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At the midpoint of his second studio album, God Said No, Omar Apollo’s vocals tumble out in Spanish for the first and only time on the record. “Cantando en otro lenguaje pa que no me entiendes,” the Mexican American musician sings over featherlight harmonies and lulling violins on “Empty.” On his 2022 debut, Ivory, Apollo used the language as a nod to his heritage, a reflection of who he is and where he comes from. But here, it’s a shield, translating to: “[I’m] singing in another language so you don’t understand me.

Omar Apollo will support his newly announced sophomore album, God Said No, with an extensive North American tour set for this summer and fall 2024.

Kicking off in Apollo’s home state of Indiana on August 20th, the 29-date “God Said No” tour will continue through cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, Austin, Vancouver, and more. The tour concludes in San Diego on October 11th.

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The itinerary includes stops at some of the biggest venues for Apollo yet, including the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Forest Hills Stadium in New York, and Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. Kevin Abstract, Malcom Todd, and Ravyn Lenae will join the tour for select dates as openers. See the full list of tour dates below.

Tickets for Omar Apollo’s “God Said No” tour will first be available via a Live Nation pre-sale kicking off on Wednesday,...

Omar Apollo is pouring his experiences with heartbreak into his sophomore album. On Wednesday, the Mexican American musician announced that he’ll release his album God Said No, featuring appearances from Mustafa and actor Pedro Pascal, on June 28.

“This album is a reflection of my life for the past 2 years and I’m happy to finally present it to you,” Apollo wrote on Instagram, also revealing that he’ll drop the album’s next single, “Dispose of Me,” on Thursday.

Apollo wrote most of the album in London, spending a...

Omar Apollo is looking at himself through Zoom as he tries on the beige Sherpa jacket he just bought. “You fuck with it?” he asks.

It’s hard not to fuck with everything the Mexican American alt-r&b star does. Apollo dropped his debut album, Ivory, in April 2022, then blew up with the ultra-sentimental song “Evergreen,” and followed that success by touring with Sza last year. Recently, he’s been dipping into fashion. (A massive billboard of him dripped in the luxury designer Loewe looms over Sunset Boulevard in L.

It was a clean sweep for Taylor Swift at the 2024 Gold Derby Music Awards. She came into our fourth annual event with nine nominations and walked away with nine victories including Artist of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Watch the announcement video above for winners in all categories, and scroll down for the complete list.

In the history of the GDMAs thus far, Swift is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year. She’s also the only artist who has won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. But her Album of the Year victory for “Midnights” is only her second in that race. She previously won in 2021 for “Folklore,” but Lana Del Rey claimed that honor in 2022 for “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and Beyonce prevailed in 2023 for “Renaissance.”

Swift’s other victories included her third for Best Music Video...

Taylor Swift is the most nominated recording artist in the 4th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations, but she’s not the most nominated individual. Scroll down to see the entire list of Gdma contenders, watch the nominations announcement above, and visit our predictions center now to start voting for the winners. You have until the end of the day on Friday, January 19, 2024, to get your votes in. Winners will be announced at a later date to be determined.

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Swift picked up an impressive nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Midnights“) and Record and Song of the Year (“Anti-Hero”). To date she has never lost the Artist of the Year category, and she previously won Album of the year for “Folklore” in 2021. She’s by...

Omar Apollo‘s childhood house doesn’t feel like a home on his latest single, “Ice Slippin.” The record, co-produced by the musician alongside Teo Halm, examines the wreckage of words that can’t be taken back and the emotions that surface while yearning for familial acceptance.

“‘Ice Slippin is about reliving the thoughts I had passing through my mind the winter I came out to my family. Receiving cold judgment as opposed to the acceptance I felt I deserved,” Apollo shared in a statement. “This song is a reflection...

