great lengths to stop Clay from asking questions.

AB CD 7 Discs 16493967 $39.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 6

Music Returning favorites and expanded editions Reissues

The Police Synchronicity

A&M Records

Pop/Rock

Remastered and expanded two-CD set includes the original album and second disc featuring highlights from the contemporaneous B-sides and singles bonus tracks.

CD 16957059 $29.99 Deluxe Edition

AVAILABLE JULY 26

Ed Sheeran X

10th Anniversary Edition

Atlantic

Pop/Rock

Ed Sheeran’s hit sophomore album celebrates its 10-year anniversary with an expanded edition including nine bonus tracks.

CD 16883525 $12.74

Grateful Dead

From the Mars Hotel

Grateful Dead Production

Pop/Rock

The Deluxe Edition features the same remastered and plangentized audio from the 50th remaster plus the previously unreleased live performance from the University of Nevada-Reno on May 12, 1974.

CD 16831464 $29.74

50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Luther Vandross

This Close to You Legacy Recordings R&B

Following the success of his debut, Vandross continued his musical journey as part of the American singing group Luther, with the release of This Close to You on March 23, 1977.

CD 16860640 $14.44

Prince

Music from Graffiti Bridge

Warner Records

R&B

Guest Artists: George Clinton, Tevin Campbell

After the hugely successful Batman soundtrack album, Prince returned in 1991 with yet another soundtrack, this time featuring songs from his self-directed movie Graffiti Bridge

CD 16957442 $12.74 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 5

Chick Corea Elektric Band II

Paint the World

Candid

Jazz

In 1993, Chick Corea unveiled the second incarnation of the Elektric Band. Recorded almost entirely live in first takes, the album is notable for its ‘less is more’ approach to Corea’s particular style of genre-bending composition.

John Lennon Mind Games

The Ultimate Mixes

Capitol Pop/Rock

Two-CD set

featuring Mind Games: The Ultimate Mixes and The Out-takes, 24 tracks, plus a 20-page booklet of photos and artwork, a reproduction of the original 1973 triptych marketing poster, and more.

CD 16935279 $29.99

AVAILABLE JULY 12

Oasis

Definitely Maybe

Big Brother Recordings Ltd

Pop/Rock

Three decades after its release, the seminal debut album from Oasis is reissued with a second disc featuring the previously unreleased and discarded original recording session from Monnow Valley.

CD 16968645 $21.24

30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

AVAILABLE AUGUST 30

CD 16895367 $16.14

AVAILABLE JUNE 28

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age

Expanded Edition

Matador

Pop/Rock

The expanded 2011 edition of Queens of the Stone Age’s legendary self-titled debut album. Available on CD from Matador for the first time, the reissue comes on the heels of their critically lauded new album, In Times New Roman....

CD 16935273 $15.29

Top upcoming releases patrons are looking for

Billy Strings

Live Volume 1

Reprise Country

CD 16970191

$20.39

AVAILABLE

JULY 12

First live album from the Grammy Award winner

Clairo Charm

Clairo Pop/Rock

Evoking balmy summer evenings and têteà-têtes in plush conversation pits, Clairo’s third album is a collection of warm, ‘70s-inspired grooves that move lithely between jazz, psychedelic folk, and soul.

CD 16957057 $12.99

AVAILABLE JULY 12

Features the single Sexy to Someone

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This Is How Tomorrow Moves

Dirty Hit

Pop/Rock

CD 16891472

$15.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 16

Third album from the singer-songwriter

Amos Lee Transmissions Hoagiemouth Records, LLC

Folk

CD 16848672

$13.59

AVAILABLE AUGUST 9

Singersongwriter’s first new album in two years

Thom Yorke Confidenza Soundtrack XL Recordings Soundtracks

CD 16836104

$15.29

AVAILABLE JULY 12

Score by the Radiohead frontman

KIDZ BOP Kids

KIDZ BOP 2024 Volume 2

KIDZ BOP Children’s

The bops keep on comin’ with KIDZ BOP 2024 Vol. 2! Featuring the hottest hits of the year, like TEXAS HOLD ‘EM; Houdi; Lose Control; and more!

CD 16906759 $10.99

AVAILABLE JULY 12

Kid-friendly versions of today’s pop hits

Omar Apollo God Said No Warner Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16970190

$12.74

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JUNE 28

Captures an adventurous spirit

Ted Lasso

Starring:

Sudeikis,