The Ballad of Wallis Island” — 2.5 stars If you crossed the lovely indie musical “Once” (2007) with the charming Scottish ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island” is the kind movie that makes it all look so easy — filmmaking, performance, mood, chemistry.

The latest film from James Griffiths is a sweet story of a band getting back together to play a gig for one man.

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The film tells the story of an eccentric man named Charles (Tim Key) who hires a down-on-his-luck musician named Herb McGwyer ...

It created a Stevie Nicks-Lindsey Buckingham -like dynamic seen in Daisy Jones & The Six. In their prime, McGwyer Mortimer ...

In this superb little sleeper, a lonely lottery winner reunites his favorite singing duo for a personal concert on a distant ...

And by dead souls, what I mean is the idea that there’s a spark that’s been mostly extinguished, a glowing ember that burns a little brighter in British comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island . Herb (as ...

A reclusive lottery winner hires his favorite folk duo for a reunion concert. Love, music and laughs proceed from there. It ...

It’s never a bad time for a film like “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm.

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Yet one of many charms of “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is that it has no intentions of timeliness. It has nothing to do with ...