Back in 2012, the world was introduced to the Barden Bellas- a collegiate all-girls a cappella singing group. After a disastrous showing at their finals, the group was forced to shake things up. One move involved the adding of Beca, a freshman who’d much prefer to keep her singing talents [Read more]
November 30th, 2013, was a dark day in Hollywood. That was the day that Paul Walker- a great actor and all around great guy- died tragically in a car accident. Fans and movie watchers in general were shocked by the news as his death came while filming the latest installment in the Fast and Furious [Read more]
Turn the clocks back- way back- to 1979 when Mel Gibson was an up and coming young actor with only a hand-full of acting credits under his belt. Despite his lack of experience, Gibson was cast to play the lead character in a bold and daring action movie titled “Mad Max”. The movie went on [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – A week of learning, fun, product creation and development, visits from local business people and more wound up Friday, August 21st for 11 young entrepreneurs, ages 9-12, participating in the Township of Manitouwadge’s BizKids program. The 10 businesses (9 individual [Read more]
After a one week vacation, I’m back- and so is the Crossover Insider! As nice as it is to get away, it’s always great to be back home. I was starting to miss work and all of our awesome customers! During the one week hiatus, a number of great new movies were released including; Insurgent, [Read more]
No one wants to rush through the summer. Living here in Northwestern Ontario, days of sunshine and +20 degree temperatures and few and far between as it is. In the movie business, however, the best movies are usually released in the fall, meaning die hard movie lovers just might be counting down [Read more]
Six years ago the world was introduced to Paul Blart- an affable, if not rotund, mall cop who patrolled the many stores and hallways of a busy shopping mall in New Jersey. His clumsy and unorthodox methods were ultimately successful in foiling a brazen robbery by a group of criminals who also took [Read more]
Statement by Ontario NDP Finance Critic Catherine Fife (MPP Kitchener-Waterloo) regarding Ontario Chamber of Commerce “Empowering Ontario” report “According to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce nearly 4 in 10 businesses say that the cost of electricity is causing them to delay or cancel [Read more]
Love him or hate him, Will Ferrell knows how to draw a crowd. Whether through his off-time antics, like playing every single baseball position while taking a helicopter from field to field during Major League Baseball’s spring training, or more commonly through his comedic acts in Hollywood [Read more]
WEEKLY WRAP It may seem hard, with all of the top-notch new movies that have been coming out over the last few weeks, to keep up! Great new movies like Kingsman, Chappie, Run All Night, Project Almanac, Focus and McFarland have been flying off the shelves at Crossover , with some customers unable [Read more]
Most of this week’s new releases have been highly anticipated since their theatrical debuts. With star power like Hugh Jackman, Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn and Michael Douglas, coupled with popular genres like Action, Comedy and Sci-Fi, it’s not hard to see why our customers have been [Read more]
SUPPORT A LOCAL MUSICIAN MARATHON, ON – Spencer Jose didn’t fully develop his love for music until he laid hands on his friend’s new guitar- a birthday gift from his father. Before long, the 2 friends formed a band in Marathon called “Small Town Riot”. The band played in a number of [Read more]
Movie pundits would tell you that the modern day box office is dominated by sequels and prequels. Well established franchises such as “Lord of the Rings”, “James Bond”, “Planet of the Apes”, “Hunger Games” and others continue to dominate at theatres, thus occasionally overshadowing [Read more]
For decades Will Smith has been one of Hollywood’s most recognizable (and bankable) stars. Although his movie credits are slightly fewer and farther between these days, audiences still flock to theatres to see his films. His last major role was a father-son affair as he starred alongside his son- [Read more]
WEEKLY WRAP-UP It seems hard to fathom that it’s already time to talk about June. It is, however, well worth talking about in the world of movies as it promises to be chalk full of great new movies! Some of the titles that are sure to create excitement with our customers include; Focus (Will [Read more]
