Often been surprised by a movie after what a film critic said about it? Ever felt cheated out of big bucks on the recommendations of a punk 24-year-old? Or really loved the ones they panned? Well, you no longer need to feel out of step with the current movie review band. Different Drummer is for you. Read more about our take on the film world. And get ready to relive your favorite movies with the recipes that follow each review. You can find many other great recipes in Different Drummer’s own Appetite for Murder: a Mystery Lover’s Cookbook, too.
The Theory of Everything: Grand English Plum Pudding Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The Imitation Game: Bangers and Mash Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Walk the Line: Ring of Fire Biscuit Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man: Monastery Soup 🥁🥁🥁
/Montreal-born Leonard Cohen, who died November 7, 20016, at age 82, is Canada’s Bob Dylan, but he never went electric, sold out, or even yearned for fame. As his sage comments interspersed throughout reveal, Cohen the man is definitely more interesting than the film that pays him tribute, showing us that some aging icons actually achieve both wisdom and humility.
Read MoreTitle: The Equalizer 3: Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta 🥁 🥁 🥁
/Yes, the Italian scenery is terrific, and we love an older Denzel as the still lethal Equalizer, but the violence is over the top.
Read MoreThe Equalizer: Blueberry Smoothie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Rambo: Thai Pork Satay Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/The Impossible: Siam Sunray Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/This riveting look at the 2004 South Asian tsunami from the bird’s eye view of one family will have you glued to your seat. But this is not a cheap by-the-numbers disaster flick. The film’s strength comes from its focus on the human element rather than the details of the disaster.
Read MoreEight Below: Down Under Pub Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/The Proposal: Cedar Plank Salmon Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/About a Boy: Old Fashioned Onion Rings Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁1/2
/No one is better at playing superficial, selfish ogres than Hugh Grant. You might say he has lived that life, at least a bit. But that only sets us up for his “redemption,” and this one is probably the steepest climb of them all.
Read MoreThe Hundred-Foot Journey: Boeuf Bourguignon a la Hassan Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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The Dig: Seed Cake Drenched in Cognac Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/It’s about hidden ancient treasure, but don’t think Indiana Jones . Neither is this English period drama circa 1938 a Downton Abbey of landed gentry with glittering gowns, uniformed chauffeurs, and a kitchen staffed with a small army of cooks.
Read MoreCat on a Hot Tin Roof: Big Daddy’s Pork Chop Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/If you have never seen this steely and sensual classic starring Paul Newman and Liz Taylor, now is the time. Taylor is at her voluptuous best and Newman never better as her self-loathing husband who ignores all her entreaties for love.
Read MoreThor: Norwegian Eggnog Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Apocalypto: Mayan Grouper in Banana Leaves Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Tortilla Soup: Pastor Tom's Tortilla Soup Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Potato Peel Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/She’s smart, beautiful, successful, and a very handsome, wealthy American is head over heels in love with her. So why is Juliet (Downton Abbey’s Lily James) in a funk?
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