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A Classic Kind of Love
Academy Award Winners
From Page to Film
Best Picture ‘30s-’50s
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Humphrey Bogart A Classic Kind of Love Features two of Jane Austen’s classic books, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Burt Lancaster Titles include: It Happened One Night; How Green Was My Valley; The Lost Weekend; From Here to Eternity; The Bridge on the River Kwai. PG 596 min. DVD 13659240 $90.99 5 Discs
Titles include: Pride & Prejudice; Casablanca; Wuthering Heights; Sense and Sensibility; To Have and Have Not. PG 573 min. DVD 13659238 $80.99 5 Discs
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Marvel’s Avengers Titles include: Marvel’s The Avengers; Avengers: Age of Ultron; Avengers: Infinity War; Avengers: Endgame. 614 min. DVD 13387826 $140.99 4 Discs
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon Titles include: Four Brothers; The Departed; The Other Guys; Deepwater Horizon; Shooter. R 597 min. DVD 13659235 $52.99 5 Discs
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‘80s Imagination Movies Titles include: The Goonies; Beetlejuice; Weird Science; Ghostbusters. 405 min. DVD 13394160 $42.99 4 Discs
Superheroes
Titles include: Man of Steel; Wonder Woman; Aquaman; Suicide Squad; Batman v Superman; Justice League. 821 min. DVD 12371222 $122.99 6 Discs
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In a Galaxy Far Far Away… Star Wars Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman
Titles include: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. PG13 805 min. DVD 13619056 $220.99 6 Discs
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Pokemon
Disney Signature Collection Volume 1
Disney Animation Hidden Gems
Titles include: Pokemon: Detective Pikachu; Pokemon the Movie: The Power of Us; Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!; Pokemon the First Movie; Pokemon the Movie 2000; Pokemon 3 the Movie. 553 min. DVD 13430623 $110.99 6 Discs
Titles include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Pinocchio; Bambi; Cinderella; Peter Pan; Lady and the Tramp. G 469 min. DVD 13619059 $220.99 6 Discs
Titles include: The Emperor’s New Groove; Lilo & Stitch; Tarzan; Treasure Planet; Atlantis: The Lost Empire; Brother Bear. PG 526 min. DVD 13619057 $101.99 6 Discs
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Voices of: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne
Voices of: David Spade, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton
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ROMANCE & TEAR JERKERS
Something Borrowed
Titles include: Bridesmaids; Wedding Crashers; Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates; 27 Dresses; My Big Fat Greek Wedding; My Best Friend’s Wedding. 660 min. DVD 12765779 $80.99 6 Discs
The Love We Share
Titles include: A Star Is Born; A Walk to Remember; Silver Linings Playbook; Crazy Rich Asians; Say Anything; Ghost. 706 min. DVD 12765780 $90.99 6 Discs
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Somethin’ Sappy
Titles include: The Notebook; Dirty Dancing; How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; Never Been Kissed; When Harry Met Sally. 543 min. DVD 12347939 $54.99 5 Discs
COMEDY
Gossip Girls
Teen Comedy Edition
Titles include: Mean Girls; Easy A; Clueless; She’s the Man; The Duff. 492 min. DVD 13411368 $53.99 5 Discs
The Golden Years Comedy
Titles include: Poms; Book Club; Going in Style; The Intern; Hope Springs; Something’s Gotta Give. 639 min. DVD 13387822 $82.99 6 Discs
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Where’s the Party?
