Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Maleficent   By Ian Brockway   Special effects maestro Robert Stromberg, known as Uncle Rob, has rendered a great experience in his directorial debut, which …

The Fault In Our Stars   By Ian Brockway   In what could be a conceptual exercise in how to make a teen romance  by …

Neighbors   By Ian Brockway   In what might have been a one joke film under less skillful hands, director Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) …

Tropic Sprockets BY IAN BROCKWAY The Immigrant With a story that is unapologetically cold, grim and more understated than the work of Albert Camus, James …

Tropic Sprockets   By Ian Brockway Locke Tom Hardy, who is known for his aggressive and usually villainous roles (Bane, of The Dark Knight Rises), …

Tropic Sprockets BY IAN BROCKWAY Fading Gigolo In director John Turturro’s (Passione) fifth film “Fading Gigolo,” you might think you just stepped into Woody Allen’s …

Tropic Sprockets BY IAN BROCKWAY Anita Frieda Lee Mock (Wrestling with Angels) starts her documentary on Professor Anita Hill off with a bang, as she …

Joe By Ian Brockway   Get ready to tighten your belts and squint your eyes. We haven't seen the last of Southern Gothic and more …

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 …