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PopOptiq’s official TV podcast is finally here, with a look at the hilariously divisive and strange revival season of The X-Files.

The new season of The X-Files was a complete mess. And that’s perfect.

Very few hit television shows make the transition to the big screen. Even fewer make it while the show it still on the air. The X-Files had that distinction in the summer of 1998 when it’s first movie, dubbed Fight the Future for marketing, was released on June 19. At a hearty length of 122 …

A guide to the very best of one of TV’s most definitive genre series.

Admit it. A little part of your soul died when you heard Netflix greenlit a 13-episode revival of Full House. Sure, it was all fun, flannel, and Doc Martens when Showtime announced they were bringing back Twin Peaks and Fox agreed to re-open The X-Files. But then Coach got inexplicably thrown back in the game, …

Things are about to get weird. Again. Fox has officially announced the revival of The X-Files, with series creator Chris Carter and original stars David Duchonvy and Gillian Anderson all on board. The Wrap reports 20th Century Fox Television and Ten Thirteen Productions will film the six-episode limited series this summer, but an air date …

“I want to believe.” This has been the motto for many an X-Files fanatic. Although there were over 200 episodes in the 1990s, a spin-off, comic books, and two films released in theaters, the fans always want more. Well, the prayers to those up above (God or aliens) have been answered. According to Deadline, the …

The X-Files Season 10: Issue #1 “Believers” Part One of Five Story: Joe Harris with Chris Carter Writer: Joe Harris Art: Michael Walsh Colours: Jordie Bellaire Editor: Denton J. Tipton Letters: Robbie Robbins Executive Producer: Chris Carter Publisher: IDW Publishing Nine seasons, two movies, a video game, a spin-off, toys, comics and if that weren’t …

Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December. The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on …

Many unsuspecting cinema-goers who clearly hadn’t read the reviews got quite a shock when they went into Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan expecting a nice movie about ballet. Black Swan is a fully-fledged (pun intended) horror movie full of fantastical elements – or is it? Horror it certainly is – fantasy, it may not be, as …

At long last, the cult series Millenium may be paying a visit to the big screen.  The show was one of the darkest series in both subject matter and texture to ever grace television screens.  It was very stylized, with a neo-gothic colour palette.  Key to the series was Lance Henriksen, who starred as Frank …