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.
Far from the Madding Crowd: English Lemon Curd Tart Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Finally, a love story for grownups. It’s Downton Abbey without all the pomp and circumstance and a heroine who is not afraid to get her hands dirty.
Read MoreThe Vow: Blue Mojito Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Moonstruck: Italian Sausage and Egg Breakfast Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/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 MoreCasanova: Lover's Knots Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Deja Vu: New Orleans Jambalaya Recipe 🥁🥁🥁
/All Creatures Great and Small: Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Tea Sandwich Recipe (with New Update on Season Four)🥁🥁🥁🥁
/You can’t help but fall in love with this 2020 British adaptation of James Herriot’s first unsteady steps as a young veterinarian in the Yorkshire Dales (hills for us Yanks). It’s Midsomer without the murders, and an enchanting assortment of loveable and eccentric characters, humans and animals alike.
Read MoreNotting Hill: Hugh Grant’s Apricot Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Romantic comedies, or films in general, don’t get much better than this! Thoroughly delightful, this 22-year-old British film gets better with each viewing. Part of that is the charm of Hugh Grant at ihis zenith here, the loveliness of a radiant Julia Roberts, and a script that is witty and insightful.
Top Gun: Maverick: Great Balls of Fire Cocktail Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 1/2
/Well worth the wait! The 36 years since the first ground-breaking film as well as the almost 3-year wait for it to hit the screens. Very lean and clean, filled with fabulous flying and just the right touches of nostalgia and humor.
Read MoreEast Side Sushi: Green Diablo Roll Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/A must see for foodies. Except that this modern day Cinderella is not trying to win the prince; she is trying to win the prize.
Read MoreThe Peanut Butter Falcon: Very Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/It doesn’t get any better than this! Two “bandits” on the run battling officious bureaucrats, murderous thugs, an armed blind man, and a past that haunts each of them. An excellent ensemble cast keeps it heartfelt without being hackneyed, as they remind us how much we have to fight to keep dreams alive.
Read MoreLadies in Lavender: Stargazy Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/The Night Manager: Majorcan Lobster Salad 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/John le Carré makes a cameo in this film based on his first post-Cold War 1993 novel. But unlike Hitchcock, he is neither quiet nor demur. In fact, he just about steals the scene and invents some lines impromptu.
Read MoreThe Courier: Russian Caviar Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/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 Outfit: The Savile Row Martini Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/A thriller with as many twists and turns as the Bobs, that famous wooden roller coaster from Riverview Park in my native Chicago. And that fits, too, since the dark deeds occur in a dank corner of that Windy City. Our most important character, though, hails from London.
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