Movie Reviews & News
Get the latest news about what's going on at the Tropic, plus movie reviews from our in-house critics, Shirrel Rhoades and Ian Brockway. You’ll also find reviews from film festivals and advance screening movies. Want to make sure you never miss a thing? Follow the Tropic on Facebook for daily updates!
Front Row at the Movies: Thelma
At the age of 94, June Squibb got her first leading role. In “Thelma,” she stars as a grandmother undertaking a Mission: Impossible kind of adventure.
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Tropic Sprockets: Thelma
The now-93-year-old character actor June Squibb carries the film with spirit and verve, giving the silliness of action empathy and importance.
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Tropic Sprockets: Flipside
“Flipside,” a new documentary by Chris Wilcha is an engaging and wistful rumination about pop culture, nostalgia, the mania of collecting, and the passage of time.
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Front Row at the Movies: Tuesday
First-time director Daina O. Pusic has managed “to shake up the formula" of the grieving-parent story "and with the help of some magical realism, has told this story in a fresh, unique and interesting way.”
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Front Row at the Movies: Freedom on My Mind
Variety called "Freedom on My MInd" “a landmark documentary that chronicles the most tumultuous and significant years in the history of the civil rights movement. A must see.”
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Tropic Sprockets: The Dead Don’t Hurt
Director Viggo Mortensen has an absolute hit with his epic Western, “The Dead Don’t Hurt.” Set in the far West during the Civil War, the film is riveting, engaging and magnetic with beautifully rendered landscapes reminiscent of a classic by John Ford.
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Front Row at the Movies: Run Lola Run
Director Tom Tykwer remembers, “It was a nerdy, quirky movie that we only made because we loved making it. We were really innocent kids. Maybe that’s part of the beauty and the energy of the film and why it’s so delightful."
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Tropic Sprockets: Back to Black
When Abela takes the stage, one sees the sirenian sorcery that the singer no doubt contained. The music and sound are flawless, and we feel the smoky electricity and serpentine magic that Winehouse created.
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Front Row at the Movies: Back to Black
If you were one of the more than 16 million fans who bought Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” album, you will want to see this film that’s currently playing at the Tropic Cinema.
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Tropic Sprockets: Babes
Actor Pamela Adlon has a winner with her directorial debut in “Babes.” The film is madcap and warm hearted with great spirit, charge, and charm. It is freewheeling and genuinely funny without being mean.
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