Inglourious Basterds: Rote Grütze (Raspberry Dessert)

It’s an adrenalin-pumping roller coaster of a film - one filled with the same heights and depths as the carnival ride. Fine acting shines next to ham-fisted farce; suspense dissolves into brutal bloodbaths, and appalling violence is not rejected but repeated on a grander scale. Enjoy it at your own risk, but leave your moral compass at home.
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Eat Pray Love: Balsamic Black Cherry Gelato

Julia Roberts, that coltish beauty with the 100-mega watt smile, is the perfect actress to play the lead role in Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir about her yearlong spiritual quest. Ms. Roberts transforms what otherwise might be seen as self-indulgent into the stuff dreams are made of, just as she elevated prostitution to a higher plane in Pretty Woman.
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Salt: White Russian Cocktail

Did Columbia Pictures actually hire a cadre of extras to pose as Russian sleeper agents to hype the release of Angelina Jolie’s latest thriller? Those alleged spies were certainly whisked off to Moscow before we could blink an eye, weren’t they? It’s enough to make you wonder is they merely disappeared into central casting to pick up their checks and former identities.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: Pomegranate Cosmopolitan Cocktail

Take one part National Treasure, throw in a touch of Harry Potter, season with a dash of X-Men, and you have some family friendly fare with more than enough fun to while away its two hour running time. Grounded in Greek mythology, the fantasy is as light as puff pastry, with Poseidon providing the necessary spritzer to wash it down.
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Marie Antoinette: Chocolate Crème Brulee with Fresh Raspberries Recipe 🥁🥁1/2

Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette MTV style is a superficial spectacle that seems strangely seduced by the excesses it portrays. The giddy camera gives us plenty of eye candy – gorgeous gowns, sparkling champagne, and iced delicacies, but seems to forget what film making is all about -- the art of telling a story.
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In Search of a Midnight Kiss: Heirloom Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese Recipe

At once contemporary and classic, cynical and sentimental, trashy and tender, this indie film with some serious Austin roots wowed the audiences at its premiere at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, but be warned. This isn’t your father’s Oldsmobile, and you are in for a bumpy ride if that is what you expect.
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You Don’t Mess with the Zohan: Israeli Eggplant

Adam Sandler doesn’t just push the envelope; he sends it special delivery, and the result is an outrageous satire that serves up as much insight as belly laughs. In spite of its pandering vulgarity, or perhaps because of it, the film gets through to us in ways the preachy ones do not. The humor blasts through our defenses to ideas we might normally reject.
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