Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / 40 Acres By Ian Brockway R.T. Thorne has a tense and thoughtful debut portrait of apocalyptic life in “40 Acres,” which focuses …

Tropic Sprockets / Familiar Touch By Ian Brockway Sarah Friedland has a debut outing which is affecting while being understated. “A Familiar Touch” is the …

Tropic Sprockets / Everything’s Going to Be Great By Ian Brockway Jon S. Baird (Stan & Ollie) directs “Everything’s Going to Be Great” an amusing …

Tropic Sprockets / F1 By Ian Brockway Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) scores a predictable but nonetheless effective hit in “F1” focusing on the tense …

Tropic Sprockets / Bring Her Back By Ian Brockway Alfred Hitchcock was famous notably for “Psycho” (1960) among others because he implied many frights rather …

By Ian Brockway “28 Years Later” is the second sequel from the dystopian franchise centering on the day-to-day struggles of a zombie pandemic. Though the …

Tropic Sprockets / Materialists By Ian Brockway In what could be a study in self-centered romance, director Celine Song (Past Lives) delivers an immersive tale …

Tropic Sprockets / The Phoenician Scheme By Ian Brockway The idiosyncratic Wes Anderson (Asteroid City) directs “The Phoenician Scheme.”  Though it might only speak to the …

Tropic Sprockets  / Jane Austen Wrecked My Life By Ian Brockway Laura Piani in a debut film directs “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.” The film …

Tropic Sprockets / Friendship By Ian Brockway Andrew DeYoung (Would It Kill You to Laugh?) crafts a dark comedy that is almost, but not quite, …

Tropic Sprockets / Emergent City By Ian Brockway New York has everything. The city is a smorgasbord of stimuli. Along the Brooklyn waterfront there is …

Tropic Sprockets / Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning By Ian Brockway Tom Cruise is back as undercover man and super savior Hunt in the …

Tropic Sprockets / Marcella By Ian Brockway The well-known chef and teacher Marcella Hazan (1924-2013) is profiled in Peter Miller’s documentary “Marcella”. The film is …

Tropic Sprockets / Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie By Ian Brockway Cheech & Chong evolved as a spontaneous duo that achieved fame in the late …

Tropic Sprockets / Fight or Flight By Ian Brockway James Madigan (Iron Man 2) has created a cartoonish and colorful action thriller that vibrates with …

Tropic Sprockets / The Surfer By Ian Brockway A hybrid of “The Lord of the Flies” and Sam Peckinpah’s “Straw Dogs” has a colorful rebirth …

Tropic Sprockets / The President’s Wife By Ian Brockway The politics of France are spoofed with a light touch in Lea Domenach’s “The President’s Wife”. …

Tropic Sprockets / On Swift Horses By Ian Brockway Filmmaker Daniel Minahan (Fellow Travelers) directs “On Swift Horses,” adapted from the novel by Shannon Pufahl. …

Tropic Sprockets / Secret Mall Apartment By Ian Brockway “Secret Mall Apartment,” a documentary by director Jeremy Workman focuses on the energies of RISDI artist …

Tropic Sprockets / Sinners By Ian Brockway With Hitchcockian elegance, patience and verve, director Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) takes on the genre of Gothic Horror …