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‘The X-Files’

Do you believe in extraterrestrial life? Or the paranormal? The X-Files makes you question everything you thought you knew. Created by Chris Carter, the series follows FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigating strange and unexplained cases. The X-Files’ focus on government conspiracy, reinvigoration of horror, science fiction, and mystery tropes, Mulder-Scully dynamic, variation in tone and approach, and breakdown structure of monster-of-the-week and mythology episodes makes it one of the most groundbreaking series of all time.

Not only did it set the stage for modern hits like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural, but countless shows like The Big Bang Theory and Family Guy reference it. Drawing on a wide range of earlier television shows, especially Kolchak: The Night Stalker, the series debuted on Fox in 1993. Now, almost 30 years later, it leaves a legacy of 11 seasons and two films, The X-Files: Fight the Future and The X Files: I Want to Believe.

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‘Young Woman And The Sea’

You'll often hear people say "They don't make 'em like they used to," but in the case of Disney's Young Woman And The Sea, they very much made this one EXACTLY like they used to. And that's a good thing, especially for the oft-ignored "family film" genre. This movie, rated PG, tells the story of Gertrude Ederle (Daisy Ridley), one of the most...

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‘Working Girl’

There are several reasons to watch Working Girl while it's still streaming on Hulu, and it's not just because of the outrageous '80s hair Melanie Griffith and Joan Cusack sport for most of the movie. Griffith stars as Tess, the sweet, often underestimated secretary working in business who's been looking for a leg up in a male-dominated business....

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‘Lady in the Lake’

Apple TV+'s latest star-studded TV show is Lady in the Lake, an ambitious adaptation of Laura Lippman's novel of the same name starring Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, Mikey Madison, and David Corenswet. The series follows two very different heroines in 1969 Baltimore. Maddie Morgenstern (Natalie Portman) is a disaffected Jewish housewife who is...

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‘Find Me Falling’

Find Me Falling, which began streaming on Netflix on Friday, stars Harry Connick Jr. as a misanthropic rock star named John Allman who moves to the island nation of Cyprus in order to get away from all the pressure and fame. Unfortunately, John failed to do his research. As he quickly learns—after he yells at a trespasser to get off his...

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