Midwest Tape Weekly October 14, 2019

‘Tis the season to start preparing for the holidays with videos, audiobooks, and music!

A Mrs. Miracle Christmas Debbie Macomber Random House, Inc.

AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 12298251 $29.99 Replacements Available

Idina Menzel Christmas

A Season of Love Decca • Holiday

Guest Artists: Ariana Grande, Billy Porter

Available October 18 CD 12465085

Buttons

A Christmas Tale

UNK 115 min. (2018) Drama

Available December 3 DVD

12455179 $16.49

NOW That’s What I Call Country Christmas Universal Music • Holiday

Artists: Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan CD 12447828 $18.99

The Grinch

PG 86 min. (2018) $271M Children’s DVD 12248833 $14.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 12248834 $17.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12276248 $17.24 2 Discs

Happy Howlidays!

James Patterson, Steven Butler

Hachette Audio

Available October 14

WEEKLYhighlights AUDIOBOOK 2 Discs 12313542

$19.99 Simultaneous Release -

October 14, 2019

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$13.99

Videos

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Final installment in the Father Christmas film series!

2nd Chance for Christmas

UNK 90 min. (2019) Drama

Available December 3

Marrying Father Christmas

DVD

When Miranda Chester set off to find information on her biological father two Christmases ago, she never imagined that her investigation would lead her to both the family she had always longed for and Ian McAndrick, the love of her life. NR 87 min. (2018) Drama DVD 12421810 $11.24

12509533 $11.24

Christmas Everlasting TVPG 82 min. (2018) Romance

Available November 5

DVD

12461966 $11.24

London Mitchell’s Christmas TVPG 90 min. (2018) Drama

Available November 5

Also Available

DVD 12448845 $16.99 BLU-RAY 12448816 $16.99

Engaging Father Christmas NR 85 min. (2017) Drama DVD 12176882 $11.24

Road to Christmas

Finding Father Christmas

TVG 85 min. (2018) Drama

Available November 5

NR 87 min. (2016) Drama DVD 11934787 $12.99

DVD

12452084 $11.24

CHILDREN’S Christmas Break-In

TVG 87 min. (2019)

Available November 5

Elf Land

G 80 min. (2019)

Available December 3 DVD

12458550 $19.99

DVD 12448841 $19.99 BLU-RAY 12448809 $21.99

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure

UNK 68 min.

BLU-RAY+DVD 12215339 $20.24 2 Discs

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Puppy Star Christmas

PG 90 min. (2018) DVD 12287596 $16.99

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

In search of a key to unlock a box from her late mother, Clara finds her way into a mysterious parallel world. She teams up with a soldier named Philip in order to brave the Fourth Realm to find the key and return harmony to the unstable world.

PG 99 min. (2018) $55M DVD 12248171 $14.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 12248172 $20.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12281466 $29.99 2 Discs

CHILDREN’S The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore NY Times Bestseller Weston Woods

In this classic holiday poem, a man awakens in his stocking cap to discover that Santa has arrived on his snowy rooftop that Christmas Eve. AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc

10221102 $12.99

Audiobooks HANUKKAH

How to Catch an Elf Adam Wallace

NY Times Bestseller Dreamscape Media, LLC

Hanukkah Bear Eric A. Kimmel Dreamscape Media, LLC

It’s finally Christmas Eve! Is this the year to finally catch an elf? Learn how with this fun holiday follow-up to the New York Times bestselling series!

When a bear arrives at her door, Bubba Brayna mistakenly believes he is her rabbi. Together they light the menorah, play the dreidel game, and eat all the latkes.

AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc 11708869

AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc 11670394 $14.99

$14.99

Video

Read-Along Subtitles

How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Other Gifts from Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss Random House, Inc., Listening Library

The Grinch hates everything about Christmas! So, he hatches a devious plan to make sure Christmas will bring no joy to Whoville this year.

AUDIOBOOK 2 Discs

10220993 $19.99

11709646 $11.24

The Christmasaurus Tom Fletcher Books on Tape, Listening Library

Dreamscape Media, LLC

Why settle for a pony or a puppy for Christmas when you could have a dinosaur?

A rollicking adventure from singer-songwriter and YouTuber Tom Fletcher.

AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs

Latke, the Lucky Dog Ellen Fischer

12126066 $44.99

Rescued from an animal shelter on the first night of Hanukkah, Latke the puppy joins the family just in time for the celebrations.

AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc 11373265 $9.99

ADULT FICTION

A Gingerbread Romance Lacey Baker Hallmark Publishing

When Taylor enlists Adam to help her win a life-sized gingerbread house contest, she doesn’t realize that her decision might help her find a place for her heart to call home.

The 19th Christmas James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Hachette Audio

A fearsome criminal seizes control of the headlines. He is planning a deadly surprise for Christmas morning. And has commissioned dozens of criminal colleagues to take actions that will mask his plans.

AUDIOBOOK 6 Discs 12313549 $34.99 Replacements Available

The Christmas Boutique Jennifer Chiaverini Harper Collins Publishers

Just weeks before Christmas, severe weather damages the church hall hosting the winter fundraiser. Determined to save the event, Sylvia offers to host it at her ancestral family estate.

AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12329503 $39.99 Replacements Available

AUDIOBOOK 6 Discs 12356038 $34.99 Replacements Available

A Timeless Christmas Alexis Stanton Hallmark Publishing

As Megan teaches a time traveler about the wonders of the future, they both feel a once-in-a-lifetime connection.

AUDIOBOOK 6 Discs 12289515 $34.99 Replacements Available

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Dreamscape Media, LLC

Marley was dead, to begin with, and yet he manages to visit his old partner, the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, and send him on a transformative journey, led by three ghosts from past, present, and future.

AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs 10014598 $19.99 Replacements Available

Noel Street Richard Paul Evans

Simon & Schuster Audio Elle is working at a diner to support herself and her son.

She learns that a returned POW, William, may have the answer to her own pain—a revelation that culminates in a remarkable act of love and forgiveness.

Available November 5

AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 12366817 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

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Keb’ Mo’ Moonlight, Mistletoe, and You Concord Records

Guest Artists: Gerald Albright, Melissa Manchester Fresh off the Grammy-winning album TajMo, his collaboration with Taj Mahal, and the critically acclaimed 2019 solo album Oklahoma, prolific blues musician Keb’ Mo’ presents his first holiday album.

Available October 18 CD 12447831

$14.99

Ana Gasteyer Sugar & Booze Henry’s Girl

Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer releases a holiday album featuring new and classic tracks. Fellow SNL star Maya Rudolph appears on the song Secret Santa.

Available October 25 CD 12448758

$14.99

Danny Gokey The Greatest Gift A Christmas Collection Sparrow

Acclaimed contemporary Christian music artist, and former American Idol contestant, Danny Gokey fills his latest holiday album with a mix of classic and original songs.

Available October 25 CD 12452942

Music

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis Big Band Holidays II Blue Engine Records

Featuring songs selected from Big Band Holidays concerts spanning from 2015 to 2018, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are joined by an all-star assortment of guests including Catherine Russell and Aretha Franklin.

Available November 8 CD 12458536

The Singing Contractors Building a Christmas to Remember Gaither Music Group

The Singing Contractors share holiday cheer and the hope of the season with new renditions of household favorites. They are hanging lights, decking halls, and belting out joyous strains for the most wonderful time of year.

Available October 25 CD 12455172

$11.99

$14.99

Rob Halford Celestial

Orla Fallon A Winter’s Tale

Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford releases his second holiday album, which sees him give Christmas classics a heavy metal makeover. There are also four brand new songs recorded just for this release.

In both solo performances and with Celtic Woman, Orla Fallon has dazzled audiences around the world. Here, across twelve tracks, she delivers a Celtic Christmas experience.

CD 12465111

CD 12452944

Legacy Recordings

Available October 18 $11.99

Phil Wickham Christmas Columbia Records

Phil Wickham has brought listeners songs of worship and praise, and now he’s ready to welcome the winter season with his album of holiday cheer.

Available November 1 CD 12470037

$12.99

Gaither Music Group

Available October 25 $9.99

Lea Michele Christmas in the City Sony Masterworks

Actress and singer Lea Michele releases a Christmas album with songs featuring guest artists Jonathan Groff, Darren Criss, and Cynthia Erivo.

Available October 25 CD 12481493

$12.99

$7.99

Chicago Chicago Christmas

Los Lobos Llego Navidad

TobyMac Light of Christmas

The legendary ‘rock band with horns’ gets into the spirit of the holiday season with an album that mixes original Christmas songs and yuletide favorites.

