21 UFO Sightings in Police ‘X-files’
November 24, 2008 / 4677
THEY are more used to dealing with calls reporting crime and anti-social behaviour.
But Nottinghamshire Police have also experienced a number of rather other-worldly enquiries from members of the public.
New figures from the force reveal a total of 21 UFO sightings in the county were recorded in 11 calls to the force control room between November 1 in 2003 and October 31 this year.
One caller reported seven sightings in Eastwood, followed by another five from two callers in Newark.
A Notts Police spokesman said: “While we would advise the public to contact the Civil Aviation Authority to report any sightings, we do receive the occasional report of a UFO to the control room.
“In the event of a call, we would contact the East Midlands air traffic control to see if they are aware of anything that could be a UFO and report the sighting to them.” Read more …
X-Files: I Want to Believe ; Review
August 16, 2008 / 1496
Chris Carter’s writing style really hasn’t changed all that much. He writes for television, and his movies definitely reflect that experience: low budget, and stick to the formula. In summer science fiction blockbusters, the main antagonists are usually huge insurmountable objects of force, such as civilization threatening objects with lots of energy to blow up cities and monuments (more, please), overly ambitious oceans, zombie armies and the like, whereas in Carter’s stories, the bad forces are much more subtle, easily covered up, and as visual experiences, less memorable. Carter always wrote the first and last episodes of an X-Files season, so when watching this movie, that is definitely the impression you will get–you will feel you are watching either the close or an opening of a new season. But honestly, as long as you go into the theater knowing this, you more than likely won’t mind at all. This one is the equivalent of 2 new episodes, so enjoy. Read more …
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) - A Raw Review!
August 7, 2008 / 2197
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Billy Connolly
Director: Chris Carter
Screenwriter: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Producer: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Composer: Mark Snow
RAW REVIEW
One of the worst films of the summer.
UK, July 29, 2008 - What a waste of time. The second X-Files movie installment limps onto UK screens this week, and a viewing of the film begs one, obvious question: why the hell did they bother?
This tedious effort begins six years after the finale of the TV series, with Scully these days working as a doctor in a church hospital, and Mulder now a paranoid recluse (wasn’t he always?) still searching for his missing sister.
Meanwhile nearby a local FBI agent has gone missing, with the only source of clues Billy Connelly’s seemingly psychic pedophile priest ‘Father Joe’. Despite having been kicked out of the bureau, Mulder is bought back into the fold because of his expertise with paranormal cases, and he persuades Scully to help him.
