Bernie: Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
/True crime TV: Slacker edition. Or East Texas’ Fargo, as director Richard Linklater dubbed it. Any way you put it, this dark comedy has a bumper crop of talent.
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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.
Gone Girl: Missouri Rattlesnake Cocktail Recipe
/It’s slick, sexy, and a little sick. Not to mention superficial. Hitchcock’s icy blond sexed up and deconstructed with no sign of a Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant to come to the rescue.
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The Lincoln Lawyer: The LA Cocktail Recipe
/Take one part Rooster Cogburn grit, add a dash of the Han Solo buccaneer, and shake with a smidgeon of James Bond savoir-faire. It adds up to a wonderful Matthew McConaughey martini. Most of it’s the hard liquor of bad boy charm with just a sly hint of Vermouth’s idealism.
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Foyle’s War: Apple Brown Betty Recipe
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Attention, anyone who loves mysteries, history, World War II settings, English villages, and consummate acting. I have the series for you. Or rather Amazon Prime's great streaming service Acorn TV does.
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Hanna: Schnitzel Hunter Style Recipe
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This 2011 film, the precursor for the current Amazon series, is a perfect fit for our current culture – superb eye candy. All style and very little substance. A thriller shot like an MTV sequence, with a blaring sound track by the Chemical Brothers that varnishes it with a cool mystique that promises more than it delivers.
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