CVS Midwest Tape Weekly 9, September 2024

WEEKLY BUYER’S GUIDE

September 9, 2024

“Alvarez is keeping an old-school chiller alive for a new generation.”

- USA Today

Alien Romulus

Starring: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

UNK 119 min. (2024) (United Kingdom) Science Fiction DVD 17177068 Blu-ray+DVD 17177069 2 Discs COMING SOON

For more terrifying Alien titles on video and audiobook, see p2.

New Audiobooks p4 | New Music p6

Alien Franchise VIDEO | AUDIOBOOK

Alien

Aliens

Starring: Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

18A 116 min. (1979) Science Fiction DVD 11437809 $13.59 Blu-ray 13612911 $20.39 4K Blu-ray 12342887 $31.44 40th Anniversary Edition, 2 Discs

Starring: Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to reestablish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

18A 137 min. (1986) Science Fiction Blu-ray 14059589 $20.39 4K Blu-ray 16579203 $37.39 Ultimate Collector’s Edition, 3 Discs

Immerse your patrons in the thrilling sci-fi universe!

Prometheus

Alien Covenant

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Logan MarshallGreen, Michael Fassbender Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.

14A 124 min. (2012) Action/Adventure DVD 10005317 $13.59 Blu-ray 11922477 $22.94

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discovers an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination and must attempt a harrowing escape.

18A 122 min. (2017) (United Kingdom) $74M Horror DVD 11891376 $13.59 Blu-ray+DVD 11891377 $20.39 2 Discs 4K Blu-ray 11926666 $32.29

AUDIOBOOK | SCIENCE FICTION

Alien: Covenant Origins Alan Dean Foster

AB CD 7 Discs 11957288 $45.99

Alien: Isolation Keith R. A. DeCandido

AB CD 7 Discs 12634293 $45.99

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Alien: Prototype Tim Waggoner

AB CD 7 Discs 13268753 $45.99

Alien: Into Charybdis Alex White

AB CD 11 Discs 14307063 $51.99

VIDEO

Pixar Volume 3*

Titles included: Cars 3; Lightyear; Luca; Toy Story 4; Turning Red. PG 503 min. Children’s DVD 15957882 $170.84 5 Discs

What Happened After SCTV*

Titles included: Three Amigos!; Strange Brew; Uncle Buck; The Wool Cap; Heavy Metal.

18A 475 min. Comedy DVD 16281045 $55.24 5 Discs

The Multiverse of Marvel*

For the Love of Rachel McAdams*

Titles included: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; SpiderMan: No Way Home; Thor: Love and Thunder.

PG 686 min. Action/Adventure DVD 15957883 $203.14 5 Discs

Starring: Owen Wilson, Bradley Cooper, Domhnall Gleeson Titles included: Game Night; Aloha; About Time; Midnight in Paris; The Vow. 14A 527 min. Drama DVD 15822008 $60.34 5 Discs

Beginners Guide to Woodworking*

Advanced Woodworking*

Titles included: Table Saw Essentials; Fundamentals of Cabinet Making; Bandsaw Essentials; All About Wood; Router Table Essentials.

UNK 598 min. How-To DVD 15707811 $110.49 5 Discs

Titles included: Fundamentals of Furniture Making; Hand-Held Router Techniques; Build a Tool Chest in Reclaimed Wood; Advanced Cabinet Making Techniques.

UNK 618 min. How-To DVD 16280830 $$115.59 4 Discs

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Suspenseful Thrillers

AUDIOBOOK

The President’s Lawyer Lawrence Robbins

Rob Jacobson, a top DC litigator, defends his childhood friend, a former president, accused of murdering his mistress. As the case unfolds, Rob grapples with doubts about his friend’s innocence and their troubled past.

AB CD 7 Discs 16726384 $68.99 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 8

A high-stakes legal thriller

Suspenseful thrillers to keep patrons on the edge of their seats!

The Last One at the Wedding Jason Rekulak

Cold Trail Taylor Moore

Frank Szatowski is thrilled when his estranged daughter, Maggie, invites him to her wedding.

