Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / The Rider Chloe Zhao (Songs My Brother Taught Me) directs the very affecting docudrama “The Rider,” about a Lakota Indian rodeo rider …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway  / On Chesil Beach Theater director and playwright Dominic Cooke helms an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novella, On Chesil Beach. …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway The Movies: Speed and Space I grew up wanting motion, speed and space. As a child, I played tag in …

Tropic Sprockets / Solo: A Star Wars Story By Ian Brockway For those of us curious about the young swashbuckler in space, Han Solo, here is “Solo: …

Tropic Sprockets / RBG By Ian Brockway Given the current political climate, politicians are now center stage and part of our pop culture. This extends to Supreme …

Tropic Sprockets  / Book Club By Ian Brockway “Book Club” directed by Bill Holderman is a feather-weight comedy in the style of “It’s Complicated” without Nancy …

Tropic Sprockets / Deadpool 2 By Ian Brockway For those who like a bit of sarcasm with their superheroes ( and who doesn’t) here is …

Tropic Sprockets  / Tully By Ian Brockway Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) offers a deadpan but honest vision of motherhood in “Tully,” starring Charlize …

Tropic Sprockets  / Super Troopers 2 By Ian Brockway “Super Troopers 2” by Jay Chandrasekar (Club Dread) is the unfortunate sequel about a group of state …

Tropic Sprockets / Avengers: Infinity War By Ian Brockway Anthony and Joe Russo direct an epic Marvel universe in “Avengers: Infinity War.” The film is …

Tropic Sprockets / Ismael’s Ghosts By Ian Brockway Arnaud Desplechin delivers a magnetic haunting albeit confused portrait of an auteur in “Ismael’s Ghosts.” The film …

Tropic Sprockets / A Quiet Place By Ian Brockway John Krasinki (The Office) directs a tense and arresting story titled “A Quiet Place.” In part …

Tropic Sprockets / Isle of Dogs By Ian Brockway The uncompromising Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest Hotel) offers another colorful tour de force in “ Isle …

Tropic Sprockets  / The Death of Stalin By Ian Brockway Armando Iannucci (In the Loop) has directed a madcap romp about power in the 1950s Soviet …

Tropic Sprockets / Lives Well Lived By Ian Brockway Sky Bergman’s colorful documentary about the wisdom of maturity is thoughtful and engaging, while being casual, …

Tropic Sprockets / Ready Player One By Ian Brockway “Ready Player One” is Steven Spielberg‘s latest matinee thrill. Though somewhat faltering, it is stunning, big, …

Tropic Sprockets / The Leisure Seeker By Ian Brockway Despite the best of intent, director Paulo Virzi (Like Crazy) has made an uninspired and depressing road trip …

Tropic Sprockets / Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool By Ian Brockway Paul McGuigan (Wicker Park) directs “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” a stirring portrait of …

Tropic Sprockets / The 15:17 to Paris By Ian Brockway On August 21, 2015, a Thalys train heading for Paris was under attack by a …

Tropic Sprockets / Love, Simon By Ian Brockway “Love, Simon” by director Greg Berlanti is an adaptation of a novel by Becky Albertali. The movie is emotional, …