The true story of how Enzo Ferrari gambled everything to make his company the iconic brand it is today. Order now!
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DVD Anyone But You, p3
AB CD Never Too Late, p18
CD Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine, p26
Wish
Voices of: Chris Pine, Ariana DeBose, Alan Tudyk
A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
PG 95 min. (2023) $63M Children’s
DVD 16345458 $24.74
Blu-ray+DVD 16345459 $32.24 2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
“…it does shine intermittently while introducing another plucky teenage female heroine…” - CNN
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Starring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father’s death. Wielding the Black Trident’s power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother.
PG13 124 min. (2023) $121M Action/Adventure
DVD 16428808 $26.24
Blu-ray 16428809 $29.99
4K+Blu-ray 16428810 $37.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
“It keeps its trident high even as the sea reclaims its hero.”
- Associated Press
Ferrari
Starring: Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey, Shailene Woodley
Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari’s auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race across Italy
R 130 min. (2023) $18M Biographical
DVD 16428815 $15.74
Blu-ray 16428816 $20.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
“Action and soul: Ferrari is a fierce, moving Oscar competitor by a modern master.” - AARP
March 2024 Media Buyer’s Guide Table of Contents
March 2024 / Midwest Tape / Media Buyer’s Guide / 800.875.2785 Box Office Features / Hit movies straight from the theater 2 Video Video 2 / Box Office Features 4 / Coming Soon 6 / Hot New Releases 7 / First New Releases 8 / Must-Have TV 10 / Hot New Children’s 12 / Documentaries 13 / International Spotlight 14 / Academy Award Nominees 16 / Here’s What to Watch 17 / Updated Movie Calendar Audiobooks 18 / Top Titles 19 / Hot New Releases 22 / New & Notable 23 / New York Times Bestsellers 24 / LibraryReads 25 / Spring Preview Music 26 / Best of March 27 / Rock 28 / Hot New Releases 30 / Jazz 31 / Country/Folk
Anyone but You
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp
After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice-cold—until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia.
R 104 min. (2023) $76M Comedy
DVD 16554751 $26.24
Blu-ray 16554750 $29.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
“No one goes into a movie like Anyone But You for realism, nor should they…” - AV Club
Dream Scenario
Starring: Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson
A family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
R 100 min. (2023) $6M Comedy
Blu-ray+DVD 16345452 $29.99 2 Discs
“…a smart, dizzyingly entertaining horror-comedy…”
- Washington Post
I.S.S.
Starring: Ariana DeBose, John Gallagher Jr., Chris Messina
R 95 min. (2024) $6M Science Fiction
DVD 16498491 $14.24
Blu-ray 16498492 $15.74
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Freelance
Starring: John Cena, Juan Pablo Raba, Alison Brie
R 109 min. (2023) $5M Action/Adventure
DVD 16290956 $13.49
Blu-ray 16290957 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Waitress The Musical
Starring: Sara Bareilles, Drew Gehling, Charity Dawson
The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage.
UNK 144 min. (2023) $5M Musical
DVD 16509401 $19.49
Blu-ray 16509402 $21.74
“The show is smoothly staged before an appreciative audience, with well-chosen theatrical touches.” - RogerEbert.com
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Features
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor
Cassandra Webb is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from an adversary who wants them dead.
PG13 116 min. (2024) Action/Adventure
DVD 16560161
Blu-ray+DVD 16560162 2 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 16560163 2 Discs
COMING SOON
Lisa Frankenstein
Starring: Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, Joshua Montes
A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her infatuation, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love.
PG13 101 min. (2024) Horror
DVD 16560152
Blu-ray 16560153
COMING SOON
“Brief, pleasant and fun to look at…a great callback to teen romances from an earlier era.”
– New York Times
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Bob Marley One Love
Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton
On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob Marley’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his inspiring music.
UNK (2024) Drama
DVD 16560158
Blu-ray+DVD 16560159 2 Discs
COMING SOON
Ordinary Angels
Starring: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis
Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
PG 116 min. (2023) Drama
DVD 16290952
Blu-ray+DVD 16290953 2 Discs
COMING SOON
Drive-Away Dolls
Starring: Matt Damon, Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on a road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with criminals.
R 84 min. (2024) Action/Adventure
DVD 16560154
Blu-ray 16560155
COMING SOON
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Hot at Midwest Tape / Fresh out of theaters to your library
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
PG 116 min. (2023) $196M Children’s
DVD 16417924 $26.99
Blu-ray 16417923 $33.74
4K+Blu-ray 16417922 $40.49
“A breezy two-hour musical comedy that hopes to make the audience shed a sentimental tear or two, but is mainly content to amuse, delight, and inspire cheers when the bad guys are defeated.” – RogerEbert.com
Priscilla
Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen
R 113 min. (2023) $21M Drama
Blu-ray 16344606 $29.99 2 Discs
The Hunger Games
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Starring: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage
PG13 157 min. (2023) $166M Action/Adventure
DVD 16344609 $22.49
Blu-ray+DVD 16344610 $29.99 2 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 16534036 $32.24 2 Discs
Migration
Voices of: Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings
PG 83 min. (2023) $102M Children’s
DVD 16417925 $26.24
Collector’s Edition
Blu-ray+DVD 16417927 $32.24
Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 16417926 $38.99 2 Discs
Hypnotic
Starring: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner
R 93 min. (2023) $5M Action/Adventure
DVD 16529267 $12.74
Blu-ray 16529268 $14.24
Thanksgiving
Starring: Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey
R 106 min. (2023) $32M Horror
DVD 16345463 $26.24
Blu-ray 16345464 $29.24
Next Goal Wins
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kaimana, Oscar Kightley
PG13 104 min. (2023) $7M Comedy
DVD 16345456 $14.99
Blu-ray 16345457 $22.49
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Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Hugh Grant, Calah Lane
New releases patrons are sure to love / First New Releases
Saint Omer
Starring: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valerie Dreville
Novelist Rama attends the trial of a young Senegalese woman at the Saint-Omer criminal court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea.