Upon arrival, he discovers she’s marrying the son of a tech billionaire and struggles to reconnect with her while uncovering unsettling details about her new family.

AB CD 9 Discs 16812730 $69.99 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 8

DEA agent Garrett Kohl, on leave, partners with an old enemy in an energy venture to secure his family’s future. When a suspicious explosion threatens their success, he teams up with a war buddy and uncovers a dangerous international conspiracy.

AB CD 8 Discs 16669979 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 17

No One Will Know Rose Carlyle

Snake Oil Kelsey Rae Dimberg

The wealthy Hygates hire desperate nanny Eve Sylvester. As she enjoys her new life, she becomes wary of their secrecy and mysterious yacht visits, realizing she’s in too deep.

AB CD 9 Discs 16669839 $54.99 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1

Rhoda West, a celebrated CEO, leads the wellness startup Radical. As devoted employee Dani rises and skeptical Cecelia questions Rhoda’s authenticity, an insider leaks gossip and doubts arise about whether she’s a genuine leader or a fraud.

AB CD 9 Discs 16669959 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 17

The Examiner Janice Hallett

Once More from the Top Emily Layden

Professor Gela Nathaniel’s job hinges on the success of her multimedia art program with a diverse group of students. As the final project looms, the examiner uncovers that someone in the course may be in grave danger—or already dead.

AB CD 9 Discs 16593580 $83.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10

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Famous pop star Dylan Read’s world is upended when her missing childhood friend Kelsey is found dead. Dylan must face hidden truths about their past and how it influences her music and image.

AB CD 10 Discs 16469147 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10

Staff Picks AUDIOBOOK

MYSTERY Den of Iniquity J.A. Jance

Legacy of Blood Heather Graham

Former detective J.P. Beaumont’s life in Ashland becomes chaotic when his family faces turmoil and he investigates a suspicious death. As Beau unravels past and present mysteries, he confronts a dangerous vigilante killer.

AB CD 8 Discs 16670227 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10

Special Agent Jeannette LaFarge is called to a vineyard in France, where she finds multiple bodies drained of blood. She and Detective Daniel Murray discover they are reenactments of the crimes of Elizabeth, so now they must act quickly to prevent more bloodshed before the upcoming harvest.

AB CD 8 Discs 16446437 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 24

“J.P. Beaumont is a star attraction.” -Booklist

In the streets of Paris, someone wants to paint the town red…

Space Oddity Catherynne M. Valente

Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill Robert B. Parker, Alison Gaylin

Suspense After a near-death experience, PI Sunny Randall is hired to find Dylan, son of billionaire Bill Welch.

Despite his troubled past, Dylan’s mother believes he’s in danger. Sunny and Dylan’s business partner, Sky, team up to solve the mystery.

AB CD 6 Discs 16551158 $47.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10

Science Fiction The Metagalactic Grand Prix, a mix of gladiatorial contest, beauty pageant, and continuation of wars of the past returns to threaten Earth’s fate. Can humanity rise once more against the oppostions plotting against them?

AB CD 6 Discs 16539924 $$83.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 24

Precipice Robert Harris

The Highlander’s Return Lynsay Sands

Romance Mercenary Graeme returns home after his brother’s death and finds Annella, his brother’s widow, now a strong leader. When a hidden enemy threatens, they must unite to protect their clan and their emerging love.

AB CD 8 Discs 16670370 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 24

Historical Fiction In summer 1914, Venetia Stanley’s secret affair with Prime Minister Asquith leads to a leak of top-secret documents. As Scotland Yard investigates, their relationship turns into a national security crisis that could alter British politics.

AB CD 8 Discs 16669404 $54.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 17

FANTASY Song of Ash and Moonlight Claire Legrand

Farri, burdened by grief and responsibility, must team up with Ryder, whom she despises, to face a looming threat. As magical beings vanish and the gods awaken, they uncover a dangerous plot targeting the gods themselves.