Taylor Swift makes history at the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards for the most awards won in a single year by an artist. Out of her 11 nominations, she prevailed eight times, including Artist of the Year, Record of the Year (“All Too Well”), and Song of the Year (“All Too Well”), categories she has won every year of the GDMAs so far. But just like last year, she couldn’t take that sweep all the way to Album of the Year. Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all 22 categories, and watch the video announcement above.

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About 2,000 registered Gold Derby users cast their votes for the best music from the eligibility period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the GDMAs follow the same calendar as the Grammys), and for Album of the Year they picked Beyonce‘s “Renaissance.” This comes a year...

Taylor Swift leads the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations with 11 bids including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for “Red (Taylor’s Version).” Scroll down to see the full list of contenders, which were decided by hundreds of music fans who registered here and cast their votes here. You can now vote for the winners effective immediately. Voting closes at the end of the day on Friday, January 20.

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Swift received bids in just about every eligible race. She swept the general field with bids for Artist, Album, Record, and Song of the Year. The last two of those were for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” which also scored noms for Best Music Video and Best Pop Song. She got four more nominations in the country/Americana field, and “I Bet You Think About Me,” her duet with Chris Stapleton,...

Spiral Farm, the coming-of-age drama from writer-director Alec Tibaldi and starring Piper De Palma in her feature film debut, has been acquired by Indican Pictures. The pic, which bowed this year at Slamdance, will now hit theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago beginning December 13, with a digital release to follow.

Amanda Plummer, Jade Fusco, Cosimo Fusco, Teo Halm, Sara Anne and Landen Beattie also star in the pic, about teenager named Anahita growing up in a commune where life is disrupted by the arrival of two mysterious outsiders. The film depicts families in the modern age where utopia is not always what it seems, and also why we should not be so quick to judge those that live differently than ourselves.

Michael Hoopingarner, Madeline Tibaldi, Nikal Shyam Sunder, Eduardo Moises Solera and Ming are producers, with Ron Bozeman executive producer.

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled its 25th anniversary narrative and documentary feature film competition programs, as well as the lineup for its new breakouts section.

The narrative lineup includes the coming-of-age drama “Spiral Farm,” starring Piper De Palma, daughter of director Brian De Palma, who is making her feature debut as a teenage girl growing up on a commune where life is disrupted by the arrival of two outsiders, a father and son. Amanda Plummer (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”), Teo Halm (“Earth to Echo”), and Jade Fusco (“Youth in Revolt”) co-star.

The festival, launched in 1995 as an alternative to Sundance, has included showings of such notable titles as Oren Peli’s “Paranormal Activity.” The fest, which takes place at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, will screen 18 movies including 10 world premieres, four North American premieres, and four U.S. premieres.

Slamdance alumni include Joe and Anthony Russo,...

Slamdance has revealed their narrative and documentary feature film competition lineup for their 2019 festival. The fest takes place January 25-31, 2019 in Park City.

This year marks the 25th year of the festival and includes 11 narrative features and 9 documentaries throwing their hats in the ring for the competition. The fest will also include 10 World, 4 North American, and 4 U.S. premieres. All competition films were selected by a team of Slamdance alumni and are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution.

Slamdance will also welcome back the Russo Fellowship — a $25,000 prize launched in 2018 by celebrated festival alumni Anthony Russo and Joe Russo to provide a deserving filmmaker with mentorship from the Russo duo.

In addition, the festival will introduce the new Breakouts section, which features non-first-time-feature directors who demonstrate a determined vision...

The Slamdance Film Festival has announced the lineups for its 2019 Narrative and Documentary Feature Film Competition programs. The festival, which takes place annually in Park City, Utah, is celebrating its 25th anniversary next year. In addition to the narrative and documentary features in competition, Slamdance has also announced the lineup for its inaugural Breakouts Section.

Featured films playing at Slamdance are all directorial debuts made for less than $1 million and without U.S. distribution. The films were selected for the 2019 festival by a team of Slamdance alumni. Films in both categories are eligible for the Audience Award and Spirit of Slamdance Award, the latter of which is voted upon by filmmakers at the festival.

