Raven Banner Entertainment and Cinco De Mayo

Cinco De Mayo: Raven Banner Entertainment, the distributor behind those Cineplex Sinister Cinema screenings, is hoping you might consider catching Cinco De Mayo: The Battle, which opens at the Carlton today, just in time for the eponymous Mexican holiday, according to NOW. The historical-recreation aspect is pretty convincing. Cinco De Mayo: The Battle was produced for a reported $10 million, and it looks like it cost five or six times as much; its a lavish production, and writer-director Rafael Lara insists on showing that off at every opportunity and Look, I k everyones going to see the Spider-Man movie this weekend. Thats how blockbusters work. But what will you see after you see that? A re-creation of the Battle of Puebla, in which the overmatched Mexican army managed to hold off a French invasion on May 5, 1862, Cinco De Mayo: The Battle is patterned after Hollywood epics like Titanic and The Patriot and The Alamo which is more than a little ironic, when you think about it , with a handful of personal stories playing out against a massive historical event. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.