The Man Who Would Be King: Alexander the Great’s Skewered Lamb Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Knowing that it would probably never get by the PC police today, we enjoy this film even more today; it has the delightful lure of forbidden fruit.
Read MoreOften 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.
Life of Pi: Bengali Fish Curry Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/A boy and beast who share a single lifeboat form an uneasy alliance to survive 227 days lost at sea. In this visual feast the sea itself becomes our world, filled with beauty and terror as it t dances with life and courts death in seamless waves that wash across the screen.
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The Way Back: Polish Pierogi Casserole Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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If you can survive the freezing wind, the Russian criminal gangs running the barracks are ready to stab you for your threadbare sweater, and then there’re the mines, great sulfurous pits where every breath is a taste of fire. Those Cyrillic letters on the archway above the Siberian prison camp might as well say, “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
Read MoreHostiles: Cheyenne Batter Bread Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/With rare insight into the darker regions of the human soul, this film sets itself apart. And even more rare still, it does not take sides.
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Everest: Katmandu Chicken Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Everest! The adventure of a lifetime. Journey through exotic Katmandu, dazzling in saffron and cinnamon hues. Enter a mountaintop Buddhist monastery for a ritual blessing and ceremonial scarf. Endure numbing cold, sudden avalanches, and almost vertical icy ascents to plant your flag at its 29,029 foot peak.
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The Namesake: Lamb Curry Calcutta Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The camera sweeps from Calcutta to Cambridge, resonating with Indian warmth and shy humor, but jolts of fate, and the determined quest for identity, independence and love are universal.
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The French Connection: French Pizza Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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It’s still as lean and mean as those dark and dirty streets of New York City 50 some years ago. This landmark 1971 “cop and caper classic” was a commercial and critical success, earning a slew of Oscars -- Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor to name a few.
Read MoreBehind Enemy Lines: Bosnian Banana Crepe Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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It’s a great thriller, complete with Top Gun flying, Jason Bourne paranoia, narrow escapes, unexpected allies, and ironic humor as only Owen Wilson can provide. With Gene Hackman’s added gravitas as a counterpoint.
Read MoreEvil Under the Sun: Chicken Curry: Cari Poule Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/This 1981 Hercule Poirot classic takes us back to the fabulous forties where we escape to a king’s mansion nestled in rocky crags overlooking a sapphire bay. Sip your favorite cocktail and bask in the warmth, but don’t forget that there is Evil Under the Sun.
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Downton Abbey: A New Era: French Villa Dessert (Creme Fraiche aux Fruits) 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Maggie Smith still owns it, even if we are now into a kinder, gentler Downton Abbey. Her zingers are still there, but milder now that old feuds have been quelled, and alliances have replaced vicious rivalries.
Read MoreThe Skeleton Key: Okra Gumbo Recipe 🥁🥁1/2
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Enjoy this classic "B" horror flick, but brace yourself for Hollywood skewering all things Southern as you lap up the chicken blood and bottled body parts. What’s not to like?
Read MorePatriot Games: English Trifle with Fresh Raspberries and Sherry Drizzle Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Tom Clancy. Harrison Ford in his heyday. What’s not to like? Take a trip back a few decades to a world a little more sane. A narrative not preachy, not edgy, and completely devoid of the nihilism that seems to have taken up permanent residence in today’s Hollywood.
Read MoreMegan Leavey: Kabob Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 1/2
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Two self-destructive creatures heal each other. One human, one canine.
Read MoreThe Drop: Polish Potato Pancake Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This is a low-key crime drama, so don’t expect shootouts, car chases, or steamy scenes of passion. Certainly not a blazing fire, not even a slow burn, just grey, barely warm ashes we are compelled to sift through. Ashes that remain long after the flame has died away.
Read MoreMarley and Me: Pennsylvania Apple Crisp Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Marley is the “world’s worst dog." We’ve all known a few. That’s why this story of unconditional love is the reverse of what we generally say about dogs. Here it is the humans who put the “un” in unconditional.
Read MoreJesse Stone: Lobster Chowder Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Tom Selleck’s Jesse Stone is the police chief, just as his Blue Bloods counterpart Frank Reagan is. He has Reagan’s sense of justice, integrity, and doggedness, but he has never slain his real demons, which are on the inside.
Read MoreEight Below: Down Under Pub Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Set against the pristine wilderness of Antarctica, this tale of love, loyalty, and survival is a must for dog lovers. Watch it and weep for the preciousness of life, canine and human. With no political baggage to weigh it down, it is about life stripped to its core and the risks we are compelled to take for those we love. You are missed, Paul Walker.
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Iron Will: Fruitcake Hater's Fruitcake Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Follow young Will Stoneman on the ride of his life as he battles treacherous ice, scheming rivals, and complete exhaustion on this 522-mile dog sled race from Winnipeg to St. Paul.
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Dog Gone: Zippy Chicken and Corn Chowder Recipe 🥁🥁🥁 1/2
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Ok, it’s a little sappy at the start, but slowly we discover this is much more than just a hunt for a missing dog. It’s really a coming of age tale about his owner.
Read MoreSherlock Holmes: Brandied Foie de Gras Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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James Bond goes Victorian. At least that’s what the trailers would have you believe, what with the cerebral detective’s swan dive into the Thames from the high recesses of Parliament, some bloody and brutal fistfights, an errant explosion or two, not to mention Irene Adler as his very own Bond -- or should we say bondage -- girl thrown in for good measure.
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