Martin Carr reviews the season finale of The X-Files season 10…Now I’m no Chris Carter and can’t lay claim to his legacy. But if you’re going to have a two-part episode common sense dictates they follow each other. Sound advice under any circumstance yet completely ignored on this occasion. Leaving us with a finale which […]

Martin Carr review the fifth episode of The X-Files season 10…There is a confidence and swagger to ‘Babylon’ which can only signal the return of Chris Carter. Creator, writer and guru of all things Mulder and Scully. Known to raise a contentious issue or two in his time, Carter stokes the fire to great effect […]

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 and […]

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 in […]

Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The X-Files season 10…Just before we get into this I should make one thing clear. For me The X-Files was never a big deal. Sure it was on the cultural radar and Chris Carter is a name I recognised post 1994. But in terms of drawing me in […]

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 level […]