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<B>The X-Files Movie</B>
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While I'm not a huge fan of the <I>X-Files</I> TV show, it has provided me with many an entertaining post-<I>Simpsons</I> time slot viewing. I find that the stand-alone episodes are the freshest and most exciting ones of the series. So it was with trepidation that I viewed the video release of the <I>X-Files</I> movie (somehow subtitled <I>Fight the Future</I> by fans even though it's just called <I>The X-Files</I>). Not only did this movie have to play by the pre-existing rules of the <I>X-Files</I> universe, but it had to tie together two seasons of the show (last year's and this year's ).
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<B>The Big One</B> - Renegade documentarian <B>Michael Moore</B> returned briefly to the big screen with this <I>Miramax</I> release. Last year, Moore wrote a book, <I>Downsize This</I>, and went on a book-signing tour of the country to support it. Along the way, he used his own brand of grass-roots filmmaking to shoot <I>The Big One</I>.
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Moore is recognized as a national labor hero thanks to his wonderful freshman effort, <I>Roger and Me</I>, so it's no problem for him to enter into labor disputes even though he's breezing through the towns. While <I>The Big One</I> isn't nearly as good as his first one (Moore seems guilty at times of exploiting his subjects for a good story), his meeting with ultra-slimy <B>Nike</B> CEO <I>Phil Knight</I> is worth the price of rental alone. Knight refuses to go to Indonesia to visit a Nike factory and admits that he's never even been to the country that his company exploits.
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