PG13 123 min. (2022) Drama (French)
CRITERION COLLECTION
DVD 16511787 $22.49
Blu-ray 16511786 $29.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Bad Hombres
Starring: Thomas Jane, Luke Hemsworth, Nick Cassavetes
Two undocumented immigrants take the simple job of digging a hole in the desert, but when their employers turn out to be psychopaths, staying alive will become their only job.
NR 93 min. (2023) Crime
DVD 16547566 $13.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
The Blessing Bracelet
Starring: Carlo Marks, Amanda Schull
As the Easter holiday approaches, a woman rediscovers a blessing bracelet that helps restore her faith and renew her belief in love.
NR 84 min. (2023)
Drama
DVD 16547565 $10.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
The Roundup No Way Out
Starring: Don Lee, Jun Kunimura, Munetaka Aoki
Seven years after the roundup in Vietnam, Ma Seok-do joins a new squad to investigate a murder case that ends up involving a synthetic drug and a gang of thugs.
NR 101 min. (2023) Action/Adventure (Korean)
DVD 16529280 $18.74
Blu-ray 16529281 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Out of Darkness
Starring: Kit Young, Chocku Modu 45,000 years ago, six people searched for a new home in an inhospitable landscape. When night falls, hope turns to fear as they realize they are not alone.
R 87 min. (2023) Horror
DVD 16547560 $13.49
Blu-ray 16547561 $14.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
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The Crime Is Mine
Starring: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder, Isabelle Huppert
After a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom with her lawyer roommate.
NR 102 min. (2023)
Comedy (French)
DVD 16547577 $22.49
Blu-ray 16547576 $26.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
The Shamrock Spitfire
Starring: Chris Wilson, Jamie B. Chambers, Carl Wharton
The story of Irish fighter pilot Brendan ‘Paddy’ Finucane, who at the age of just 21 became the youngest ever wing commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
TVMA 115 min. War
DVD 16547564 $11.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
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Must-Have Television / The hottest bingeable titles
Wednesday Season 1
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan While attending Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago.
NR 480 min. (2022) Comedy
DVD 16500841 $18.74 3 Discs
Blu-ray+DVD 16500842 $22.49 2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
“Burton’s defiantly uncheesy take on the high school genre sees him on top form, and Ortega’s turn as everyone’s favourite teenage psychopath is sure to put her on the map.” - London Evening Standard
Fear the Walking Dead Season 8
Starring: Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Cliff Curtis
Seven years after Morgan and Madison’s plans to rescue Mo from PADRE end in failure, the people they brought to the island are forced to toil under PADRE’s cynical rule.
NR 553 min. (2023) Horror
DVD 16560164 $29.24 3 Discs
Blu-ray 16560165 $33.74 3 Discs
“…begins with a compelling hook, boo-hiss baddies lined up and the stage set for a suitably epic showdown with some degree of finality to it.” - TheWrap
Rick and Morty Season 7
Voices of: Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
What’s up with Jerry? EVIL Summer? And will they ever go back to the high school? Maybe not! But let’s find out! Rick and Morty, 100 years! Or at least until season 10!
TVMA 225 min. (2023) Animated
DVD 16500834 $18.74 2 Discs
Blu-ray 16500835 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
“This last seven-episode run has been one of the series’ best—weird, creative, gross and emotional.”
- GQ
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Paris Police 1905
Starring: Jeremie Laheurte, Evelyne Brochu, Thibaut Evrard
When the Paris Police’s vice squad begins to clean prostitutes off the city’s streets, a man’s body is found in the Bois de Boulogne. Inspector Antoine Jouin is entrusted with the investigation.
NR 323 min. (2022) Crime (French)
DVD 16557187 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
“...handsomely produced, crazily plotted and consistently entertaining.” - New York Times
Walking Dead Daryl Dixon Season 1
Starring: Norman Reedus, Clemence Poesy, Adam Nagaitis
After leaving the Commonwealth, Dixon washes ashore in France, raising the ire of a growing autocratic movement centered in Paris and endangering a young boy at the heart of a religious movement.
NR 270 min. (2023) Drama
DVD 16529272 $26.99 2 Discs
Blu-ray 16529273 $30.74 2 Discs
“As a genre piece, the show hits its marks: Daryl still slays many zombies, but he gets the odd sweet smile, too.” - The Age
Television
Dreaming Whilst Black Season 1
Starring: Adjani Salmon, Dani Moseley, Rachel Adedeji
Kwabena is an aspiring filmmaker trapped in his recruitment job. When he is given the opportunity he’s always dreamed of, is he brave enough to chase it?
TVMA 151 min. (2023) Comedy
DVD 16534039 $23.99
“...[Balances] a deeply pessimistic read on the British film industry with characters whose ambition, frustration, and talent feels authentic.”
- Time Magazine
Starring: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman
DCI John Barnaby and his sidekick, DS Jamie Winter, investigate a vicious inheritance dispute, a pet detective’s death, and a string of murders in the avowed ‘Greenest Village’ in Midsomer.
TV14 360 min. (2023) Mystery
DVD 16500823 $29.99 2 Discs
Blu-ray 16500822 $29.99 2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Airing since 1997, one of the UK’s longest running and most beloved mystery series is back with four more quirky homicide cases set in the idyllic Midsomer County.
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Good Burger 2
Starring: Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Liza Koshy
After his latest invention fails, Dex is welcomed back by Ed to his old job at Good Burger, which is once again put in jeopardy when Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet.
