The Cloverfield Paradox THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018) Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz, Chris O’Dowd, Aksel Hennie, Zhang Ziyi, Elizabeth Debicki, Roger Davies, Clover Nee, Jordan Rivera, Michael Stokes III, Celeste Clark, Nathan Oliver, Suzanne Cryer, Donal Logue and the voices of Ken Olin, Simon Pegg and Greg Grunberg. Screenplay by Oren Uziel. Directed by Julius Onah. Distributed Netflix. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. It took over a decade for

Blair Witch BLAIR WITCH (2016) Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry. Screenplay by Simon Barrett. Directed by Adam Wingard. Distributed by Lionsgate.  89 minutes.  Rated R. It is certainly up for debate whether or not this reboot of The Blair Witch Project – the 1999 film that pretty much single-handedly exploded the “found-footage” genre of horror filmmaking which continues to this day – is a sequel or a re

Eduardo Sanchez directs the film”Exists.” Eduardo Sánchez The Blair Witch Director Takes On Bigfoot by Jay S. Jacobs Fifteen years ago, a little mega-low-budget film called The Blair Witch Project became one of the biggest surprise hits in independent film history.  The movie was created by unknown co-writer/directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, two former film students who decided that the best way to get noticed was to create a calling-card project about three filmma

Exists EXISTS (2014) Starring Chris Osborn, Dora Madison Burge, Roger Edwards, Denise Williamson, Samuel Davis, Brian Steele, JP Schwan, George Gakoumis, Stefanie Sanchez and Doug Fields. Screenplay by Jamie Nash. Directed by Eduardo Sanchez. Distributed by Lionsgate Films.  86 minutes.  Rated R. Fifteen years ago, Eduardo Sanchez remade independent filmmaking through creating a sensation by co-directing a tiny DIY horror film called The Blair Witch Project. Now, he has simpl

Earth to Echo EARTH TO ECHO (2014) Starring Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese C. Hartwig, Ella Linnea Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford, Cassius Willis, Drake Kemper, Tiffany Espensen, Mary Pat Gleason, Sonya Leslie, Peter Mackenzie, Valerie Wildman, Virginia Louise Smith, Myk Watford and Algee Smith. Screenplay by Henry Gayden. Directed by Dave Green. Distributed by Relativity Media.  90 minutes.  Rated PG. It is hard to remake a movie that is an acknowledged classic.  It

Cloverfield CLOVERFIELD (2008) Starring Michael Stahl-David, Odette Ustman, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel, Anjul Nigam, Margot Farley, Theo Rossi, Brian Klugman, Kelvin Yu, Liza Lapira, Ben Feldman and Elena Caruso. Screenplay by Drew Goddard. Directed by Matt Reeves. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  85 minutes.  Rated PG-13. You know that old joke about a screenwriter pitching a movie to the suits by trotting out two completely incompatible movies a

The Blair Witch Project BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) Starring Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Bob Griffin, Jim King, Sandra Sanchez, Ed Swanson, Patricia DeCou, Mark Mason and Jackie Halex. Screenplay by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. Distributed by Artisan Entertainment.  86 minutes.  Rated R. I am very happy that this little movie has become a big phenomenon.  It speaks well for the D.I.Y. spirit of film