Titles include: Booksmart; Superbad; National Lampoon’s Van Wilder; Project X. 403 min. DVD 13659236 $49.99 4 Discs
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Film Fan Favorites Scarlett Johansson
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Roman Griffin Davis Titles include: Marriage Story; JoJo Rabbit; Girl with a Pearl Earring; Under the Skin. R 453 min. DVD 13659234 $93.99 5 Discs
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
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Comedy Classics Starring Eddie Murphy
The Terrific Tom Cruise
Titles include: Top Gun; Jerry Maguire; Mission Impossible; Risky Business; Born on the Fourth of July; Days of Thunder. 709 min. DVD 13387815 $80.99 6 Discs
Titles include: Coming to America; Beverly Hills Cop; The Nutty Professor; Trading Places; Life; 48 Hrs. 638 min. DVD 13387816 $64.99 6 Discs
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The Conjuring Universe Supernatural Cinema
Help your patrons binge the Conjuring Universe before the third installment hits theaters in 2021. Titles include: The Conjuring; The Conjuring 2; The Nun; Annabelle; Annabelle: Creation; Annabelle Comes Home. 656 min. DVD 13387818 $82.99 6 Discs
Whatever You Do… Don’t Go Outside
Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Josh Hartnett Titles include: A Quiet Place; 10 Cloverfield Lane; It Comes at Night; Snowpiercer; 30 Days of Night. R 524 min. DVD 13659237 $74.99 5 Discs
Don’t Mess with Texas
Starring: Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain Titles include: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; House of 1000 Corpses; The Devil’s Rejects; Frailty; Texas Killing Fields. R 494 min. DVD 13611666 $66.99 5 Discs
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Album of the Year Nominees
Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Roddy Ricch are up for music’s top prize! Winners to be announced on January 21. Three awards including Best R&B Performance
Jhene Aiko Chilombo
Def Jam • R&B Parental Advisory CD 12875956 $13.99
Best Recording Package
Coldplay Everyday Life
Atlantic/Parlophone • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory CD 12595615 $14.99
Six awards including Best Pop Solo Performance
Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia
Warner Bros. Records, Inc. • Pop/Rock CD 12810203 $11.99
Record of the Year
Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory CD 12454759 $13.99 Edited Version CD 12454760 $13.99
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Three awards including Record of the Year
Black Pumas Black Pumas
ATO Records • R&B Super Deluxe Edition ,2 Discs CD 13528524 $15.99
Three awards including Best R&B Performance
Jacob Collier Djesse Volume 3
Decca UK • Pop/Rock Import CD 13730529 $23.99
Best Rock Performance
Haim Women in Music Pt. III
Columbia Records • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory CD 12946508 $13.99
Six awards including Song of the Year
Taylor Swift Folklore
Republic Records • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory CD 13499496 $13.99 Edited Version CD 13499497 $13.99
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Best Spoken Word
Acid for the Children Flea
The Answer Is... Alex Trebek
Blowout Rachel Maddow
NY Times Bestseller
NY Times Bestseller
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12037816 $34.99 Replacements Available
Simon & Schuster Audio Biography
Penguin Random House Audio Political Science
AUDIOBOOK 4 Discs 13242302 $29.99
AUDIOBOOK 13 Discs 12388696 $44.99 Replacements Available
Hachette Audio Biography
NY Times Bestseller
Catch and Kill Ronan Farrow
Charlotte’s Web E. B. White
Hachette Audio True Crime
Listening Library Children’s
AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12408718 $34.99 Replacements Available
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Sturgill Simpson Sound & Fury
The Strokes The New Abnormal
Little Big Town Nightfall
Ashley McBryde Never Will
NY Times Bestseller
2020 Audie Winner
Best Rock Album
Fontaines D.C. A Hero’s Death
Partisan Records CD 13482806 $13.99
Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka Interscope CD 12455174 $11.99
Grace Potter Daylight
Fantasy CD 12452297 $14.99
New Elektra CD 12452296 $12.99
RCA Records CD 12846857 $13.99
Best Country Album
Ingrid Andress Lady Like
Warner Music Nashville CD 12826863 $12.99
Brandy Clark Your Life Is a Record Warner Bros. CD 12739838 $11.99
Miranda Lambert Wildcard Sme Nashville CD 12453160 $11.99
Capitol Nashville CD 12461454 $13.99
Warner Music Nashville CD 12821666 $12.99
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Fantastic Negrito Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? Cooking Vinyl Limiteds CD 13407610 $12.99
Ruthie Foster Live at the Paramount Blue Corn Music CD 13307963 $14.99
G. Love & Special Sauce The Juice
Philadelphonic Records CD 12622168 $11.99
Bettye LaVette Blackbirds
VERVE CD 13090758 $13.99
North Mississippi Allstars Up and Rolling New West Records CD 12445409 $12.99
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is the story of a constant chase between a cunning hungry fox and three chicks. The fox is forever on the prowl of the chicks and the chicks are always ready to foil his plans. Angry and defeated, the fox is even more determined to get his targets with each consequent failure. Season One Volume One 85 min $18.74 13738714 Season One Volume Two 83 min $18.74 13738715 Season One Volume Three 84 min $18.74 13738716 Season One Volume Four 85 min $18.74 13738717
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video staff picks
First-rate videos sure to be in high demand. Long-awaited sequel to the 1996 film The Craft. The Craft
Starring comedy legend Vince Vaughn.