NR 90 min. (2023)
DVD 16500816 $13.49
Blu-ray 16554761 $19.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Chicken Stew Amusement Park
Voices of: Brian Bullock, Ben Bostick, Toni Thompson Kung fu egg rolls! Catch the ultimate kung fu chicken saga as a brazen flock of fowls practices their mad kung-fu skills to protect their coop in this egg-cellent adventure in ancient China!
NR 63 min. (2018)
DVD 16543705 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
Craig Before the Creek An Original Movie
Voices of: Philip Solomon, Noel Wells, H. Michael Croner Craig, a new kid in town, journeys into the nearby creek to find a lost treasure, and winds up being pursued by a band of pirates who want to destroy the creek itself.
NR 87 min. (2023)
DVD 16467641 $16.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
PBS Kids
17 Fun Food Stories
Enjoy delicious stories all about the different foods and sweet treats that favorite PBS Kids characters love!
UNK 210 min.
DVD 16308034 $7.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Ponysitters Club
Starring: Cailan Punnewaert, Morgan Neundorf, Diana Chrisman
Fun at the Fair
Excited about the Fall Fair, the Ponysitters are busy with a multitude of preparations. The Fair also brings out a competitive nature in some of the contestants, but nothing works better than teamwork.
UNK 81 min. (2020)
DVD 16453493 $18.74
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
The Big Sleepover
Teamwork is the key to success as the Ponysitters work together to reach their goals. When they support each other, no obstacles can stand in their way!
UNK 82 min. (2020)
DVD 16453494 $18.74
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
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Rita and Crocodile
Voice of: Amelia Flynn
The series follows four-year-old Rita and her best friend Crocodile as they go on everyday adventures and learn big and small things about the world around them.
UNK (2015)
DVD 16550389 $18.74
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Sonic Prime Season 1
Sonic in a high-octane adventure where the fate of a strange new multiverse rests in his gloved hands.
TVY7 198 min. (2022)
Blu-ray 16547563 $14.24
2 Discs AVAILABLE MARCH 12
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this series based on the picture books by Théo de Marcousin and Michael Dudok De Wit, a smart bubbly girl, a bouncy little boy, and a young cloud go on adventures.
In
Season 1 UNK (2018) DVD 16550383 $18.74 Season 2 UNK (2018) DVD 16550384 $18.74 Season 3 UNK (2018) DVD 16550385 $18.74
Releasing
Three Seasons
on March 26
Documentaries / Entertaining and informative
Lynch/Oz
Victor Fleming’s film The Wizard of Oz is one of filmmaker David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. Go over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
NR 109 min. (2022)
DVD 16539859 $18.74
Blu-ray 16539858 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
A Moment in History
Hosted by:
Seth Udinski
Join Seth Udinski as he explores the most pivotal moments in history and the Bible, providing insight into the events that have shaped our world.
UNK 250 min. (2022)
DVD 16453501 $18.74
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Immediate Family
Documentary follows the lives and work of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.
UNK 100 min. (2023)
DVD 16359258 $20.24
Blu-ray 16359259 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Trump’s Rosebud
The documentary examines the Citizen Kane -like rise of Trump through the lens of filmmaker Robert Orlando, who was inspired by Trump proclaiming Kane his favorite film.
UNK 78 min. (2023)
DVD
16551148 $18.74
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fearless documentary follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutial dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic.
NR 122 min. (2022)
CRITERION COLLECTION
DVD 16511783 $22.49
Blu-ray 16511782 $29.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
American Masters
Dr. Tony Fauci
American Masters:
Dr. Tony Fauci reveals a rarely seen side of the physician, husband, and father as he confronts political backlash, a new administration, and questions of the future.
TV14 113 min. (2024)
DVD 16516950 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
American Experience Nazi Town, USA
The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s and the group responsible for a large Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939.
TV14 60 min. (2024)
DVD 16516951 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Gospel
Narrated by: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Explore Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.
UNK 240 min. (2024)
DVD 16457853 $26.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Starring: Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh, Nguyen Thinh, Le Phong Vu
A man returns to his hometown, where he’s haunted by past memories and desires.
NR 178 min. (2023) Drama (Vietnamese)
DVD 16557185 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
/ Anime
Redo of Healer
The Complete Collection
NR 300 min. Drama (Japanese)
Blu-ray 16500818 $44.99
2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
The Fox
Starring: Simon Morze, Adriane Gradziel, Marko Kerezovic
NR 117 min. (2022) Drama (German)
DVD 16557188 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
One-Percent Warrior
Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Kohei Fukuyama, Kanon Narumi
NR 85 min. Action/Adventure (Japanese)
Blu-ray 16547570 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
The Wind of Ayahuasca
Starring: Johnny Palacios, Silvia Chavez, Meliton Delgado
NR 85 min. (2023) Drama (Spanish)
Blu-ray 16557189 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
The Little Girl
Sold the Sun/Le Franc Two Films by Djibril Diop Mambety
Starring: Lissa Balera, Tairou M’Baye, Dieye Ma Dieye
NR 91 min. Drama (Wolof)
Blu-ray 16557186 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
The Legendary Hero Is Dead!
TVMA 300 min. (2023) Anime (Japanese)
Blu-ray 16513949 $54.74
2 Discs AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Boruto
Naruto Next Generations
Kawaki Goes Undercover
TV14 415 min. Anime (Japanese)
DVD 16500838 $33.74
3 Discs
Blu-ray 16500839 $37.49
3 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Polar Rescue
Starring: Donnie Yen, Cecilia Han, Bing Jia
NR 103 min. Action/Adventure (Mandarin)
Blu-ray 16547571 $22.49
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Inshallah a Boy
Starring: Mouna Hawa, Haitham Alomari, Yumna Marwan
NR 113 min. (2024) Drama (Arabic)
DVD 16556307 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Insomniacs After School
The Complete Collection
TV14 325 min. (2023) Comedy (Japanese)
Blu-ray 16500817 $44.99
2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
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Who
8 nominations, including Best Picture
Barbie
Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.
