Midwest Tape Media Catalog February 2024

DVD Wonka, p3

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February 2024 Buyer’s Guide

AB CD The Women, p18

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DVD Thanksg

Discover how everyone’s favorite candy man became the character we all know and love.

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Audiobook Music

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Box Office Features / Hit movies straight from the theater

Migration

Voices of: Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime.

PG 82 min. (2023) $78M Children’s DVD 16417925 $26.24 Blu-ray 16417927 $32.24 4K+Blu-ray 16417926 $38.99 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

“Benjamin Renner’s new comedy Migration offers a winning combination of a charming narrative and distinctive animation style.”

- Hollywood Reporter

The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Starring: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage Coriolanus Snow mentors and fosters feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the tenth Hunger Games.

PG13 165 min. (2023) $164M Action/Adventure DVD 16344609 $22.49 Blu-ray+DVD 16344610 $29.99 2 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 16534036 $32.24 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

“Remarkably, Songbirds & Snakes has found a way to make the Hunger Games feel new and sharp.” - Vox

Priscilla

Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

R 113 min. (2023) $21M Drama Blu-ray 16344606 $29.99 2 Discs

“The title role should make a star of Cailee Spaeny, subtle in her portrayal...”

- Chicago Sun-Times

February 2024 Media Buyer’s Guide Table of Contents Video

Music

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/ Box Office Features

13 / International Spotlight

18 / Top Titles

26 / Hit Makers

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/ Coming Soon

27 / Critically Acclaimed

/ Hot New Releases

14 / Golden Globe Winners

19 / Hot New Releases

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15 / Series Spotlight: The Hunger Games

22 / New & Notable

28 / Hot New Releases

23 / New York Times Bestsellers

30 / Trendsetters

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/ First New Releases

8

/ Must-Have TV

9

/ Criterion Collection

10 / Hot New Children’s 12 / Documentaries 2

Audiobooks

16 / Here’s What to Watch 17 / Updated Movie Calendar

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24 / LibraryReads 25 / Playaway

31 / Rock

/ Box Office Features Wonka

Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Hugh Grant, Calah Lane With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

PG 116 min. (2023) $165M Children’s DVD Blu-ray 4K+Blu-ray

16417924 16417923 16417922

$26.99 $33.74 $40.49

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

“A breezy two-hour musical comedy that hopes to make the audience shed a sentimental tear or two, but is mainly content to amuse, delight, and inspire cheers when the bad guys are defeated.”

- RogerEbert.com

Next Goal Wins

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana The story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0.

PG13 104 min. (2023) $7M Comedy

Hypnotic

Thanksgiving

Starring: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner R 93 min. (2023) $5M Action/Adventure

Starring: Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey R 106 min. (2023) $32M Horror

DVD 16529267 $12.74 Blu-ray 16529268 $14.24 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

DVD Blu-ray

DVD 16345456 $14.99 Blu-ray 16345457 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

16345463 $26.24 16345464 $29.24

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Coming Soon / Preorder these hot titles releasing soon

The Tina Fey classic gets a musical treatment and a new twist for modern times

I.S.S.

Starring: Ariana DeBose, John Gallagher Jr., Chris Messina When a world war event occurs on Earth, America and Russia both secretly contact their astronauts aboard the ISS and give them instructions to take control of the station by any means necessary.

R 95 min. (2024) Science Fiction DVD 16498491 Blu-ray 16498492 COMING SOON

Mean Girls

Starring: Jon Hamm, Angourie Rice, Jenna Fischer Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school, when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

UNK (2024) Comedy DVD 16498481 Blu-ray+DVD 16498482

2 Discs

COMING SOON

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Astronauts on the International Space Station fight for control of the vessel after a conflict breaks out on Earth

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/ Coming Soon The Beekeeper

The latest action flick starring Jason Statham sees a former agent of a secret organization out for revenge

Starring: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi One man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national dangers after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful cover organization known as ‘Beekeepers.’

R 105 min. (2024) Action/Adventure DVD 16498486 Blu-ray+DVD 16498487 4K+Blu-ray 16498488 COMING SOON

2 Discs 2 Discs

The Book of Clarence

Starring: Teyana Taylor, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy Striving to find a better life, Clarence is enthralled by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to a divine existence.

PG13 136 min. (2024) Comedy DVD 16498483 Blu-ray+DVD 16498484

2 Discs

COMING SOON

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Hot at Midwest Tape / Fresh out of theaters to your library The Holdovers

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.

R 134 min. (2023) $18M Comedy DVD 16345466 Blu-ray+DVD 16345467

$22.49 Collector’s Edition $26.24 Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs

“Nearly 20 years after Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti teamed up for Sideways, they’re reunited for the wintry character study, with Giamatti once again turning in masterful work as a hard-tippling misanthrope…”

- Chicago Sun-Times

Trolls Band Together Voices of: Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello PG 91 min. (2023) $100M Children’s DVD 16345468 $26.24 Blu-ray+DVD 16345469 $29.99 2 Discs 4K-Blu-ray 16444187 $38.99 2 Discs 6

The Marsh King’s Daughter Starring: Daisy Ridley, Garrett Hedlund, Ben Mendelsohn R 109 min. (2023) $2M Crime Blu-ray 16344608 $18.74 2 Discs

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What Happens Later

Journey to Bethlehem

Starring: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny R 100 min. (2023) $3M Drama

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Milo Manheim, Geno Segers PG 99 min. (2023) $7M Action/Adventure

DVD Blu-ray

16317617 16317616

$13.49 $14.99

DVD Blu-ray

16390664 $26.24 16388739 $29.24

New releases patrons are sure to love / First New Releases For more of the latest top titles, ask your sales rep about our

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The Three Musketeers Part 1 D’Artagnan Starring: Francois Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris D’Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake.

