In 1982 it took a whole movie for E.T. to place a call back to his home planet. He might have found more luck with the trio of kids in Earth to Echo, who always seem to have a surplus of cell-phones ...

Aimed, presumably, at young audiences who have never been exposed to a 32-year-old Steven Spielberg movie about a homesick extraterrestrial, Dave Green’s Earth to Echo flaunts its obvious ...

Earth to Echo might seem an underdog going up against blockbuster rock-'em sock-'em transforming robots, but if you ask producer Andrew Panay, his movie is right where it belongs this summer. "It ...

Post Any movie about kids and aliens inevitably will draw comparisons to “E.T.,” but “Earth to Echo” also includes the ... (Reese Hartwig), discovered during their final 24 hours as ...

Any movie about kids and aliens inevitably will draw comparisons to “E.T.,” but “Earth to Echo” also includes the friendship adventure of “The Goonies” and “Stand By Me” combined ...

"Earth to Echo" embraces Spielbergian nostalgia. Phone home: There's a new E.T. in town. Echo, a metallic owlish creature hailing from a distant planet, has been stranded on Earth.

Echo, a metallic owlish creature hailing from a distant planet, has been stranded on Earth. A trio of 13-year-old boys armed with shaky cameras and plenty of plucky appeal embark on a saga to ...

“Earth to Echo” conjures memories of ’80s kid-centric movies like “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “The Goonies,” and “Stand by Me.” Skip to main content Sections ...

Earth To Echo tries its best to follow in the footsteps of E.T. and The Goonies, but its eye-catching YouTube-culture aesthetic is wasted on a shallow story filled with one-note characters.

Earth to Echo is a simple, sentimental tribute to the glory days of '80s kid movies, but the adventure's derailed by the rigid qualities of found footage packaging.