The Sandlot: Sandlot S’Mores Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Laugh out loud with this minor classic that stirs up a cocktail of Goonies, Stand by Me, Breaking Away, and The Christmas Story, with a little Cujo as our cherry on the top.
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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.
Super 8: Sunday’s Apple Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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There’s something rotten in this small Ohio town in 1979. It’s scaring off the local dogs and sucking up car engines, power lines, and a small assortment of human beings. Sure, the military personnel that swoop down to clean up after a spectacular train crash are tight-lipped, but everything about them screams X Files.
Read MoreAll the Light We Cannot See: Peach Dump Cake Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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In the bleak shadows of streaming, this 2023 film was a lamp onto our feet. One of the few new offerings that is uniformly excellent.
Read MoreThe Woman in Gold: Vienna Schnitzel Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Don’t listen to the critics on this one, the ones who try to dismiss Woman in Gold as a somewhat boring lesson in art history. Perhaps the story of an elderly Jewish woman trying to retrieve a famous painting stolen by the Nazis isn’t edgy enough for them. Or maybe they just resent having to take time away from watching YouTube cat videos.
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The Young Victoria: Cherries Jubilee Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The swish of taffeta, light shimmering through cut crystal, courtly beaus, and stately horse drawn carriages – a cage, no matter how gilded, is still a cage. Young Victoria struggles for her breath of freedom and love with the will and passion that later make her a legendary queen.
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Cabrini: Italian Jam Tart (Crostata) Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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A beautiful tale of an extraordinary woman, enhanced with astounding recreations of Italy and New York near the turn of the century. But why did they dismiss the most important focus of American’s first female saint?
Read MoreLost in Space: Oreo Icebox Cake 🥁 🥁 🥁 1/2
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Sure, it’s cheesy, a cinematic stew of Han Solo, Indiana Jones, look alike monsters from Jurassic World, bits of Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot, sprinkles of Doogie Howser, M.D., and even MacGyver. But it also affirms Faith, Family, Forgiveness and Redemption without ever explicitly mentioning religion per se. This is Netflix, after all.
Read MoreThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Turkish Delight Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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For Alice it was the rabbit hole, and Dorothy, the tornado. Now it’s time to follow young Lucy Pevensie through another portal, from the dark recesses of an ancient wardrobe.
Read MoreMr. Jones: Russian Sour Cream Cake Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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One was a real journalist, the other a depraved opportunist who covered up a famine. Guess which won the Pulitzer Prize?
Read MoreFoyle’s War: Apple Brown Betty Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Tired of the mediocre fare on current streaming? I have the series for you. Attention, anyone who loves mysteries, history, World War II settings, English villages, and consummate acting.
Read MoreTexas Antique “Weekend”: Bud's Buttermilk Pie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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It's that time again. Head for Texas or just take a vicarious trip to the little town of Round Top, for a Country Antiques Show that will knock your socks off.
Read MoreThirteen Lives: No Bake Thai Cheesecake Recipe 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁
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You are there right with them. The two cave divers that are the focus, but also Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers attempting a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach trapped in a cave in Thailand.
Read MorePatriot Games: English Trifle with Fresh Raspberries and Sherry Drizzle Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Tom Clancy. Harrison Ford in his heyday. What’s not to like? Take a trip back a few decades to a world a little more sane. A narrative not preachy, not edgy, and completely devoid of the nihilism that seems to have taken up permanent residence in today’s Hollywood.
Read MoreMarley and Me: Pennsylvania Apple Crisp Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Marley is the “world’s worst dog." We’ve all known a few. That’s why this story of unconditional love is the reverse of what we generally say about dogs. Here it is the humans who put the “un” in unconditional.
Read MoreIron 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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Lincoln: 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 MoreVienna Blood: Freud’s Favorite Dessert Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Season 4 does not disappoint. It is even more complex and far reaching than the previous series. Instead of self-contained episodes, we have a continuous string of events that test the characters as never before.
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Vertigo: Bittersweet Chocolate Madeleine Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Kim Novak turns down the heat to become Hitchcock’s icy blonde, but she’s hot enough to melt Mr. Nice Guy, Jimmy Stewart, the ex-cop charged with watching over her. Rediscover why Hitchcock is the one everyone imitates as you are sucked into this vortex of lust, obsession, and longing in what some consider his finest film ever.
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Midsomer Murders: English Trifle with Fresh Raspberries and Sherry Drizzle Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/The long enduring British Television mystery series, Midsomer Murders, is like the comfort of an old friend, the kind you welcome to your home without any compunctions about dust or dirty dishes. It is a soothing cup of tea on a cold December day, that comfy old sweater you can never discard even after it is no longer in fashion.
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