NR 121 min. (2023) Action/Adventure (French) DVD 16516956 $14.99 Blu-ray 16516957 $18.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

“Dumas was a master of the serial form, and this version of The Three Musketeers manages to preserve that thrill-to-thrill sensation.”

- Variety

Just the Two of Us Starring: Megan Golden, Cooper Sutton, Charlotte Hemmings Three couples embark on separate journeys, each an important chapter in the novel of love.

NR 104 min. (2021) Romance DVD 16498960 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

$9.74

Moon Garden Starring: Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Morgana Ignis A comatose five-yearold girl travels through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to consciousness.

UNK 93 min. (2022) Fantasy DVD 16460110 $26.24 Blu-ray 16460111 $29.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

Miranda’s Victim Starring: Abigail Breslin, Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson Patricia Weir is kidnapped and raped. Committed to putting her attacker in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. TVMA 127 min.

(2023) Drama

Lie with Me

The Independent

Starring: Guillaume de Tonquédec, Victor Belmondo, Doriane Chastanet An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery.

He is also there to face the memories of his first love.

NR 98 min. (2022) Drama (French)

Starring: Brian Cox, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Cena A young journalist discovers a conspiracy involving a US presidential candidate that could change the election and the fate of the country.

R 108 min. (2022) Suspense/Thriller

DVD 16511793 $18.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

DVD 16529269 $12.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

DVD

16529270

$13.49

Blu-ray 16529271

$14.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

“...an important story that is as unpretentious as it is effective.”

- Leonard Maltin

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Must-Have Television / The hottest bingeable titles Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4

The Bridge Series 4 Starring: Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Mikael Birkkjaer A woman’s body is found at the base of Pepparholm Island’s bridge; in need of help, Henrik seeks Saga out, but she reminds him that she isn’t an officer anymore.

NR 462 min. (2018) Drama (Danish)

Starring: Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Cathy Belton Eliza has taken over the business of Nash & Sons and things are not going entirely smoothly, although help comes from some familiar sources.

TV14 310 min. (2024) Drama DVD 16332867 $26.24 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Starring: Nicholas Ralph, Anna Madeley, Samuel West With Europe at war, the community in Darrowby is pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some help for the practice.

UNK (2024) Drama

DVD 16332870 Blu-ray 16332871 AVAILABLE MARCH 12

$37.49 $44.99

“There is a fundamental kindness and decency to the characters that makes them an absolute pleasure to watch.” - Daily Telegraph Get more great titles like this with our

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16511801

$22.49 2 Discs

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The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon Season 1

Orphan Black The Complete Series

All Creatures Great & Small Season 4

DVD

The clone sisterhood has been through it all together, from assassinations, detrimental illnesses, monitors, and accidental murders to suburban drug fronts, kidnappings, male clones, and biological warfare. But through it all, they’ve remained united in their love and mission to keep each other safe at all costs.

NR 2250 min. Drama DVD 16513945 $50.99 15 Discs Blu-ray 16513944 $57.74 10 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Starring: Norman Reedus, Clemence Poesy, Adam Nagaitis Daryl washes ashore in France, raising the ire of a growing autocratic movement centered in Paris and endangering a young boy at the heart of a religious movement.

NR 270 min. (2023) Drama DVD 16529272 $26.99 2 Discs Blu-ray 16529273 $30.74 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Classic Series The Abbott and Costello Show Season 2 (B&W)

Voyagers!

The Complete Series

Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’s boardinghouse.

Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, and lots of gimmicks straight out of their movies.

UNK 676 min. Comedy DVD 16519683 Blu-ray+DVD 16519682

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Starring: Ed Begley Jr., Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce A member of a league of time travelers and a boy go trekking through time repairing errors in world history.

NR 972 min. Science Fiction $29.99 2 Discs $37.49 2 Discs

DVD 16417938 $18.74 4 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

Celebrating the art of film / Criterion Collection Lone Star

Mudbound

Starring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Joe Morton When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

UNK 135 min. (1996) Western Blu-ray 16345477 4K+Blu-ray 16345476

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

R 134 min. (2017) Drama

$29.99 $37.49 2 Discs

DVD Blu-ray

16345480 16345479

$22.49 $29.99

Nothing but a Man (B&W)

The Roaring Twenties (B&W)

The Heroic Trio / Executioners

Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I. NR 106 min. (1939) Drama

Starring: Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh These outrageously entertaining cult favorites from director Johnnie To and his lineup of legendary stars gave Hong Kong cinema something new: its own superhero cinematic universe.

R 185 min. (1994) Action/Adventure (Cantonese) Blu-ray 16406489 $37.49 2 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 16406488 $44.99 3 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

DVD 16406494 $22.49 Blu-ray 16406493 $29.99 4K+Blu-ray 16406492 $37.49 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

DVD 16406491 $22.49 Blu-ray 16406490 $29.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons

Trainspotting Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.

