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‘The X Files’ 11.10 Recap: “What If This Is Our Last Good Chance?”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:00:36 +0000

With Chris Carter writing and directing again, there was never any doubt that the season finale of ‘The X Files’ would be awful. The real question was always just how awful it could be. We’re back in mythology territory again, of course, despite the fact that the monster-of-the-week episodes are basically the only tolerable parts...

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‘The X Files’ 11.01 Recap: “I Just Want Somebody to Tell Me What the Hell’s Going On”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:00:02 +0000

If 2016’s six-episode revival of ‘The X Files’ was a so-called “limited event series,” why did it end with a cliffhanger begging for more episodes and what do we call the new season? Perhaps it’s time to give up this charade that any TV series is ever truly limited in length if it gets decent...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.03 & 3.04 Recaps: “It’s Not About the Bunny”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 May 2017 12:00:42 +0000

In addition to the two-hour premiere, Showtime has also made the following two episodes of ‘Twin Peaks’ available early via On-Demand. Assuming you weren’t turned off by the premiere enough to give up, these two are a decided improvement, especially Episode 4. Of course, an argument can be made that taking nearly four hours to...

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‘The X Files’ 10.06 Recap: “It Would Now Appear We Go Out with a Whimper”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:00:42 +0000

I dreaded this. I knew going in that the finale of the ‘X Files’ revival would tie directly to the awful season premiere episode. Somehow, despite setting my expectations as low as possible (is there something lower than rock bottom?), it’s even worse than I expected. I’ll refrain from calling ‘My Struggle II’ (even the...

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‘The X Files’ 10.03 Recap: “I Forgot How Much Fun These Cases Could Be”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:00:07 +0000

Now we’re talking! If the new season of ‘The X Files’ underwhelmed at first, the third episode is an instant classic that justifies the entire revival. ‘Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-monster’ was written and directed by Darin Morgan, the loopy genius who wrote several of the original show’s very best episodes. Namely: ‘Humbug’ (season...

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‘The X Files’ 10.02 Recap: “Desire Is the Devil’s Pitchfork”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:00:57 +0000

After the terrible premiere episode on Sunday, Fox quickly followed with a second episode of the newly revived ‘The X Files’ on Monday night, which will be the show’s regular timeslot for the rest of its run. It was a wise decision to air the first two episodes on back-to-back days, because the second one...

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‘The X Files’ 10.01 Recap: “I Thought You Were Done with UFOs”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:00:59 +0000

Fourteen years have passed since ‘The X Files’ closed on television, with one box office dud feature film in between. Riding the current wave of nostalgia for any property that used to be popular once upon a time, Fox has resurrected the supernatural drama for a new six-episode season, complete with stars David Duchovny and...

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Weekend Roundtable: Most Annoying Movie & TV Children

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:00:36 +0000

Children are our future. They are the best parts of us. They are everything we wish that we ourselves could have been. Sometimes (as in ‘Ender’s Game’), they may even be humanity’s last hope to save the world. Blah blah blah…. Let’s face it, sometimes kids can be just plain annoying too. Especially when Hollywood...

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Full Metal Jackets: The Truth Is Out There

Josh Zyber — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:00:52 +0000

At this point, the prospects of another ‘X Files’ movie seem pretty remote. Fans continue to cross their fingers and hope that one day Fox will shell out the money for a full high-definition reconstruction (a la what CBS is doing for ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’) and Blu-ray release of the TV series. Whether...

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Sundance Journal: ‘Goats’

Luke Hickman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:27 +0000

While the film isn’t terrible, the one thing that I walked away with after seeing ‘Goats’ was the desire to never watch another coming-of-age tale again. The things that work in the film are the characters. What doesn’t work is the generic, by-the-book, seen-it-one-hundred-times-before story. Ellis seems like a fairly normal kid, which is the...

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VUDU Diaries: ‘Bad Influence’

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:52 +0000

A couple months ago, I attempted to start a new feature here in the blog where I review titles from the VUDU streaming service that aren’t available on Blu-ray yet, as a complement to our “One from the Vault” feature that does the same for Netflix. The original intention was to write these about once...

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Sundance 2012 Preview: The Premieres

Aaron Peck — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:00:20 +0000

The Premieres section is probably the most popular slate of films at Sundance. This is because the movies usually have ensemble casts along and well-known directors. Many are still independently produced, but they’re usually picked up quickly by distributors. As expected, the Sundance Premieres lineup for January features a long list of who’s who in...

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