Reviews, Top N lists, and other sundry cinematic stuff.
Coming off the heels of Season Three, the fourth season of The X-Files is a bit of a strange animal. Whereas Season Three took a lot of chances with the narrative and let itself unpredictably intersperse humor throughout, Season Four seemed a return to the the otherwise dark and heavy subject matter that was more […]
After the thrilling, cliffhanger ending to Season Two, A. and I were more than ready to get to the next developments in the series. Too bad we had a “Very Long Wait” ahead of us in the rental queue 1. It was worth the wait though. The writers for Season Three have found their stride […]
The X-Files – The Complete Second Season (Slim Set) As I mentioned in my discussion of Season One, it has been about ten years since I have seen The X-Files; and as I mentioned there, the series seems to have held up well over time. Happy coincidences seem to have us re-watching these almost as […]
The X-Files: The Complete Collector’s Edition Amazon correctly recommends: The X-Files: The Complete Collector’s Edition. Maybe it’s because we’ve been re-watching the series lately but our interest has been seriously rekindled. And what a handsome collector’s edition.
About 10 years has elapsed since the last time I saw an X-Files episode. While I would not say that I watched it religiously during high school, it was certainly a favorite. Who but Chris Carter was doing anything interesting on TV during the 1990s? It was somewhat amazing to me that Fox – the […]
Following up on my first X-Files viewing post: Conduit. Season one, episode four. Back to the central alien theme; Duchovny nails Mulder and brings out the combination of quirk and moroseness that is this character’s hallmark. On the DVD series’ first disc, this is by far the best episode thus far. It has nuanced variations […]
I would estimate that about 10 years has elapsed since the last time I saw an X-Files episode. While I would not say that I watched it religiously during high school, it was certainly a favorite. Who but Chris Carter was doing anything interesting on TV during the 1990s? It was somewhat amazing to me […]
Take a breath and organize your thoughts, eh? The year is off to an interesting and exciting start in nearly every dimension. Fortunately, most of those dimensions are good. Not all, but certainly enough of them to think optimistically about the big year that is setting up and stretching out before us. More recently… First: […]
So they taped over The Blair Witch Project and then added this monster.
Script was a project with Gondry at film school, right? Oddly Hindu close.