“When it comes to discovering talent, Slamdance has consistently shown that its artist led community can do it themselves,” said Slamdance Co-founder and President, Peter Baxter. “In a milestone year, our competition lineup symbolizes this ongoing endeavor.

Birdman, Boyhood ummmm....who cares? What we care about is what those of us 17 and younger think are the best in film! That's what the Fanlala Pick Awards are all about. Nearly 8,000 teen and tween movie lovers voted and felt the most love for The Fault in Our Stars. The romance won every category in which it was nominated: Live-Action Movie, Couple (Shailene Woodley's Hazel and Ansel Elgort's Augustus) and Soundtrack Song for "Boom Clap." Here are the rest of the winners:

Pick Live-Action Movie of the Year: The Fault in Our Stars

Pick Animated Movie: Big Hero 6

Pick Actor: Teo Halm, Earth to Echo

Pick Actress: Elle Fanning, Maleficent

Pick Scene Stealer: Blake Cooper, The Maze Runner

Pick Hero: Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), The Maze Runner

Pick Villain: President Snow (Donald Sutherland), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Pick Musical: Into the Woods

Pick Soundtrack Song: "Boom Clap,...

Exclusive: The Kings Of Summer actor Moises Arias has joined the cast of Ben-Hur, the historical epic Timur Bekmambetov is directing for MGM and Paramount Pictures. Arias will play Gestas, a teenage Jewish zealot whose family has been murdered by the Romans, who is desperate to fight for his people’s freedom. Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, and Toby Kebbell star in the production which will lens in Europe ahead of a February 26, 2016 release. Arias is an alumnus of Hannah Montana and The Wizards of Waverly Place who starred in Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ 2013 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated The Kings Of Summer. He also lent his voice recently to Despicable Me 2 and appeared in Summit’s sci-fier Ender’s Game. Next up is a role in the Sundance 2015 drama Stanford Prison Experiment opposite Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, and Billy Crudup, in which Arias plays one of several university students tapped for the...

Stars: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford, Algee Smith, Cassius Willis, Sonya Leslie, Kerry O’Malley, Virginia Louise Smith, Peter Mackenzie, Valerie Wildman | Written by Henry Gayden | Directed by Dave Green

After many of the phones in their local neighbourhood seem to malfunction, a group of kids try to work out what is wrong and why it is happening. On discovering that the malfunction is actually a map to a location in the nearby desert, they decide to set off on an epic adventure to find out the truth of the mystery. What they discover surprises them all; it’s an alien who needs their help. But will their friendship survive long enough for them to be able to deliver it?

Earth to Echo reminds me of the games I used to play when I was young. We all used to dream of going on an exciting...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Earth to Echo (cutesy sci-fi family film; Teo Halm, Brian "Astro" Bradley; rated PG) The Purge: Anarchy (horror sequel; Frank Grillo, Zach Gilford; rated R) Sex Tape (farfetched comedy; Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Lowe; rated R) The Fluffy Movie (Extended Edition) (Documentary/Comedy; Gabriel Iglesia; unrated) Listen Up Philip (drama; Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss; available 10/21 on Mod and in theaters; not...

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On Demand DVD New Releases Oct. 20-26 Earth to Echo Tuck, Munch and Alex are an inseparable trio of friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project. Teo Halm, Brian Bradley (PG, 1:31) 10/21 The Fluffy Movie Gabriel ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias, the world-famous Hawaiian-shirt-clad comedian, takes viewers on a laugh-filled journey into his life with jokes not seen in theaters. Also stars Jeremy Ray Valdez (1:54) 10/21 Listen Up Philip When a novelist has problems with his novel and girlfriend, he seeks refuge in his mentor’s cottage, where he can focus on his … Continue reading →

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★★☆☆☆Earth to Echo (2014), director Dave Green's feature debut, admirably attempts to recreate the classic family adventure films of the eighties, but instead delivers an uneven mishap that comes up short on heart, soul and - in particular - originality. Forced to leave their neighbourhood because of a new highway construction project, best friends Tuck (Brian Bradley), Alex (Teo Halm) and Munch (Reese Hartwig) lie to their parents in order to spend their last night together. But when they start receiving unexplained message on their mobile phones, the trio set off into the desert to discover the source - a compact android called Echo. If any of the aforementioned sounds familiar, that's because it sadly is.

