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
Dog Gone: Zippy Chicken and Corn Chowder Recipe 🥁🥁🥁 1/2
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Ok, it’s a little sappy at the start, but slowly we discover this is much more than just a hunt for a missing dog. It’s really a coming of age tale about his owner.
Read MoreSherlock Holmes: Brandied Foie de Gras Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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James Bond goes Victorian. At least that’s what the trailers would have you believe, what with the cerebral detective’s swan dive into the Thames from the high recesses of Parliament, some bloody and brutal fistfights, an errant explosion or two, not to mention Irene Adler as his very own Bond -- or should we say bondage -- girl thrown in for good measure.
Read MoreNo Escape: Lemongrass, Lime & Thai Basil Mojito Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Don’t let the PC police keep you away from this fast-paced thriller. If you ever thought your first day on the job was bad, how about taking your whole family half way around the world to a country that has just erupted in a bloody coup?
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The Day of the Jackal: French Bloody Mary Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This classic 1973 thriller is not to be missed. Unlike the action-only thrillers we see nowadays, this fine film executes everything with the same precision and expertise of the Jackal himself.
Read MoreApocalypto: Mayan Grouper in Banana Leaves Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/The Maya were a great people. They built pyramids to rival those in Egypt. They created the notion of zero. And they were efficient and ruthless practitioners of human sacrifice. Mel Gibson explores this darker side of zero in his visually stunning epic.
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Eye of the Needle: Scottish Tattie Soup Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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This forgotten masterpiece has it all. A ruthless villain as charming as he is lethal. A dangerous mission that could alter the outcome of World War II. And romance, action and intrigue worthy of Hitchcock himself.
Read MoreThe Ice Road: Crispy Baked Potato Skins Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Liam Neeson delivers the goods in this thrilling testament to courage and expertise, the real kind rather than the faux variety we’ve experienced recently.
Read MoreLincoln: Mary Todd Lincoln Sugar Cookie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Steven Spielberg again reminds us that one purpose of great drama is to inspire as well as delight. His film does both.
Read MoreJuror # 2: Nachos Southern Style 🥁 🥁 🥁 1/2
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A modern 12 Angry Men, but with a twist. Don’t expect the same wonderful acting or script as that 1957 classic, but director Clint Eastwood even at 94, puts our flawed human nature under the microscope once again.
Read MoreAbout a Boy: Old Fashioned Onion Rings Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁1/2
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No one is better at playing superficial, selfish ogres than Hugh Grant. You might say he has lived that life, at least a bit. But that only sets us up for his “redemption,” and this one is probably the steepest climb of them all.
Read MoreBlood Work: Burrito Zucchini Boat Recipe🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Ok, Dirty Harry can’t run anymore. He has a bad ticker and lives in forced retirement on a houseboat, the only excitement in his life exchanging pleasantries and an occasional beer with his houseboat neighbor, Buddy.
Read MoreHereafter: Made-from-Scratch Pesto Sauce Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Matt Damon sees dead people, and he’s none too happy about it. And neither is Marie, the French television personality who has been one for an instant, nor Marcus, the English lad who has seen the grim reaper’s hand at close quarters.
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J. Edgar: Elegant Oyster Soup Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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If one is willing to accept a narrative that plays fast and loose with the facts, fleshing out rumored skeletons in the closet with careless abandon, then, in fact, one might call this film an artistic triumph. It certainly succeeds in portraying American icon J. Edgar Hoover as all too human; indeed, as an eccentric driven by a lust for power.
Read MoreChangeling: Hearty Bean Soup Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Director Clint Eastwood resurrects a winning formula that seems to have been forgotten in recent Hollywood. Miraculously free of gratuitous plot twists, ear-splitting explosions, cartoon inspired characters, or incipient nihilism, his film is about real people, real events, and real human emotions.
Read MoreCry Macho: Homemade Flour Tortilla Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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One of the few new films worth watching, Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho manages to distill his 60 year career into its essence. It is a vintage aged is oak – in this case Texas live oaks – dusty plains, wild horses, and at least one wild woman. And did I mention one pretty frisky fighting cock. A rooster named Macho.
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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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation: Sound of the Ring Cocktail from Vienna Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Just when America’s pundits and politicians urge us to give it all up and manage the decline, a half century old franchise reminds us of the risk-taking boldness that founded this country. That title, borrowed from the 60s television series, says it all. Bring it on. The worse the odds, the better we like them.
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The Terminal: Best Ever Cannelloni Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Is there any better everyman than Tom Hanks? He always makes us care about his characters. Even if they are “in charge” or “heroes” like Sully or Captain Phillips they are always human and vulnerable. But in this case Hanks is neither a pilot nor a ship captain; he just a stranded traveler waiting at an airport.
Read MoreRed Eye: Frito Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁
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Get your Tex Mex on while you watch a great plane flick. No big names, no glitzy promos, but this 2005 summer surprise delivers everything the high profile thrillers promised without the pouty stars and their tabloid lives.
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