Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Loving By Ian Brockway Director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special) deftly handles a historical drama with  “Loving,” the true story of Robert and …

Tropic Sprockets / Manchester by the Sea By Ian Brockway Playwright Kenneth Lonergan’s perfect and precise “Manchester by the Sea” is a hard luck melodrama …

Tropic Sprockets / The Edge of Seventeen By Ian Brockway Kelly Fremon Craig’s rollicking and nearly madcap “The Edge of Seventeen” is a joyride that …

Tropic Sprockets / Nocturnal Animals By Ian Brockway Fashion icon Tom Ford’s latest film is visually daring, as striking and forceful as a blow from …

Tropic Sprockets / Certain Women By Ian Brockway Director Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) is a master of understatement. Her latest “Certain Women” contains all …

Tropic Sprockets / Hacksaw Ridge By Ian Brockway From the infamous actor/director Mel Gibson comes what could arguably be his smartest, most accurate and most …

Tropic Sprocket / Rules Don’t Apply By Ian Brockway The iconic Warren Beatty is in the director’s chair once again telling a tale of old …

Tropic Sprocket / Loving By Ian Brockway Director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special) deftly handles a historical drama with  “Loving,” the true story of Robert and …

Tropic Sprocket / The Accountant By Ian Brockway Gavin O’ Connor (Warrior) directs a very suspenseful but thin hit-man film entitled “The Accountant.” Though the …

Tropic Sprocket / Moonlight By Ian Brockway Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight” is a film about growing up that is larger than its content. It is expansive …

Tropic Sprockets / Queen of Katwe By Ian Brockway Director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) gives a queen her due in “Queen of Katwe” an bouyant …

Tropic Sprocket / Arrival By Ian Brockway Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” is riveting, tense and thought provoking. It is the story of alien beings coming to …

Tropic Sprocket / Little Men By Ian Brockway “Little Men” is yet another stirring and percussive film from director Ira Sachs (Love Is Strange). The …

Tropic Sprocket / Deepwater Horizon By Ian Brockway Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) directs the horrid events of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. His story has all …

Tropic Sprocket / Little Men By Ian Brockway “Little Men” is yet another stirring and percussive film from director Ira Sachs (Love Is Strange). The …

Tropic Sprocket / Deepwater Horizon By Ian Brockway Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) directs the horrid events of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. His story has all …

Tropic Sprockets / Denial By Ian Brockway Director Mick Jackson (L.A. Story, Chattahoochee) takes on the insidious and offensive subject of historical revisionism in “Denial,” …

Tropic Sprockets / Sully By Ian Brockway Here is “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s latest, and once again, (as in American Sniper’s Chris Kyle) he gives his …

Tropic Sprockets / The JT LeRoy Story By Ian Brockway Director Jeff Feuerzeig (The Devil and Daniel Johnston, The Real Rocky) has always been edgy …

Tropic Sprocket / Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children By Ian Brockway It is old home week yet again with the visionary Tim Burton. In …