Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Dom Hemingway   By Ian Brockway   Jude Law sheds his Hollywood glamour and seems the one having the most fun in "Dom Hemingway," a …

Tropic Sprockets BY IAN BROCKWAY The Lunchbox The debut film from Ritesh Batra “The Lunchbox” is a retro throwback to the American films of the …

TROPIC SPROCKETS BY IAN BROCKWAY The Grand Budapest Hotel Indie charmer Wes Anderson delivers the expected quirky goods with “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, a picaresque …

TROPIC SPROCKETS Jokes crackle in Bad Words BY IAN BROCKWAY  Bad Words Taking a page from Billy Bob Thornton’s most irreverent comedies, actor Jason Bateman …

Tropic sprockets  Le Week-End keeps you guessing BY IAN BROCKWAY Le Week-End “Le Week-End” is the long awaited film by Roger Michell (Venus) and it …

Tropic Sprockets / The Wind Rises   BY IAN BROCKWAY   The Maestro of Manga, Hiyao Miyazaki gives us another bunch of cinematic chrysanthemums with …

The Oscar Shorts: Animation BY IAN BROCKWAY In contrast to last year’s animated shorts that were rather darkly outlined and shaded in doom, this season’s …

August Osage Country  By Ian Brockway   John Wells (The West Wing) takes ambitious ground directing Tracy Letts’s portrait of a back-stabbing and conniving family …

Tropic Sprockets By Ian Brockway 2013: The Year in Film Although Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” was snubbed this year by the Golden Globes, possibly because …

By Ian Brockway Variety is the order of the day at this years Key West Film Festival with as many diverse characters as there are …