Midwest Tape Weekly November 13, 2017

deck your shelves with family-friendly titles perfect for the season.

Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You

G (2017) Children’s Available November 14 DVD 11962124 • $16.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11962123 • $19.99 (2 Discs)

PJ Masks

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Hello Christmas

Lobster Claus Is Coming to Town

UNK Children’s DVD 11958546 • $12.99

PAW Patrol

The Great Snow Rescue

Christmas on Sodor

UNK Children’s DVD 11938651 • $12.99

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time TVY Children’s DVD 11911201 • $6.99

Teen Titans Go!

Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales

UNK Children’s DVD 11946325 • $12.99

NR Children’s DVD 11946309 • $16.99

Holiday Collection

UNK Children’s DVD 11942451 • $12.99

Thomas & Friends

UNK Children’s DVD 11962125 • $8.99

Scooby-Doo Holiday Collection

The Jolly Holiday Collection Only You Can Save Christmas

NR Children’s DVD 11946319 • $21.99 (2 Discs)

Hanna Barbera Holiday Triple Feature UNK Children’s DVD 11946344 • $16.99

Happiness Is-Peanuts Snow Days

UNK Children’s DVD 11946343 • $16.99

Tom & Jerry

Holiday 4 Kids Favorites NR Children’s DVD 11946342 • $16.99 (2 Discs)

A Help-the-Elf Adventure UNK Children’s DVD 11921167 • $29.99

Saving Christmas

PG (2017) Children’s Dove Family Approved Available November 21 DVD 11966662 • $16.99

Christmas for a Dollar PG Children’s DVD 11934784 • $8.99

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new christmas music Sia Everyday Is Christmas

Atlantic Records • Holiday Eight-time Grammy Award nominee Sia releases her first ever holiday album, which features a collection of original songs including Santa’s Coming for Us; Puppies Are Forever; and Underneath the Mistletoe.

New Music Offerings to Make the Season Bright

Patti LaBelle Home for the Holidays with Friends

The Piano Guys Christmas Together

Available November 17

Available November 24

Sony Masterworks • Holiday Have a merry Christmas with the Piano Guys and their new album featuring new and classic Christmas songs to be enjoyed with the whole family. Featuring the Piano Guys’ signature arrangements of timeless holiday songs.

CD 11980324 $14.99

Dominican Sisters of Mary & Mother of the Eucharist Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Christmas

Chante Moore Christmas Back to You

Nate Najar Christmas in December

CD 11984079

$16.99

with the Dominican Sisters of Mary

Masterworks • Religious The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, perform sixteen works that range from the spiritual to traditional classics like We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

CD 11952083 $14.99

Celtic Woman The Best of Christmas

Manhattan • Holiday Grammy-nominated Irish ensemble Celtic Woman returns this holiday season with a collection of beloved holiday classics, including Carol of the Bells; O Holy Night; Silent Night; and I’ll Be Home for Christmas.

Available November 17 CD 11988363

$12.99

GPE Records • Holiday For her third Christmas album, Patti LaBelle is joined by a superstar array of special guests including Vivian Green, Ruben Studdard, and Tamela Mann.

CD 11982305

$12.99

CM7 Records • Holiday Grammy-nominated singersongwriter Chante Moore delivers her very first Christmas album. Destined to become an instant classic, Moore sings perennial favorites like Please Come Home for Christmas with a soulful sultriness.

CD 11965627 $13.99

Canterbury Cathedral Girl’s Choir Christmas with Canterbury Cathedral Girls’ Choir

Decca • Holiday Teaming up with Grammy-nominated producer Anna Barry, the Canterbury Cathedral Girls’ Choir releases its debut recording with holiday favorites such as Silent Night and Ding Dong Merrily on High.

CD 11988361

Decca • Holiday Norwegian composer and pianist Gjeilo delivers a new album of compositions and arrangements for choir and strings. These new arrangements of familiar Christmas carols are delivered in a beautiful and intimate setting.

Available November 17 CD 11976067

Available November 17 CD 11975261

Available December 15

Ola Gjeilo Winter Songs

Woodward Avenue Records Holiday Guitarist Nate Najar draws on his widely varied musical experiences to present an engaging set of Christmas songs. Songs range from the Donny Hathaway classic This Christmas to a bossa nova take on I’ll Be Home for Christmas. $12.99

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra at Temple Square O Come, Little Children

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Holiday In this live concert performance, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir delivers a celebration of Christmas as seen through the eyes of a child. The performance includes favorite songs and carols from around the world.

