TYLER TALKS Nearly twelve years ago, the folks at Pixar brought to life a pair of friendly monsters who were just as scared of children as the children were of them. Mike and Sully were the goofy and fluffy monsters featured in Monsters Inc., where they ran a business generating power for their [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Scary movies are as popular as they ever have been- but rarely do they perform up to their hype at the box office. A glaring exception to this trend debuted in theatres July 19th across North America, and by the end of its run, it had shattered all industry expectations with a mind [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – This Saturday, October 19th, Independent Video Stores across the world will band together to promote the message “We Are Still Here!”. Since 2010, when Movie Gallery and Blockbuster closed their stores in Canada, the popular media misconception has been that movies stores [Read more]
TYLER TALKS It’s really hard to believe that we’re already in the month of October! Almost time for the ghosts and goblins go knocking on doors in their yearly search of candy. October also usually means a full slate of great new movies- and this October is no different. With titles like The [Read more]
INSIDER NEWS In 2008 we were introduced to Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist who built an armored suit for protection after a life threatening incident. When Stark decided to use his armored suit to combat evil, a new superhero was born- Iron Man! With over 1 Billion dollars in North American Box [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Zombies! They’ve been a part of movie and television fiction for decades, but the living dead seem to have gotten a second life lately with an abundance of zombie themed programs appearing on people’s TV screens. This week, the zombies are fast and furious and only Brad Pitt [Read more]
TYLER TALKS – Hockey Fans & Trekkies This Is Your Week Hockey fans rejoice– this is the week you’ve been waiting for! NHL 14 makes it’s long anticipated debut for PS3 and XBOX 360 this week. With the NHL season right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to get prepared by [Read more]
TYLER’s THOUGHTS One of the surprise hits of the theatrical summer blockbuster schedule was a star studded ensemble about a group of magicians who perform elaborate shows where money is stolen from various targets and given to their audience members. Now You See Me opened on May 31st to a [Read more]
TYLER’s TAKE Imagine this – three steroid filled body builders kidnap a man and outsmart him of out of millions of dollars in cash and belongings. They then run the man over with their car, leaving him for dead – only he’s not dead, he’s still very much alive (although slightly [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Robert De Niro and John Travolta are two of Hollywood’s most notable actors. Travolta made his big screen debut in the early 70’s while De Niro’s first film credit dates all the way back to 1965. With so much experience between them, one would think that they would have appeared [Read more]
TYLER TALKS Residents of Northwestern Ontario need not feel alone. The lack of sunlight and flat out lack of summer that we’ve experienced this year is also being experienced in other parts of our country as well. I just returned home from my vacation in Southern Manitoba and the typical [Read more]
CROSSOVER INSIDER : TYLER TALKS Very few brands have enjoyed the longevity and staying power as G.I. Joe. In 1964, Hasbro introduced a line of plastic toys that took the world by storm. Every household with children had G.I. Joes strewn across the floor while kids played and traded figures with [Read more]
CROSSOVER INSIDER Every sport has its key moment- that decisive event that changed the future of the game. In 1947, when Jackie Robinson set foot onto a baseball field wearing the number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Major League Baseball had its key moment. Jackie Robinson was the first African [Read more]
Information & Photos courtesy of Tyler Davis (Crossover Video & Games) MARATHON, ON – During Marathon Summerfest, Crossover Video & Games teamed up with the Marathon Theatre to bring Marathon gamers the opportunity to play their favourite Nintendo Wii games on the big screen. [Read more]
INSIDE REVIEW Twilight is arguably one of the most successful film franchises of all time. With over 3 Billion dollars of worldwide box office dollars to its credit, it’s hard to dispute that there may not be another franchise to reach those gaudy numbers in quite some time. It was no surprise [Read more]
