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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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.
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 MoreAva 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 MoreJoyeux 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 MoreRescue Dawn: Fresh Blueberry Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Despite its title, this film is less about being saved than saving yourself. It is a testament to the tenacity of hope and will set against a devouring jungle and numbing human deprivation.
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The Good Earth: Asian Peach Pork Tenderloin Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Released more than three-quarters of a century ago, this epic film still resonates. O-Lan (Luise Rainer), the Oscar-winning female lead, is fearless and resolute in ways today’s feminists only dare dream of. And her goodness shines forth like rays of sunshine warming her beloved earth.
Read MoreMao’s Last Dancer: Chinese Pork Dumpling Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Another undiscovered gem to watch at home on your big screen. And it’s free on Amazon Prime streaming. Not only will you enjoy this true story about a poor Chinese boy who becomes an international ballet dancer, but you will find a new respect for the art itself.
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Fury: German Omelet Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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It’s official. Hollywood has its Mojo back. (At least it did in this 2014 epic.) Thanks to Brad Pitt, it’s now okay to be a macho warrior, even outside the realm of the Marvel movie franchise.
Read MoreThe Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Lipton Onion Soup Dip Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Take a trip back to the 60s in this stylish reboot of the popular television series. It’s a soufflé of witty banter, sly humor, and high-end action that recalls the fun-loving panache of Bond films.
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Rosemary’s Baby: Chocolate Mousse Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Sometimes ranked as the No. 2 best horror film of all time, just behind Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby is a Halloween must see for many. But there is an evil undercurrent to the highly lauded film as well.
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 MoreGaslight: Luscious and Lethal English Dessert Recipes 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Gaslight: To manipulate someone psychologically such that they question their own sanity, particularly by leading them to doubt their own experiences or perceptions of reality.
Here is the 1944 classic that spawned the term.
Read MoreKnives Out: The Whodunnit Highball Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Agatha would approve. So don’t be turned off by the cheesy trailer. The arch overacting is actually purposeful, a tongue in cheek tribute to the grand Dame of whodunnits.
Read MoreThe Great Gatsby: West Egg Punch Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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The saxophone wails. A polished Rolls Royce sidles up to the sparkling pool to deliver a bevy of bobbed flappers. Shimmering dresses dazzle only to be outdone by the jeweled tiaras on these self-anointed queens of the Jazz Age.
Read MoreThe Last Kingdom: Ploughman’s Platter Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This great series has it all. Brutal battle sequences, excellent character development, nuanced themes reminiscent of both Greek and Shakespearean tragedy, and of course, some pretty great romance, albeit on the graphic side.
Read MoreBig Night: Timpano Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Two brothers pull out all the stops in a last ditch effort to save their floundering restaurant. The climax of Big Night is a fabulous meal, a feast for the eyes as well as the palate, and seasoned with the classic Italian spices – passion, artistry, loyalty, and betrayal.
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Beirut: Lebanese Radish Salad Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Beirut in 1982, once exotic and sophisticated, is now a chaotic rubble. But no more so than its prodigal son, fallen from diplomatic grace, who returns to rescue an old friend.
Read MoreSully: The Sully Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Director Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, two American treasures, are at the top of their game in this film about Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger's miraculous Hudson River Landing in 2009. And the retelling of the story is as unconventional as the landing itself.
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Delicious: French Potato Truffle Tart Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This must see 2022 film will restore your faith in modern cinema. Everything in it is a work of art, from the delicious food, the scenery that resembles fine paintings, the piquant satire, brilliant script, and the outstanding acting.
Read MoreThe Highwaymen: Hoover Stew Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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They finally get the story straight and the lawmen – not the thuggish criminals – are the real heroes.
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