PG13 114 min. (2023) $636M Comedy
DVD 15994567 $17.24
Blu-ray 15994568 $18.74
4K+Blu-ray 16146770 $25.49
5 nominations, including Jeffrey Wright for Best Actor
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 hypocracy.
R 117 min. (2023) $12M Comedy
DVD 16428813 $26.99
Blu-ray+DVD 16428814 $33.74 2 Discs COMING SOON
2 nominations, including Best Visual Effects
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) $41M Action/Adventure
DVD 16162906 $22.49
Blu-ray 16162907 $29.99
4K+Blu-ray 16389660 $38.99
Ultimate Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs
13 nominations, including Best Director for Christopher Nolan
Oppenheimer
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
R 181 min. (2023) $328M Drama
DVD 15994557 $26.24 2 Discs
Blu-ray +DVD 15994558 $32.24 3 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 15994559 $38.99 3 Discs
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Nominated for Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war’s atrocities.
TVMA 95 min. (2023)
Documentary
DVD 16162780 $18.74
2 nominations, including Best Sound
Mission Impossible
Dead Reckoning
Part 1
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity.
PG13 163 min. (2023) $172M Action/Adventure
DVD 15994569 $17.24
Blu-ray 15994570 $22.49 2 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 15994571 $30.74 2 Discs
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Danielle Brooks
The Color Purple
Starring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
PG13 141 min. (2023) $60M Musical
DVD 16428811 $22.49
Blu-ray 16428812 $26.24
4K+Blu-ray 16554762 $38.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Nominated for Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Voices of: Luca Padovan, Christian Bale, Dave Bautista
A young boy named Mahito, yearning for his mother, ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning.
PG13 124 min. (2023) $44M Anime (Japanese)
DVD 16428806 $26.99
Blu-ray+DVD 16428807 $33.74 2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature
Four Daughters
Starring: Olfa Hamrouni
The story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through interviews and reenactments to examine how her two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists.
UNK 107 min. (2023) Documentary (Arabic)
DVD 16395118 $14.99
2 nominations, including Best Picture
Past Lives
Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea and are reunited in New York two decades later.
PG13 105 min. (2023) $11M Drama
DVD 16148327 $14.99
Blu-ray 16148328 $16.49
5 nominations, including Paul Giamatti for Best Actor
The Holdovers
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
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 and a grieving cook.
R 134 min. (2023) $19M Comedy
COLLECTOR’S EDITION
DVD 16345466 $22.49 2 Discs
Blu-ray+DVD 16345467 $26.29 2 Discs
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Journey to Bethlehem
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Milo Manheim, Geno Segers
PG 99 min. (2023) $7M
Action/Adventure
DVD 16390664 $26.24
Blu-ray 16388739 $29.24
PAW Patrol
Jungle Pups
Voices of: Lilly Bartlam, Keegan Hedley, Beckett Hipkiss
NR 132 min. (2023) Children’s
DVD 16500814 $11.24
Planet Earth III
Narrated by: Sir David
Attenborough
NR 400 min. (2023) Documentary
DVD 16444184 $26.24
3 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 16444183 $36.74
6 Discs
All Creatures Great and Small Season 4
Starring: Nicholas Ralph, Anna Madeley, Samuel West
It’s spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby is pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice.
UNK 350 min. (2024) Drama
DVD 16332870 $37.49
2 Discs
Blu-ray 16332871 $44.99
2 Discs
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
“If you’ve had a stressful day, you will feel instantly soothed by the sight of the Yorkshire Dales.”
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Daily Telegraph
Transformers Earthspark
Voices of: Zion Broadnax, Kathleen Khavari, Sydney Mikayla NR 360 min. (2023) Children’s
DVD 16459143 $13.49
2 Discs
The Three Musketeers
Part 1
D’Artagnan
Starring: Francois Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris NR 121 min. (2023)
Action/Adventure (French)
DVD 16516956 $14.99
Blu-ray 16516957 $18.74
Trolls Band Together
Voices of: Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello
PG 91 min. (2023) $102M Children’s
SING-ALONG EDITION
DVD 16345468 $26.24
Blu-ray+DVD 16345469 $29.99
2 Discs
4K+Blu-ray 16444187 $38.99
2 Discs
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Make sure your shelves are stocked with these top titles!
The biggest titles hitting the box office / Movie Calendar
Theatergoers will have a busy spring ahead, kicked off with a pair of major sequels in Dune: Part Two and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Then a pair of long-awaited titles finally make their way to the big screen with the Ryan Gosling-fronted remake of The Fall Guy and the next chapter in the Mad Max universe, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, both bowing in May.
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Planet of the Apes 5/10
Back to Back 5/10
The Fall Guy 5/3 → Horrorscope 5/10 → Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 5/10 → Back to Black 5/10
The Strangers: Chapter 1 5/17
IF 5/17
May Calendar →
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 5/24
The Garfield Movie 5/24
The Strangers 5/17
Dune: Part Two 3/1
Ghostbusters
Love Lies Bleeding 3/15
3/22
→ Dune: Part Two 3/1 → About Dry Grasses 3/1 → Kung Fu Panda 4 3/8 → Rayman’s Big Movie 3/8 → Imaginary 3/8 → Arthur the King ................................ 3/15 → Love Lies Bleeding 3/15 → Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ......... 3/22
Luca 3/22
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ......................... 3/29
Civil War 4/12
Challengers 4/26
→ The First Omen ...................................4/5 → Dragonkeeper 4/5 → Civil War ........................................... 4/12 → Abigail 4/19 → The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ....................................... 4/19 → Unsung Hero 4/26 → Challengers ...................................... 4/26
The First Omen 4/5
Top Titles / Grab these hot new releases first
Never Too Late
Danielle Steel
Women’s Fiction
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
The Hunter
Tana French
Thriller
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 Truth About the Devlins
Lisa Scottoline
Suspense
While working in the family firm, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of their clients. However, in no time, TJ and John find themselves entangled in a lethal web of deception and murder.
