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.
Giant: Barbacoa de Cabeza Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/North by Northwest: New York Sour Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Arguably Hitchcock’s popular and critical masterpiece, this film has it all. Cary Grant is magnificent as the wrongly accused man on the run, handling his dire straights with dry humor and nonchalance. The action set pieces are riveting and so superior to the CGI we typically get today. While the romantic banter has a verbal wit we seem to have forgotten on screen.
Read MoreCatch Me If You Can: Catch Me If You Can Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Remember when going to the movies was a welcome escape from times of turbulence and trouble instead of a nosedive into them? Well, Steven Spielberg did when he made this sunny film that is laugh out loud at times. It’s the perfect medicine, and Leonardo DiCaprio administers it with professional expertise.
Read MoreThe Name of the Rose: Monastery Wine and Garlic Soup 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Brother Cadfael, with a taste of Angels and Demons thrown in. Not to mention a bit of Voltaire with at passing nod to The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and a wink, –just a wink – at Scooby Doo.
Read MoreThe Lunchbox: Grape Raita Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/If you can’t make it to India, take this virtual trip, a culinary adventure and subtle love story set in Mumbai. But don’t expect squalid slums that sing with color. Instead it’s the comfortable gray lives of three lonely souls that need spicing up.
Read MoreThe Godfather Trilogy: Italian Gravy and Cannoli Recipes 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/With Hollywood still sputtering, now is the time to review some old favorites and see them in a new light. Such is the case with the Godfather Trilogy, one of the best films series ever made.
Read MoreGladiator: Blood and Sand Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The only 21st century sword and sandal film that deserves a place next to those other classics, Spartacus and Ben Hur. Winner of five Oscars, most notably Best Picture and Best Actor (a magnificent Russell Crowe) as well as 7 other nominations, this is a classic for all time and well worth watching again.
Read MoreSecondhand Lions: Cilantro and Lime Grilled Corn Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/Who could resist this trio? Michael Caine as a backwater Texan along with his big brother Robert Duvall, and “I See Dead People” Haley Joel Osment rounding out the crew. They aren’t exactly dead people when their great nephew arrives, but they are settling in for it without much resistance.
Read MoreRear Window: Lobster Alfredo Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly! You don’t get much more star power than that! Throw in a big menace with some vintage Raymond Burr before he became the knighted Perry Mason, as well as legendary Director Alfred Hitchcock, and it doesn’t get any better.
Read MoreMud: Arkansas Sin Appetizer Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Gloomy Sunday: Hungarian Beef Roll Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁 1/2
/Before the Fall: Baked Sauerkraut with Apples Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The Verdict: Grilled Lobster Tail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Sidney Lumet directing Paul Newman in his prime, James Mason superb playing the eloquent villain, with a taut and unpredictable script as only David Mamet can pen. About as perfect as it gets.
Read MoreThe Lady Vanishes: Absolutely Ultimate Potato Soup Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Charade: French Alpine Tartiflette Casserole Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁1/2
/“The best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made.” And no wonder. We have Hitchcock favorite Cary Grant with echoes of North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief. As well as ever elegant Audrey Hepburn exquisitely beautiful and rivaling the tailored loveliness of Grace Kelly in Rear Window.
Read MoreThe Accountant: Indonesian Fried Noodle Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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The Long, Hot Summer: William Faulkner’s Mint Julep Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
/Yes, he’s a con man at best, and a ruthless opportunist who doesn’t seem to care whom he hurts along the way, but his slick charm draws us in even if the prim Clara seems immune to it.
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