Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

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 …

Tropic Sprockets / My Cousin Rachel By Ian Brockway This adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s “My Cousin Rachel” by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) is teasingly …

Tropic Sprockets / Megan Leavey By Ian Brockway Gabriela Cowperthwaite,  director of the scathing documentary “Blackfish” has a potent feature film debut with “Megan Leavey.” This …

Tropic Sprockets / Going in Style By Ian Brockway “Going in Style” is Theodore Melfi’s remake of Martin Brest’s 1979 film of the same name. While …

Tropic Sprockets / Churchill By Ian Brockway The opening of “Churchill” by director Jonathan Teplitsky is quite compelling. During the weeks before June 1944, PM …

Tropic Sprockets / A Quiet Passion By Ian Brockway Emily Dickinson (1830-1866) is one of America’s finest poets. She is known as much for her eccentric …

Tropic Sprockets / Alien: Covenant By Ian Brockway Once more, here is a solid black screen peppered with stars. Ivory white lines come slowly into view …

Tropic Sprockets / The Dinner By Ian Brockway In what could be called “The Dinner from Hell” without sarcasm, here is a film by Oren …

Tropic Sprockets / Beauty and the Beast By Ian Brockway Bill Condon (The Fifth Estate) faithfully helms this live action version of the beloved Disney …

Tropic Sprockets / Colossal By Ian Brockway Most cinephiles, I think, like a good monster film, from the original “The Thing” with James Arness to …

Tropic Sprockets / Norman By Ian Brockway If there is a current equivalent to Franz Kafka in the cinema, director Joseph Ceder is it, especially …

Tropic Sprockets / Year By the Sea By Ian Brockway There have been many films about self discovery and new beginnings. “Year By the Sea,” a …

Tropic Sprockets / Their Finest By Ian Brockway Danish auteur Lone Scherfig (An Education, One Day) helms “Their Finest.” This is a WWII comedy drama that …