Midwest Tape Weekly May 27, 2024

May 27, 2024

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“...a large-scale entertainment that can be enjoyed with a bag of popcorn at your side and your mind in a relaxed state.”

- Los Angeles Times

Camino Ghosts John Grisham

Suspense

Bookseller Bruce Cable tells writer Mercer Mann about a resort developer trying to claim a deserted island, but the last resident, Lovely Jackson, opposes them. The island’s mysterious past and local belief in its curse may make it a compelling story for Mercer to tell.

AB CD 9 Discs 16330080 $44.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 11

“A fresh, fun departure...”

-USA Today

The Fall Guy

Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt

He’s a stuntman: he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows, and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy, and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.

PG13 125 min. (2024) Action/Adventure

DVD 16829563 $26.99

Blu-ray 16829564 $33.74

4K Blu-ray 16829565 $40.49

AVAILABLE AUGUST 27

Doctor Who

The Daleks in Colour

Starring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill

The very first crew of the TARDIS lands in a petrified forest on an alien planet, where the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover his deadliest enemy, the mutant Daleks. UNK 75 min. (1963) (United Kingdom) Science Fiction

Blu-ray 16519691 $26.24 2 Discs

Two-Series Collections

Quantum

Leap/ Miami Vice

Starring: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Don Johnson

TV14 10154 min.

Action/Adventure

DVD 16766977

$99.99 38 Discs

King of Queens/

Mad About You

Starring: Kevin

James, Leah

Remini, Jerry Stiller

PG13 8388 min.

Comedy

DVD 16766979

$99.99 36 Discs

The

Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Complete Series

Starring: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll

Under the aegis of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, the dapper, suave Napoleon Solo and the equally dashing Illya Kuryakin defend the world from evil, chaos, and bad taste.

NR 5620 min. Action/Adventure

DVD 16417939 $80.99 41 Discs

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Starring: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Dana Wynter

The complete 26-episode series starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March, who investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.

NR 701 min. Drama

DVD 16754892 $19.99 3 Discs

AVAILABLE JUNE 4

Airwolf/ Knight Rider

Starring: JanMichael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, David Hasselhoff

TVPG 8172 min.

Action/Adventure

DVD 16766978

$99.99 30 Discs

Coach/Friday Night Lights

Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Jerry Van Dyke, Bill Fagerbakke

NR 7830 min.

Drama

DVD 16766976

$99.99 31 Discs

Party of Five

Starring: James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams

TVPG 11919 min.

Drama

DVD 16766980

$139.99 44 Discs

Bewitched/ I Dream of Jeannie

Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorhead, Dick York

NR 9919 min.

Comedy

DVD 16766981

$99.99 34 Discs

Hot at Midwest Tape High patron demand!

DVDs

Sleeping Dogs

Starring: Karen Gillan, Russell Crowe, Marton Csokas

An ex-homicide detective with memory loss is forced to solve a brutal murder, only to uncover chilling secrets from his forgotten past.

R 110 min. (2024)

Suspense/Thriller

DVD 16668087 $17.24

AVAILABLE MAY 28

Sasquatch Sunset

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe ZajacDenek

In the North American wilderness, a family of Sasquatches embarks on an epic, hilarious, and poignant journey over the course of a year.

NR 89 min. (2024) Action/Adventure

DVD 16665661 $18.99

Blu-ray 16659190 $24.99

AVAILABLE MAY 28

Audiobooks

The

Hunter Tana French Suspense

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

The Women

Kristin Hannah Women’s Fiction

A profoundly emotional, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define a generation.

AB CD 12 Discs 15915083 $44.99

Music

Twenty One Pilots

Clancy

Fueled by Ramen Pop/Rock

CD 16729563

$14.99

Billie Eilish

Hit Me Hard and Soft

Darkroom/ Interscope Records Pop/Rock

CD 16793948

$14.99

Sweet Dreams

Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Mo Amer, GaTa

A recovering addict must coach a misfit softball team of his fellow housemates during his mandatory stay at Sweet Dreams sober living in order to get his life back on track.

