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Starring: Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for a mysterious emerald. PG 122 min. (2022) Children’s DVD 14974861 BLU-RAY+DVD 14974862 4K-Blu-ray 14974863 COMING SOON
2nd highest opening weekend box office of 2022!
NEW MUSIC p9 NEW AUDIOBOOK & eBOOK1 p6
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VIDEO Documentaries
Informative and entertaining.
…faithful to the spirit and subject of Vonnegut the storyteller, but has its own story to tell too. - NPR
Flood in the Desert
DVD 14858768 AVAILABLE MAY 17
Explore the story of the March 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. UNK 60 min. (2022) Documentary $18.74
Fighting for Daybreak
DVD 14969934 Blu-ray 14967452 AVAILABLE JUNE 21
Organizers of the inaugural Daybreak music festival try desperately to keep the show from turning into another FYRE catastrophe. NR 70 min. Documentary $17.99 $16.99
Of Animals and Men
Kurt Vonnegut
Castro’s Spies
Unstuck in Time
Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it. NR 126 min. (2021) Documentary DVD 14939456 $20.99 Blu-ray 14939457 $21.74 AVAILABLE MAY 17
Series 1 Tony Robinson embarks on spectacular walks through Britain’s most historic landscapes in search of the richest stories from Britain’s past. UNK 190 min. (2013) (United Kingdom) History DVD 14907197 $18.74
DVD 14924730 Blu-ray 14928979 AVAILABLE MAY 13
Walking Through History Starring: Tony Robinson AVAILABLE JUNE 7
Series 2 UNK 282 min. (2013) (United Kingdom) History DVD 14907198 $18.74 2 Discs
Series 3 UNK 283 min. (2014) (United Kingdom) History DVD 14907199 $18.74 2 Discs
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The thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban spies sent undercover to the US in the 1990s. NR 103 min. (2020) Documentary $20.99 $21.99
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DVD 14960709 AVAILABLE MAY 17
(Polish) An extraordinary true story about two zookeepers at the Warsaw Zoo who saved nearly 300 Jews during World War II. UNK 71 min. (2021) (Poland) Documentary $24.99
BRAND NEW titles your patrons are sure to love, curated by our video experts here at Midwest Tape!
AVAILABLE MAY 3
VIDEO
Staff Picks
Stars Tommy Flanagan from the Emmy-winning show Sons of Anarchy. Boon Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Christiane Seidel, Tommy Flanagan NR 95 min. (2021) Suspense DVD 14935238 $14.99 AVAILABLE MAY 17
American Horses
Blacklight
UNK 55 min. (2022) Documentary DVD 14733715 $18.74
Starring: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Taylor John Smith PG13 105 min. (2022) (China) $10M Action DVD 14854205 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 14854206 $26.24 2 Discs
The Boys in Red Hats NR 88 min. (2021) Documentary DVD 14843440 $19.99
“Hayes’ vision is exquisite & Efron’s on a higher acting plane.” - Screen Rant Gold Starring: Zac Efron, Akuol Ngot, Thiik Biar R 96 min. (2022) Action DVD 14964055 $24.99 Blu-ray 14964056 $25.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 14
The Good Fight Season 5
Starring: Christine Baranski, Sarah Steele, Nyambi Nyambi UNK 517 min. (2021) Drama DVD 14903258 $29.99 3 Discs
Learn more about the real-life CODA after the film’s Best Picture win! Mother, Father, Deaf UNK 51 min. (2019) (United Kingdom) Documentary DVD 13401353 $18.74
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Season 1-3
NR 601 min. (2020) Children’s DVD 14920410 $11.24 4 Discs
The Unmaking of a College NR 84 min. (2021) Documentary DVD 14955794 $19.99
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VIDEO
Must-Have Television
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Billions Season 6 Starring: Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon TVMA 644 min. (2022) Drama DVD 14942732 $29.99 4 Discs AVAILABLE JUNE 14
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Season 3 Starring: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin Logan Roy begins Season Three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. UNK 540 min. (2021) Drama DVD 14935198 $19.49 3 Discs AVAILABLE MAY 17
Agatha Raisin Series 4 Starring: Ashley Jensen TV14 395 min. (2021) (United Kingdom) Drama DVD 14939446 $39.99 3 Discs AVAILABLE MAY 31
Kin Season 1
Lucifer Season 5
BMF Season 1
The Gulf Season 2
Starring: Charlie Cox, Claire Dunne, Aidan Gillen NR 427 min. (2021) (Ireland) Drama DVD 14939448 $26.24 2 Discs BLU-RAY+DVD 14939449 $26.99 2 Discs AVAILABLE MAY 10
Starring: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro UNK 900 min. (2020) Drama DVD 13922267 $22.49 4 Discs AVAILABLE MAY 31
Starring: Russell Hornsby, Da’Vinchi, Michole Briana White TVMA 800 min. (2021) Drama DVD 14942733 $26.24 4 Discs AVAILABLE MAY 17
Starring: Kate Elliott, Ido Drent, Mark Mitchinson TV14 381 min. (2020) (New Zealand) Drama DVD 14939450 $26.24 2 Discs AVAILABLE MAY 31
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Recommends Video
Top selections by Midwest Tape’s movie experts.