AB CD 9 Discs 16043363 $39.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
After Annie
Anna Quindlen
Women’s Fiction
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives.
AB CD 8 Discs 16043344 $39.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
The Princess of Las Vegas
Chris Bohjalian
Suspense
A Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of money and murder in this twisting tale of organized crime, cryptocurrency, and family secrets on the Las Vegas strip.
AB CD 9 Discs 16043373 $39.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
Toxic Prey
John Sandford
Thriller
Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world.
AB CD 10 Discs 16167868 $39.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 9
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/ Romance
Expiration Dates
Rebecca Serle
Daphne Bell believes the universe guides her relationships through slips of paper revealing the duration of each connection, and as she navigates her relationship with Jake, she questions the reliability of the papers.
AB CD 6 Discs 16002527 $32.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
Paradise Problem
Christina Lauren
Due to a clause in a will that could be an inheritance of 100 million dollars, Liam Westson, the buttonedup heir of a grocery chain, and his free-spirited artist ex, Anna, must navigate a fake marriage and keep up appearances.
AB CD 6 Discs 16325572 $52.99
AVAILABLE MAY 14
Lies and Weddings
Kevin Kwan
A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners from the iconic author of Crazy Rich Asians.
AB CD 12 Discs 16242124 $49.99
AVAILABLE MAY 21
Summers at the Saint Mary Kay Andrews
Follow Traci Eddings, the widowed owner of St. Cecelia hotel, as she faces challenges like staff shortages and financial troubles. Traci aims to revive the hotel’s glory day while her brother-in-law opposes her, and a mysterious past incident resurfaces.
AB CD 12 Discs 16242074 $39.99
AVAILABLE MAY 7
Clive Cussler’s
The Heist
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Action
Double-cross and betrayal are Detective Isaac Bell’s stock-intrade, but this time, the deeper he delves into the puzzle of a master thief and his assassin accomplice, the less he seems to understand.
AB CD 10 Discs 16242101 $44.99
AVAILABLE MAY 7
Mind Games
Nora Roberts
Women’s Fiction
With the gift, or curse, of vision, 12-year-old Thea Fox helps put her parents’ killer in supermax, and over time, she is able to heal and live a healthy life. Until she realizes he has the same ability and hungers for vengeance.
AB CD 12 Discs 16242061 $39.99
AVAILABLE MAY 21
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 18 Discs 16444112 $54.99
AVAILABLE MAY 21
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Historical Fiction
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
This is a gorgeous story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest bonds she rekindles on her return to the place and people she left behind, to ways of living and loving she thought she’d lost.
AB CD 8 Discs 16325815 $34.99
AVAILABLE MAY 7
Table for Two Amor Towles
A collection of stories based in New York City, most of which take place around year 2000, considering the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.
AB CD 12 Discs 16167879 $44.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 2
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xochitl Gonzalez
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
Daughter of Mine
Megan Miranda
Women’s Fiction
When Hazel Sharp unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, a drought descends on the region and causes the water level in the lake to drop and secrets to emerge.
AB CD 8 Discs 16125195 $52.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 9
The Familiar Leigh Bardugo
Fantasy
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Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia Cotado plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain.
AB CD 10 Discs 16313694 $39.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 9
Mona of the Manor Armistead Maupin LGBTQ+
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
Science Fiction
A View from the Stars
Cixin Liu
This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu’s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.
AB CD 6 Discs 16354495 $42.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 2
Extinction
Douglas Preston
A page-turning thriller that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.
AB CD 8 Discs 15937962 $39.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 23
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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 7 Discs 16330080 $44.99
AVAILABLE MAY 28
She’s Not Sorry
Mary Kubica
Thriller
Meghan, a nurse and a single mom, has always tried to stay emotionally detached from her patients. But, while on duty at the hospital one day, a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, and she mistakenly lets herself get too close.
AB CD 9 Discs 15937013 $42.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 2
Good Half
Gone
Tarryn Fisher
Suspense
Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped—so why does no one believe her?
AB CD 7 Discs 15936392 $36.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
The Morningside
Tea Obreht
Literary Fiction
A novel about the stories we tell—and the stories we refuse to tell—to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.
AB CD 11 Discs 16043394 $39.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 19
Darling Girls
Sally Hepworth
Suspense
Jessica, Norah, and Alicia are raised by strict and unpredictable foster mother Miss Fairchild. In a moment of desperation, the three sisters break away, but the discovery of a body under their childhood home thrusts them into the spotlight.
AB CD 9 Discs 15915051 $39.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 23
Tom Clancy Act of Defiance
Tom Clancy, Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Suspense
A particularly bright young woman at the Office of Naval Intelligence— Katie Ryan, the youngest daughter of President Jack Ryan—is determined that the Russians are about to launch a super missile submarine, the Belgorod.
AB CD 11 Discs 16242112 $49.99
AVAILABLE MAY 21
Mystery
An Unfinished Murder
Jude Deveraux
When Kate gets the listing for the infamous Lachlan House, triggering memories of her forgotten past, the trio discovers a skeleton linked to her father, unraveling a dark murder mystery.
AB CD 9 Discs 15936783 $42.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 30
Finlay
Donovan
Rolls the Dice
Elle
Cosimano
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
It Had to Be You
Mary Higgins
Clark, Alafair Burke
Television producer
Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons.
