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Narrow Bridge Films produced the live-action segments for "TASTY TIME with ZEFRONK" for Disney Channel, which premiered on Playhouse Disney in November 2008.

Tasty Time with ZeFronk stars ZeFronk, a French Dachshund who hosts a cooking show from his doghouse, whipping up healthy snacks for kids with the help of his assistant, a bird named Sue. Our culinary hero is driven to distraction by his sneaky neighbor cat, Dom, who will stop at nothing to get a bite of one of ZeFronk's tasty snacks. 



Each episode ends with a live action segment, where a parent and child actually make the snack ZeFronk just featured.

Check out the official site for: "TASTY TIME WITH ZEFRONK"

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Joe Menendez directed an episode of "TRUE JACKSON, VP" for Nickelodeon. The show premiered November 2008.

Joe's episode is entitled "The Prototype" and it aired January 2009. Catch it in re-runs now.


Check out the official site for: "TRUE JACKSON, VP"



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LADRON QUE ROBA A LADRON
(To Rob A Thief)

Released by Lionsgate Films in 340 theaters nationwide on August 31st, 2007 and boasted a record-grossing opening weekend for a Spanish-language feature film in the U.S.

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"Ladron Que Roba A Ladron" had its television premiere on the Univision Network February 1st, 2009, opposite the Super Bowl on NBC.
"Ladron" was the second most watched program in its time slot that night.

MEDIA LIFE MAGAZINE reports:

NBC led again at 8 p.m. with a 32.7 for more football, followed by Univision with a 1.5 for the first hour of “Ladron Que Roba A Ladron.” ABC was third with a 1.4 for a repeat of “Wipeout,” Fox fourth with a 1.0 for repeats of “The Simpsons” and “American Dad,” CBS fifth with a 0.7 for a “Cold Case” rerun and CW sixth with a 0.2 for the first half of the movie “Throw Momma from the Train.”
 
At 9 p.m. NBC led with a 32.4 for the Super Bowl, with Univision and Fox tied for second at 1.6, Univision for more “Ladron” and Fox for repeats of “Family Guy” and “American Dad.” ABC was fourth with a 1.4 for more “Wipeout,” CBS fifth with a 0.7 for a repeat of “The Unit” and CW sixth with a 0.2 for the end of its movie.


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"Ladron" was the #1 movie in Colombia, three weeks in a row.
http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/colombia/



VIEW "Ladron Que Roba A Ladron" TRAILER

VIEW "Primer Impacto" PREMIERE VIDEO (in Spanish)

GO TO "LADRON" MYSPACE PAGE


GREAT "Ladron" EDITORIAL from San Antonio Express News

USA TODAY review
NEW YORK TIMES review
LA TIMES review (reprinted from CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
TV GUIDE review
AUSTIN CHRONICLE review

DVD TALK review
DVD VERDICT review
COLLIDER DVD review

OR YOU CAN SEE ALL THE REVIEWS AT ONCE:
CLICK HERE to go to "Ladron" REVIEWS PAGE

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HUNTING OF MAN

WINNER

BEST PICTURE
NEW YORK LATINO INTERNATIONAL
2003 Film Festival



View "Hunting of Man" TRAILER
WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT
HUNTING OF MAN

“Writer-director Joe Menendez's invigorating Hunting of Man is a powerful
suspense yarn as well as an affecting look at personal honor and brotherly
devotion. Mingling subtle filmmaking with outstanding performances…
it is one of the most promising debuts in years.

--CINEQUEST

“Joe is a natural filmmaker--the kind of real deal that only rarely emerges from 
the indie field
. Roni's work is also clearly up there on the screen in terms of
maximizing production dollars and resources and the cast did a first rate job,
Douglas Spain especially”.

--Mary Glucksman of
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE


“Maybe the wartime world we are now living in makes us more receptive to a
movie whose central theme is the use of force to achieve a greater good…
Hunting of Man takes a surprisingly subtle approach to the subject.
In fact tackling the machismo culture of this Latin community
(there is not one token non-Hispanic in the film) along with the larger
issue of societal violence gives Hunting a unique voice”

--Miami New Times



“…pic mixes sentiment and action… in this tale of childhood friendship soured by
crime, violence and revenge”.

--VARIETY

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LORDS OF THE BARRIO
(Originally entitled: "The Impostor")



This movie was made in 1995 for $10,000.
It wasn't released on DVD until 2002.
It's very rough, but it shows some occasional early promise for its director.

CLICK HERE FOR "Lords of the Barrio" TRAILER