Season 1 Starring: Zackary Arthur, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind After teenage loner Jake Webber discovers a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll at a suburban yard sale, a quiet American town soon erupts into mayhem as a blood-chilling murder spree begins to spill everyone’s deepest and darkest secrets. While Chucky unleashes havoc, familiar faces from his past return and threaten to reveal his shadowy origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became the legendary murderous doll. NR 365 min. (2021) Horror DVD 14849663 $18.74 2 Discs BLU-RAY+DVD 14849664 $22.49 2 Discs
Chucky is a richer, more personal experience– and yet as frightening as ever. -The Wrap
Vikings
Without Remorse
Complete Series
DVD Blu-ray
14816014 14816013
Starring: Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgard, Alexander Ludwig NR 3146 min. (Ireland) Drama $109.49 27 Discs $116.99 27 Discs
DVD 14907902 Blu-ray 14907901 AVAILABLE MAY 3
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell R 109 min. (2021) Action $12.74 $16.49
Expired
DVD Blu-ray
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Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Jillian Nguyen, Hugo Weaving R 103 min. (2022) Sci-Fi $14.99 $16.49
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AUDIOBOOK & eBOOK
Asian American Heritage
For more titles SmartBrowse ‘Asian American.’
Women’s Fiction Peering behind the curtain of the upscale designer storefronts and the Chinese factories where luxury goods are produced, Kirstin Chen interrogates the myth of the model minority through two unforgettable women determined to demand more from life. AB CD 6 Discs
14807716
$29.99
AB Flex Perpetual
14620018
$54.05
eB Flex Metered 26 Circs AVAILABLE JUNE 7
14616427
$32.19
Activities of Daily Living by Lisa Chen
We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
Women’s Fiction
Biography AB CD 7 Discs
13405927
$34.99
AB CD 7 Discs
14778339
$47.99
AB Flex Perpetual AVAILABLE MAY 17
14795736
$79.99
AB Flex Perpetual
13305404
$61.77
eB Flex Metered 26 Circs AVAILABLE MAY 17
13309623
$32.19
American Seoul by Helena Rho
Self-Portrait with Ghost by Meng Jin
Biography AB CD 7 Discs
Asian American Literature 14628867
$34.99
AB CD 2 Discs AB Flex Perpetual eB Flex Metered 26 Circs AVAILABLE JULY 5
$22.99 $54.05 $32.19
14807561 14620014 14616425
CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf AB CD 7 Discs 14858632 AB Flex Metered 24 Mo. 14853703
$34.99 $59.99
eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. 14333530
$43.99
In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo AB CD 4 Discs AB Flex Perpetual eB Flex Metered 26 Circs AVAILABLE JUNE 14
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The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho AB CD 5 Discs 14809102 AB Flex Perpetual 14622650 eB Flex Metered 26 Circs 14586515 AVAILABLE JUNE 14
$29.99 $61.77 $20.69
This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian $29.99 $36.02 $19.54
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AB CD 4 Discs
14808014
$29.99
AB Flex Perpetual
14622655
$69.50
eB Flex Metered 26 Circs 14569117 AVAILABLE JUNE 7
Audiobook hoopla Instant
$21.84
eBook hoopla Instant
AUDIOBOOK & eBOOK Meant to Be by Emily Giffin Romance AB CD 9 Discs
14575140
AB Playaway
14931075
$44.99 $63.99
AB Flex Perpetual
14566870
$95.00
AB Flex Metered 12 Mo.