R 94 min. (1996) Comedy Blu-ray 16345473 4K+Blu-ray 16345472

Starring: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris A southern Black railroad worker confronts the daily challenges of discrimination and economic precarity as he attempts to settle down with his new wife and track down his father.

NR 91 min. (1964) Drama

$29.99 $37.49 2 Discs

Starring: Anne Teyssedre, Charlotte Véry, Melvil Poupaud The seasons may change, but the follies of the heart are constant in this lovely quartet of films by Eric Rohmer, one of cinema’s most perceptive chroniclers of the perils of romance.

PG 446 min. Drama (French) Blu-ray 16406487 $93.74 4 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Afire

Starring: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.

NR 102 min. (2023) Drama (German) DVD 16467663 $18.74 Blu-ray 16467662 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

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Hot New Children’s / Our newest titles for kids Kids Safari

Starring: Melua Lamberti, Luca Lamberti AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Volume 7 UNK 42 min. (2019) (South Africa) DVD

16331525

$18.74

Pokemon Tales of Lugia

Pokémon The Arceus Chronicles

Voices of: Sarah Natochenny, Eddy Lee, Haven Burton Paschall A Pokémon double feature! Everyone has to unite when threats arise at the Wind Festival in Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us! And in Pokémon the Movie 2000, Ash must gather three orbs with Lugia’s help.

NR 120 min.

In this animated adventure, our heroes head to Sinnoh to learn about the region’s past. Our heroes must give it their all to stop Sinnoh from being destroyed!

NR 64 min. (2022) DVD 16417940 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

DVD 16511804 $16.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Volume 8 UNK 42 min. (2019) (South Africa) DVD

16331526

$18.74

The Canterville Ghost

Volume 9 UNK 42 min. (2019) (South Africa) DVD 10

16331527

$18.74

Voices of: Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Freddie Highmore An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that’s been haunted for 300 years by the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville.

PG 90 min. (2023) DVD 16459157 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

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Paws of Fury/Rumble 2-Movie Collection Voices of: Michael Cera, Mel Brooks, Ricky Gervais Enjoy these two fun-filled family adventures.

PG 192 min.

DVD 16500813 $17.24 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

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Monster High Season 1

PAW Patrol Jungle Pups

Voices of: Iris Menas, Gabrielle Nevaeh, Courtney Lin Teenager Clawdeen Wolf never felt like she fit in, until her instincts led her to Monster High, where she discovered she’s a werewolf and a human, and now feels at home in both worlds.

TVY7 572 min. (2022)

Voices of: Lilly Bartlam, Keegan Hedley, Beckett Hipkiss Tracker discovers a cave that leads to a lush jungle oasis. In this forgotten jungle, Tracker encounters an amazing variety of unique animals, including tigers, elephants, rhinos, falcons, and more!

NR 132 min. (2023)

DVD 16459142 $13.49 3 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

DVD 16500814 $11.24 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Transformers Earthspark

Voices of: Brian Bullock, Ben Bostick, Toni Thompson

Voices of: Zion Broadnax, Kathleen Khavari, Sydney Mikayla When the truth about the Terrans is revealed, the family bands together with the Autobots to stand against Croft and her sinister forces within G.H.O.S.T. NR 232 min. (2023)

Catch the ultimate kung fu chicken saga as a brazen flock of fowls practices their mad skills to protect their coop in this egg-cellent adventure in ancient China!

DVD 16459143 $13.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Chicken Stew

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

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Children’s myCARTS! Space Junk NR 63 min. (2018) DVD

Contact your sales rep today.

Black Hole 16498511

NR 63 min. (2018) $14.99

DVD

16498512

$14.99

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Documentaries / Entertaining and informative Get more great titles like these every month with our

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Planet Earth III

Narrated by: David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough follows some of the world’s most amazing species, telling stories that are dramatic, thrilling, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking, but always full of hope.

NR 400 min. (2023) DVD 3 Discs 4K+Blu-ray 6 Discs

16444184

$26.24

16444183

$36.74

De Humani Corporis Fabrica NR 118 min. (2022) (French) DVD 15933462 $22.49 Blu-ray 15933461 $26.24 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

“The scale and scope of this project are spectacular. It is often a great joy to watch.”

- The Guardian ALSO AVAILABLE: The Planet Earth Collection UNK 850 min.

DVD 8 Discs

12117406

$30.74

The Stones and Brian Jones UNK 93 min. (2023) DVD 16359254 $20.24 Blu-ray 16359255 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Complete your Planet Earth collection!

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The Battle to Beat Malaria

Lee and Liza’s Family Tree

UNK 60 min. (2023)

UNK 53 min. (2023)

DVD 16211484 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

DVD 16308033 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

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The Bright Path The Johnny Bright Story

Elis & Tom Só Tinha De Ser Com Você

UNK 57 min. (2023)

NR 100 min. (2023) (Portuguese)

DVD 16486154 $18.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

DVD 16467656 $16.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

The latest from around the world / International Spotlight

Godard Cinema

The Secret Life of John Paul II

Gods of Mexico

Starring: Jean-Luc Godard, Macha Méril, Anna Karina Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema.

With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era’s progressive and anti-war youth.