Gripping from start to finish! - Bloody Disgusting
Freaky
Legacy
Spiral
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Alan Ruck, Kathryn Newton,
Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon
Starring: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Lochlyn Munro, Ty Wood
After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent. R 101 min. (2020) Horror
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers. PG13 97 min. (2020) Horror
A same-sex couple moves to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life as they raise their sixteen-year-old daughter. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighborhood. UNK 87 min. (2020) Horror
Coming Soon
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Richard Jenkins gives one of his most soulful performances.
87% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes.
-RogerEbert.com
Ethan Hawke stars in this historical drama!
Honest Thief
The Last Shift Starring: Richard Jenkins, Shane Paul McGhie, Ed O’Neill
Calling it quits after 38 years, an aging fast-food worker trains his young replacement on the graveyard shift at Oscar’s Chicken and Fish. R 90 min. (2020) Comedy
Tesla
Starring: Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney
Starring: Eve Hewson, Ethan Hawke, Hannah Gross
Wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents. PG13 100 min. (2020) $20M* Action
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan’s daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light. PG13 101 min. (2020) $25M* Drama
Available December 29
Available December 29
DVD 13624286 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 13624287 $26.24 2 Discs
DVD 13699297 $14.99
13756324 $20.99 13756325 $21.74
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13508722 $14.99 13734948 $17.24
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Arthur & Merlin
Knights of Camelot
Starring: Richard Brake, Richard Short, Jennifer Matter NR 91 min. (2020) Action DVD 13612887 $24.99
Faith Based
Starring: Luke Barnett, Tanner Thomason, Margaret Cho NR 92 min. (2020) Comedy DVD 13656288 $19.99 BLU-RAY 13656241 $21.99
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King’s Gambit
Smiley Face Killers
NR 88 min. (2020) Action DVD 13651784 $24.99
R 96 min. (2020) Suspense DVD 13651228 $14.99
Starring: Blake Webb, Rebecca Galarza, Wade Williams
Starring: Ronen Rubinstein, Mia Serafino, Crispin Glover
Winter Castle
Starring: Emilie Ullerup, Kevin McGarry
NR 83 min. (2019) Romance DVD 13640857 $12.99
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audiobook staff picks daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z .
An affecting piece of historical fiction…
...explosive...
Narrated by Blue Ivy Carter,
- Los Angeles Times
Eddie’s Boy Thomas Perry
NY Times Bestselling Author
HighBridge Audio Suspense
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 13480097 $34.99 Replacements Available
- Booklist
The Awakening of Malcolm X Ilyasah Shabazz, Tiffany D. Jackson NY Times Bestselling Author
Macmillan Audio Young Adult
Available January 5 AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 13012890 $34.99
Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
A story of courage on the prairie.
THE AUDIOBOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT!
Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry Dreamscape Media, LLC Children’s
The tender and empowering account of a father styling his daughter’s natural hair is a celebration of self-confidence and daddies and daughters everywhere. AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc 13697601 $11.99
A kidnapper takes “Here Comes the Bride” as an invitation. NYPD Red 6 James Patterson, Marshall Karp
NY Times Bestselling Author Hachette Audio Suspense
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 13315527 $34.99 Replacements Available
The Children’s Blizzard Melanie Benjamin NY Times Bestselling Author
Penguin Random House Audio Historical
Available January 12 AUDIOBOOK 10
Discs 13350182 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Into the Light David Weber, Chris Kennedy NY Times Bestselling Author
Macmillan Audio Sci-Fi
Available January 12 AUDIOBOOK 12
Discs 13315591 $78.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
New Audiobook CD Drop-Ins Due to Popular Demand Breathtaking…
Unflinchingly honest…
- People Magazine
- Mark Manson
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey
Penguin Random House Audio
Penguin Random House Audio
NY Times Bestseller
Women’s Fiction
Available January 5 AUDIOBOOK
11 Discs 13764389 $24.99 Replacements Available
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The anticipated sequel to Into the Dark.
NY Times Bestseller Biography
Available January 5 AUDIOBOOK
6 Discs 13764382 $29.99 Replacements Available
Most No. 1 hits by woman-led act in Mainstream Rock Songs chart history. The Pretty Reckless Death by Rock and Roll
music staff picks
Features appearances from Gunna, Young Thug, and Lil Baby. Nav Emergency Tsunami
Xo Records Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory CD 13786342 $12.99
Death By Rock And Roll • Pop/Rock
Available February 12
Includes the new single Shame Shame.
Jeezy address the pain and pressure that many people feel today.
Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight
Jeezy Recession 2
Available February 5
Available December 11
CD 13762276 $10.99
Big Sean Detroit 2
G.O.O.D. Music Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Jhene Aiko, Travis Scott
Available December 11
Parental Advisory CD 13761322 $13.99
Parental Advisory CD 13775960 $14.99
RCA • Pop/Rock
Third No. 1 album debut on Billboard 200.
Def Jam Rap/Hip-Hop
Parental Advisory CD 13775959 $13.99
Legendary Bee Gees singer works with some of the biggest names in country. Barry Gibb Greenfields The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Volume 1 CMG Records Country
Guest Artists: Alison Krauss, Keith Urban
Available January 8 CD 13761323 $13.99
NOW on CD
These digital hits are now available to order on CD. Trey Songz Back Home Atlantic Mod R&B
Guest Artists: Summer Walker, Ty Dolla $ign
Parental Advisory CD 13786341 $13.99
Kehlani It Was Good Until It Wasn’t
Atlantic Mod R&B Parental Advisory CD 13786345 $13.99
Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake Luv Vs. the World 2 Atlantic Mod Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Chief Keef, 21 Savage
Parental Advisory, Deluxe Edition, 2 Discs CD 13786343 $18.99
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The Croods
MIDWEST TAPE EXCLUSIVE!
A New Age
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Voices of: Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone The Croods need a new place to live. So, the first prehistoric family sets off into the world, where they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs. However, another family already lives there: the Bettermans. PG (2020) Children’s
Music Biopics
Titles included: Bohemian Rhapsody; Walk the Line; Ray; Rocketman; The Doors; Straight Outta Compton. 830 min. DVD 12765011 6 Discs $98.99
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DVD 13699301 BLU-RAY 13699302
Also Available The Croods
PG 98 min. (2013) $187M Children’s DVD 12105083 $11.24 BLU-RAY 12105082 $14.99 4K+BLU-RAY 13594792 $22.49 2 Discs
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Starring: John David Washington, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Debicki Armed with only one word and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time. PG13 151 min. (2020) $200M* Sci-Fi
Available December 15
DVD 13411394 $21.74 BLU-RAY+DVD 13411395 $26.99 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 13765368 $36.74 2 Discs
ONE OF THE TOP BOX OFFICE TITLES OF 2020.
TIME HAS COME. *Home Premiere Release - Estimated Box Office
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