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New movie, Cruzando,  from Writers-Directors, Michael Ray Escamilla and Mando Alvarado will makes it’s debut at Los Angeles premiere at the Reel Rasquache Film Festival on May 16th. Cruzando is wonderfully strange and sweet adventure tale from South Texas that follows the journey of two Mexican no-hopers (played by both  Escamilla and  Alvarado). The movie chronicles the real hazards of a crossing while also taking its viewers on a mythic, comedy adventure.

Cruzando has been receiving accolades both nationally and internationally including a Silver Palm Award from the Mexico International Film Festival for superior and standout filmmaking; Best Foreign Film at Seattle True Independent Film Festival; and second place at the Athens International Film Festival for best narrative film. The film has been shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC; Cine Las America International Film Festival in Austin, TX; Athens International Film and Video Festival in Athens, OH; Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA; and MARFA Film Festival in Marfa, TX.

More information about the film can be found at www.cruzandothemovie.com.

Movie poster for Disney upcoming movie, the princess and the frog was released. The Princess and the Frog is an upcoming 2009 American animated family feature film loosely based upon the book The Frog Princess by E.D. Bake^r and presented by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It will be the forty-ninth animated feature released by the studios. Film is set to release, December 11th, 2009!

CW‘s The Game hour long season finale is set to premiere this Friday, May 15th. Despite being critically acclaimed, and having support from its viewers, the show and its creator, Mara Brock Akil, is currently fighting an uphill battle with its network to try to keep it on the air for the 2009-2010 season.

As if there were now some shortage of drama on the show, which more than most sitcoms wrings humor from uncomfortable situations. “The Game” is a modest treasure: a sitcom that doesn’t patronize, is equally concerned with men and women, and doesn’t lean on traditional structures of family or friendship. It’s current and clever, aggressively fashionable, and getting more mature each year without sacrificing its airy allure. What’s more, it’s the only portrayal on network television of the black overclass, a saner version of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

The Game‘s creator, Akil has pitched to the CW‘s executives to extend the show from it’s current 30 minute format to an hour long dramedy to fit more with CW’s current format of programming. The cast and crew of The Game rallied support from its 2 million plus viewers via the “Change the Game” campaign this past month which was headed by, music video director Matthew Cherry and crew member of the set. Tune in this Friday at 8:00pm to see the season finale and to see loose ends tied from the 3rd season. Let’s cross our fingers and hope that it is renewed for a 4thseason  in the Fall!

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