NR 120 min. (2023) Drama (French)

Starring: Aleksey Guskov, Giorgio Pasotti, Samantha Michela Capitoni UNK 99 min. (2014) Drama

UNK 97 min. (2023) Documentary (Spanish)

DVD 16511794 $14.99 Blu-ray 16511795 $22.49 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Joyland

DVD 16453496 $18.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

DVD 16331251 $26.24 Blu-ray 16331252 $29.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

/ Anime

Spy X Family Season 1 Part 2

Revenger The Complete Season

TV14 325 min. (2022) Anime (Japanese) Blu-ray 16407647 $54.74 4 Discs

TV14 300 min. Anime (Japanese) Blu-ray 16407645 $54.74 2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

One Piece Season 13 Voyage 5

Handyman Saitou in Another World The Complete Season

NR 300 min. Anime (Japanese) Blu-ray 16407646 $38.24 4 Discs

TV14 300 min. (2023) Anime (Japanese) Blu-ray 16407644 $54.74 2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

Starring: Alina Khan, Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes smitten with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.

UNK 127 min. (2022) Drama (Urdu) DVD 16460112 $26.24 Blu-ray 16460113 $29.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

“It’s skilfully constructed drama, flawlessly played and with a gut-punch finale.” - Times

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Golden Globe Winners / Winner of five Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Drama

Winner of two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – Paul Giamatti

Winner of four Golden Globe Awards, including, Best Television Series, Drama

Oppenheimer

The Holdovers

Succession Season 4

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon R 181 min. (2023) $326M Drama DVD Blu-ray 4K+Blu-ray

15994557 15994558 15994559

$26.24 2 Discs $32.24 3 Discs $38.99 3 Discs

COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD 16345466 Blu-ray+DVD 16345467

$22.49 $26.24 2 Discs

Starring: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook NR 651 min. (2023) Drama DVD

16106473

$22.49 3 Discs

Winner of Best Motion Picture – Animated

Winner of two Golden Globe Awards, including Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

The Boy and the Heron

Barbie

The Crown Season 5

Voices of: Luca Padovan, Christian Bale, Dave Bautista PG13 124 min. (2023) Anime DVD 16428806 Blu-ray+DVD 16428807 AVAILABLE MARCH 26

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Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph R 134 min. (2023) $18M Comedy

$26.99 $33.74 2 Discs

Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera PG13 114 min. (2023) $636M Comedy DVD Blu-ray 4K+Blu-ray

15994567 15994568 16146770

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$26.24 $32.24 $38.99

Starring: Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki NR 536 min. (2022) Drama DVD Blu-ray

16088727 16088726

$34.49 4 Discs $41.99 4 Discs

The Hunger Games / Series Spotlight Catch your patrons up on the whole series before the release of the latest film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, on February 13

The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Starring: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage Coriolanus Snow mentors and fosters feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the tenth Hunger Games.

PG13 165 min. (2023) $164M Action/Adventure DVD 16344609 Blu-ray+DVD 16344610 4K+Blu-ray 16534036

$22.49 $29.99 2 Discs $32.24 2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

The Hunger Games PG13 142 min. (2012) $408M DVD 11777663 $7.49 Blu-ray 13594795 $11.24 4K+Blu-ray 11710295 $17.99

Catching Fire

Mockingjay Part 1

Mockingjay Part 2

PG13 146 min. (2013) $425M DVD 11039452 $7.49 Blu-ray+DVD 11039453 $11.24 4K+Blu-ray 11710297 $17.99

PG13 123 min. (2014) $337M DVD 11231353 $7.49 Blu-ray+DVD 11231354 $11.24 4K+Blu-ray 11706753 $17.99

PG13 137 min. (2015) $282M DVD 11494871 $7.49 Blu-ray+DVD 11494872 $11.24 4K+Blu-ray 11710296 $17.99

Audiobook & Music The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Young Adult Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games and the odds are against him.

AB CD 14 Discs 12417555 $44.99

Geffen Soundtracks Artists: Olivia Rodrigo, Rachel Zegler CD 16391217 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2

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Here’s What to Watch / What our video team recommends Make sure your shelves are stocked with these top titles!

Dumb Money Starring: Pete Davidson, Paul Dano, Vincent D’Onofrio R 105 min. (2023) $14M Comedy DVD Blu-ray

16279963 $26.24 16279964 $29.24

Billions Final Season Starring: Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff, David Costabile Bobby Axelrod and Chuck Rhoades have been both adversaries and allies, but when Axe returns with a score to settle, the stakes escalate and their game of one-upmanship threatens to topple empires.

TVMA 671 min. (2022) Drama DVD 16398280 $32.24 4 Discs THE COMPLETE SERIES NR 4772 min. Drama DVD 16398279 28 Discs

Joan Baez I Am a Noise Starring: Joan Baez UNK 113 min. (2023) Documentary DVD

“Even when Billions is delving into pure primetime soap melodrama with some plausibilitybending plot twists, it’s never not entertaining as hell.” – Chicago Sun-Times

Harry Wild Season 2

Book Buddies

Starring: Jane Seymour, Rohan Nedd, Kevin Ryan NR 280 min. (2023) Comedy (Korean)

DVD

DVD 2 Discs

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16359253 $20.24

$68.24

TVY 220 min. (2013) Children’s 16138942

$7.49

16343289 $31.49

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Under the Queen’s Umbrella Starring: Kim Hye Soo, Kim Hae Sook, Choi Won Young UNK 1120 min. (2022) Comedy (Korean) DVD 4 Discs

15774150 $61.49

Four Daughters Starring: Olfa Hamrouni NR 107 min. (2023) Documentary (Arabic) DVD

16395118 $14.99

The biggest titles hitting the box office / Movie Calendar The 2024 box office schedule continues to fill up with highly anticipated films. A pair of Disney+ exclusives are getting their day in theaters, with Turning Red and Luca getting wide releases in February and March respectively. Two blockbuster sequels hit the silver screen as well, with Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire rampaging through your local multiplex this spring.