AB CD 17 Discs 16984016 $77.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 17

Somewhere Beyond the Sea T. J. Klune

Vilest Things Chloe Gong

Arthur Parnassus, headmaster of a magical orphanage, faces a public reckoning with his dark past. As he battles to protect his six magical children and their home, a new child embracing the label ‘monster’ challenges their family’s unity and future.

AB CD 13 Discs 16812807 $92.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10

Calla Tuoleimi has become royal advisor to August Shenzhi, who is secretly Anton Makusa. When Anton’s former love reveals a threat to the monarchy, Calla and Anton must join forces to prevent chaos in Talin.

AB CD 10 Discs 16626616 $83.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10

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New Rock Albums MUSIC

Soccer Mommy Evergreen

The Offspring Supercharged

Myles Kennedy The Art of Letting Go

Laura Marling Patterns in Repeat

Pop/Rock Since her last album, Sophie Allison, aka Soccer Mommy, experienced a profound loss.

These new songs emerged, unflinching reflections on what she was feeling.

CD 17192574 $16.99  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25

Pop/Rock Following up on the global success of their album Let the Bad Times Roll, legendary SoCal punk group the Offspring releases their 11th album. It continues the band’s legacy with some of their best songwriting to date.

CD 16988409 $19.99  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 11

Pop/Rock With two solo efforts under his belt and sold-out headline tours in the rearview, iconic frontman, instrumentalist, and vocalist Myles Kennedy is guided by a sense of keenly honed intuition on his third full-length album.

CD 17004878 $22.09  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 11

Pop/Rock Written following the birth of her daughter, this finds Laura Marling reflecting on her motherhood experience as well as diving deeper into her reckoning with the ideas and behaviours we pass down over generations.

CD 17184466 $20.39  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25

The Black Dahlia Murder Servitude

Pixies The Night the Zombies Came

Pop/Rock After the tragic passing of frontman and co-founder Trevor Strnad in 2022, the Black Dahlia Murder had to decide if the band would continue. This album marks the first to have guitarist Brian Eschbach take over on lead vocals.

CD 17222097 $21.24  AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27

Pop/Rock Thirteen new songs that find Pixies looking ahead to the most cinematic album of their career.

CD 17177002 $20.99 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25

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The Linda Lindas No Obligation

Pop/Rock Here comes the second full-length release from the Linda Linda, which further advances their unironic, joyful, and exciting trajectory of mashing up LA punk with alt-rock, garage rock, power pop, new wave, and rock en español.

CD 17221093 $17.84  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 11

Bring Me the Horizon Post Human: Nex Gen

Pop/Rock Following a delay and surprise digital release, the acclaimed new album from Bring Me the Horizon is now available to order on CD. CD 17214450 $20.39 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27

“4 out of 5 stars...a big payoff for fans willing to delve into the lore and a pure thrill for anyone who likes to feel heavy music both in spirit and body.” -AllMusic

Daughtry Shock to the System Part 1 EP



Pop/Rock Daughtry’s latest EP offers up the first set of tracks in a two-part project that continues pulling back the curtain on frontman Chris Daughtry’s personal life.

CD 17202367 $15.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27

Staff Picks MUSIC

Michael Bublé The Best of Bublé

Pop/Rock CD 17233246 $16.99 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27

Features two previously unreleased songs Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis The Warriors Soundtracks

Lin-Manuel Miranda joins forces with Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis for a concept album which features performances from Marc Anthony, Luis Figueroa, and more.

CD 17221167 $21.24 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE OCTOBER 18

Musical project inspired by the 1979 film

Billy Strings Highway Prayers

Country CD 17221166 $22.09 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27

Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn Quiet in a World Full of Noise

FINNEAS For Cryin’ Out Loud!

A blend of atmospheric and orchestral soundscapes that defies genres

Second album from the artist and producer

Pop/Rock CD 17240763 $19.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE OCTOBER 4

R&B CD 17221100 $20.39 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 4

Includes the single Leadfoot

Kelsea Ballerini Patterns

Country Kelsea Ballerini follows up the release of her Grammynominated EP with a new full-length. The first single, Cowboys Cry Too, features Noah Kahan.