R 99 min. (2024)

Comedy

DVD 16735980 $18.99

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 17 Discs 16444112 $54.99

Dua Lipa Radical Optimism

Warner Records

Pop/Rock

CD 16739828

$14.99

Parental Advisory

Audiobook New & Notable

Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

Romance

When Lark’s life plan is falling apart, Lorenzo offers a deal: be his date for his sister’s wedding and he’ll help her. As a sucker for old people and fake relationships, Lark agrees. Teeny problem—she instantly falls for his big, warm family.

AB CD 10 Discs 16687438 $46.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 4

“Starred Review: Readers should have tissues at the ready.” -Publishers Weekly

The Year of What If

Phaedra Patrick

Romance

Carla is set to marry Tom to break her family’s curse of failed marriages. But a tarot reading says her true love is from her European gap year, so Carla sets off to search past exes, hoping to prove the fortune teller wrong and rewrite her family history.

AB CD 9 Discs 16446687 $42.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco

Talia Hibbert

Romance

Football legend Nik Christou lives a charmed life until he meets Aria Granger, who rejects him. Aria, distrustful of men, refuses to fall for Nik’s charms. Nik’s plan: pay her to be his fake girlfriend, take her to a Spanish villa, and make her love him. What could go wrong?

AB CD 7 Discs 16607934 $59.99

AVAILABLE MAY 28

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

Briony Cameron

Historical Fiction

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.

AB CD 9 Discs 16389559 $63.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 4

Sandwich

Catherine Newman Humor

It’s one precious week; everything is in balance, everything is in flux. And when Rocky comes face to face with her family’s history and future, she is forced to accept that she can no longer hide her secrets from the people she loves.

AB CD 6 Discs 16468874 $31.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 18

Enlightenment

Sarah Perry Fantasy

Thomas and Grace ask themselves what it means to love and be loved, what is fixed and what is mutable, how much of our fate is predestined and written in the stars, and whether they can find their way back to each other.

AB CD 9 Discs 16461121 $42.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 4

The Stranger in the Library

Eva Gates

Mystery

A missing painting, a disappearance, and a drowning show that something is afoot at Nags Head and it’s up to Lucy and her friends to get to the bottom of it before it’s not just paintings being framed.

AB CD 8 Discs 16621139 $59.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 4

Bestselling authors

The Midnight Feast

Lucy Foley Mystery

The morning after the grand opening night of the Manor, a fire, a body, and suspicious guests prompt police involvement. What unfolded in the past 36 hours at the Manor, and who or what is to blame?

AB CD 8 Discs 16469138 $42.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 18

Lies and Weddings

Kevin Kwan Humor

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 JUNE 11

Red Sky Mourning

Jack Carr Suspense

With the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees.

AB CD 14 Discs 16325859 $44.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 18

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 called the Belgorod.

AB CD 14 Discs 16242112 $49.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 18

Resurrection

Danielle Steel Romance

After shocking revelations about her husband, Darcy is stranded in Paris due to a global health crisis. There, she finds solace with a French actress and a mysterious American engineer, discovering potential for new beginnings amidst their shared confinement.

AB CD 8 Discs 16645224 $34.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center Romance

Emma Wheeler lands a chance to rewrite a script for her idol, Charlie Yates. However, Charlie isn’t cooperative, and is dismissing her as a nobody. Emma fights for her passion and the power of love, even if it means rewriting her own love story.

AB CD 9 Discs 16242032 $39.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 11

Don’t Let the Devil Ride

Ace Atkins Mystery

Addison’s husband, Dean, vanishes, revealing secrets about their marriage. With help from PI Porter Hayes, they uncover Dean’s dangerous double life. As threats escalate, they race to find Dean before it’s too late.

AB CD 10 Discs 16469424 $47.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

A Happier Life

Kristy Woodson Harvey

Women’s Fiction

As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations.

AB CD 10 Discs 16125187 $63.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

Shanghai

Joseph Kanon Thriller

Daniel Lohr, a lucky refugee , escaped the Gestapo in 1938 and found family In lawless Shanghai. He navigates his uncle’s world in Shanghai’s nightlife, where survival means staying ahead in a dangerous mix of politics and crime.

AB CD 9 Discs 16325737 $39.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 25

The Passionate Tudor

Alison Weir

Historical Fiction

The drama of Mary I’s life and five-year reign—from her abusive childhood, marriage, and mysterious pregnancies to the cruelty that marks her legacy— comes to vivid life.

