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The Holdovers
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go. R 133 min. (2023) Comedy DVD 16345466 Blu-ray+DVD 16345467 2 Discs COMING SOON
“A warm, spicy brew of humor, poignancy and irascible charm.” - Tribune News
The Fury
Alex Michaelides
New from the #1 bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder. AB CD 8 Discs 15915032 $39.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 16
“Gloriously atmospheric and utterly riveting...” - Lucy Foley
New Video p2 New Audiobooks p4
Grammy Nominees p6
Video Books to Film From the page to the silver screen Rickshaw Girl
A Haunting in Venice Starring: Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly, Kenneth Branagh Now retired, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. PG13 103 min. (2023) $42M Mystery DVD 16162904 $22.49 Blu-ray 16162905 $29.99
“A wonderful international cast and an instantly-involving murder-mystery...” - Chicago Sun-Times
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Starring: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham Dracula’s unholy presence dooms the crew of the merchant ship Demeter as it sails from Carpathia to London. R 119 min. (2023) $14M Horror DVD 16104058 $22.49 Collector’s Edition Blu-ray+DVD 16104059 $26.24 Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs
“...a chilling new spin on the character, and a voyage horror fans will mostly be glad they took.” - A.V. Club
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Starring: Novera Rahman, Allen Shubhro, Siam Ahmed A daring teenaged girl disguises herself as a boy and pedals a rickshaw to earn extra cash for her struggling family, all while pursuing her dream of becoming an artist. NR 102 min. (2022) Drama DVD 16012764
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Abby Ryder Fortson When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence. PG13 106 min. (2023) $20M Comedy DVD 15800556 $22.49 Blu-ray+DVD 15800557 $29.99 2 Discs
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The Road Dance
Corner Office
Shooting Stars
The Wedding Veil Inspiration
Starring: Hermione Corfield, Morven Christie, Mark Gatiss A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her. NR 116 min. (2022) (United Kingdom) Drama DVD 16162956 $22.49 AVAILABLE DECEMBER 12
Starring: Wood Harris, Mookie Cook, Caleb McLaughlin The inspiring origin story of a basketball superhero, revealing how LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James’s breathtaking career. PG13 116 min. (2023) Drama DVD 16233641 $17.99
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Starring: Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Christopher Heyerdahl As Orson, the Authority’s newest employee, finds himself trapped in the absurdities of corporate life, his alientation deepens when he discovers a room he’s told doesn’t exist. PG13 102 min. (2023) Comedy DVD 16104064 $14.99
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser, Kacey Rohl Emma’s life plan is thrown off course when Paolo must return to Italy to take care of his father and she discovers a new passion for making art accessible to all. NR 84 min. (2023) Drama DVD 15826044 Blu-ray 15970081
$10.49 $17.99
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Brand new titles your patrons are sure to love, curated by our video experts here at Midwest Tape!
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston Season 2
Ernest & Celestine A Trip to Gibberitia
Starring: Christopher Lowe, Baratunde Thurston Baratunde Thurston explores the country’s diverse landscapes to see how they shape the way we work, play, and interact with the outdoors. UNK 360 min. (2022) Action/Adventure DVD 16138941 $22.49 2 Discs AVAILABLE JANUARY 9
(French) Ernest and Celestine return to Ernest’s country to have his broken violin repaired, only to find that music is banned. They attempt to right this injustice to bring joy back to to bear country. NR 81 min. (2023) (France) Children’s Blu-ray 16368420 $22.49 AVAILABLE JANUARY 16
“…a love letter to the American landscape, as well as the American ideals of perseverance and activism…” - Common Sense Media
“A unique joie de vivre courses through A Trip to Gibberitia’s every meticulously composed frame.” - Slant Magazine
Lone Star
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
Starring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Joe Morton When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other longburied secrets in his Texas border town. R 135 min. (1996) Western Criterion Collection Blu-ray 16345477 4K+Blu-ray 16345476
Staff Video Picks
$29.99 $37.49 2 Discs
AVAILABLE JANUARY 16
“Thanks to a stupendous screenplay, each member of the cast is vividly drawn.” - New York Daily News
(Japanese) Voices of: Gabriel Regojo, Patricia Duran The laws of space and time mean nothing to the Urashima Tunnel. If you find it, walk through and you’ll find your heart’s desire on the other side…in exchange for years of your own life. NR 85 min. (2023) Anime Blu-ray 16343286 $27.74 AVAILABLE JANUARY 9
“This elegant romance anchors its more farfetched plot points with delicately observed details and grounding moments...”
Harry Wild Season 2
Starring: Jane Seymour, Rohan Nedd, Kevin Ryan Harry and her partner in PI work, Fergus, take on cases from missing persons to murders, but when Fergus’s mother turns up, years after abandoning him, they have a personal mystery to solve. NR 270 min. (2023) (Ireland) Comedy DVD 16343289 $31.49 2 Discs AVAILABLE JANUARY 16
“...this slight and slightly silly amateur-sleuth series immediately becomes something you could easily idle away a couple of hours on.” - Sydney Morning Herald
- Observer (UK)
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Women’s Audiobook Fiction
Enjoy women’s fiction through a mixture of genre!
