Home video review: 'The X-Files' goes high-def on Blu-ray

December 19, 2015 at 8:21PM
Gillian Anderson, left, and David Duchovny, right, from the television show "The X-Files."
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

On Jan. 24, Fox reboots "The X-Files" with Emmy-winning stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back on the paranormal case 14 years after the show's original end. To mark the occasion, the series' initial nine-season run has been gussied up on Blu-ray with extras culled from previous releases and new features.

It's actually less expensive to buy the seasons individually on sale for $15-$25 each with no loss in bonus material. True X-philes who spring $270-$280 (the going sale price) for the collector's set will get a glossy box with space for the eventual home-video release of the new episodes.

Oddly, the cardboard case has been configured to prevent adding the Blu-rays of the two "X-Files" films. Maybe that's a good thing.

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