When we were told The X-Files was returning for a limited ‘event’ season, the creators assured us it would be a mix of the mythology episodes and some Monster of the Week episodes too. Last week’s opening episode, ‘My Struggle’, was firmly in the alien conspiracy format and at times it came across a little … >
The first new instalment of The X-Files on TV since 2002 has a number of boxes to tick. It has to reintroduce the characters and the premise, reimagine the show for contemporary audiences and remind everyone why it was so popular back in its heyday – whilst also making an entertaining piece of television. But … >
The new mini-season of The X-Files will begin in the UK next month. The classic ’90s sci-fi drama returned to US screens last weekend with the first new episode since the show concluded in May 2002. ‘My Struggle’ airs at 9pm on Monday 8 February on Channel 5. > Buy the complete Season 1-9 boxset … >
Appropriately for a show that brought the existence of life on other planets to primetime television, The X-Files returns to a very different world to the one it departed. It’s Earth, Jim, but not as we knew it. Dana Scully – a qualified medical doctor and all-round rationalist despite her experiences in nine years working … >
NBC’s gritty new US drama Aquarius will begin in the UK next month. The X-Files star David Duchovny leads the cast as Los Angeles homicide detective Sam Hodiak in the show, alongside Game of Thrones actor Gethin Anthony as cult leader Charles Manson with Emma Dumont (Inherent Vice) and Claire Holt (The Vampire Diaries). Aquarius … >
After 13 years, Fox has rehired television’s original paranormal investigators FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully for a six-episode reinvestigation of The X-Files. Loyal fans have spooky expectations from the show’s creator Chris Carter, who set the standard for the cult series and its concurrent and subsequent feature films. > Buy the complete Season … >
It’s been 20 years since genre giant The X Files first appeared on our screens. Over the course of nine seasons and 202 episodes the show racked up an impressive number of guest appearances by established actors, as well as a very high hit rate of then-unknowns who would go on to much greater things.
This month marks 20 years since The X-Files first aired. To celebrate, we’re taking a look back at five of our favourite bad guys…
The X-Files was a pretty integral part of my school days. Watching the episode was just as important as talking about it the next day. An incredibly unique piece of television, there has really been nothing quite like it, although you can certainly see its influence in many modern cult procedural shows like Supernatural and Fringe.
To celebrate the release of the submarine thriller Phantom on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 19 August – starring Ed Harris (Apollo 13) and David Duchovny (The X-Files) – we’ve got a DVD to give away to one of our Twitter followers!