Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Christopher Robin By Ian Brockway The beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh comes to the screen once more in this movie directed by Marc Foster …

Tropic Sprockets / Eighth Grade By Ian Brockway Comedian Bo Burnham writes and directs his first feature “Eighth Grade.” It is one of the most affecting …

Topic Sprockets / Hereditary By Ian Brockway From the striking filmmaker Ari Aster, who directed the short film “The Strange Thing About the Johnsons,” known …

Tropic Sprockets / Mission Impossible: Fallout By Ian Brockway Action fans are in luck…again. Christopher McQuarrie (MI: Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher) directs Tom Cruise in …

Tropic Sprockets: Mama Mia 2   ABBA fans rejoice. “Mamma Mia” days have arrived once more. This mashup, a blend of a prequel and a …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway / Three Identical Strangers British filmmaker Tim Wardle directs an absolutely riveting documentary “Three Identical Strangers” that is a surprise …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway / Les Gardiennes The precise and detailed director Xavier Beauvois (Of Gods and Men) turns his camera to the history …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway /Leave No Trace   Debra Granik is known for her handling of outsider-themed stories. In the previous “Winter‘s Bone” Jennifer …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway / Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Fred Rogers, known as Mr. Rogers was right up there with Johnny Carson, Jonathan …

Tropic Sprockets / The Rider Chloe Zhao (Songs My Brother Taught Me) directs the very affecting docudrama “The Rider,” about a Lakota Indian rodeo rider …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway  / On Chesil Beach Theater director and playwright Dominic Cooke helms an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novella, On Chesil Beach. …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway The Movies: Speed and Space I grew up wanting motion, speed and space. As a child, I played tag in …

Tropic Sprockets / Solo: A Star Wars Story By Ian Brockway For those of us curious about the young swashbuckler in space, Han Solo, here is “Solo: …

Tropic Sprockets / RBG By Ian Brockway Given the current political climate, politicians are now center stage and part of our pop culture. This extends to Supreme …

Tropic Sprockets  / Book Club By Ian Brockway “Book Club” directed by Bill Holderman is a feather-weight comedy in the style of “It’s Complicated” without Nancy …

Tropic Sprockets / Deadpool 2 By Ian Brockway For those who like a bit of sarcasm with their superheroes ( and who doesn’t) here is …

Tropic Sprockets  / Tully By Ian Brockway Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) offers a deadpan but honest vision of motherhood in “Tully,” starring Charlize …

Tropic Sprockets  / Super Troopers 2 By Ian Brockway “Super Troopers 2” by Jay Chandrasekar (Club Dread) is the unfortunate sequel about a group of state …

Tropic Sprockets / Avengers: Infinity War By Ian Brockway Anthony and Joe Russo direct an epic Marvel universe in “Avengers: Infinity War.” The film is …

Tropic Sprockets / Ismael’s Ghosts By Ian Brockway Arnaud Desplechin delivers a magnetic haunting albeit confused portrait of an auteur in “Ismael’s Ghosts.” The film …