An inoffensive time-passer for youngsters, but adult genre fans who recall the 80s classics it draws on — E.T. and The Goonies — will be bored. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

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Well, for one, the title makes no sense. Earth to Echo might be the thing to call a sequel to this rather shameless mashup of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and The Goonies, but it refers to absolutely nothing here that we can see. Three tween pals in Nevada — Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), and Chunk Munch (Reese Hartwig) — set off on a mysterious treasure hunt directed by strange maps that appear on their cell phones and discover a tiny alien robot-creature they dub Echo (for how it echoes their voices) who needs their help to reassemble some sort of device so it can,...

Three young friends meet a robot alien in Earth To Echo. Here's Pete's review of a sweet yet uneven family film...

Some of the most memorable family films to come out of America in the 1980s told the stories of ordinary young children (often boys) flung into extraordinary scenarios. Movies such as E.T., The Goonies and Flight Of The Navigator captured our hearts and our imaginations, and have never truly let go of them.

This is particularly true for the makers of Earth To Echo, whose film is an unashamed homage to those beloved classics. It tells the story of three friends spending their final night together before leaving town. Having received mysterious signals on their mobile phones, and seeking one last adventure together, they get more than they bargained for when they find Echo, a small alien robot who needs their help if he is to find his way home.

Those polarising threats of a Goonies remake lose some of their power this week with the release of Earth to Echo. David Green’s bittersweet anthem for alienated youth is so profoundly in love with the 1983 classic that The Goonies could be credited as supporting cast. Yet the tender delivery of this adoration is such that the frequent nods to it are entirely forgivable. By acknowledging the singularly treacherous tightrope between childhood and adolescence with generosity, Earth to Echo forges a fresh path over this well trodden ground. This is jointly achieved by the guilelessness of the four young leads and the clever incorporation of social media as narrator.

Our Goonies are Alex, Tuck and Munch – The Mulberry Ballers Club. A trio of misfits in the Las Vegas ‘burbs, bonded by their exclusion from the in-crowd. Munch (Reese Hartwig) is Data 2.0 – techie, eccentric and unintentionally hilarious. Foster kid Alex (Teo Halm...

Title: Earth To Echo Director: Dave Green Starring: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford. If E.T. were to be narrated today, ‘Earth To Echo,’ would definitely not do it justice. Dave Green’s flick mishmashes classics of sci-fi with more recent youth movies, such as ‘Super 8’ and ‘Stand By Me,’ to explore the theme of friendship and xenophobia. The story that “echoes” Spielberg’s great extraterrestrial films, narrates the “close encounters of the third kind,” of a bunch of youngsters who stumble upon the tech-version of a cute complaisant alien. The juveniles receive a bizarre series of encrypted messages and decide to embark on an adventure with the [ Read More ]

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Earth to Echo

Directed by Dave Green

Written by Henry Gayden

USA, 2014

The new children’s film, Earth to Echo, wants to be a Millennial version of E.T., but it sacrifices emotion in favor of realism. The end result is a one-dimensional robot that will disappoint younger children, and a repetitive action story that will bore older kids. Its heart may be in the right place but there’s just not enough imagination or excitement to clear this movie for launch.

Earth to Echo’s premise is rooted in the two predominating traits of pre-adolescent boys; insecurity and recklessness. Insecurity plagues our three heroes, Tuck (Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley), Alex (Teo Halm) and Munch (Reese Hartwig), as a looming construction project threatens to uproot their entire town and separate them forever. When the three boys decipher a map-like signal embedded in their cellphones, it provides the perfect excuse for reckless rebellion...

