‘The X-Files’ attempts some immigration sensitivity with ‘El Mundo Gira’ but instead traffics in stereotypes and broad caricatures.
Category Archives: Recaps/Reviews
Review: ‘Indian Summers’ a Worthy Diversion
Following its successful run in the UK in the spring, new colonial period drama Indian Summers comes to the US to heat up your Sunday evenings.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Paper Hearts’
Writer Vince Gilligan explores a potentially different perspective on the Samantha Mulder abduction mythology in ‘Paper Hearts.’
X-Files Flashback: ‘Terma’
Black oil runs all over ‘Terma,’ a mythology outing which seems to be largely dedicated to making Alex Krycek suffer.
Early Review: A Return to ‘The Affair’
Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama returns with a season premiere that adds a new perspective to the story and refocuses the attention on the destructive power of divorce.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Tunguska’
‘Tunguska’ returns ‘The X-Files’ to the globe-trotting conspiracy mythology that often derails the series. The verdict? Unknown… It’s a two parter.
Review: HTGAWM – Moving On Is Hard to Do
How to Get Away with Murder returns in Season Two with all of its buzzy goodness in tact.
Empire: Who Was the Most Epic Guest Actor in the Premiere?
Fox’s Empire returned with big ratings, big stars, and the big presence of Taraji P. Henson.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man’
‘The X-Files’ again becomes reflective as the Cigarette Smoking Man reminisces on his unusual life through the turbulent 60s and into the recent past.
Review: ‘Modern Family’
ABC’s Modern Family returns after being shut out at the 2015 Emmys. How does the show fair now that it’s no longer Emmy’s golden child?