Tuesday, October 9 2007

Part 2 - Outsider Influences

By PopMatters Staff

TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument?

Monday, October 4 2004

The Mountain

By Mary Colgan

Women are mostly irrelevant in The Mountain, except as they provide occasions for men to prove their decency or wantonness.

Monday, January 26 2004

The X-Files: The Complete Eighth Season

By Jesse Hassenger

When a television series grows in depth and complexity, more often than not, there's no going back.

Monday, October 6 2003

Tarzan

By Cynthia Fuchs

As Tarzan, Fimmel scowls and pouts with pretty precision.

Wednesday, May 15 2002

The X-Files

By Sabadino Parker

The X-Files has long been but a pale reflection of the show it once was.

Sunday, January 1 1995

The X-Files

By Martha Kuhlman

After eight years of squishy monsters, labyrinthine conspiracies, and creepy adventures in inner and outer space, the most popular television sci-fi series in recent memory (shut up, trekkies) resorts to the obvious Christian imagery.

The X-Files

By Tracy McLoone

Scully took no grief from Mulder; she questioned him, disagreed with him, and stood up to him. With Doggett, however, there is a more traditional he/she split.

The X-Files

By Sabadino Parker

As Mulder seeks to confirm a universe of infinite possibilities, Scully attempts to reaffirm her faith in God -- the granddaddy of supernatural phenomena.