February Calendar → Argylle.................................................. 2/2 → The Monk and the Gun....................... 2/2 → Lisa Frankenstein................................2/9 → It Ends with Us.....................................2/9 → Skin Deep.............................................2/9 → The Taste of Things..............................2/9 → Turning Red..........................................2/9 → Bob Marley: One Love...................... 2/14 → What About Love............................... 2/14 → Madame Web.................................... 2/14 → Drive-Away Dolls.............................. 2/23 → Ordinary Angels................................ 2/23

The Monk and the Gun 2/2

Turning Red 2/9

Madame Web 2/14

Kung Fu Panda 4 3/8

Luca 3/22

Ghostbusters 3/29

Godzilla x. Kong 4/12

Civil War 4/26

Unsung Hero 4/26

March Calendar → Dune: Part Two....................................3/1 → Kung Fu Panda 4..................................3/8 → Rayman’s Big Movie.............................3/8 → Imaginary.............................................3/8 → Arthur the King................................. 3/22 → Luca................................................... 3/22 → Mickey 17........................................... 3/29 → Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire............................. 3/29

April Calendar → The First Omen....................................4/5 → Dragonkeeper......................................4/5 → Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.......................... 4/12 → Civil War............................................ 4/26 → Unsung Hero..................................... 4/26 → Challengers....................................... 4/26

*Dates are subject to change and were current as of deadline.

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Top Titles / Grab these hot new releases first The Women Kristin Hannah

The Hunter Tana French

Three-Inch Teeth C. J. Box

The Summer Book Club Susan Mallery

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 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

Suspense Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human.

AB CD 10 Discs 16293468 $39.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Never Too Late Danielle Steel

Romance A stirring novel about a woman striking out on her own after loss as her adult daughters try to find their own independent paths in life.

AB CD 8 Discs 16345524 $34.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

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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 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

Women’s Fiction Inspired by the heroines who risk everything for fulfillment, Laurel, Paris, and Cassie begin to take chances—big chances—in life, and in love.

AB CD 9 Discs 15937193 $42.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

The Bad Weather Friend Dean Koontz

Action In the company of Spike and a fascinated young waitress-PIin-training named Harper, Benny plunges into a perilous high-speed adventure, the likes of which never would have crossed the mind of a decent guy like him.

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Mystery / Hot New Releases An Unfinished Murder Jude Deveraux

Close to Death Anthony Horowitz

When Kate gets the listing for the infamous Lachlan House, triggering memories of her forgotten past, the trio discovers a skeleton linked to her father, unraveling a dark murder mystery.

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Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case—a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound.

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It Had to Be You Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke Television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons.

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Pay Dirt Sara Paretsky When Detective V.I. Warshawski discovers a local troublemaker’s dead body in the drug house a few days after finding a missing person in the same place, she is pitched headlong into a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War. AB CD 8 Discs 16095691 $42.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 16

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice Elle Cosimano

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If Finlay can juggle a jealous ex-husband, two precocious kids, her mother’s marital issues, and decomposing loan shark, and find Vero’s missing boyfriend, she might get out of Atlantic City in one piece.

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Last Night Luanne Rice

Lost Birds Anne Hillerman

During a fierce blizzard, Maddie Morrison is found dead and her daughter missing.

Detective Conor Reid , his brother Tom, and Maddie’s sister Hadley must hunker down and determine who in the young mother’s life could have possibly wanted her dead.

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Joe Leaphorn’s experience as a private detective becomes essential to finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family.

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The Boy Who Cried Bear Kelley Armstrong

The Ghost Orchid Jonathan Kellerman

Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, already feel at home in their new town, but a bear sighting and odd occurrences are happening all around them, and when a dead body turns up, they’re not sure what they’re up against.

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Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide that leads them to one of the most shocking cases of their careers and learn that that some secrets are best left buried in the past.

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Sharpe’s Command Bernard Cornwell

Table for Two Amor Towles

Captain Richard Sharpe is sent to a small village which is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe.

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A collection of stories based in New York City, most of which take place around year 2000, considering the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.

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The Phoenix Crown Kate Quinn, Janie Chang

The Familiar Leigh Bardugo

A thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles.

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Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain.

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Literary Fiction Wandering Stars Tommy Orange

After Annie Anna Quindlen

Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family.

AB CD 9 Discs 16043353 $39.99

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives.

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Fourteen Days Margaret Atwood

The Morningside Tea Obreht

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, this is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist.

AB CD 10 Discs 14944632 $42.99

A novel about the stories we tell—and the stories we refuse to tell—to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.

AB CD 11 Discs 16043394 $39.99

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The Truth About the Devlins Lisa Scottoline

As Nicky Hunter attempts to weave together the strands of reclusive mystery novelist Sebastian Trapp’s life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth.

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Science Fiction

Suspense While workig in the family firm, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients.

However, in no time, TJ and John find themselves entangled in a lethal web of deception and murder.

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A View from the Stars Cixin Liu This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu’s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.

