Diner: Fries and Gravy 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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American Graffiti Baltimore style. But this one is more authentic, and yes, quite a bit more vulgar, too. So yes, we have a taste, just a bit, of Animal House, too.
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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.
It Happened One Night : Carrot Cake Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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The Granddaddy of all rom-coms is still a delight, even if it is 90 years old! And it was the first film to sweep the Oscars, bringing home Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture, and Best Writing [Only others are One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), and Silence of the Lambs 1991)]
Read MoreThe Boys in the Boat: Potato Bacon Soup 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Who cares if you’ve never rowed in your life. It’s the middle of the Great Depression and you’re living in a rusted-out jalopy eating a can of beans. Making the Washington State rowing team may be the only way to get a roof over your head and a steady paycheck.
Read MoreThe Courier: Russian Caviar Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This Cold War spy thriller is based on a real life British courier, so it is grounded in authenticity, and it’s highlighted by a masterful performance by Benedict Cumberbatch, maybe his best performance yet.
Read MoreThe Naked Jungle: South American Hot Chocolate 🥁🥁 🥁 1/2
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Which is worse? Charlton Heston as the arrogant and moody South American plantation owner, or the marabunda, the plague of army ants moving relentlessly toward him, devouring everything in their path.
Read MoreLes Miserables: French Pot au Feu Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/This film has the lyrical beauty of an opera, but with a cleaner, more compelling narrative and characters of unusual complexity. And not a strutting baritone or corseted prima donna in sight!
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Monsieur Spade : Croque Monsieur (French Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwich) 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Sam Sade living out his golden years in the South of France. Who would have thunk it? And it’s surprisingly, good, too.
Read MoreIt’s a wonderful Life : Bermuda Crescent Cookie Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁🥁
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This Christmas classic was the all-time favorite of its director, Frank Capra, and he screened it for his family every Christmas. It was also one of Jimmy Stewart’s favorites, too.
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Joyeux Noel: Alsatian Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Leave your comfortable digs to huddle in the mud-caked trenches of World War I. It is December 1914, just four months into this bloody fight, and the entrenched Scotch, French, and German soldiers share bullets, blood, and cold, but on this Christmas Eve, they will find something else to share as well.
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Happyness: Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Forget all those clichéd Christmas movies that are dragged out this time of year like last year’s tinsel, and see one that captures the essence of the season without even trying. You won’t find another that better depicts the resilience of the human spirit or its strength and determination amid the buffeting winds of fate.
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Green Book: Linguini with White Clam Sauce Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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A tremendous script, spot on performances by the two leads, a wonderful sense of humor, and perhaps most important, humanity and hope replacing the edgy nihilism that so dominates current films.
Read MoreSan Antonio and the Perfect Margarita Recipe🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The Christmas holidays are never complete without a trip to San Antonio and the historic Riverwalk, Texas’ own version of Venice, Italy.
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Ava Bakes Biscotti with Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁 🥁
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My pretty and perky granddaughter Ava helped me bake these for her 5th birthday way back in June of 2012.. We had a great time. This recipe is well suited for young ones because so much of it is like working with play dough. It’s nice and messy, too.
Read MoreJennifer Eight: Persimmon Cheesecake Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Feast on a filet mignon mystery that will pique your intellect and send a shiver up your spine. While the underpinnings of the film are ghastly in themselves – a serial killer has just finished off his eighth victim – the horror does not slap you in the face. Instead it nibbles around the edges of the screen like a malevolent shadow with a hunger that will not die.
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Three Days of the Condor: The Condor Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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This 1975 thriller has aged well. The classic paranoia and suspicion of government agencies seem particularly appropriate today. And while it still keeps you riveted to your seat, this thriller actually takes time for character development and great dialogue, unlike the frenetic features Hollywood currently puts out.
Read MoreMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Easy Mint Julep Recipe and More 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Immerse yourself in this lush film, where murderers and scoundrels are as charming as the entire city of Savannah, Georgia. Where even homicide has its comic touches, and “justice” emerges from a mystic cemetery and voodoo rituals as well as the court of law.
Read MoreEastern Promises: Classic Russian Borscht Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/This taut thriller works very hard to earn its R rating, but luckily not at the expense of character or plot. Enter the Russian mafia, London branch, where your life’s history is written in full body tattoos, a dead girl’s diary reveals dangerous secrets, and a newborn baby holds the key to a sordid inner circle.
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While You Were Sleeping: Homemade Eggnog Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Sandra Bullock glows as the lovelorn CTA ticket taker hopelessly in love with a regular commuter, but the whole cast is tremendous as well. She is the shimmering star atop the Christmas tree, but the others are the lights and ornaments that make this film sparkle.
Read MoreMoonstruck: Italian Sausage and Egg Breakfast Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Flawless, even as it shows all our human flaws right up there on the big screen. It’s enough to make you believe in true love and second chances all over again. And the Italian humor and philosophy are the icing on the cake.
Read MoreDarkest Hour: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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“Four weeks that changed the course of history.” It doesn’t get much bigger than that. If you missed this tremendous film when it was in the theaters, watch it now!
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