CD 12447842 $16.99

Los Lobos researched nearly 150 Christmas-related songs from across North, Central, and South America for their new album, eventually narrowing the list down to the songs they wanted to reinvent in their own inimitable style.

CD 12447841 $14.99

Guest Artists: Owl City, Relient K

Dionne Warwick Dionne Warwick & the Voices of Christmas

The Oak Ridge Boys Down Home Christmas

The Happy Racers A Merry Very Christmas

Dionne Warwick is joined by an all-star roster of guests for a new Christmas album. Some of the artists joining her include Ricky Skaggs, the Oak Ridge Boys, Aloe Blacc, Andra Day, Michael McDonald, and Johnny Mathis.

The Oak Ridge Boys celebrate the Christmas season with their timeless hits and holiday classics on their 2019 Christmas album. Includes standards such as Silent Night, but also new songs like Don’t Go Pullin’ on Santa Claus’ Beard.

The Happy Racers follow up their Halloween release with a collection of fun Christmas songs for listeners of all ages.

These are jams that make music a blast again for kids and kids at heart.

CD 12470040

CD 12439214

CD 12452945

Rhino Records

S-Curve Records

Available October 18 $14.99

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Rhino Records

Lightning Rod Records

Available October 25 $12.99

Forefront Records

Seven-time Grammy Award winner TobyMac’s holiday album is now available physically on CD following its digital-only release.

CD 12433530 $7.99

CHILDREN’S

Gaither Music Group

Available October 25 $9.99

First-rate videos sure to be in high demand.

$22 million box office 47 Meters Down

video picks of the week $41 million box office

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Voices of: Awkwafina, Dove Cameron, Bill Hader

Uncaged

When a new threat emerges that puts both Bird and Pig Island in danger, Red, Chuck, Bomb, and Mighty Eagle recruit Chuck’s sister Silver and team up with pigs Leonard, his assistant Courtney, and techpig Garry to forge an unsteady truce and form an unlikely superteam to save their homes.

PG 96 min. (2019) Children’s

Starring: Nia Long, John Corbett, Sophie Nelisse Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. PG13 90 min. (2019) Adventure

Available November 12

DVD 12428627 $23.24 BLU-RAY+DVD 12428616 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12556284 $30.74 2 Discs

Available November 12

DVD 12430780 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12430781 $29.99 2 Discs

$5 million box office Don’t Let Go Starring: Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, David Oyelowo

Detective Jack Radcliff gets a shocking phone call from his recently murdered niece Ashley.

Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen.

R 104 min. (2019) Horror

Available November 26 DVD BLU-RAY

12434593 $17.24 12434594 $26.24

$60 million box office

$12 million box office

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

The Kitchen Starring: Elizabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Domhnall Gleeson

Starring: Isabela Moner, Benicio Del Toro, Q’orianka Kilcher Dora spends most of her life traveling through the jungle but there is nothing that could prepare her for the adventures of high school. But she is prepared to try and solve a mystery behind a lost Incan civilization to save her parents with the help of some friends and Boots by her side. PG 102 min. (2019) Children’s

Available November 19

Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. R 102 min.

(2019) Action

Available November 5 DVD BLU-RAY

12428634 $21.74 12428623 $26.99

DVD 12428633 $23.24 BLU-RAY+DVD 12428622 $29.99 2 Discs

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

3 from Hell

R 115 min. (2019) $2M Horror DVD 12460189 $14.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 12460190 $18.74 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12460271 $22.49 2 Discs

The Art of Self-Defense

R 105 min. (2019) $2M Comedy DVD 12403035 $17.24 BLU-RAY 12403036 $26.24

Crawl

R 87 min. (2019) $39M Action DVD 12403033 $30.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 12403034 $29.99 2 Discs

The Pilgrim’s Progress

UNK 118 min. (2019) $1M Children’s DVD 12460362 $14.99 BLU-RAY 12514284 $18.74

Stuber

R 93 min. (2019) $22M Comedy DVD 12403025 $29.99 BLU-RAY 12403026 $26.24 4K+BLU-RAY 12460276 $29.99 2 Discs

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audiobook picks of the week A mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny from New York Times bestseller Maggie Stiefvater!

Exit Fee Brad Taylor

Call Down the Hawk Maggie Stiefvater

NY Times Bestselling Author

NY Times Bestselling Author

Available November 5 AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood in theaters November 22, starring Tom Hanks!

