Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Good Time By Ian Brockway The Safdie Brothers (Daddy Longlegs) latest project is “Good Time” a sharp crime drama reminicent of the …

Tropic Sprockets / Ingrid Goes West By Ian Brockway “Ingrid Goes West,” a feature debut from director Matt Spicer, is the perfect blend of comedy …

Tropic Sprockets / Step By Ian Brockway Music and gesture are universal tools. These expressions have the power to lift us up and to tell …

Tropic Sprockets / A Ghost Story  By Ian Brockway The director David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) has crafted a very striking and poetic interpretation …

Tropic Sprockets / Dunkirk By Ian Brockway In “Dunkirk,” director Christopher Nolan  (The Dark Knight) gives military combat an immediate and supernatural importance. Violence comes …

Tropic Sprockets / An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power By Ian Brockway “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” is a portrait of Al Gore still …

Tropic Sprockets / Detroit  By Ian Brockway Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) has crafted a wonderful film that hits us in the solar plexus with …

Tropic Sprockets / Maudie By Ian Brockway Directed by Aisling Walsh (BBC TV’s Fingersmith) “Maudie,” tells the artist’s story of Maud, an introverted Nova Scotian …

Tropic Sprockets / Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets By Ian Brockway The legendary Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) has ambitious goals as …

Tropic Sprockets / Baby Driver By Ian Brockway Edgar Wright (The World’s End) directs the eye-popping and bubbly “Baby Driver,” a gangster film that mixes its …

Tropic Sprockets / War for the Planet of the Apes By Ian Brockway Matt Reeves directs the latest chapter in the “Apes” franchise, entitled “War …

Tropic Sprockets / The Big Sick By Ian Brockway Director Michael Showalter (Hello, My Name Is Doris) takes a screenplay loosely based on the romance …

Tropic Sprockets / The Hero By Ian Brockway Director Brett Haley (I’ll See You in My Dreams) takes a theme from his previous film of …

Tropic Sprockets / Despicable Me 3 By Ian Brockway Minion Maestro Pierre Coffin (Despicable Me 2) is back to direct “Despicable Me 3” the third …

Tropic Sprockets / Beatriz at Dinner By Ian Brockway Films centering around a single dinner  have been very much in vogue. There is “The Dinner” …

Tropic Sprockets / The Beguiled By Ian Brockway Remakes in cinema are touch and go. Often, they are derivative and lack the novelty or the …

Tropic Sprockets / It Comes at Night By Ian Brockway Trey Edward Shults (Krisha) directs the very tense and striking horror film “It Comes at …

Tropic Sprockets / I, Daniel Blake  By Ian Brockway The uncompromising Ken Loach delivers a piercing look at government  bureaucracy in “I, Daniel Blake.” The …

Tropic Sprockets / Like Crazy By Ian Brockway From director Paolo Virzi (Human Capital) comes “Like Crazy,” an emotional and edgy film that feels like …

Tropic Sprockets / Monterey Pop By Ian Brockway Master chronicler of the 1960s music scene D.A. Pennebaker (Dont Look Back) delivers another wonderful and heartfelt …