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"Brian and Charles" Focus Features, streaming on Prime Video.

Since "Lost in Space," I have wanted a robot. A company produces replicas of the Robinson family's robot, also known as Robot B9. I just don't want one that costs $25,000.

In "Brian and Charles," the robot is the brainchild of a lonely Welsh inventor. Brian (David Earl) lives alone and is a bit too quirky, even for Wales. He is always on the lookout for materials for his inventions. If his creations don't quite work out as he imagines, he takes a stoic approach and carries on.

It seems as if the things he finds dictate what he wi...