Science Fiction

All 25 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 2 (1994-95), ranked

Although I’m partial to Season 1 of the “X-Files” because of the lovable, experimental clunkiness of many episodes, Season 2 is pretty darn good also,

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All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 1 (1993-94), ranked

My couch, my TV, a pile of “X-Files” guidebooks from my home library, and a browser tab permanently set on The Onion AV Club’s “X-Files” blog —

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First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Fringe’ (TV review)

Here are my first impressions of the Season 3 premiere of “Fringe” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox). (more…)

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First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (TV review)

Here are my first impressions of Season 3 of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (8 p.m. Central Fridays, Cartoon Network). 1. I have a confession to make:

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Sean Williams carves out his ‘Star Wars’ niche in ‘The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance’ (Book review)

George Lucas conceived the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” so that “Star Wars” — like “Lord of the Rings”

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Golden keeps ‘Star Wars’ galaxy grounded in reality in ‘Fate of the Jedi: Allies’ (Book review)

With the prequels and a lot of the fiction that has come out since the prequels, we’ve been conditioned to think that anytime a Jedi

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How many times have you seen ‘Inception?’ (Movie review)

2010 finally has its first great movie, and it’s Christopher Nolan’s “Inception.” That shouldn’t be surprising since — now that I think about it — I’ve liked

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One more day until ‘Futurama’ returns and all is right with the world again (TV commentary)

“Futurama” made a habit of exposing — in a funny way — all that was wrong with the world when it ran from 1999-2003 on Fox.

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Catching up with ‘Being Erica’ (TV review)

The great thing about the TV conveniences of the 21st century (Hulu, DVRs and DVDs) is that not only can you watch shows outside of

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‘Pandorum,’ ‘Daybreakers,’ ‘Youth in Revolt,’ ‘Kick-Ass’ (Movie reviews)

When you’re hanging out with old friends, watching a movie is often the last resort when looking for something to do. After all, you can’t

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