CD 11975892 $15.99

$13.99

Hillsong Worship The Peace Project

Capitol Christian Music Group Holiday Hillsong Worship rings in the holiday season with an album featuring seven vibrant new tracks, along with fresh arrangements of five beloved Christmas classics like Joy to the World.

CD 11965600 $9.99

Jonathan Cain Unsung Noel

Identity Records • Holiday Jonathan Cain, longtime keyboardist and rhythm guitarist in Journey, releases his second solo album, featuring some of his most beloved songs celebrating the season of Jesus’s birth.

CD 11979331 $11.99

$16.99

HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR KIDS The Wiggles The Wiggles Wiggly Wiggly Christmas

ABC • Children’s Join the Wiggles for a dose of holiday cheer as they perform nineteen new and classic Christmas songs, including Jingle Bells; Dorothy’s Special Christmas Cake; Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas; and Great Big Man in Red. CD 11983803 $12.99

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Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Epic • Soundtracks Mariah Carey’s modern holiday classic serves as the inspiration for a full-length movie adventure. Along with the hit title track, this CD includes other songs that are featured in the animated tale.

Available November 17 CD 11983812

$11.99

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Trolls Holiday

RCA Records • Children’s Guest Artists: James Corden, Ron Funches A seven-track soundtrack featuring musical performances from Poppy, Branch, and the rest of the cast that appear in the television special, Dreamworks Trolls Holiday. Includes performances from Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick.

CD 11983814 $7.99

christmas movies A Charlie Brown Christmas

Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dr Seuss

Starring: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen PG 105 min. (2000) Children’s DVD 11945336 $16.99 (Grinchmas Edition) BLU-RAY 11396636 $16.99 (Grinchmas Edition)

Starring: Boris Karloff NR 26 min. Children’s DVD 10455228 $16.99 (Delux Edition) BLU-RAY 10329466 $21.99

A Christmas Story

Elf

Elf Buddy’s Musical

Starring: Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Peter Billingsley PG 93 min. (1983) Children’s DVD 10317187 $22.99 (2 Discs) BLU-RAY 10326338 $16.99

Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart PG 95 min. (2003) $174M Children’s DVD 11045705 $12.99 BLU-RAY 10239443 $16.99

The Polar Express

Home Alone

Starring: Nona Gaye, Tom Hanks G 100 min. (2004) $181M Children’s DVD 10115358 $12.99 BLU-RAY 10189558 $16.99

Starring: Joe Pesci, Macaulay Culkin, Daniel Stern PG 103 min. (1990) Children’s DVD 11425637 $12.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11425638 $14.99 (2 Discs)

Frosty the Snowman

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

NR 25 min. (1965) Children’s DVD 11165311 $16.99 (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) BLU-RAY 10329466 $21.99 Available October 31 4K+UHD BLU-RAY 11926972 $25.99 (2 Discs)

Starring: Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante NR 48 min. (1969) Children’s DVD 11391017 $12.99 (45th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) BLU-RAY 11391018 $12.99 (45th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)

NR 52 min. (1964) Children’s 11140747 $12.99 DVD (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) BLU-RAY 11140748 $12.99 (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Christmas

Starring: Jim Parsons, Ed Asner, Mark Hamill NR 44 min. (2014) Children’s DVD 11375503 $12.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11375504 $ . 16.99 (2 Discs)

Miracle on 34th Street Starring: Mara Wilson, Richard Attenborough PG 113 min. (1994) Children’s DVD 10327471 $12.99 BLU-RAY 10327473 $16.99

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Starring: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn G 51 min. (1970) Children’s DVD 11391031 $12.99 (45th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) BLU-RAY 11391032 $12.99 (45th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)

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christmas audiobooks CHILDREN’S

Baby, It’s Christmas Susan Mallery Harper Collins Publishers Romance Dr. Kelly Hall had lost all hope of ever having a family, until single father Tanner Malone burst into her hospital, asking her how to raise his newborn daughter.

What else could she do, so soon before Christmas, but lend her expertise to the gorgeous contractor?

Unabridged • 5 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11892677 $29.99 ISBN 9781488253539

Only You Can Save Christmas!

A Help-the-Elf Adventure Adam Wallace Dreamscape Media, LLC

It’s Christmas Eve, and everything at the North Pole is going according to plan...until an elf discovers that Santa doesn’t have a present ready for Mrs. Claus! Time is running out, and Santa’s head elf needs listeners to honk, whistle, wiggle, and shake to make sure things turn out all right.

