Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / The Eagle Huntress By Ian Brockway If you have an inkling to see a young warrior film with a locale as exotic …

Tropic Sprockets / Lion By Ian Brockway Garth Davis offers a striking directorial debut in “Lion” about a young boy driven to reckon with his …

Tropic Sprockets / Elle By Ian Brockway The audacious and often outrageous Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, RoboCop) directs a new film “Elle” that is unlike …

Tropic Sprockets / La La Land By Ian Brockway Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” winner of seven Golden Globes, is a colorful and fast paced …

Tropic Sprockets / Fences By Ian Brockway August Wilson’s striking and highly emotional play “Fences” comes to the screen as a project decades in the …

Tropic Sprockets / Sing By Ian Brockway If you ever were curious about animals in a singing competition, “Sing” an animated film by director Garth …

Tropic Sprockets / Jackie By Ian Brockway The outspoken Chilean director Pablo Larrain (No) focuses on Jackie Kennedy, who remains one of the most iconic …

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 …