Earth to Echo is a film filled with new faces. In the sci-fi adventure, Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) play four teenagers who find an alien. This is all four of the actors' first major roles on the big screen. We had the opportunity to chat about what the whole experience was like.

Q: This is one of your first big projects, and what is that like for you guys?

Reese: I've been an actor for five or six years now, and knowing that I'm going to be in a movie that's going to be in theaters—you can buy a ticket to it and go watch it at your movie theater—that's like the coolest thing for me as an actor to know that I achieved that.

Teo: That's every actor's dream, you know, to make it. It took me so long.

In Earth to Echo, a group of teens find an alien who can communicate with them through beeps. Through asking questions, they discover that Echo, the alien needs their help in getting back home. Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) talked to Kpf's Cassandra, 15, and Jeremy, 10, about what would happen if they met Echo in real life.

Q: If you had the chance to talk to Echo, what would you ask him?

Reese: Since we already know him, I'd ask him where did he go?

Teo: What's your planet like?

Ella: I'd like to find out more about where he came from, about his planet.

Astro: Where's your mother?

Teo: You should be supervised right now.

Reese: What do you eat?

Teo: Celery.

Don't miss out on the adorable Earth to Echo, in theaters now!

In Earth to Echo, a group of teens find an alien who can communicate with them through beeps. Through asking questions, they discover that Echo, the alien needs their help in getting back home. Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) talked to Kpf's Cassandra, 15, and Jeremy, 10, about what would happen if they met Echo in real life.

Q: If you had the chance to talk to Echo, what would you ask him?

Reese: Since we already know him, I'd ask him where did he go?

Teo: What's your planet like?

Ella: I'd like to find out more about where he came from, about his planet.

Astro: Where's your mother?

Teo: You should be supervised right now.

Reese: What do you eat?

Teo: Celery.

Don't miss out on the adorable Earth to Echo, in theaters now!

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Three best friends - Tuck, Munch and Alex - discover an out of space visitor who needs their help in "Earth to Echo", the new family film released this week from Relativity Media.  Young rapper and actor Brian "Astro" Bradley co-stars along with Teo Halm and Reese Hartwig in a story that looks a lot like a younger, gentler version of 2012's found-footage sci-fi film "Chronicle."  See the three friends make their first contact with Echo in the clip below: ...

In Earth to Echo, we meet three young friends in a small Nevada town, who are facing the heartbreak of being evicted from their community in order to make room for a new freeway. Young video blogger Tuck (Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley) isn’t ready to accept the end, so he convinces his foster kid best friend Alex (Teo Halm) and tech-geek buddy Munch (Reese Hartwig) that they need to take one last Goonies-style shot at saving the town.

Their chance comes in the form of a mysterious disruption on their cell phones – a disruption they soon recognize to be a map. With nothing to lose, and a possible discovery that could save their town, the boys set out on a bike ride into the desert, to ...

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When watching a release from a first-time director, it's always difficult to know exactly what to expect. Judging by the previews, you might have expected Earth to Echo to be a sophisticated, effects-driven grand adventure on the scale of The Goonies or Et: The Extra-Terrestrial. What you'll get is a charming mashup that pulls its strongest influences from classics like Et, The Goonies and The Iron Giant but never finds enough of its own identity to become more than an "echo" of those sources.

Director Dave Green and writer Henry Gayden, who both worked on the small screen on the series Zombie Roadkill, have assembled a talented cast of relative unknown child actors including Teo Halm (Alex), Brian Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma). The most recognizable face is the adult villain Dr. Madsen played by the unlikely Jason Gray-Stanford, best known as police Lt. Randy Disher in Monk.

