Midwest Tape Weekly July 1, 2024

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Bad Boys Ride or Die

Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa

The

Blockbuster Action

Bad Boys for Life

Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens

Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.

R 123 min. (2020) $204M

Action/Adventure

12684509 $12.74

12684510 $16.99

Bad Boys/Bad Boys II

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Molla

Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett of the Miami Police Department team up to take down some of south Florida’s baddest criminals.

R 266 min. Action/Adventure

DVD 15378390 $8.49

2 Discs

Blu-ray+DVD 12590162 $14.99

2 Discs

More Action from Martin and Will

Hancock

Starring: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron

A superhero whose illconsidered behavior regularly causes damages in the millions changes his ways when a person he saves helps him improve his public image.

UR 102 min. (2008) $228M Action/Adventure

DVD 10241924 $12.74

Blu-ray 10241926 $16.99

4K Blu-ray 11702077 $22.94 2 Discs

Gemini Man

Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen

Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move.

PG13 117 min. (2019) $49M Action/Adventure

DVD 12520084 $12.74

Blu-ray+DVD 12520085 $14.44 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 12657262 $22.09 2 Discs

I Am Legend

Starring: Will Smith Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City stuggles valiantly to find a cure.

PG13 100 min. (2007) $256M Action/Adventure

DVD 10201712 $5.94 Blu-ray 10216672 $14.44

Blue Streak

Starring: Martin Lawrence

After two years in prison, Miles is looking for the 20-million-dollar diamond he stashed at a construction site. Unfortunately, it’s now a police station.

PG13 94 min. (1999) Comedy Blu-ray 10240572 $16.99

Suicide Squad

Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie

A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated supervillains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.

PG13 134 min. (2016) $325M Action/Adventure Blu-ray 11733567 $12.74 Extended Cut, 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 11751260 $32.29 2 Discs

National Security

Starring: Martin

Lawrence, Timothy Busfield, Colm Feore

Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

PG13 88 min. $35M Comedy

Blu-ray 10240577 $12.74

Godzilla X Kong

The New Empire

Starring: Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Rachel House

Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connections to Skull Island’s mysteries.

PG13 115 min. (2024) $196M Action/Adventure

DVD 16621015 $26.24

Blu-ray 16621016 $32.24

4K Blu-ray 16838695 $38.99

Monkey Man

Starring: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash

An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and systematically victimize the poor and powerless.

R 122 min. (2024) $25M Action/Adventure

DVD 16733204 $23.24

Blu-ray+DVD 16733205 $29.99

Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16733206 $35.99 2 Discs

American Fiction

Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz

A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy he claims to disdain.

Ghostbusters

Frozen Empire

Starring: Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon

When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.

PG13 115 min. (2024) $113M Action/Adventure

DVD 16621004 $26.24

Blu-ray+DVD 16621005 $30.74 2 Discs 4K Blu-ray 16924821 $37.49 2 Discs

NCIS: Sydney

Season 1

Starring: Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar

A team of US NCIS agents and Australian Federal Police officers are grafted into a taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.

NR 345 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 16874419 $27.19 2 Discs

R 117 min. (2023) $21M Comedy

Blu-ray 16428814 $29.99

Immaculate

Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco

Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is offered a new role at an illustrious convent in Italy. But it becomes clear that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.

R 89 min. (2024) $16M Horror

The Boys in the Boat

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Peter Guinness

The story of the 1936 University of Washington rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

PG13 123 min. (2023) $53M Drama

Blu-ray 16848738 $29.99

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

DVD 16766959 $13.49

Blu-ray 16766958 $14.24

The Long Game

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jay Hernandez, Gillian Vigman

In 1955, five young Mexican-American caddies, out of the love of the game, were determined to learn how to play, so they created their own golf course in south Texas.

PG 113 min. (2023) $3M Drama

DVD 16812646 $19.49

Audiobook Suspense & Thrillers

Suspenseful Listens

All This and More

Desperate for a do-over from a life in shambles, Marsh joins a show that lets contestants revise their pasts. With a newly transformed life, she now worries that the show may be too good to be true. Can she achieve the life she wants, and is it worth the risk?

AB CD 13 Discs 16469671 $47.99

AVAILABLE JULY 9

One Big Happy Family

Jamie Day

After their father’s death, the three Bishop sisters arrive to claim their family-owned hotel. Chambermaid Charley Kelley faces potential disaster with the sisters’ arrival. Will they close the hotel, fire her, discover her thefts, or find out she’s hiding a fugitive in a guest room?

