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Brian And Charles (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Jim Archer; Writer: David Earl, Chris Hayward; Stars: David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, Jamie Michie, Lynn Hunter, Lowri Izzard, Mari Izzard, Cara Chase, Nicholas Asbury, Sunil Patel, Vivienne Soan, Nina Sosanya, Rishi Nair, Morgan Adler, Carys Ryan)
A story of friendship, love, and letting go. And a 7ft tall robot that eats cabbages. A comedy shot in documentary format.
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Colossus: The Forbin Project (Country: US; Year: 1970; Director: Joseph Sargent; Writer: James Bridges, DF Jones; Stars: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Leonid Rostoff, Georg Stanford Brown)
Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.
The Last Screenwriter (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2024; Director: Peter Luisi; Writer: ChatGPT; Stars: Nicholas Pople, Bonnie Milnes, Anna Arthur, Christian Vaccaro)
Screenwriter Jack faces AI competitor matching, even surpassing, his skills. Opportunity to collaborate writing film with AI system leaves him grappling with pride and fear of obsolescence.
Synthetic Sincerity (Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Marc Isaacs; Writer: Adam Ganz)
A university research lab is trying to build authentic AI characters, and they've licensed a documentary filmmaker's back catalogue to teach them what's missing.
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