AB CD 7 Discs 16182265 $34.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 16
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New & Notable / Compelling titles patrons will love
The Great Divide
Cristina Henriquez
Multicultural Interest
AB CD 11 Discs
16087119 $47.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
Women of Good Fortune
Sophie Wan
Women’s Fiction
AB CD 9 Discs
15936552 $42.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
One of Us
Knows
Alyssa Cole
Mystery
AB CD 9 Discs
16095806 $42.99
AVAILABLE
APRIL 16
The Last Word Elly Griffiths
Mystery
AB CD 9 Discs
16095836 $42.99
AVAILABLE
APRIL 23
Every Single Secret
Christina Dodd
Romance
AB CD 7 Discs
15936953 $36.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
“No one does it better than Nicci French.”
-Lee Child
Watch Where They Hide
Tamron Hall
Multicultural Interest
AB CD 10 Discs
16087312 $47.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Nicci French
Mystery
Thirty years after the apparent murder-suicide of Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder.
AB CD 9 Discs 16095736 $42.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
A Great Country Shilpi Somaya
Gowda
Multicultural Interest
AB CD 8 Discs
16095583 $42.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
The Angel of Indian Lake
Stephen
Graham Jones
Horror
AB CD 12 Discs
16389612 $73.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
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None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell
Suspense
AB CD 8 Discs
15413445 $34.99
The Little Liar
Mitch Albom
Historical Fiction
AB CD 6 Discs 15808215 $31.99
Random in Death
J. D. Robb
Mystery
AB CD 11 Discs 15915061 $39.99
Upside Down
Danielle Steel
Romance
AB CD 7 Discs 16277803 $34.99
The Heaven & Earth
Grocery Store
James McBride
Fiction
AB CD 10 Discs 15633463 $44.99
/ Nonfiction / Children’s & YA
Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
Biography
AB CD 16 Discs 15761883 $49.99
Prequel
Rachel Maddow
History
AB CD 11 Discs 16146969 $44.99
Being Henry
Henry Winkler
Autobiography
AB CD 8 Discs 15697700 $39.99
Oath and Honor
Liz Cheney
Autobiography
AB CD 10 Discs 16146936 $44.99
The Woman in Me
Britney Spears
Autobiography
AB CD 5 Discs 15496389 $32.99
A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry
Children’s
AB CD 4 Discs 15795370 $27.99
Stuntboy, In-Between Time
Jason Reynolds
Children’s
AB CD 3 Discs 15675566 $24.99
Warrior Girl
Unearthed
Angeline Boulley
Young Adult
AB CD 10 Discs 15549402 $56.99
Chinese Menu
Grace Lin
Children’s
AB CD 5 Discs 16167641 $39.99
Murtagh
Christopher
Paolini
Young Adult
AB CD 20 Discs 15915878 $49.99
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The Great Divide Cristina Henriquez
Literary Fiction
The construction of the canal is seen as a monumental engineering feat. Francisco, a local fisherman, disapproves of his son Omar’s decision to work on the project, while Ada, a determined teenager from Barbados, seeks employment to fund her sister’s surgery. When Ada aids a collapsed Omar, she’s hired by John Oswald, a scientist combating malaria. Their intersecting paths reveal a story of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice amid the canal’s construction in Panama.
AB CD 11 Discs 16087119 $47.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
“Starred Review: Henríquez’s pitch-perfect novel has the feel of a classic.” - Publishers Weekly
Listen for the Lie
Amy Tintera
Mystery
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. She has since moved and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true-crime podcast Listen for the Lie has decided to investigate Savvy’s murder. Lucy is forced to return to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.
AB CD 8 Discs 16354565 $49.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 30
“A world-class whodunit.” - Stephen King
Everyone Is Watching Heather Gudenkauf
Suspense
When long-kept secrets begin to rise to the surface, the contestants of a livestreamed game show realize this is no longer just a reality show—someone is out for blood. And the game can’t end until the world knows who the contestants really are.
AB CD 9 Discs 15936863 $42.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
“[A]
Bye, Baby Carola Lovering
Women’s Fiction
Cassie is married to a wealthy man, has recently become a mother, and is building a following as a lifestyle influencer. She is desperate to leave her past behind—including Billie, who is single and childless, and no longer fits into her world. But Billie knows the worst thing Cassie has ever done, and she will do whatever it takes to restore their friendship.
AB CD 9 Discs 16354722 $59.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
“Starred Review...a taut, twisty, humdinger of a plot…” - Kirkus Reviews
The Mystery Writer Sulari Gentill
Mystery
Theodosia Benton abandons law school to pursue writing, unsure of family support and her own skills. When her mentor is murdered and her brother becomes a suspect, she sacrifices herself to protect him. However, his investigation threatens the hidden literary world they’re entangled in, endangering them all.
AB CD 9 Discs 16407549 $59.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
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The Emperor and the Endless Palace
Justinian Huang
Fantasy
AB CD 7 Discs 15936464 $36.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
/ Nonfiction
The House of Hidden Meanings
RuPaul
Autobiography
AB CD 6 Discs 16137327 $31.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 5
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The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate
Children’s
AB CD 8 Discs 16460857 $42.99
AVAILABLE MAY 7
Tourist Season
Brenda Novak
Romance
AB CD 8 Discs 15936631 $42.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 2
Sleeping Giants
Rene Denfeld
Thriller
AB CD 8 Discs 16095592 $42.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 26
I Curse You with Joy Tiffany Haddish
Autobiography
AB CD 6 Discs 16444136 $49.99
AVAILABLE MAY 7
Knife
Salman Rushdie
Autobiography
AB CD 8 Discs 16493975 $39.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 16
Tree. Table. Book. Lois Lowry
Children’s
AB CD 6 Discs 16137303 $36.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 23
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Young Adult
AB CD 13 Discs 16354734 $69.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 19
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Chris Young
Young Love & Saturday Nights
Sony Music Nashville • Country
Chris Young is back with the follow-up to his hit 2021 album, Famous Friends. The album’s second single, Young Love & Saturday Nights, incorporates the guitar riff from the classic David Bowie track Rebel Rebel.