The album also features the track Sorry Mom. CD 17240507 $17.24 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25

Andrea Bocelli Duets: 30th Anniversary



New music from the Grammynominated singer

Classical Guest Artists: Ed Sheeran, Celine Dion CD 17052564 $38.99 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25

Features new and classic collaborations

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Canadian Perspective

AUDIOBOOK | MUSIC | VIDEO AUDIOBOOK

VIDEO

The Bee Mother Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett Huson

Dave Not Coming Back

Discover the important role of bumblebees, honeybees, and wasps as pollinators in this colourful picture book for young scientists.

The Gardener

Children’s Explore the life cycles of various bees, including the bumblebee, honeybee, and yellow jacket wasp. Through the story of Nox Ap, the bee mother, readers learn about her crucial role as a pollinator in the Xsan ecosystem, from the first signs of spring to the end of autumn.

AB CD 1 Disc 17222076 $46.99

MUSIC Orchestre Symphonique De Laval Champagne: Symphonie Gaspésienne Classical Quebec’s Gaspé landscape inspired Canadian composer Claude Champagne to write his Symphonie gaspésienne. A rare Canadian work now available with the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, conducted by Alain Trudel.

CD 17240772 $20.99  AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27

Sarah Davachi The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir Classical The compositions on this album, written between 2022 and 2024, form a conceptual suite and an observance of the mental dances that we construct to understand acts of passage.

CD 17140497 $22.09  AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 13

Klo Pelgag Abracadabra

Pop/Rock Each new album by Klô Pelgag reestablishes her unique place in the Francophone cultural landscape. This one is no exception.

CD 16963095 $19.54  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 11

Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell Archives 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)

Pop/Rock Enjoy nearly 100 unreleased recordings tracing Joni’s groundbreaking work from the birth of Hejira to her legendary collaborations with jazz luminaries on this six-disc box set.

CD 17252408 $105.39  AVAILABLE OCTOBER 4

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Starring: Don Shirley, Andre Shirley, Petrus Roux Two divers break a world record for depth in a 283-meter cave. Before surfacing, they find a body. They decide to come back and retrieve it.

UNK 95 min. (2020) (Canada) Documentary DVD 17242381 $24.64

Starring: Frank Cabot, Anne P. Cabot, Colin Cabot A documentary directed by Sebastien Chabot about Frank Cabot’s Les Quatre Vents, AKA Cabot Garden, a magnificent private garden in the Charlevoix region near Quebec City.

UNK 88 min. (2016) (Canada) Documentary DVD 17231666 $24.64

This Is Ballet Dancing Anne of Green Gables

Starring: Hannah Mae Cruddas, Daniel da Silva, Clea Iveson Facing financial challenges and constant risks of injury, an innovative ballet company strives to bring the iconic Canadian story of Anne of Green Gables to new diverse audiences.

UNK 79 min. (2021) (Canada) Documentary DVD 17063880 $22.09

Playing Cards

Starring: Rachel Adler, Nathan Callens, John Fort A young woman is torn between her past self, Laura, and the woman she has become, Vivian, when her sadistic family threatens to destroy her only chance at a future.

UNK 87 min. (2017) (Canada) Horror DVD 17063823 $22.09

The Boy in the Woods

Starring: Jett Klyne, David Kohlsmith, Richard Armitage The remarkable true story of Max, a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe.

Separated from his family, Max finds refuge with Christian peasant Jasko, who hides him in plain sight until a tense standoff with Nazi police.

Afraid for his own family’s life, Jasko sends Max to live in the woods, where he learns to survive alone. Based on the bestselling memoir by Canadian Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart, and inspired by the award-winning documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust.

UNK 100 min. (2023) (Canada) Drama DVD 17251210 $22.09 AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

“...the best Quiet Place yet.

It’s original and inventive, yes, but thoughtful too.”

- The Times (UK)

A Quiet Place: Day One

Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Djimon Hounsou A young woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.

UNK 99 min. (2024) $138M Horror DVD 16947590 $26.99 Blu-ray 16947591 $32.99 4K Blu-ray 17238355 $40.49 2 Discs AVAILABLE OCTOBER 8

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