AB CD 13 Discs 16687505 $57.99

AVAILABLE MAY 28

Music Classic, alternative, and beyond New Rock Albums

Wallows Model Atlantic Pop/Rock

Alt-rock trio

Wallows have announced their highly anticipated third studio album, following their triumphant return with the release of Your Apartment last month and Calling After Me, their latest single.

CD 16814582 $12.74

Blacktop Mojo

Pollen

Cuhmon Records Pop/Rock

Blacktop Mojo returns with their fifth full-length studio album, a veritable hodgepodge of classic rock, grunge, blues, twang, and soul. The eclectic, genre-bending blend of music is the band’s most adventurous outing yet.

CD 16831490 $15.29

AVAILABLE JUNE 14

Bonny Light Horseman

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free Jagjaguwar Pop/Rock

Bonny Light Horseman’s new album is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open.

CD 16831481 $15.29

AVAILABLE JUNE 7

Strand of Oaks

Miracle Focus

Western Vinyl Pop/Rock

Strand of Oaks returns with a vibrant new chapter, Miracle Focus. This album marks a bold departure from Tim’s previous introspective work, embracing a sound that’s uplifting, diverse, and deeply personal.

CD 16831482 $15.29

AVAILABLE JUNE 7

Islands What Occurs ELF

Pop/Rock Islands’ 10th album functions like a collection of short stories, each song telling a different tale.

CD 16831409 $14.44

AVAILABLE JUNE 21

Pedro the Lion

Santa Cruz

Polyvinyl Records Pop/Rock

On Pedro the Lion’s new album, critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project: five albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life.

CD 16831483 $15.29

AVAILABLE JUNE 7

Black

Country Communion

V

J&R Adventures

Pop/Rock

Black Country Communion is a powerhouse supergroup fusing the incredible talents of Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian.

CD 16831470 $17.99

AVAILABLE JUNE 14

Crowded House

Gravity Stairs

BMG Rights Management Pop/Rock

The eighth album from Crowded House shows that the band is as sharp as ever, feeling musically adventurous, and still capable of reaching the staggering highs that have made them an international favorite.

CD 16814579 $14.44

AVAILABLE MAY 31

Eels

Eels Time!

e works

Pop/Rock

Eels’ new album was recorded between Los Feliz, California, and Dublin, Ireland. It consists of 12 brand new tracks with some of frontman E’s most introspective and personal material in recent years.

CD 16831485 $15.29

AVAILABLE JUNE 7

Noteworthy new releases

Future & Metro Boomin

Epic Records

Rap/Hip-Hop

Released back in March and April, the chart-topping digital collaborations by Future and Metro Boomin are now available for fans to enjoy on CD.

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JUNE 7

Gracie Abrams

The Secret of Us

Interscope

Pop/Rock

CD 16876669

$11.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JUNE 21

Sophomore album from the singer-songwriter

We Don’t Trust You

Guest Artists: Travis Scott, Playboi Carti CD 16883530 $12.74

We Still Don’t Trust You

Guest Artists: The Weeknd, Ty Dolla $ign CD 16883531 $14.24

Lake Street

Dive

Good Together

Fantasy

Pop/Rock

CD 16667995

$14.99

An eclectic set of genre-bending songs

Luis Fonsi El Viaje

Universal Music

Latino

Latin

CD 16810591

$12.99

New music from the artist behind Despacito

Danny Elfman

Percussion

Concerto & Wunderkammer

Sony Classical

Classical

Guest Artists: Colin Currie, Royal Liverpool

Philharmonic

Orchestra

CD 16793952 $16.14

Classical works from the Academy Award-winning composer

Lalah Hathaway Vantablack

Sono Recording Group

R&B

CD 16831472

$12.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JUNE 14

Includes collaborations with Common, Willow, and MC Lyte

Kate Nash 9 Sad Symphonies

Kill Rock Stars

Pop/Rock

CD 16721634

$15.29

AVAILABLE JUNE 21

Singer’s first new album in six years

“A reinvention, a reawakening, maybe even a rejoinder to everything that preceded it.”