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.
No, I am not talking Blanche DuBois from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche is a chicken, and a very pretty one at that. And she has better romantic instincts than the New Orleans wench. But she would, then wouldn’t she? She is from West Texas.
Read MoreNo, this is not for discriminating viewers. It is a freak show, or as my very wise sister observed, a look at the “seedy” side of town filled with “degeneracy and a bunch of losers who take advantage of many people.” But just like rubberneckers on the freeway, drawn by the sirens and flashing lights, the gore and mayhem in the next lane, millions have flocked to this No 1 Netflix documentary.
Read MoreDifferent Drummer is surprisingly with the critics on this one. Better than the horrible Last Jedi fiasco, but not compelling in its own right. Too much time taken to try to clean up that sour taste of Luke renouncing the Jedi, Yoda helping him burn the sacred texts, and the fractured mess of Hans, Leia, and their devil spawn.
Read MoreAmazon’s Jack Ryan Season 2 has him fighting corruption in Venezuela instead of tracking down the wily terrorist Suleiman as he did in Season 1. The cerebral analyst becomes a man of action – and there’s plenty of it, but too bad they use the weak tea of semi functioning Venezuela instead of the hellhole that failed state has now become.
Read MoreOk, Hunt for Red October it is not. And you might want to forego episode 3 altogether if you have children under 16 in the house, (or maybe even if you do not, since that episode is so poorly done.) But as a made for streaming Amazon Prime feature, John Krasinki’s Jack Ryan is pretty decent.
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He’s been called the Jewish James Bond. Moe Berg, “the brainiest man in baseball,” was a whiz at languages, speaking somewhere around ten foreign tongues, and he used that ability to spy for the OSS, which later became the C.IA.
Read MoreCertainly a decent diversion on a sultry afternoon, but that’s about all. Maybe a summer strewn with carcasses of would be hits that flopped makes this Marvel Universe flick stand out. Or maybe it just rides the coattails of Avengers: Endgame and the legend of Tony Stark.
Read MoreThey do this one right, paring down the characters to an essential few and exploring their emotional depth. Avengers: Endgame takes risks and surprises us, mostly with its return to high quality acting and writing.
Read MoreAquaman is like a trip back to the 80s, when we cut up mythology into a crazy quilt of colorful distortions and created new epics out of old cloth.
Read MoreYou’ll enjoy the non-stop action, but nothing is particularly memorable. Like a taste of dour cotton candy, this feature quickly dissolves into nothing once the credits roll.
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What it lack is pizazz and polish, it makes up for in sweetness and sincerity. And that’s pretty good compared to the usual late summer comedies usually peppered with ridiculous plots and overreaching vulgarity.
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Appetite for Murder: A Mystery Lover’s Cookbook
Also available here
by Kathy Borich
A tantalizing slant on cooking and crime. Relive your favorite classic detective stories and then whip up the food that caught the culprit.
A petition calls out the Austin Police and City officials for what it terms “a miscarriage of Justice,” hinting that there is something “darker at play” here, and accuses officials of treating the victims’ families “callously and without empathy.”
Victim’s family pleads against plea bargain for this Austin Serial Killer.
“I survived the Rainey Street ripper': Drugged man who plummeted 25ft off bridge believes 'serial killer' stalking Austin tried to drown him.” Daily Mail
Twelve bodies have been found in Lady Bird Lake and Colorado River since 2022
Police insist there is no serial killer but the mounting bodies sees rumor persist
Jeff Jones survived falling off bridge near river, thinks he may have been pushed
Smiley Face Connection: February 2024 Update: Another Body Found
The Serpent’s Tooth: A Texas Mystery
Austin is now the trendy number one city, but back in the eighties it was more laid back – not so many skyscrapers and urban hipsters. Just outside of town, you'd be likely to run into old cowboys, ranch hands, and a diamondback or two. And just maybe – an accidental death not as accidental as it seems…
Complete with Texas Recipes for the Oktoberfest Dinner where all is revealed.
An Illustrated Introduction to Classical Horsemanship: Concepts and Skills from A to Z
by Gary Borich
A comprehensive resource in a succinct alphabetical format that brings the beginning rider through every aspect of learning to train and ride for show and trail.
