Posts Tagged ‘marathon ontario daily newspaper’
Written by Tyler Davis on 04 January 2017
Here’s hoping that everyone had a safe and happy New Year as well as an enjoyable Holiday season! For most, the break is now over and it’s back to work- or school. There were a number of great new movies to keep the movie lover occupied over the holidays, and this trend will continue in [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 28 December 2016
MARATHON, ON –The weekend of December 17 and 18, 2016 resulted in three drivers charged with impaired driving related offences by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment, after traffic stops were conducted. On December 17, 2016 at approximately 1:00 a.m. officers [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 13 December 2016
This summer saw a reunion of sorts in which some of DC comics most notorious super-villains were given their own major feature film. Harley Quinn, Deadshot, The Joker and crew were teamed together in the big budget smash hit “Suicide Squad”. Debuting in theatres on August 3rd, Suicide Squad [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 06 December 2016
A couple of weeks back I touched on the fact that December 2016, as is the case with most Decembers, would be a big month for new releases. The first batch of December releases hit our shelves this week led by one of the biggest action stars of the past decade in a triumphant return [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 29 November 2016
It seems hard to fathom that in less than 30 days Christmas will have come and gone. In addition to the new releases each week, we’ve been quite busy filling our shelves with all of kinds of great gift ideas for everyone and anyone in the family! Focusing back now on new movies, this week [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 22 November 2016
Imagine being in your twenties, working a job that you hate and finding out that your girlfriend is unexpectedly pregnant with your first child. How will you support this child? Will things ever get better? These are just a couple of the questions facing young David Packouz in this week’s [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 15 November 2016
Last week, we touched on the progression of animated movies over the years from the Disney classics to “Sausage Party”, the raunchy animated film geared for adult audiences. This week, we turn back our attention to family friendly animated fare. Back in 2003, the world was introduced to Nemo- [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 08 November 2016
For many years, spanning decades, animated movies have been seen as kid and family friendly. Many kids grew up watching what we now perceive as Disney classics like Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians, Pinocchio, etc. More recently, titles like Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc. and the Incredibles have all become [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 01 November 2016
MARATHON, ON – Trick or Eat 2016 was another huge success despite a very windy, rainy night. We collected approximately 3,892 non-perishable food items worth approximately $9,730.00. This was the 7th year for Trick or Eat in Marathon and to date we’ve collected 29,724 non-perishable [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 25 October 2016
When it comes to scary movies over the past decade, James Wan has become the go to guy. The Malaysian-born Australian director has a knack for creating taut, atmospheric and downright creepy films. Some of his best work can be found in the Conjuring 1 and 2, Annabelle and Insidious 2 and 3. Wan was [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 18 October 2016
Back in 1996, the world fell under attack by alien forces with powers much stronger than ours. It was up to Will Smith and a rag tag group of soldiers to protect the Earth from these unwanted visitors. This of course is reference to the film “Independence Day”, the highest grossing movie of [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 06 October 2016
MARATHON, ON – October 4, 2016 at approximately 2:50 p.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a report of a suspicious male in the Town of Marathon. Officers attended a public building on Peninsula Road, Marathon and located the male who was the subject [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 04 October 2016
As we turn the calendar to October, after a September filled with several great new films, movie lovers can rejoice knowing that they can expect more of the same this month. In fact, it’ll be a busy month at Crossover as we also look forward to our annual Video Store Day celebration on October [Read more]
Written by Tyler Davis on 27 September 2016
As the first day of fall officially greeted us on September 22nd, a fantastic summer filled with warm weather officially wrapped up. The fall season generally means cooler weather- which in turn means movie weather! With that in mind, this week is jam packed with new releases that should appeal to [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 26 September 2016
Male Located MARATHON, ON – On September 26, 2016 at approximately 12:49am Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was contacted regarding a missing 67-year–old male from Marathon identified as Greg WITZELL. The male had left his hunt camp, located 20 kms up the North Regan Road the [Read more]