“Wallace moves from hunting Santa’s helpers in How to Catch an Elf to giving one of them an assist in this irreverent holiday romp...”

- Publishers Weekly Unabridged • 1 Disc AUDIOBOOK 11967712 $8.99 ISBN 9781520091884

Christmas with My Cowboy Diana Palmer, Lindsay McKenna, Margaret Way Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance From the snowcovered prairie to the remote Australian Outback, a cowboy’s loving kiss makes Christmas merry and bright in this collection of novellas.

Unabridged • 11 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11905172 $35.99 ISBN 9781520080840

The Deal of a Lifetime Fredrik Backman

How the Finch Stole Christmas!

Donna Andrews

Simon & Schuster Audio Drama Fredrik Backman returns with a profound and moving novella set on Christmas Eve about the intertwining destinies of a man who has built a global empire, but lost his family in the process, and a courageous little girl fighting for her life.

Unabridged • 1 Disc AUDIOBOOK 11958991 $9.99

Dreamscape Media, LLC Mystery Come home to Caerphilly for the holidays as the Langslows, with the help of a famous but unexpectedly troublesome actor, put on Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.

Unabridged • 7 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11913520 $35.99

Merry and Bright Debbie Macomber

Mr. Dickens and His Carol Samantha Silva

Random House, Inc. Romance Between her full-time job and taking care of her family, it’s been a long year for Merry, and her social life has all but disappeared. Trying to get her to take a break from the responsibilities, her mother and brother make her an online dating profile, and the matches start rolling in.

Macmillan Audio Historical Charles Dickens is feeling discouraged as his newest book is an utter flop.

Critics have turned against him and relatives hound him for money. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party, Dickens has visions of the poor house, but the story he writes will change Christmas forever.

Unabridged • 7 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11853036 $29.99

ISBN 9781520081892

ISBN 9781508253426

NY Times Bestseller Unabridged • 4 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11811270 $29.99

ISBN 9781427292728

ISBN 9780525491736

How to Catch an Elf Adam Wallace Dreamscape Media, LLC

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

Unabridged • 1 Disc AUDIOBOOK 11708869 $14.99 ISBN 9781520055749

Silver Bells Fern Michaels, Joann Ross, Mary Burton Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas. So settle into the coziest armchair, and enjoy these four captivating tales that will make the holidays merry and bright!

Available November 28 Unabridged • 11 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11939226 $35.99 ISBN 9781520085456

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The Noel Diary Richard Paul Evans Simon & Schuster Audio Drama In this new holidaythemed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk, a man receives the best Christmas present he could ask for: the chance to re-write the past.

Unabridged • 5 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11854662 $29.99 ISBN 9781508238218

dvd picks of the week

First-rate films sure to be in high demand.

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$4 million box office

$1 million box office

A Question of Faith

Dunkirk (Rental)

Brigsby Bear

Starring: Richard T. Jones, Kim Fields, C. Thomas Howell When tragedy strikes three families, their destiny forces them on a converging path to discover God’s love, grace, and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs. PG 104 min. (2017) Drama DVD 11970964 $18.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11970965 $22.99 (2 Discs)

Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold. PG13 106 min. (2017) Action “...an impressionist masterpiece.” - Hollywood Reporter DVD 11930753 $17.99 BLU-RAY 11930754 $18.99

Starring: Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children’s TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James’s life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself. NR 97 min. (2017) Comedy DVD 11966484 $22.99 BLU-RAY 11966483 $26.99

Available January 2

Stronger

Available December 19

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson An inspirational and heroic true-life story of Jeff Bauman, the man whose iconic photo from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing captured the hearts all over the world. R 116 min.

(2017) Drama DVD 11966642 $14.99 BLU-RAY 11966643 $18.99

Available December 19

From the Land of the Moon (French)

Available November 21

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemuhl In 1950s France, Gabrielle is a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man when she is sent away to the Alps to treat her kidney stones. Gabrielle yearns to free herself and run away with Andre. R 121 min. (2016) Drama DVD 11935132 $24.99

Available November 14

Loving Vincent

Available January 16

Starring: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death. PG13 95 min. (2017) $1M Animated DVD 11983522 $14.99

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new music

Jake Owen releases his first best-of collection

Fourth album from the R&B and TV star New album from the new American Idol judge

Rock legends U2 return with a new album

Jake Owen Greatest Hits

RCA Records • Country Country star Jake Owen releases his first greatest hits collection. Along with his biggest hits, the compilation includes the new tracks Subliminal Love and Long As You’re in It.

