This episode, the tenth of the series, begins with the crash of a mysterious object in Townsend, Wisconsin. The U.S. Space Surveillance Center, which according to Deep Throat tracks all objects that enter American air space, have determined that the object – due to its erratic flight path and maneuverability – is not any aircraft […]
I don’t actually think that Alan Pakula’s “The Parallax View” has stood the test of time very well. The movie revolves around a reporter, Joseph Frady (Warren Beatty) who stumbles upon a plot by a mysterious corporation, The Parallax Corporation, to create assassins. I haven’t read the book by Loren Singer but it appears that virtually everything in […]
This is an interesting episode mainly because it’s based upon an image found by the Viking 1 Orbiter in 1978. Some believe that it’s a structure that was discovered on Mars that resembled a human face, similar to the Sphinx in Egypt, while most established space scientists believe that it’s a simple trick of light […]
This is the episode that started it all. It begins with a woman, dressed in a nightgown, running through a dense forest at night. She falls – as women tend to do in these situations – and a light appears over a nearby hill. A figure that appears to be male steps out of it, […]
“The Collection” isn’t the worse film that you’ll ever see, though it’s probably one of the most pointless.” (I was made aware that my original review contained some inaccuracies – like the title of the film, for instance – so I have made corrections. Thanks, Jamie. The film is called “The Collection,” not “The Collector,” which is its […]
This is the second episode in the First season, and revolves around Cornel Robert Boudahas (Andrew Johnston) who appears to be suffering the effects of piloting craft that may be based upon extraterrestrial technology. At some point, he vanishes, which results his wife calling in the FBI. Story-wise, it’s not the best of the series, […]
“Squeeze” is the third episode of the First season of the X-Files, and introduced arguably one of the most iconic characters in the series’ history, Eugene Tooms (Doug Hutchinson). Tooms is a genetic mutant, and has the ability to contort his body, enabling him to fit into spaces and openings an ordinary human couldn’t. Another […]
I don’t think that I have ever seen a film that demands a remake more than this one (and I know that I have written that remakes/reboots are generally a bad idea, but this film is crying out for it) “Casulties,” was made in 1997 by Alex Graves and revolves around Annie Summers (Caroline Goodall) and her […]
“Conduit” is the fourth episode of the First season, and where we learn more about why Mulder believes so strongly that “The Truth Is Out There.” It revolves around a woman, Darlene Morris (Carrie Snodgrass) who is camping with her daughter, Ruby (Taunya Dee) and son Kevin (Joel Palmer), when they are visited by a […]
For a series based upon the unusual, the paranormal, and the supernatural, the earlier “X-Files” episodes seem unusually afraid of depicting monsters, if the fifth episode of the First season, “The Jersey Devil” is any indicator. It begins in 1947, with a family driving down a dark country road. They get a blowout , and […]
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