MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
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Film round-up: July 8, 2022
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
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KEN COCKBURN traces the one original language – that of the Yamnaya pastoral nomads – from which all European and Indian languages derive
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the debunking of the iconic British war hero
ALEX HALL recommends a searing panorama of our global predicament
Brian and Charles (PG)
Directed by Jim Archer
★★★
THIS surreal comedy set in Wales about a lonely inventor who builds an AI robot as his friend may well prove an acquired taste but it is worth while seeing it with an open mind.
Based on a 2017 short of the same name also directed by Jim Archer and co-written by David Earl and Chris Hayward this is a bonkers, yet sweet and charming bromance tale shot in a mockumentary style.
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