Producer Andrew Panay recaptures the spirit of some of the great family movies that he grew up with and loved as a child in his new PG-rated summer sci-fi adventure, Earth to Echo, opening July 2nd. The film directed by Dave Green from a script by Henry Gayden centers on the special bond of friendship between three young heroes, Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), Alex (Teo Halm), and Munch (Reese Hartwig), who embark on one last adventure together just as their lives are about to change. If the story of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial were to happen today, this is how it would be told by today’s generation of Diy storytellers. In an exclusive interview, Panay talked about the challenges of making a film that’s not effects driven but can capture the imagination of today’s young audience, how his relationship with his brother sparked the idea for the story,...

If I had a dollar for every time a critic dismissively claimed “we’ve seen this story before,” I’d be filthy rich living on my own private island – aren’t most Hollywood movies borrowing ideas from elsewhere? Keep your Super 8 comparisons to yourself, because I don’t remember J.J. Abrams’ childhood adventure featuring a fun-loving robot who leads three best friends on a vandalism-filled wild goose chase. Earth To Echo is an alien-themed version of Humpty Dumpty – and a sweet one at that – sporting similarities to classic children’s sci-fi material, only this time around the extraterrestrial star isn’t a Reese’s Pieces munching oddity. Children need films with strong, positive moral backbones, something our little friend Echo shows off by instilling the bonds of friendship while proving anything is possible.

Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), and Munch (Reese Hartwig) are best buds until the end,...

Chicago – Oh those meddling kids, they can’t keep their noses out of anything, and for one lost space alien that’s a good thing. “Earth to Echo” is a wonderfully mastered combination of “found footage” composition and a Spielbergian-style encounter with an extra-terrestrial.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

This is an adventure aimed at the kids, but with enough heart, social commentary and nostalgia to satisfy their adult companions. It is the remarkable feature film debut of Dave Green, and the fact that it’s opening on a major holiday weekend speaks volumes for its subject matter and quality of the film. Green combines the camaraderie of intense childhood friendships with the modern technology they use today to pursue their E.T., and all of the clues make sense as they go about their discovery. For adult audiences, it’s about the long lost neighborhoods of as it all goes away, and the wonder...

Earth To Echo is a tale of friendship, fun, and doing the right thing… and the whole family will love it!

Tuck, Munch and Alex are best friends that are forced to move out of their neighborhood due to a highway that will be built over their homes… or so they’ve been told. After weird signals render their phones useless, the three decide to hit the road on their bikes for one final adventure. As Tuck documents their adventure on various cameras, the three discover a new friend from another planet, and a conspiracy to cover up any evidence of the alien life form. Together, these friends are on a mission to send their new friend home, even if it means breaking a few rules along the way.

Earth To Echo puts a smile on my face. I have always been a fan of the underdog/friendship tales that...

Earth to Echo is a slender kiddie flick about a quartet of preteens and their palm-sized alien pal that's at once bland, well-intentioned, and utterly terrifying about the mental development of modern children.

As in the most honest kids films, our heroes admit to being isolated, unhappy, and cowed by the adult world. Their Nevada suburb will be torn down tomorrow, scattering these best friends— braggadocios Tuck (the one-named Astro from X-Factor), cowardly Munch (Reese Hartwig) and unthreateningly handsome Alex (Teo Halm) — to different schools, and plucking the cute blonde (Ella Wahlestedt) they all crush on out of their universe before she even knew they shared one.

On their last night together, the guys dupe their parents with a fake slum...

Four extraordinary individuals were cast in the main roles in Earth to Echo. KidsPickFlicks reporters (and brother-sister team) Cassandra and Jeremy Hsiao, had the chance to talk to the talented cast: Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma). We decided to ask them what it was like working with each other.

Q: What was it like being the only girl on set and working with these three boys?

Ella: Luckily I was paired with a good group. I also have a younger brother so I know about boys and their boyish antics. But it was a lot of testosterone, not going to lie.

Q: Now for the boys, can you describe Ella in one word?

Teo: Mean.

Ella: I'm a bully.

Q: How about a compliment?

Ella: Yeah, those don't happen very often.

