The X-Files: I Want to Believe Written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz Directed by Chris Carter Fox, July 2008 Rated PG-13 for sex and violence This is The X-Files I fell in love with in 1993. Chris Carter’s feature directing debut, “The X-Files: I Want to Believe”, takes us back to basics while never letting go of the hard-won developments in the X-Files universe that nine years of television bequeathed us. On the one hand, we have the bare-bones, standalone “episode”–Mulder and Scully re-team after six years to investigate a case that may or may not have paranormal aspects. On…
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The X-Files: “Shadows”
Shadows by Sarah Stegall Copyright 1993 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Glen Morgan and James Wong Director: Michael Katleman I gave myself an extra day to review this episode of “The X-Files” because it took me that long to figure out what it was that I didn’t like about it. Although Glen Morgan and Jim Wong deliver a tight, crisp script and director Michael Katleman gives us snappy pacing and good visuals, the heart of “Shadows” is hollow. Mulder and Scully are called in by a pair of unidentified operatives to give their opinions on two mysteriously dead corpses, still warm…