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 Drummerβs own Appetite for Murder: a Mystery Loverβs Cookbook, too.
Quigley Down Under: Aussie Meat Pie Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
/Chicago: Italian Beef and Eggplant Parmesan Recipes π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/Every city has at least one food that canβt be duplicated anywhere else. In Chicago, itβs the Italian beef sandwich. Iβve never run across it anywhere else. Of course, no trip back home is complete without one.
Read MoreThe Highwaymen: Hoover Stew Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/They finally get the story straight and the lawmen β not the thuggish criminals β are the real heroes.
Read MoreInterstellar: Creamed Corn with Onion, Chives, and Bacon Recipe π₯π₯π₯1/2
/If too much recent science fiction seems cold, remote, and austere, you should see this 2014 Matthew McConaughey film that remembers that even as we soar boundlessly to new worlds, our real ties to earth and those we love are never severed.
Read MoreI Can Only Imagine: Bacon and Potato Frittata Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
/The Woman in Gold: Vienna Schnitzel Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
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The Promise: Tinaβs Armenian Kiss Martini Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
/Texas Antique βWeekendβ: Bud's Buttermilk Pie Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/The little town of Round Top, Texas, halfway between Houston and Austin, hosts a Country Antiques Show. Its roadside grasslands are piled high in French enamel, stained glass, old time buggies, grandfather clocks, wooden grain buckets and benches, or Chinese wedding baskets painted a festive red, to name but a few of the treasures for sale.
Read MoreThe Fighter: Cheddar and Bacon Potato Skin Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯1/2
/300: Greek Moussaka Recipe π₯π₯π₯1/2
/Beirut: Lebanese Radish Salad Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
/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 MoreLes Miserables: French Pot au Feu Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/The Immigrant: Reuben Casserole Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Scotch Chocolate Mousse Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
/This isnβt just a slap in the face to the glamorized intrigue of the spy world; itβs a punch in the gut, a leveling one that bends you over and leaves you groaning. An unflinching portrait of moral compromise that slowly eats away at a manβs soul, whether he is on the right side or not.
Read MoreThe Untouchables: The Southside Cocktail Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/This 1987 film is even better than I remembered. Action, adventure, and a superb cast of characters who gain courage from each other as they fight against entrenched corruption both inside and outside the law.
Read MoreDarkest Hour: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/βFour weeks that changed the course of history.β It doesnβt get much bigger than that. If you missed this tremendous film when it was in the theaters, watch it now!
Read MoreThe King's Speech: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Recipeπ₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
/This 2011 Oscar winner is an examination of a British class system that clamps its iron jaws on kings as well as commoners, grinding both beneath its stiff upper lip. Itβs not so much a wonder that the king stammers, but that everyone else does not.
Read MoreFury: German Omelet Recipe π₯π₯π₯π₯
/Itβs official. Hollywood has its Mojo back. (At least it did in this 2014 epic.) Thanks to Brad Pitt, itβs now okay to be a macho warrior, even outside the realm of the Marvel movie franchise.
Read MoreTURΠ: Washington's Spies: Cheshire Pork Pie Recipe π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯
/Truth and Illusion. You wonβt always know the difference as the American Revolution comes roaring to life on screen in blood red, patriot blue, and cowardly white. Lust and loyalty, betrayal and bravery, deception and death β they are all there in a kaleidoscope of images that bleed into each other.
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