Tropic Sprocket / Hell or High Water
Tropic Sprocket / Hell or High Water By Ian Brockway Go get em, Cowboy! This is the overriding thought one has in watching “Hell or …
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Tropic Sprocket / Hell or High Water By Ian Brockway Go get em, Cowboy! This is the overriding thought one has in watching “Hell or …
Tropic Sprocket / The Light Between Oceans By Ian Brockway Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines) echoes the melodramatic quandries of Thomas Hardy in …
Tropic Sprocket / Bad Moms By Ian Brockway In 2011, there was a groundbreaking comedy called “Bridesmaids.” It worked precisely because the ladies depicted were …
Tropic Sprocket / Indignation By Ian Brockway James Schamus (writer of The Ice Storm) directs a tense and mysterious adaptation of Phillip Roth’s novel Indignation …
Tropic Sprocket / Finding Dory By Ian Brockway The cuties of the sea are back in Pixar’s “Finding Dory,” a sequel to the earlier “Finding …
Tropic Sprocket / Star Trek Beyond By Ian Brockway The gang is here yet again where “no man has gone before,” this time helmed by …
Tropic Sprocket / Don’t Think Twice By Ian Brockway The low key, yet pointed, Mike Birbiglia highlights the perils of friendship and fame in the …
Tropic Sprockets / Florence Foster Jenkins By Ian Brockway The iconic Meryl Streep stars in Stephen Frears affectionate biopic “Florence Foster Jenkins.” While Jenkins herself …
Tropic Sprockets / Café Society By Ian Brockway For the Woody Allen fans among us, here is “Café Society”, a philosophic meditation on romance and …
Tropic Sprocket / A Bigger Splash By Ian Brockway If by chance hallucinatory CGI epics are not your bag, here is “A Bigger Splash” by …
Tropic Sprocket / Genius By Ian Brockway Theatre director Michael Grandage takes us to a 1920s New York in his debut film “Genius”. There are …
Tropic Sprocket / Me Before You By Ian Brockway The film “Me Before You,” adapted from the novel by JoJo Moyes and helmed by theater …
Tropic Sprocket / Tickled By Ian Brockway As ridiculous as it might seem tickle torture as it is known, has been reported for a long …
Tropic Sprocket / The Secret Life of Pets By Ian Brockway Who among us has not thought that our beloved pets have a separate life …
Genius / Tropic Sprocket By Ian Brockway Theatre director Michael Grandage takes us to a 1920s New York in his debut film “Genius”. There are …
Tropic Sprocket / Genius By Ian Brockway Theatre director Michael Grandage takes us to a 1920s New York in his debut film “Genius”. There are …
Tropic Sprocket / Our Kind of Traitor By Ian Brockway The latest John le Carre film “Our Kind of Traitor” starring Ewan McGregor and Stellan …
Tropic Sprocket / Free State of Jones By Ian Brockway For those that want a minimalist history lesson in broad shapes, here you have it …
Tropic Sprocket / Dark Horse By Ian Brockway This irrepressible documentary by Louise Osmond chronicles the symbiotic relationship between woman and horse. One day at …
Tropic Sprocket / Maggie’s Plan By Ian Brockway If there was ever a Woody Allen film not directed by Woody Allen, it is Rebecca Miller’s …