'X-Files' leads are back together

By Roger Moore McClatchy-Tribune News Service The new "X-Files" movie? Not exactly "out there." The truth is they've taken the spooky, paranormal-minded TV show (1993-2002) and drained much of the "super" right out of the supernatural. Whatever creator Chris Carter wanted to say in "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" about science, faith and morality, all he delivered is a solid (if far-fetched) police procedural, a movie that benefits from - but doesn't make very good use of - the history and the chemistry between its stars, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Scully (Anderson) has returned to medicine, permanently. But an FBI agent has gone missing and the bureau, in the person of Agent Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) needs help. There's this priest (Billy Connolly), who seems to have psychic clues. Scully must deliver the... [read full story]