14572226
$47.50
eB Flex Metered 12 Mo.
14555166
$27.50
eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE MAY 31
14555628
$55.00
Staff Picks
...beautifully illustrated the power of female friendship. -Publishers Weekly
The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
Literary Fiction When fate brings three strangers to a charming space for lease on the California coast, the Boardwalk Bookshop is born. AB CD 9 Discs
14689917
$44.99
AB Flex Perpetual AVAILABLE MAY 31
14698847
$69.50
It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler
When She Dreams by Amanda Quick
Red Warning by Matthew Quirk Action
Women’s Fiction
Romance
AB CD 5 Discs
14809066
$29.99
AB CD 10 Discs
14740126
$39.99
AB CD 9 Discs
14521084
$39.99
AB Flex Perpetual
14620193
$69.50
AB Flex Perpetual
14350635
$83.00
AB Flex Perpetual
14604702
$54.99
eB Flex Metered 26 Circs AVAILABLE JUNE 7
14569769
$33.34
eB Flex Metered 12 Mo.
14432149
$27.50
$60.00
14433543
$55.00
eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE JUNE 7
14547780
eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE MAY 3
Finding Me by Viola Davis
The Omega Factor by Steve Berry
This Train by James Grady
Biography
Action
Suspense
AB CD 8 Discs
14608163
$44.99
AB CD 9 Discs
14929296
$47.99
AB CD 12 Discs
14635230
$49.99
AB Playaway
14931061
$51.99
AB Flex Perpetual
14922174
$79.99
14785105
$65.00
AB Flex Perpetual
14462931
$69.50
14639594
$59.99
eB Flex Metered 26 Circs
14405305
$33.34
eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE MAY 3
eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE JUNE 7
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MUSIC Nominees AWARDS SmartBrowse ‘2022 Billboard Music Award Nominees’ for more.
17 awards including Top Hot 100 Artist
13 awards including Top Male Artist
Justin Bieber Justice CD CD
13995399 13995400
The Weeknd Dawn FM
Def Jam • Pop/Rock $13.99 Parental Advisory $13.99 Edited Version
Xo Records • R&B CD 14795799 CD 14795800
13 awards including Top Rap Album
13 awards including Top New Artist
CD
14799640
9 awards including Top Male Artist
Olivia Rodrigo Sour
Kanye West Donda Def Jam Records Rap/Hip-Hop $18.99 Deluxe Edition
$13.99 Parental Advisory $13.99 Edited Version
CD CD
14097498 14097499
Geffen • Pop/Rock $13.99 Parental Advisory $13.99 Edited Version
Ed Sheeran Equals Atlantic • Pop/Rock CD
14 awards including Top Hot 100 Song
Doja Cat Planet Her Kemosabe Records • Rap/Hip-Hop CD 14640865 $12.99 Parental Advisory, Deluxe Edition
14465662
$14.99
9 awards including Top Female Artist
Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia CD
13960932
Warner Records Pop/Rock $14.99 The Moonlight Edition
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MUSIC
HOT NEW Country
New albums from rising artists, genre superstars, and legends.
