When David was 10 years old, his younger brother Simon disappeared. David's father told him that Simon was "taken by aliens", and would not talk of it again, before drinking himself to death. Fast forward 25 years and David is spending all his free time and money talking on Internet to dozens of loonies and fraudsters who are willing to sell him ‘genuine’ information about the aliens. His quest takes him to many countries around the world, and he is willing to listen to anyone who has a story about alien abductions and UFO sightings. He however does not realise that ‘the truth’ is much closer than he thinks.

This time I wasn’t disappointed as at the previous screening (Suicide or Lulu and Me in a World Made for Two). Despite being a low budget, this British science fiction comedy (with a few surprising cameos) raises more than a few laughs. The film is full of clever puns, less-than-subtle in-jokes and nods to countless sci-fi shows, such as when David promises the agent of the super-secret

B.A.S.T.A.R.D.D (British AeroSpace Technology Advanced Research Development Division) a cake for letting him into the facility, only to reply to her question what cake did he bring: "The cake is a lie" (for those living on Alpha Centauri during the last 10 years, this is a reference to the video game Portal).