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The X-Files Season 10 Episode 4 Review – ‘Home Again’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The X-Files season 10… Past life trauma and theological notions of self are the focus for Mulder and Scully this week. Using theories on inspiration, creativity and the indelible idea of original thought as a jumping off point. In an episode written and directed by veteran X-Files producer […]

The X-Files Season 10 Episode 3 Review – ‘Mulder and Scully Meet The Were-Monster’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The X-Files season 10… Sidestepping B-movie monster mash expectations. This weeks X-Files throws an antipodean spanner in the works, by casting Flight of The Concords Rhys Darby as an easy-going were-lizard. Who is bitten by a human, transformed into an everyday Joe and has compulsions which include working […]

The X-Files Season 10 Episode 2 Review – ‘Founder’s Mutation’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The X-Files season 10… With The X-Files officially reopened ‘Founder’s Mutation’ hits the ground running. An overly eager genetics researcher pierces his own cranial cavity with a letter opener. Accompanied by a high-pitched screech which invades his brain and spreads whispered messages until his eventual collapse. With high […]

Before They Were Famous… They Were in The X-Files

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Gary Collinson with a selection of star names who made an early ‘before they were famous’ appearance in The X-Files… Over the past few months I’ve been revisiting Chris Carter’s classic science fiction TV series The X-Files and besides jogging my memory as to just how good of a pairing David Duchovny’s Fox Mulder and […]

LEGO Ideas The X-Files: I Want To Believe set progresses to Review Stage

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FBI Special Agents Mulder and Scully may soon be getting a LEGO makeover, as designer BrentWaller’s The X-Files: I Want To Believe project has achieved the required 10,000 supporters on the LEGO Ideas website to progress to the official Review Stage. The set, which features around 650 pieces, includes Mulder’s office, along with Fox Mulder, […]

First round of titles for Disney+ Star brand include The X-Files, Lost, Prison Break, Die Hard and more

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For markets outside of the United States, Disney+ is getting a new mature ‘brand’ titled Star, and Disney has now announced the first round of titles set to feature in the library. Star will have two Originals, with Big Sky from David E. Kelley and Love Victor heading to the streamer, while current titles like Atlanta […]

The X-Files animated comedy spinoff in the works at Fox

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It seems that Fox could be about to reopen The X-Files for more paranormal investigations – although it won’t be David Duchovny’s Mulder and Gillian Anderson’s Scully out there searching for the truth this time. As reported by TV Line, Fox is developing an animated comedy spinoff entitled The X-Files: Albuquerque, which will “center an […]

The Lone Gunmen returning to The X-Files

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It looks like The Lone Gunmen are set for a return from the dead, with Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund and Bruce Harwood confirmed as reprising their roles in Fox’s upcoming event series The X-Files. The trio are set to join returning stars David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully), Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner) and […]

Robbie Amell, Lauren Ambrose and Kumail Nanjiani join The X-Files

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Fox’s upcoming revival of The X-Files has found three new recruits, with Robbie Amell (The Flash), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) and Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) all signing on to appear in the six-episode event series. SEE ALSO: The X-Files revival gets a first teaser trailer Amell has secured the role of Agent Miller and […]