Safety Not Guaranteed: Sweet and Tangy Rhubarb Pie Recipe
/Don’t be fooled by the thin tissue of cynicism and vulgarity that wraps this 2012 movie package. Inside it’s an undiscovered gem.
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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, too.
*The Way, Way Back: Warm Crab Parmesan Dip Recipe
/Taunted by his wannabe step dad, ostracized by the mean girls at the beach, and almost invisible to his single mom, 14-year-old Duncan faces the summer vacation from hell. While this 2013 Sundance coming of age crowd pleaser veers into familiar territory, it is not formulaic. Rather, it is an epic adventure, even if the great seas are reduced to the small struggling Water Wizz Park in East Wareham, Mass.
Read MoreLone Survivor: Afghan Lamb Kebabs
/Step aside Iron Man and Batman. America's real heroes are here. Lone Survivor carries on the patriotic legacy. The film makes you realize what our troops do for our country and how government rules and our media can literally kill our soldiers.
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A Perfect Getaway: Blue Hawaii Cocktail Recipe
/Part of the fun of this film is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously, and neither should you. Enjoy the lush jungle, the pristine waters, and the mile high views. Just don’t dwell too much on those two psychotic killers on the loose. It just might ruin a perfect getaway.
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Captain America:The Winter Soldier - Conspiracy Cocktail Recipe
/Once in a blue moon Hollywood gets it. Instead of the feel-good pap it usually peddles, this action thriller takes the pulse of real America, their fears and forebodings. The characters go beyond cardboard comics, with some depth and introspection. And the action is awesome.
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The Peanut Gallery’s Captain America: Winter Soldier - Conspiracy Mocktail Recipe
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“The Winter Soldier has the scent of quiet danger. (Gram)
“Action-packed humor and suspense.”(Weston)
“Awesome.” (Emmett)
“Fight scenes are a combination of Parkour and gymnastics.” (Ava)
“His new friend Falcon is my favorite.” (Jack)
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Game Night: Domino Cookie Recipe
/The two leads keep us enthralled with the action, thrills, and their very zany nerd love. Bateman and McAdams have great chemistry and comedy chops, and they are at times, laugh-out-loud funny.
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Knowing: Clam Dip Recipe
/Eye-popping special effects, the cerebral mystery of science fiction, and the frenetic action of a thriller, all tied together with the philosophical musings of Nicolas Cage. You’re either going to despise it or be riveted to your seat for the entire two hours. Count me in the latter category.
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Siver Linings Playbook: Crabby Cakes
/An ode to dysfunction, almost a celebration of it, this film pulls us in even as we realize we are being artfully manipulated by all the old tricks. It is everything we love and loathe about American culture and Hollywood – coarse, crude, and comic, yet also brashly candid and even painfully introspective.
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Snow White and the Huntsman: English Apple Traybake
/Forget Disney's Snow White waving her handkerchief as Dopey, Grumpy and the rest of those assorted dwarfs scoot out the cottage door to strains of "Off to Work We Go." This summer reboot of the fairy tale classic is imbued with the same sense of dark urgency as Christian Bale's Batman Begins. And both reboots blow away their saccharine or campy predecessors.
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In Good Company: Baked Ziti-A La Italian
/Scarlett Johansson utters the film's critical death knell when her character says, “I’m cursed with an utterly functional family.” Not surprising that most critics could barely mete out two stars. I say it's unexpectedly fresh and definitely worth watching.
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Lady Bird: Sacramento Foil-Wrapped Chicken Recipe
/I would have liked it a lot better if it weren’t for the excessive praise. Lady Bird is a decent enough coming of age film in its own way. Its characters seem real but not particularly likeable, and their struggles typical, but certainly not inspiring.
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Enchanted: New York Street Food
/What if Alice didn’t stumble into Wonderland, but instead the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts exploded out of the rabbit hole into our world? Something along those lines happens when a Beautiful Princess, her Prince Charming, and a persistently annoying Evil Queen erupt from a manhole in modern Manhattan.
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Thor: Ragnarok: The Hulk Cocktail Recipe
/Goodbye, Marvel. It’s not you; it’s me. I can’t take it anymore. No more dumbed down mythology, tissue thin characters, or convoluted plots that serve mainly to to set up action set pieces.
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Thor: The Dark World: Scandinavian Almond Bars,
/His hammer is still hot, but the saga tastes a little like a warmed over Danish. What was fresh and surprising in the first film now seems pre packaged. Like the franchise is trying too hard to generate the next sequel.
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle: The Four Horseman Cocktail Recipe
/Defining decadence down. Not to mention insulting its audience with gratuitous profanity, crass vulgarity, and a plot as shallow as the so-called principles the Kingsmen purport to follow. Hang your heads in shame, you A list celebrities who leant your star power to this odious trash.
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Vantage Point: Spanish Stuffed Mushroom Recipe
/It’s really a pretty decent political thriller, with a textured plot, plenty of action, and one heck of a car chase. Within the explosive layers of orchestrated chaos, can you tell which is truth and which is illusion?
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War for Planet of the Apes: Planet of the Apes Cocktail Recipe
/It’s kind of like Bravehart. A noble rebel, avenging the death of his wife, leads his outnumbered band of warriors against a treacherous foe. Along the way, he will face betrayal and physical torture as well as the loyalty and love of his cohorts.
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The Perfect Host: Roast Duck
/Almost too clever by half, this Netflix streamer featuring Frasier's David Hyde Pierce strives for a David Mamet cross/double cross complexity. And it almost achieves it.
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There Will Be Blood: Bite Sized Walnut Cheesecake Recipe
/Though I can’t quite echo the hyperbolic praise lavished on this film, it is, nevertheless, a superb character study that is powerful, well crafted, and subtle. The amoral misanthrope at its center is complex, yet as elemental as the harsh landscape that cradles his beloved black gold.
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