A Crust to Die for T. C. Lotempio
All the Ways We Lied Aida Zilelian
Anna O Matthew Blake
On the Way to Us Carolyn Brown
The Fearless One Lori Foster
The Jazz Club Spy Roberta Rich
The Paris Housekeeper Renee Ryan
The Storm We Made Vanessa Chan
Mystery Food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin investigates a murder at a pizza baking contest in her Southern hometown in this second instalment of the Tiffany Austin Food Blogger Mysteries. AB CD 6 Discs 16324273 $59.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2
Suspense A dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again. AB CD 12 Discs 16071890 $47.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2
Romance Jedidiah Stephens came to the Colorado Rockies for one reason: to uncover the truth behind the fire that killed her family. AB CD 9 Discs 15936649 $42.99 AVAILABLE DECEMBER 26
Historical Fiction A powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris and one woman who must face impossible choices to survive. AB CD 10 Discs 15937163 $42.99 AVAILABLE DECEMBER 26
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Women’s Fiction With humor and compassion, this spellbinding tale explores the fraught and contradictory landscape of sisterhood, introducing four unforgettable women who have nothing in common, and are bound by blood and history. AB CD 7 Discs 16351073 $59.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 9
Romance Mercy Spenser is not the type to sit idly by, so when she clashes with the noisy, attractive cantina owner next door, her temper is hot enough to nearly burn down the entire town. AB CD 6 Discs 16313424 $59.99 AVAILABLE DECEMBER 12
Thriller A glittering and gritty look at pre-WWII America, and the personal battle one woman wages between justice and forgiveness. AB CD 6 Discs 16014111 $52.99
Literary Fiction A saga about the horrors of war, the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters. AB CD 8 Discs 15996394 $63.99 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2
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Popular titles now available on CD!
Staff Audiobook Picks
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman
Mystery Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club—an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. With the body count rising, the clock ticking down, and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? AB CD 9 Discs 16344567 $39.99
It’s rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club.
Starling House Alix E. Harrow
Build the Life You Want Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey
The Fifth Mountain Paulo Coelho
Treacle Walker Alan Garner
Fiction This is the story of a dying town and the people still living there. It’s Opal’s search for a home, for a life, for anything other than the life she was given. AB CD 10 Discs 16329596 $56.99
Historical Fiction Paulo Coelho takes us back to the ninth century, to the turbulent Middle East, where the prophet Elijah is struggling to keep his faith alive in a world of constant upheaval, tyrannical royalty, and pagan gods. AB CD 5 Discs 15808233 $31.99
Self-Help Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. AB CD 5 Discs 16344561 $34.99
Fairy Tales & Folklore Joseph Coppock is a young boy living alone in an old house when one day a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker appears on a horse and cart, offering a cure-all medicine, and the young boy is introduced to a world beyond his wildest imagination AB CD 2 Discs 15908492 $31.99
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Music 2024 Grammy Nominees Nominated for nine awards including Record of the Year SZA SOS
Sony R&B Guest Artists: Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers CD 15870059 $11.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for six awards including Song of the Year
Republic Records Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Lana Del Rey CD 15380227 $14.99 Parental Advisory CD 15380226 $14.99 Edited Version
Nominated for six awards including Record of the Year Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation
Columbia (USA) Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Brandi Carlile, Sia CD 15678933 $12.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for two awards including Best Progressive R&B Album Janelle Monae The Age of Pleasure
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Boygenius The Record
Interscope Pop/Rock CD 15686511
$21.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for six awards including Record of the Year Jon Batiste World Music Radio
Taylor Swift Midnights
Atlantic R&B CD 15953302
Nominated for six awards including Best Alternative Music Album
$13.99 Parental Advisory
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Verve R&B Guest Artists: Lil Wayne, Native Soul, J.I.D. CD 16018666 $15.99
Nominated for six awards including Song of the Year Olivia Rodrigo GUTS Geffen Records Pop/Rock CD 16023859
$14.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for five awards including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Interscope Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Father John Misty, Tommy Genesis, Jon Batiste CD 15621559 $14.99 Parental Advisory
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Nominated for 11 awards including Record of the Year Barbie The Album
Atlantic Soundtracks Artists: Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice CD 15973191 $11.99
Nominated for three awards including Best Rock Album Foo Fighters But Here We Are RCA Pop/Rock CD 15914321 $11.99
Nominated for three awards including Best Country Song Chris Stapleton Higher
Mercury Nashville Country CD 16110137 $11.99
Music 2024 Grammy Nominees
Nominated for five awards including Best Country Album Tyler Childers Rustin’ in the Rain
Sony Music Country CD 16123488 $13.99
Nominated for four awards including Best Global Music Album Burna Boy I Told Them
Atlantic Mod World Guest Artists: 21 Savage, Dave, Seyi Vibez CD 16137229 $19.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for three awards including Best Rap Album Killer Mike Michael
Loma Vista Recordings Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: CeeLo Green, Young Thug, 2 Chainz CD 15952057 $15.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for three awards including Best Pop Solo Performance Doja Cat Scarlet
Kemosabe Records Rap/Hip-Hop CD 16231482 $13.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for three awards including Best R&B Album Babyface Girls Night Out
Capitol Music R&B Guest Artists: Ella Mai, Queen Naija, Ari Lennox CD 15380245 $14.99 Parental Advisory
Nominated for three awards including Best Rock Album Metallica 72 Seasons
BKN/Rhino/ Blackened Recordings Pop/Rock CD 15575457 $14.99
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The Creator
Starring: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child. 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
Dumb Money
Starring: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio David vs. Goliath tale about everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video game store) into the world’s hottest company. R 105 min. (2023) $14M Comedy DVD 16279963 $26.24 Blu-ray 16279964 $29.24
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AVAILABLE DECEMBER 12
“A fun and fast-paced comedy about a populist financial uprising.” - Newsday
“A movie that makes you think about existence and the world around you.” - USA Today
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