Home Free The Sounds of Lockdown
Kenny Rogers Various Artists Blackbird Production Partners LLC Artists: Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton An all-star concert event honoring Kenny Rogers’s historic 60-year career and featuring the final performance together by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton performing Islands in the Stream. CD 14990335 $21.99 AVAILABLE MAY 20
Home Free Records Guest Artists: Peter Hollens, Billy Gilman During the pandemic, Home Free continued to release songs, including covers of classic songs. Those recordings are brought together on this album, which also includes duets with Billy Gilman and Peter Hollens. CD 15006779 $14.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 17
Austin Jenckes If You Grew Up Like I Did Anthem Records Inc. Guest Artist: Lori McKenna The debut album by country singer-songwriter, and former The Voice contestant Austin Jenckes. His songs are direct dispatches from the never easy but unquestionably rich life that he’s lived. CD 14990325 $12.99 AVAILABLE MAY 13
Hank Williams Jr. Rich White Honky Blues Easy Eye Sound Never one to rest on his laurels, even after 56 studio albums, the acclaimed Country Music Hall of Fame member is still finding new creative ground to explore. CD 14975689 $14.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE JUNE 17
Darius Rucker #1’s
Midland The Last Resort Big Machine Midland likes their music straight-up. Hardcore country, the kind found in forgotten bars in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, wherever the neon’s buzzing, but not quite dead. CD 14955665 $11.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
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Volume 1
Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker has had ten number one country songs. Those songs are collected here for the first time, beginning with his first number one, Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It, all the way up to 2020’s Beers and Sunshine. CD 15006127 $11.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 3
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Eli Young Band Love Talking Valory Eli Young Band returns with their first new album since the 2017 release Fingerprints. The new album includes the tracks Love Talking; Break Up in a Bar; and Chances Are. CD 15006124 $11.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 3
Lyle Lovett 12th of June Verve Lyle Lovett returns with his first new album in over ten years. It is an eclectic collection of new originals and beloved interpretations that will please existing fans while inviting new listeners. CD 14990326 $13.99 AVAILABLE MAY 13
Chris Janson All In Warner Music Nashville Guest Artists: Rhett Akins, Eric Church Chris Janson, the voice behind the hit Buy Me a Boat, returns with his fourth album. Along with the single Cold Beer Truth, there are collaborations with Eric Church, Rhett Atkins, and Travis Tritt. CD 14938914 $11.99
Top selections by Midwest Tape’s music experts. A legendary concert gets an official release.
Grammy Award-winning album now available on CD.
Arooj Aftab Vulture Prince CD 14975653 AVAILABLE JUNE 24
Verve • World $13.99 Deluxe Edition
A personal new album created during the pandemic.
Prince & the Revolution Live ACCEL Music • R&B For the first time, this powerful performance by Prince and the Revolution has been entirely remixed from the original multitrack master reels by engineer Chris James and remastered by Bernie Grundman. CD 14990371 $33.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 3
Singer-songwriter’s first new album in five years.
Vance Joy In Our Own Sweet Time Atlantic • Pop/Rock CD
15001452
An uplifting and reflective new album.
Republic Records Pop/Rock
Atlantic Mod Pop/Rock CD
Kehlani Blue Water Road
Boo Boo Wax • Folk CD 15006780 $12.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 3
Weezer SZNZ
Singer takes fans on an emotional journey.
Michael Franti & Spearhead Follow Your Heart CD
14985553
The kick off to Weezer’s four-part series.
Jack Johnson Meet the Moonlight CD 15006128 $13.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 24
$11.99
AVAILABLE JUNE 10
MUSIC
Staff Picks
Atlantic Mod • R&B $16.99 Parental Advisory
15006129
$8.99
Performances filled with warmth and brilliance. John Williams & Yo-Yo Ma A Gathering of Friends Sony Classical Classical Guest Artists: Jessica Zhou, Pablo Sainz-Villegas CD 14990860 $13.99 AVAILABLE MAY 20
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...a thrifty, continually unpredictable whodunit… - rogerebert.com
Starring: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night. UNK 125 min. (2022) Drama DVD Blu-ray
14854210 $26.24 14854211 $29.99 COMING SOON
NEW MUSIC from the country superstar.
Capitol Nashville • Country Carrie Underwood is back with a brand-new country album that features the hit single Ghost Story. This comes after the success of her Grammy Award-winning gospel album My Savior. CD 15006123 $11.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 10 Midwest Tape / Here for Libraries / 800.875.2785