What’s old really is new again. We’ve seen the resurgence of burlesque, bell-bottom jeans and the monsters of our childhood (via pop culture vehicles such as the HBO series True Blood and Seth Grahame ...

Move over Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, the summer box office has a new hero. Charles Petrescu, the star of Focus Features’ Brit mockumentary Brian and Charles, released in the U.S. today, is surely among ...

In a scenic, rainy Welsh town, with just as many sheep as people, there was a man who made himself a best friend. The man is Brian (David Earl), and the friend is Charles (Chris Hayward). Together, ...

Even as the low-key mockumentary “Brian and Charles” impressively scales down a sci-fi concept to fable size, it neither does much to maintain its oddness nor finds that right mix of comedy and pathos ...

When Louise Brealey first joined the cast of “Brian and Charles,” she had no idea what a sensation the deadpan “love story” of sorts about a depressed inventor and his new “7-foot cabbage-loving robot ...

When the protagonist mutters, early in the film, that it might “be nice to have an extra pair of hands around,” he has hit on an invention that might actually be of use: a friend. (“Brian and Charles” ...

In something of a first, The Hollywood Reporter sat down for a 1:1 with the robotic star of Focus Features' feel-good oddball Brit comedy. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent Move over Pete “Maverick” ...

Running time/rating: 1:30, PG for crude language, mild violence and smoking By premise alone, the man/robot buddy dramedy “Brian and Charles” may remind some viewers of “Finch,” Apple TV Plus’s ...