Available November 24 CD 11983810

$11.99

Action Bronson’s new album now available on CD

An Oprah’s Favorite Things Selection

Luke Bryan What Makes You Country

K. Michelle Kimberly

Available December 8

Atlantic • R&B Guest Artists: Jeremih, Chris Brown K. Michelle’s fourth album feels like a confessional, with each song being about someone she has met during her life’s journey and the mark that they have left behind. It includes the tracks Either Way; Takes Two; and Birthday.

Universal Music • Country Multiple Entertainer of the Year winner, and new American Idol judge, Luke Bryan releases his highly anticipated sixth studio album. It includes the new hit single Light It Up. CD 11976149

$13.99

The People I Used to Know

Available December 8

U2 Songs of Experience

Interscope • Pop/Rock U2 is back with their highly anticipated fourteenth studio album. A collection of thirteen songs in the form of intimate letters to places and people including family, friends and fans, it includes the single You’re the Best Thing About Me.

Available December 1 CD 11990905

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$13.99

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Parental Advisory CD 11982234 Edited Version CD 11982235

$16.99 $16.99

Action Bronson Blue Chips 7000

The Greatest Showman

Available December 1

Available December 8

Atlantic • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artist: Rick Ross Action Bronson is getting back to basics with the style of Queens rap that brought him to the forefront of hip-hop five years ago. Released digitally in August, it is now available on CD. Parental Advisory CD 11986923

$11.99

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Atlantic • Soundtracks Benj Pasek and Justin Paul follow up their Oscar-winning work on La La Land by creating music for a bold musical that celebrates the birth of show business. Includes performances from Hugh Jackman, Zendaya, Zac Efron, and more.

CD 11991582

$16.99

new non-fiction audiobooks

“...provocative and intellectually challenging...” -Booklist

From New York Times Bestseller Dan Harris The sixth and final installment in a series of inspirational books from editors of the Oprah Magazine

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Little Book of Hygge

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics Dan Harris, Carlye Adler, Jeffrey Warren

From the bestselling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493

O’s Little Guide to the Big Questions Various Authors Available January 2

New York Times Bestseller

The Square and the Tower Niall Ferguson Available January 16

Unabridged • 10 Discs 11957096 $44.99

Available December 26

Unabridged • 3 Discs 11910421 $19.99

The Little Book of Lykke Meik Wiking

The Wizard and the Prophet The Paradigm Jonathan Cahn Charles C. Mann

Unabridged • 8 Discs 11952123 $44.99

Unabridged • 14 Discs 11882709 $49.99

Unabridged • 5 Discs 11947726 $31.99

Available December 26

Available January 9

Available November 22

Unabridged • 8 Discs 11944315 $19.99

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featured video It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa needs YOUR help!

Starring: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton is equal parts spycraft, sensuality, and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission.

R 114 min. (2017) $51M Action

Available November 14 DVD 11935124 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11935125 $26.99 (2 Discs) 4K UHD+BLU-RAY 11963522 $28.99

(2 Discs)

Only You Can Save Christmas A Help-the-Elf Adventure

Starring: Nick Podehl It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa’s head elf needs viewers to honk, whistle, wiggle, and shake to help him get Santa’s present ready for Mrs. Claus! UNK 9 min. Children’s DVD

11921167 $29.99

Audiobook also available See page 4

Now the highestgrossing horror film of all time in the US

(Rental)

R 135 min. (2017) Horror

Available January 30 DVD 11957928 $17.99 BLU-RAY 11957929 $18.99

BLOCKBUSTER HIT!

Stephen King Simon & Schuster Audio

New York Times Bestseller Unabridged • 35 Discs Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11499422 $129.99

NR 187 min. (1990) Horror DVD 10061064 $5.99

ISBN 9781508217121

Like father, like son...Two times the terror in these titles by horror master Stephen King and his talented sons

In the Tall Grass Joe Hill Simon and Schuster Horror Unabridged • 2 Discs AUDIOBOOK 10006411 $14.99 ISBN 9781442359888

Sleeping Beauties Owen King Simon & Schuster Audio Sci-Fi

New York Times Bestseller Unabridged • 21 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11850458 $59.99 ISBN 9781508238126