CD 16529973 $15.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
Ariana Grande
Eternal Sunshine
Republic Records • Pop/Rock
After four years, Ariana Grande is releasing a brand-new album. The latest from the star of the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked includes the single Yes, And?
CD 16557548 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 8
Justin Timberlake
Everything I Thought It Was
Sony Music • Pop/Rock
The highly anticipated new album from Justin Timberlake. This is Justin’s sixth studio album and includes the first single Selfish, a pop-infused offering driven by its infectious melodies and featuring the star’s iconic soulful vocals.
CD 16570938 $17.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
X Ambassadors
Townie
Joyful Recordings • Pop/Rock
The new album from X Ambassaors is inspired by their experience growing up in a small town in upstate New York. While the lyrics are hyper-specific about the band’s own hometown, the sentiment is universal.
CD 16573233 $12.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE APRIL 5
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
Interscope • Country
The music on Kacey Musgraves’s fifth album is almost chimeric. It features rolling acoustic guitars, puffy clouds of strings and synth, warm bass, layered harmonies, moments of Celtic melody, and plenty of room on the tracks for her silvery vocals.
CD 16596301 $15.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
21 Savage
American Dream
Slaughter Gang, LLC/Epic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Doja Cat, Young Thug
Nearly six years after his last solo release, 21 Savage returns with a long-awaited new studio album. The set continues in the rapper’s stone-faced trap tradition but adds some new elements, including R&B and pop.
CD 16593638 $16.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
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From classic to indie and beyond / Rock
Scott Stapp
Higher Power
Napalm Records • Pop/Rock
Over the course of 10 unforgettable tracks, Scott Stapp’s new solo album is filled with fervent energy and his powerful, yet unmistakable, vocals. Features the single Deadman’s Trigger.
CD 16406496 $19.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
The Libertines
All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade
Casablanca / Republic Records • Pop/Rock
The quartet of unlikely lads have gathered from their newfound homes in France, Denmark, Margate, and London to solder a strongest-ever internal bond and scale new creative heights.
CD 16500956 $14.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 8
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album
V2 Records • Pop/Rock
Guest Artist: Hak Baker
On their appropriately named eighth album, Kaiser Chiefs delve into innovative sonic avenues while preserving their iconic essence. The album also features the single Feeling Alright.
CD 16534076 $24.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 1
New Years Day
Half Black Heart
Century Media • Pop/Rock
A feminine powerhouse with an intriguing dark image, powerhouse rockers New Years Day have amassed a passionate fanbase around the world. Their latest release features the single Vampyre.
CD 16513917 $15.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 1
Sum 41
Heaven :x: Hell
Rise Records • Pop/Rock
After nearly 25 years, Sum 41 is calling it a day with their final studio album. The double album includes the new single Rise Up.
CD 16509640 $18.99 Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 29
Chastity Belt
Live Laugh Love
Suicide Squeeze • Pop/Rock
In their decade-plus together, Chastity Belt has created a resonant body of work. This finds the members in their prime as musicians. Their parts trace intricate patterns over one another, but there’s room to breathe between the layers.
CD 16543722 $17.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 29
Yard Act
Where’s My Utopia?
Republic Records • Pop/Rock
Guest Artist: Katy J Pearson
The follow-up to the Leeds band’s critically acclaimed debut record, The Overload, which arrived in January 2022. The new album is a co-production between Yard Act and Gorillaz member Remi Kabaka Jr.
CD 16512805 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 1
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Sheryl Crow
Andre 3000
New Blue Sun
Epic Records • Jazz
Digital release now available on CD
Andre 3000 delivers a different kind of album for his latest solo effort. Here he creates a set of flute-centered tunes that came from an ongoing time of adventure and discovery.
CD 16567575 $30.99 Deluxe Edition
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
Lenny Kravitz
Blue Electric Light
BMG Rights Management GmbH • Pop/Rock
On the album, Lenny Kravitz’s talents as a writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist resonate as he wrote and played most of the instruments himself, with longtime guitarist Craig Ross.
CD 16356501 $17.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
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 Pick Me Up Off the Floor, Jones’s last album.
CD 16554776 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 8
Evolution
The Valory Music Co • Pop/Rock
Sheryl Crow releases her 11th full-length studio album. The album comes as a welcomed surprise after Crow publicly stated that she would not release another full-length album after 2018’s Threads.
CD 16386014 $11.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 29
FLETCHER
In Search of the Antidote
Snapback Entertainment LLC • Pop/Rock
FLETCHER returns with her sophomore album, detailing the journey of finding the antidote in life and the many forms it can take. Includes the single Lead Me On.
CD 16570939 $14.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
Prince Royce
Llamada Perdida
Sony Music Latin • Latin
Global bachata icon Prince Royce releases his seventh studio album, a two-year creative journey that promises to be his most personal and uplifting release yet.
CD 16557542 $15.99
Liam Gallagher & John Squire
Liam Gallagher & John Squire
Warner Records • Pop/Rock
Two alternative rock heavyweights, former Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher and Stone Roses guitarist John Squire, join forces for a new collaborative album.
CD 16574597 $14.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 1
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Jennifer Lopez
This is Me...Now
Top titles from the music world / Hot New Releases
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 to date.
CD 16548850 $16.99
Parental Advisory
Jlin
Akoma
Planet Mu Records Ltd • Pop/Rock
Guest Artists: Bjork, The Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass
Jlin’s third album sets a new benchmark in her personal road map, not only since the album features guest appearances from Björk, Philip Glass, and Kronos Quartet, but for her continued sonic persistence and resistance.
CD 16561747 $17.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
Gary Clark Jr.
JPEG RAW
Warner Records • Blues
Gary Clark Jr.’s fourth studio release marks a grand step in his musical elevation. While retaining the deep and true resonance of his blues foundations and guitar virtuosity with subtlety yet conviction, he reaches well beyond this time.