AB CD 6 Discs 16354495 $42.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 2

The Guest B. A. Paris Suspense Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home to find their friend, Laure, is in their house and overstepping boundaries. Along with a new couple moving into town, secrets from all their pasts will unravel.

Some more dangerous than they could have known.

AB CD 8 Discs 15812005 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

The Princess of Las Vegas Chris Bohjalian

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Suspense A Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of money and murder in this twisting tale of organized crime, cryptocurrency, and family secrets on the Las Vegas strip.

AB CD 9 Discs 16043373 $39.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 19

Extinction Douglas Preston A page-turning thriller that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.

AB CD 8 Discs 15937962

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Toxic Prey John Sandford Suspense Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world.

AB CD 10 Discs 16167868 $39.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 9

The New Couple in 5B Lisa Unger

Mania Lionel Shriver

Suspense Chad’s late uncle has left him his luxury apartment so he and wife, Rosie, move in right away.

When one of the neighbors turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about their home before she, too, falls under its dangerous spell.

AB CD 10 Discs 15937143 AVAILABLE MARCH 5

A sharp, acerbic, and ruthlessly funny story about the road to a delusional, self-destructive egalitarianism that our society is already on.

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Burma Sahib Paul Theroux Literary Fiction A riveting new novel exploring one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures—George Orwell—and the early years as an officer in colonial Burma that transformed him from Eric Blair, the British Raj policeman, into Orwell the anticolonial writer.

AB CD 9 Discs 16087009 $42.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

Chasing Endless Summer V.C. Andrews Suspense AB CD 10 Discs 16105249 $52.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

I Only Read Murder Ian & Will Ferguson Mystery AB CD 7 Discs 15936400 $36.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Fangirl Down Tessa Bailey Romance AB CD 10 Discs 16087180 $47.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

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No Better Time Sheila Williams

The Blueprint Rae Giana Rashad

Historical Fiction AB CD 8 Discs 16086847 $42.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 27

Multicultural Interest AB CD 9 Discs 16087049 $42.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice

Science Fiction A scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout.

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Why We Read Shannon Reed

Humor Shannon Reed takes us on a rollicking tour through the comforting world of literature, celebrating the books we love, the readers who love them, and the ways in which literature can transform us for the better.

AB CD 9 Discs 15937303 $42.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 6

“Delightful reminiscences of a book lover.”

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The Book of Doors Gareth Brown

Science Fiction Cassie inherits a powerful book, the Book of Doors, after a beloved customer’s death.

With the help of Drummond, a librarian safeguarding rare and potent volumes, she becomes a target for those seeking these books’ abilities.

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“A whirlwind journey…” -Kirkus Reviews

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A Step Past Darkness Vera Kurian

Suspense Two decades after witnessing a horrifying crime at a party in a mine, five high school students reunite after the murder of one of their own, prompting them to unearth buried secrets and confront their shared past by returning to the mine, where it all began.

AB CD 9 Discs 15936743 $42.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 20

From the author of Never Saw Me Coming

The Fox Wife Yangsze Choo

Fantasy As Snow pursues a murderer across China and Japan, Bao delves into the myths of fox spirits, encountering both allies and adversaries amid a series of perplexing deaths.

AB CD 12 Discs 16123476 $49.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

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Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect Benjamin Stevenson Humor AB Playaway 16482621 $74.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 1

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Into the Sunken City Dinesh Thiru

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/ Spanish Language El Último Héroe Del Olimpo (The Last Olympian) Rick Riordan

La Luz Que No Puedes Ver (All the Light We Cannot See) Anthony Doerr

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La Chica De Nieve (The Snow Girl) Javier Castillo Fiction AB Playaway 16388027 $74.99

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Best of February / Noteworthy new releases Kid Cudi Insano

Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Fresh off his acclaimed, Emmy-nominated album and series Entergalactic, the multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning rapper/ songwriter/producer/actor/ style icon/fashion designer readies his brand-new album.

CD 16162767 $13.99 Parental Advisory

Usher Coming Home

Mega/Gamma. • R&B Usher has changed music, culture, and countless lives.

His new album was mainly recorded in Atlanta with many of Atlanta’s hottest producers, including Lil John, Rico Love, The-Dream, Jermain Dupri, and D Mile, Halftime among many others.

CD 16512806 $16.99 performer Parental Advisory at this year’s AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

big game!

Zara Larsson Venus

Sommer House/Epic • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: David Guetta The highly anticipated follow-up to her 2021 album Poster Girl includes the singles Can’t Tame Her and On My Love with David Guetta, both of which hit number one at US Dance Radio.

CD 16511411 $16.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

Lil Peep Cry Baby

Death Note Music • Rap/Hip-Hop Originally released to streaming services in 2016, Lil Peep’s debut mixtape is now available on CD. It includes the tracks Yesterday; Absolute in Doubt; and the title track.

CD 16460057 $16.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

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NOW That’s What I Call ’90s R&B

(Various Artists) Legacy Recordings • Pop/Rock Artists: Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae The latest installment in the popular NOW series includes a plethora of recent hits including Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For; *NSYNC’s Better Place; Morgan Wallen’s Thinkin’ Bout Me; and Tate McRae’s Greedy.

CD 16487034 $21.99

(Various Artists) Legacy Recordings • R&B Artists: Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige NOW That’s What I Call Music ‘90s R&B features 16 of the best R&B songs from the decade with tracks from Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Bobby Brown, Babyface, Toni Braxton, and more.