Kindness and Wonder Gavin Edwards Harper Collins Publishers History

12403584

Discs $29.99

Discs $25.99

Simultaneous Release

Discover more epic adventures in the second book in the action-packed Broken Code series.

The Silent Thaw Erin Hunter

NY Times Bestselling Author

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available November 5 AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs

12438109 $14.99

Simultaneous Release

…magnificent…

- Library Journal

The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern NY Times Bestselling Author

Random House, Inc.

Children’s

Available October 29 AUDIOBOOK 8

Wrecking Ball

Children’s

Harper Collins Publishers

Available October 29 AUDIOBOOK 5

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Recorded Books, LLC

Available October 29 AUDIOBOOK 3 12376151 $39.99

- Booklist

NY Times Bestselling Author

Action

Young Adult

…hilarious…

Jeff Kinney

Harper Collins Publishers

Scholastic

12372588

The latest in Brad Taylor’s Pike Logan series!

Fantasy

Discs 12371718 $44.99

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available November 5 AUDIOBOOK 11 Discs 12298257 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES Illuminating…

- Kirkus Reviews

A revealing look at one artist’s journey from self-censorship to full expression.

Janis Holly GeorgeWarren

More Myself Alicia Keys

Available October 22 AUDIOBOOK 11

12345479

Macmillan Audio

Simon & Schuster Audio

12404306

Discs $44.99

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

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Available November 5 AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs $39.99

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

An intimate portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different women.

Touched by the Sun Carly Simon

Macmillan Audio

Available October 22 AUDIOBOOK 4 12366878

Discs $29.99

Simultaneous Release

The voice of Frozen’s Elsa releases new holiday music.

Idina Menzel Christmas A Season of Love

Decca • Holiday

Guest Artists: Ariana Grande, Billy Porter

Available October 18 CD 12465085 $13.99

music picks of the week

Featuring over 40 unreleased recordings.

Final recordings from the late singer-songwriter.

Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Volume 15

Leonard Cohen Thanks for the Dance

Legacy • Pop/Rock

Available November 22

Travelin’ Thru, 1967-1969

Guest Artists: Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs

Available November 1

Columbia / Legacy Pop/Rock

CD 12556222 $11.99

3 Discs CD 12477633 $27.99

American Idol finalist releases her second studio album.

Brooke White Calico

Tony Award-winning Hamilton star releases his third studio album.

Leslie Odom, Jr Mr

Nevado Music Country

S-Curve Records Jazz

Available October 25

Available November 8

CD 12447827 $12.99

CD 12478649 $13.99

Musical highlights from the acclaimed series finale.

Various Artists Transparent

Musicale Finale Original Soundtrack Decca Gold Soundtracks

Available November 15 CD 12481491 $13.99

Rod Stewart’s biggest hits get new orchestral arrangements.

Rod Stewart & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra You’re in My Heart Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Snow Patrol creates new versions of their biggest songs.

Snow Patrol Reworked

Republic Records Pop/Rock

Available November 1 CD 12514273 $13.99

Includes the tracks All the Way (Stay) and Love Never.

Jimmy Eat World Surviving RCA Records Pop/Rock

Available October 18 CD 12514271 $10.99

Rhino Records Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Robbie Williams

Available November 22 CD 12472078 $16.99

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featured video Dasher

How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever Starring: Laural Merlington

An adventurous reindeer named Dasher spends her days yearning for the North Pole, and when she meets a nice man in a red suit, her wildest dreams might come true. UNK 14 min.

(2019) Children’s DVD 12372856 $29.24

Starring: Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Helle Goldman Nick Broomfield’s most personal and romantic film of his storied career starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of community of expat artists, writers, and musicians. Never-before-seen footage shot by Broomfield and legendary documentarian D.A. Pennebaker make for a unique portrait of an idyllic 1960s bohemia. R 101 min.

(2019) $1M Biographical

Available October 15 DVD

12403029 $24.99

Audiobook Also Available Dreamscape Media, LLC 1 Disc 12370073 $11.99

Starring: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba Ever since Hobbs and Shaw first faced off, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other down.

But when anarchist Brixton gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves. PG13 137 min.

(2019) $164M Action

Available November 5

DVD 12428631 $26.24 BLU-RAY+DVD 12428620 $29.99 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12463539 $37.49 2 Discs

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