CD 16574596 $14.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
/ Soundtracks
Mean Girls
Music from the Motion Picture
(Various Artists)
Interscope Records • Soundtracks
Artists: Renee Rapp, Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho
Based on the 2018 Broadway musical adaptation of the 2004 film, the Mean Girls soundtrack features songs from a number of the movie’s stars, a well as the single Not My Fault by Reneé Rapp with rap superstar Megan Thee Stallion.
CD 16554775 $14.99 Parental Advisory
Tierra Whack
World Wide Whack
Interscope • Rap/Hip-Hop
With collaborations with artists such as Beyoncé and Alicia Keys, Tierra Whack has become a force to be reckoned with. Her highly anticipated debut album is a follow-up to her critically acclaimed visual EP, Whack World.
CD 16570940 $14.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
The Black Crowes
Happiness Bastards
Silver Arrow Records • Pop/Rock
Guest Artist: Lainey Wilson
Fifteen years after their last album of original music, the Black Crowes are releasing their 10th studio album.
CD 16561732 $17.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 15
The Color Purple Music from & Inspired By (Various Artists)
WaterTower Music • Soundtracks
Artists: Halle Bailey, Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson
Boasting an ensemble cast like no other, this features Fantasia’s soulful melodies, Taraji P. Henson’s emotive depth, Danielle Brooks’s powerful resonance, H.E.R.’s contemporary artistry, and Hallie Bailey’s radiant vocals.
CD 16543464 $21.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 8
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Music
Jazz /
New instrumental project from Ono Lennon
Sean Ono Lennon
Asterisms
Tzadik • Jazz
Sean Ono Lennon steps out as the leader of an all-star band of Downtown luminaries. Years in the making, the music blends rock, electronics, jazz, and more into an exciting new musical soundscape.
CD 16521511 $17.99
Streetwize Lift Me Up
Shanachie • Jazz
Streetwize is famous for delivering sophisticated smooth urban jazz versions of today’s hottest grooves from the world of R&B and hip-hop, delighting their loyal jazz crossover fans.
CD 16475000 $21.99
Ethan Iverson
Technically Acceptable
BLUE NOTE • Jazz
The pianist and composer’s new project presents two different trios—Thomas Morgan/Kush Abadey and Simón Willson/ Vinnie Sperrazza—performing a set of striking new Iverson originals.
CD 16487323 $14.99
Mary Halvorson
Cloudward
Nonesuch • Jazz
Guest Artist: Laurie Anderson
The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson performed with her sextet Amaryllis, the improvisatory band that performed on her critically praised 2022 albums.
CD 16479401 $14.99
Compassion
(Various Artists)
ECM • Jazz
Artists: Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 release Uneasy —the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey—with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners.
CD 16511858 $18.99
Joel Ross
Nublues
Blue Note • Jazz
Guest Artist: Gabrielle Garo
Acclaimed vibraphonist Joel Ross returns with a collection of ballads and blues featuring Immanuel Wilkins, Jeremy Corren, Kanoa Mendenhall, and Jeremy Dutton, as well as special guest Gabrielle Garo.
CD 16489147 $14.99
Mike McGinnis
Outing: Road Trip II
Sunnyside • Jazz
On his new recording, Mike McGinnis and his 10-piece jazz ensemble pay tribute once again to the legendary clarinetist and composer Bill Smith, whose commissioned piece Transformations is debuted and featured along with McGinnis’s dynamic recent works.
CD 16520319 $19.99
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Randall King
Into the Neon
Warner Nashville • Country
Randall King has never wavered in his honky-tonk allegiance, and with latest album, he’s taking it somewhere new—a place where ‘steel guitar and smoke’ meet a modern buzz.
CD 16475007 $23.99
Sierra Ferrell
Trail of Flowers
Rounder • Country
One of the brightest young luminaries in roots music today, Sierra Ferrell brings a dose of beautifully strange magic to everything she touches.
CD 16550002 $13.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
The Price Sisters
Between the Lines
McCoury Music • Country
Rich in the bluegrass tradition, yet equally versed in country balladry, folk Americana, gospel, and even indie blues-rock, the 15-song dazzler reflects a wealth of fresh ideas coursing through twin siblings Leanna Price and Lauren Price Napier.
CD 16521512 $15.99
Missy Raines
Highlander
Compass Records • Country
Guest Artists: Kathy Mattea, Laurie Lewis, Dudley Connell
Missy Raines is a trailblazer in bluegrass. On her new release Highlander, she gives a tip of the hat to her native West Virginia, where she cut her teeth as a bluegrass musician.
CD 16519696 $19.99
Cody Jinks Change the Game
Late August Records • Country
Guest Artist: Pearl
Jinks’s new release shows him at a time of transition, parting from his longtime manager and now managing his own career. You will hear his vulnerability and honesty on the first single, Sober Thing.
CD 16487035 $15.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
Aoife O’Donovan All My Friends
Yep Roc Records • Country
Guest Artist: Anaïs Mitchell
The follow-up to Aoife O’Donovan’s threetime Grammy-nominated album Age of Apathy, All My Friends is based around a collection of songs Aoife wrote, inspired by women’s suffrage and the passage of the 19th amendment.
CD 16545636 $17.99
AVAILABLE MARCH 22
The Steel Wheels Sideways
Big Ring Records • Country
The Virginia-based folk-rock band’s new album is a meditation on resilience and survival. Trent Wagler, the band’s lead singer and primary songwriter, penned many of the songs in response to loss.
CD 16512804 $17.99
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Country & Folk
Starring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman’s journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
PG13 141 min. (2023) $58M Musical
DVD 16428811 $22.49
Blu-ray 16428812 $26.24
4K+Blu-ray 16554762 $38.24
AVAILABLE MARCH 12
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