CD 16487033 $21.99

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Madness Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est La Vie BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Martin Freeman CD 16308597 $13.99

“4 out of 5 stars. Madness have made an album that is among their absolute best.” - Mojo

Daniel Bachman When the Roses Come Again Three Lobed Recordings • Jazz CD 16303164 $13.99

“When the Roses Come Again feels like something impossibly ancient, sent back to us from some distant future.” - Uncut

Danny Brown Quaranta

Warp • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Kassa Overall, Bruiser Wolf As the intro notes, Quaranta is Italian for ‘forty.’ According to Brown, Quaranta is the spiritual sequel to XXX, his breakout album released on Fool’s Gold in 2011, that infamously cataloged a life lived on the edge at 30.

CD 16453505 $17.99

“4.5 out of 5 stars...the album’s fearless expression of a full emotional spectrum makes it remarkable and at times shatteringly beautiful.”

Full of Hell, Nothing When No Birds Sang

Peter Gabriel i/o

Closed Casket Activities • Pop/Rock CD 16355791 $14.99

Real World Productions Ltd • Pop/Rock CD 16346940 $19.99

“7.6 out of 10…the rare metal album whose greatest virtue is its delicacy.” - Pitchfork

“i/o is a masterpiece. That is all ye need know.” - The Telegraph (UK)

Neil Young Before and After

Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO

PinkPantheress Heaven Knows

Reprise • Pop/Rock CD 16359657 $18.99

American Laundromat Records • Pop/Rock CD 16298592 $16.99

“...the intimacy is obvious and revealing, as if the listener is eavesdropping on the artist at a particularly vulnerable moment…” - American Songwriter

“A triumph.” - Classic Rock Magazine

300 Entertainment • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Ice Spice, Rema, Kelela CD 16348761 $13.99 Parental Advisory

- AllMusic

“4 out of 5 stars. The emotions and sounds are familiar enough to pull you in, and peculiar enough to make you stay.” - NME

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Hot New Releases / Maluma Don Juan Sony Music Latin • Latin Guest Artists: J Balvin, Don Omar Since its digital release in 2023, Maluma’s latest album has spent multiple weeks on the charts. Now, the hit release makes its way onto CD, complete with chart-topping single Según Quién.

CD 16500850 $10.99

Hurray for the Riff Raff The Past Is Still Alive Bleachers Bleachers Dirty Hit • Pop/Rock Bleachers return with their self-titled new album. It is Jack Antonoff’s distinctly New Jersey take on the bizarre sensory contradictions of modern life, on his position in culture, and the things he cares about.

CD 16403992 $15.99

Nonesuch • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Conor Oberst, S.G. Goodman The follow-up to their acclaimed album, Life on Earth—which landed on Best of 2022 lists from Rolling Stone, NPR Music, and others—this sees Hurray for the Riff Raff further expand their creative cast of collaborators.

CD 16444069 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

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Chromeo Adult Contemporary

MGMT Loss of Life

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: La Roux With their sixth studio album, Chromeo has a simple message: the funk is back. Their latest includes the tracks (I Don’t Need A) New Girl; Funk Yourself; Personal Effects; and Replacements, which features La Roux.

CD 16356503 $13.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Mom+Pop • Pop/Rock Descriptors from the band include bold, flavorful, playful, sincere, optimistic, and perceptive. The album includes the first ever MGMT song with a feature, courtesy Christine and the Queens.

CD 16374554 $16.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

Rod Stewart & Jools Holland Swing Fever

Doggyland Kids Hits Volume 1

Warner Records • Pop/Rock Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra present an exquisite 13-track sparkling salute to the timeless songs of the big band years, reignited by two giants of their craft.

CD 16482990 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

Diggers Factory • Children’s Guest Artist: Snoop Dogg The music on this album is from a 3D animated series created by Snoop Dogg.

The show features a colorful cast of dogs in a vibrant world where they sing, rap, and dance to fun and educational songs.

CD 16487340 $21.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

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Top titles from the music world / Hot New Releases Paloma Faith The Glorification of Sadness Sin UK • Pop/Rock The latest album from Paloma Faith is confident, cinematic, empowering, and compelling from the first track to the last. It also features the single How You Leave a Man. CD 16460058 $18.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Anna Calvi Peaky Blinders: Season 5 & 6 Original Score Domino Recording Co. • Soundtracks Acclaimed musician Anna Calvi applies her talents to the score for the fifth and sixth season of the hit BBC series.

CD 16470620 $19.99

Earl Sweatshirt & the Alchemist VOIR DIRE Warner Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Released digitally in the summer of 2023, the acclaimed collaboration by Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist is now available to order on CD. CD 16394693 $14.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

“Together, this project might rank as a career high, a work of breathless yet intoxicatingly accessible complexity.” -Clash Music

Il Divo XX

Benny the Butcher Everybody Can’t Go

Il Divo Music LLC • Pop/Rock Twentieth anniversary album of all-new material, including a new original song, by the renowned classical crossover group II Divo. First album with new member Steven LaBrie after the passing of founding member Carlos Marin in 2020.

CD 16460059 $15.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 9

Def Jam • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Lil Wayne, Westside Gunn Benny the Butcher’s latest is the perfect fuse of gritty street lyricism and sharp storytelling. He is determined to prove that he is a respected artist, combining his signature street sensibility with traditional hip-hop flair.

