Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / The Diary Of An Teenage Girl   By Ian Brockway The rich and vibrant film “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” by …

Tropic Sprockets / The Gift   By Ian Brockway Joel Edgerton, the Australian actor turned director, who is most known for his gangster roles, strikes …

Tropic Sprockets / The Stanford Prison Experiment By Ian Brockway Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez, who has never shied away from touchy subjects, including  religion (C.O.G) …

Tropic Sprockets / The End Of The Tour   By Ian Brockway The writer David Foster Wallace dedicated himself to portraying a fractured and nervous …

Tropic Sprockets / Cartel Land   By Ian Brockway   Pop culture is obsessed with the mechanics of drug production. Both “Escobar” by  Andrea Di …

Tropical Sprockets / Trainwreck   By Ian Brockway The subversive comic Amy Schumer has arrived in “Trainwreck” the latest relationship comedy directed by Judd Apatow. …

Tropic Sprockets / Jurassic World The days of the Saturday matinees are here again in “Jurassic World” based on the fictions of author Michael Crichton. …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway Amy “Amy” by director Asif Kapadia (Senna) constructs a stirring and melancholy portrait of the bluesy singer Amy Winehouse who …

Tropic Sprockets / The Overnight By Ian Brockway In “The Overnight”, the mayhem begins innocently enough, when Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling) go …

Tropic Sprockets / Spy   By Ian Brockway   Yes, here again is McCarthy as we know her: the sarcastic and brash lady with a …

  Tropic Sprockets / Self Less   By Ian Brockway   Slickly directed, but with enough far fetched turns to make the magician Uri Geller …

Dope   By Ian Brockway   Rick Famuyiwi (Talk to Me, The Wood) directs “Dope” a madcap and good natured film that explores the interplay …

Tropic Sprockets / Spy   By Ian Brockway   Yes, here again is McCarthy as we know her: the sarcastic and brash lady with a …

Me And Earl And The Dying Girl   By Ian Brockway   Friendships imperiled by sickness are the stuff of melodrama. Thankfully “Me and Earl …

TROPIC SPROCKETS / A Little Chaos   By Ian Brockway In “A Little Chaos” directed by actor Alan Rickman, there is a bare trace  of …

Escobar Paradise Lost   By Ian Brockway   There is a wonderful painting by Fernando Botero, showing the death of the druglord Pablo Escobar. In …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway Ex Machina Author Alex Garland (The Beach) delivers a directorial debut with “Ex Machina,” a vivid and thoughtful meditation on …

Cinderella   Shakespearean Maestro Kenneth Branagh directs this colorful and vivacious adaptation of the fairy tale classic “Cinderella” with spirit and charm.     This …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway An Honest Liar Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom are directors known for their hard hitting subjects. They both have provocative …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway   While We’re Young   The prolific director Noah Baumbach (Greenberg) strikes a key reminiscent of 70s Woody Allen in …