AB CD 9 Discs 16450659 $56.99

AVAILABLE JULY 16

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Graham Jones delves into the Texas he knows, highlighting the struggles of being an outsider through the eyes of Tolly Driver, a 17-year-old with untapped potential, who narrates his own descent into slasher horror on a path of revenge.

AB CD 9 Discs 16490001 $63.99

AVAILABLE JULY 16

Storm Child

Michael Robotham

Evie Cormac, with a troubled past, witnesses 17 migrant bodies wash up on a Lincolnshire beach; a teenage survivor claims their boat was deliberately sunk. Psychologist Cyrus Haven, suspecting Evie’s involvement, investigates.

AB CD 9 Discs 16014137 $63.99

AVAILABLE JULY 2

Psychological Thrillers

I Need You to Read This

Maxwell

In NYC, Alex Marks is shaken by her hero Francis Keen’s murder. Landing Francis’s advice columnist job, Alex faces threats and delves into dangerous secrets while investigating the murder across Manhattan.

AB CD 8 Discs 16539980 $52.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 13

Bad Tourists

Three tight-knit friends embark on an extravagant divorce trip to the Maldives, where they can unwind and celebrate a new chapter in midlife—until they realize the resort of their dreams is harboring a killer.

AB CD 7 Discs 16489924 $52.99

AVAILABLE JULY 9

The Bang-Bang Sisters

Rio Youers

Meet the Bang-Bang Sisters: Brea, Jessie, and Flo—a rock band with an unbreakable bond and a secret life as vigilantes that hunt criminals who escaped justice. When they fall into a trap, they must survive a brutal game: 48 hours, one city, three sisters—only one can survive.

AB CD 10 Discs 16470303 $47.99

AVAILABLE JULY 16

The Astrology House

A group of wealthy Manhattanites escape to an astrology-themed retreat, where simmering resentments and long-held secrets lead to a shocking death in this fresh, twisty, and suspenseful debut.

AB CD 8 Discs 16489940 $52.99

AVAILABLE JULY 16

Follow a story of the intertwining timelines of Melina Green, a playwright inspired by her ancestor Emilia Bassano, a gifted young woman, as they both face hurdles in the male-dominated theater world. They are centuries apart, both forced to hide behind another name.

AB CD 12 Discs 16608253 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 20

Joy

Danielle Steel

Romance

A determined young woman must survive a series of abandonments from a childhood of emotional neglect to a marriage once strong, shaken with the trauma of war—to find a love that is worthy of her.

AB CD 7 Discs 16745572 $34.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 13

Tell Me Everything

Elizabeth Strout Literary Fiction

Bob Burgess befriends writer Lucy Barton, who lives nearby, and they often go on walks to discuss their fears and regrets. Lucy also meets Olive Kitteridge, and they share stories about people they’ve known, finding meaning in those ‘unrecorded lives.’

AB CD 8 Discs 16566011 $39.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 13

This Is Why We Lied

Karin Slaughter

Suspense

Will Trent and Sara Linton’s honeymoon at McAlpine Lodge takes a dark turn when the lodge manager, Mercy McAlpine, is found dead. With a storm isolating the lodge, they must untangle a web of secrets among the guests to catch the killer before they strike again.

AB CD 15 Discs 16577843 $58.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 20

No Safe Place

Michael Ledwidge Action

When it rains, it pours for Mike Gannon. He unexpectedly encounters his ex-girlfriend investigating a mysterious death. Then, a whistleblower exposes a deadly scandal, followed by the arrival of dangerous men determined to silence them.

AB CD 9 Discs 16446487 $42.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 20

Bestselling authors

The Summer Pact

Emily Giffin

Romance

Four freshmen from different backgrounds bond in college, facing tragedy before graduation and making a pact to support each other. Ten years later one is in need, prompting them to revisit their promise and embark on a journey of self-discovery together.

AB CD 9 Discs 16493984 $44.99

AVAILABLE JULY 9

“A dependably down-to-earth, girlfriendly storyteller.” - New York Times

The Break-Up Pact

Emma Lord Romance

Two best friends who haven’t spoken in 10 years pretend to date after breakups with their respective exes go viral in this delightfully fun and deeply emotional novel.

AB CD 8 Discs 16450638 $52.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 13

Tom Clancy Shadow State

Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself cut off from his comrades at the Campus just when he needs them most. He’s smack dab in the middle of an international conspiracy, and this may be too much for even he to handle.