CD 16487321 $11.99 Parental Advisory

Celtic Woman 20 20th Anniversary

Zhu Grace

Capitol Music Group AB • World Celtic Woman returns with a brand-new album to celebrate this incredible 20-year milestone. The CD features 18 new recordings and is the group’s first new studio album since 2021’s Postcards from Ireland.

CD 16444063 $15.99

Astralwerks • Pop/Rock Zhu’s ambitious new album, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Dreamland 2021.

Revelations, the album’s first single, earned a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of ‘All the Songs You Need to Know This Week’ upon its release.

CD 16260066 $19.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE MARCH 8

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Trendsetters / Albums from emerging artists Crawlers The Mess We Seem to Make

Britti Hello, I’m Britti.

Interscope • Pop/Rock The eagerly anticipated debut album from Crawlers. Digging deeper into what fans already know and love about their eclectic alt-rock sound, this takes on a whole range of challenging topics.

CD 16327645 $15.99 Parental Advisory, Deluxe Edition AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Easy Eye Sound • R&B A true heiress of the rich musical history of her native New Orleans, Britti is an arresting new voice in her triumphant debut, inspired by musical luminaries from Diana Ross to Dolly Parton and Beyoncé to Sade.

CD 16335362 $11.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2

Brittney Spencer My Stupid Life

Friko Where We’ve Been, Where We Go from Here

New Elektra • Country Brittney Spencer announces her highly anticipated debut album. The first track, Bigger Than the Song, highlights Spencer’s ability to excel on the fringe of genre periphery with her honest and free-spirited songwriting.

CD 16477950 $14.99

ATO Records • Pop/Rock Friko transforms each song into a moment of collective catharsis. On their full-length debut, vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger merge elements of post-punk, chamber pop, and experimental rock.

CD 16444060 $12.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Noahfinnce Growing Up on the Internet

Marcel Bonfim Farewell/Despedida

Hopeless Records • Pop/Rock Noahfinnce is the alias of Noah Adams, a voice for a generation fed up with being told how to be. He brings a refreshing new energy to the world of alternative rock and pop punk with his punchy anthems.

CD 16474989 $16.99 Parental Advisory AVAILABLE MARCH 8

Shifting Paradigm • Jazz Bassist and composer Marcel Bonfim’s debut album features a set of original compositions and two unique cover arrangements, introducing listeners to his world of influences and experiences.

CD 16453583 $16.99

Jazmin Bean Traumatic Livelihood

Colby T. Helms Tales of Misfortune

Interscope • Pop/Rock The highly anticipated debut album from Jazmin Bean. The nonbinary London-based artist continues their evolution by inviting listeners into their unparalleled universe of alternative, infectious pop.

CD 16386015 $15.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

Photo Finish Records • Country Tales of Misfortune is the semiautobiographical debut album of 21-year-old Colby T. Helms. Inspired by the likes of Guy Clark, Norman Blake, J.J. Cale, and Charlie Poole, the Appalachian native modernizes what once was.

CD 16494019 $11.99

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From classic to indie and beyond / Rock Mick Mars The Other Side of Mars 1313 LLC • Pop/Rock Mick Mars, legendary guitarist for Motley Crue, unveils his first ever solo album. It shows that he is still a serious musical force to be reckoned with while charting into new sonic territory.

CD 16394700 $19.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

J Mascis What Do We Do Now Sub Pop Records • Pop/Rock The fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis. Using his own Bisquiteen Studio in the waning days of the pandemic, J started writing a series of tunes on acoustic with a different dynamic than the stuff he creates for Dinosaur Jr. CD 16475001 $16.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2

Judas Priest Invincible Shield

Epic Records • Pop/Rock Judas Priest, one of the most influential metal bands of all time, releases a brand new album. It is their 19th studio album and the first in six years. The group recently celebrated their 50th anniversary with a worldwide tour.

CD 16327630 $13.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 8

The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy

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Island • Pop/Rock According to the Last Dinner Party, the title of their album refers to ‘a pendulum which swings between the extremes of human emotion, from the ecstasy of passion to the sublimity of pain.’

CD 16445215 $12.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2

Dangerbird Records • Pop/Rock Legendary indie-rock band Granddaddy is back with a brand-new studio album.

It features a mash-up of bluegrass and new wave, delivering a somewhat unexpected sound.

CD 16394701 $16.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 16

Real Estate Daniel

The Jesus and Mary Chain Glasgow Eyes

Domino Recording Co. • Pop/Rock Real Estate’s sixth full-length album was recorded at RCA Studio A in Nashville.

In 11 compulsively tuneful songs, they connect the uninhibited wonder of their earliest work with the earned perspective of adulthood.

CD 16460052 $15.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 23

Fuzz Club Records • Pop/Rock Marking 40 years of the Jesus and Mary Chain, this album was recorded at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studio. What emerged is a record that finds one of the UK’s most influential groups embracing a productive second chapter.

CD 16487037 $17.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 8

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“...a pleasant popcorn-flavored joy ride into the cosmos, with three likable heroes as our guides.”

- Seattle Times

The Marvels

Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton Carol Danvers gets her powers entwined with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.

PG13 105 min. $84M (2023) Action/Adventure DVD 16345453 $24.74 Blu-ray 16345454 $32.24 4K+Blu-ray 16345455 $38.99 Cinematic Universe Edition, 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 13

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