Reese: Hot?

Teo: Zamn. Put that down.

Astro: Colorful, cause...

Beep. Beep. Echo? Echo!

“Earth to Echo” is a film that could be described as a cross between “The Goonies” and “E.T.” It follows four young teens that discover encrypted cell phone messages leading to an alien in their neighborhood. The teens end up helping the alien after uncovering a government plot to capture the alien.

During press day, Latino-Review recruited a ten-year-old reporter, Alex Fuchs, to interview the cast of “Earth to Echo.” The cast members included Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Astro and Reese Hartwig.

The fun family movie will open this Wednesday, July 2nd.

Check out the video interview below.

Earth to Echo, director Dave Green and writer Henry Gayden’s heartwarming sci-fi adventure about friendship and extraterrestrial encounters, takes a refreshing narrative approach inspired by today’s generation of Diy storytellers. When three close friends – Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), Munch (Reese Hartwig) and Alex (Teo Halm) – start to receive strangely coded messages on their cell phones just as their small Nevada suburb is about to be demolished to make way for a new highway, they embark on one last thrill together and document their adventure as it unfolds. Opening July 2nd, the PG-rated film also features Ella Linnea Wahlestedt. In an exclusive interview, Green and Gayden talked about the challenges of capturing a young audience’s attention in today’s world of superheroes and tech savvy storytelling, the film’s roots in the found footage genre, the decision to tell the story from Tuck’s perspective, how they found...

Title: Earth to Echo Directed By: Dave Green Starring: Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt “Earth to Echo” doesn’t come close to being the next “E.T.,” but it does pack enough spirit and fun to make it a worthwhile knockoff. Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley (yes, the kid from “The X Factor”) and Reese Hartwig lead as Alex, Tuck and Munch, three best friends who never really fit in until they found each other. However, with plans to build a highway straight through their Nevada suburb, their families are left with no choice, but to pack up and move away. In an effort to make their very [ Read More ]

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Arriving in theaters July 2 is the new family sci-fi adventure Earth to Echo from Relativity Media, which follows a trio of young friends whose lives are turned upside down by the arrival of an extraterrestrial. Astro, Reese C. Hartwig and Teo Halm star as Tuck, Munch and Alex, three lifelong pals who begin receiving bizarre signals on their cell phones, which leads to their discovery of an alien they call Echo. They team up with another friend Emma (Ella Wahlestedt) to find out why Echo is here, and help him to get back home before it's too late.

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In the new family film "Earth to Echo," actors Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Brian 'Astro' Bradley and Reese Hartwig had to play a serious round of 20 questions with adorable alien dubbed "Echo" who somehow plummeted to Earth -- to make sure, for one, Echo's not here to kill us. As the young actors came to Los Angeles to promote "Earth to Echo," we decided to shoot some rapid-fire questions their way too. The kids have a close bond in the film, which has them lamenting their last night together in a Nevada neighborhood that's being forcibly shut. It gave them time to get to know each other, goof off for the cameras in the film and the camera on their phone, ride bikes into the desert, listen to music... and it's apparent they like each other since its been over. Maybe they'd like to work together again.

Earth to Echo is a sci-fi action movie where four teenagers meet an alien they nickname Echo, who needs their help to get back home. One of the things that makes this film different is that it is shot in "found footage" style, where Tuck, an avid filmmaker, videotapes their entire adventure. Cassandra Hsiao, 15, and brother Jeremy, 10, sat down with Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) to talk about the found footage genre and a certain fight scene that occurs in the movie.

Q: Sometimes breaking the fourth wall is a hard thing for an actor to do, but since all of you have grown up surrounded by video blogging, Vine, and YouTube, did this make it easier for you to talk to the camera?

Teo: You're always told in acting class, 'Never look at the camera.' In this movie, it was...

Earth to Echo is one of those charming looking sci-fi movies that I'm excited to see. I like that it reminds me of the films that I used to watch as a kid. We have a cool motion poster created by the gang at Geek Nation. They've made several of these motion posters that they call "Mosters," and they're really cool. You can check out the Moster below!