AB CD 12 Discs 16529711 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 20

Charli XCX

brat Atlantic

Pop/Rock

CD 16791259

$12.74

Parental Advisory

Critically Acclaimed Albums

“4.5 out of 5 stars. She delivers some of her most engaging and mature music.” -AllMusic

Swamp Dogg Blackgrass

Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125 St

Oh Boy Records

Country

Guest Artists: Margo Price, Jenny Lewis CD 16831463 $13.59

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“This is Williams winningly flexing his more substantial songwriterly muscles.” -Mojo

King Hannah

Big Swimmer

City Slang

Pop/Rock

CD 16704480

$14.44

“They have delivered another satisfying set of songs that provides their audience with a rewarding listen.” -PopMatters

Arooj Aftab

Night Reign

VERVE

Jazz

CD 16751864

$14.99

“She has worlds in her voice, as intimate and expansive as her own imagination.” -Rolling Stone

Paul Weller

66

The 17th solo album by Paul Weller, marking his 66th journey around the sun, released on Polydor

CD 16667994 $15.99

“For a man showing signs of slowing down, Paul Weller can seem remarkably like an artist still in the thick of it.” -The Guardian

Shellac To All Trains

Barry Adamson Inc.

Pop/Rock

CD 16772561

$16.99

Parental Advisory

“Shellac, across 28 minutes of beat-emup mutant rock, are on fire here, the six-legged noise beast dependable as ever.” -Clash Music

Billie Eilish

Hit Me Hard and Soft

Darkroom/ Interscope Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16793948

$14.99

“Ravishing.” -Los Angeles Times

Richard Thompson

Ship to Shore New West Records Pop/Rock

CD 16668699

$14.44

“The melodies are uniformly strong, the guitar playing never less than stunning: This is topquality Thompson.” -Uncut

Anastasia Coope

Darning Woman

Jagjaguwar

Pop/Rock

CD 16678803

$15.29

“Darning Woman successfully introduces us to Coope’s sensibility and should have those on its wavelength clamoring for however she evolves from here…” -Paste Magazine

Records. Artwork by Sir Peter Blake.

Top upcoming releases patrons are looking for

Danny Gokey

Sound of Heaven

Sparrow Religious

CD 16970206

$11.99

AVAILABLE

JULY 26

Fifth album from the American Idol finalist

Thomas Rhett About a Woman

The Valory Music Co. Country

Marking the start of a fresh creative chapter, Thomas Rhett’s upcoming seventh studio album is full of heartpounding country with a progressive edge, high-energy anthems, and quick-hitting lyrics amid a lush soundscape.

CD 16980907 $12.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 26

Features the hit Gone Country

Milton Nascimento, Esperanza

Spalding

Milton + Esperanza

Concord Records

Latin

Guest Artists: Dianne Reeves, Paul Simon

CD 16906760 $15.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 9

A dream collaboration comes to fruition

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Wild God

Play it Again Sam

Pop/Rock

CD 16751885

$15.29

AVAILABLE AUGUST 30

A dance between convention and experimentation

Ayra Starr

The Year I Turned 21

Republic Records World

CD 16963101

$11.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 12

Second album from the rising music star

Foster the People Paradise State of Mind

Atlantic

Pop/Rock

After seven years, Foster the People return with a brand new studio album that includes the single Lost in Space.

CD 16977582 $12.74

AVAILABLE AUGUST 16

Band’s first new album in seven years

Fontaines D.C.

Romance

XL Recordings

Pop/Rock

CD 16831408

$15.29

AVAILABLE AUGUST 23

New music from the indie rock sensations

Features the hit single Espresso

Sabrina Carpenter Short N’ Sweet

ISLAND Pop/Rock

Singer-actress Sabrina Carpenter delivers one of the most anticipated albums of the summer. Along with the smash hit Espresso, it includes the new single Please Please Please.

CD 16988411 $14.99 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE AUGUST 23

Halo Season 2

Starring: Olive Gray, Natascha McElhone, Pablo Schreiber

Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced super-soldier, defends humanity from the alien Covenant in the 26th century.

NR 420 min. (2023) Action/Adventure

DVD 16789327 $37.49 4 Discs

Blu-ray 16789328 $42.74 4 Discs

4K Blu-ray 16789326 $57.74 Steelbook, 4 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 23

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