After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads...

One of the hardest things about the way this generation of filmmakers has internalized the movies that inspired them is that watching their movies can sometimes feel like you're reading a laundry list of the things that they saw when they were younger, rather than watching something where all of those influences have crystallized into something new. "Earth To Echo" could accurately be described as a "found-footage" riff on "Explorers" and "E.T.", and that description would certainly impart something of the film to someone. But the thing that "Earth To Echo" most accurately reflects from the best of the '80s movies that continue to linger with viewers, even 30 years after many of them first hit theaters, is that sense of something genuine about the kids. When I look at "E.T.", the first thing that strikes me as remarkable is just how right Spielberg got all of the kids in the film.

CinemaNerdz readers have a chance to be one of the first to see the new animated film Earth to Echo, starring Teo Halm, Astro, and Reese Hartwig.

For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to see Earth to Echo at the Emagine Royal Oak Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan on Tuesday, July 1st at 7:00Pm, just look for the “giveaway” box further down on this page.

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A group of misfit friends band together to save their homes from being torn down (and their friendships from being torn apart) when a harmless adventure gives them more than they expected… stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Earth to Echo certainly starts off like a Goonies update for the iPhone and YouTube generation, but screenwriter Henry Gayden and director Dave Green infuse enough heart into the narrative to help the film stand on its own. They also get a lot of help from an adorable extraterrestrial. When a new freeway threatens Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Astro), and Munch’s (Reese Hartwig) neighborhood, and their cell phones start acting weird, the boys follow a map that has taken over one of their phones. It leads them out to the desert and raises questions about what’s really going on in their beloved neighborhood, but the most important thing they find is a new friend...

We've got a selection of new posters from the following films: Addicted - Bille Woodruff's drama starring Kat Graham, Boris Kodjoe, and Sharon Leal opens October 10th. Earth to Echo - Dave Green's sci-fi family film starring Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, and Ella Linnea Wahlestedt opens July 2nd. Hercules - Brett Ratner's mythological epic starring Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, Rufus Sewell, Robert Maillet, and Irina Shayk opens July 25th. Lucy - Luc Besson’s action-thriller starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman also opens July 25, 2014. Transformers: Age of Extinction - Michael Bay's fourth installment that stars Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, T.J. Miller, Han Geng, and Titus Welliver opens June 27th. Hit the jump to check out the new posters. Posters come courtesy of Impa. Addicted Based on the best-selling novel by Zane,...

Get a closer look at director Dave Green’s Amblin-style debut feature Earth To Echo here…

Trailer

It’s been a while since Jj Abrams’ Super 8 harked back to Steven Spielberg’s kid-centric sci-fi spectacular E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, so this trailer for Dave Green’s debut feature Earth To Echo will be a welcome sight for many.

The loveable combination of wide-eyed kids and alien contact is given a tech-heavy modern twist here as mobile phones, tiny robots and snazzy special effects all feature heavily.

Relative newcomers Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Reese Hartwig and former X-Factor USA contestant Astro make up the central gang, and their chemistry looks to bring a lot of laughs to the film.

Earth To Echo reaches UK cinemas on July 25, 2014.

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So it’s come to this. Earth to Echo has a trailer and it’s everything you have seen before. It’s a found footage movie for children that takes ingredients from better movies like E.T., Chronicle, Batteries Not Included, and even The Goonies. The alien itself looks like Eve from Wall-e right? I’m all for family adventure movies, but this isn’t bringing anything new to the table sadly.

Tuck, Munch and Alex are a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals.

Check out the full trailer for Relativity’s “Earth to Echo,” an upcoming found-footage-esque, sci-fi movie about a neighborhood group of kids who uncover a mysterious piece of hardware that turns out to be of alien technology.

The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.

“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.

The film follows Tuck, Munch and Alex a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals. What they discover...