Contagion: Georgia Peach Cocktail Recipe
/This disaster film works so well because it avoids the usual pitfalls of that genre -- namely hysterical fear mongering, sentimental claptrap, and political gamesmanship.
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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, too.
Just Like Heaven: Broccoli with Cheesy Mushroom Sauce Recipe
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Just Like Heaven is a pastry puff of a film complete with a plucky heroine, lovingly flawed sidekicks, and that wonderful almost too late awakening when the sweetly obtuse hero finally realizes he is in the full throws of love. It’s enough to make you believe in fate, true love, and happy endings all over again.
Read MoreThe White Countess: White Russian Cocktail Recipe
/Think of everything that guarantees box office gold – squealing car chases, steamy passion, rampant explosions, tortuous plot twists, hormone addled teens or octogenarians, and a peppering of coarse humor thrown in for good measure. Well, you’ll get none of it with this final Merchant Ivory collaboration set in 1936 Shanghai, but the simple story will stay with you long after the latest blockbuster fades from memory.
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Beauty and the Beast: French Pot in the Fire Dinner Recipe
/Disney still knows how to do it. To make a movie for the whole family. One that dazzles and delights, makes you laugh and cry, and more than happy to hand over the cash to see it on the big screen.
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Blue Jasmine: Blue Lagoon Cocktail Recipe
/The neurotic New Yorker deconstructs Tennessee Williams. Woody Allen also dishes the dirt on Bernie Madoff – who apparently lost the director a few cool million – in this overrated homage to dysfunctional narcissists, Woody Allen himself being the chief among them.
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Everest: Katmandu Chicken Recipe
/Everest! The adventure of a lifetime. Journey through exotic Katmandu, dazzling in saffron and cinnamon hues. Enter a mountaintop Buddhist monastery for a ritual blessing and ceremonial scarf. Endure numbing cold, sudden avalanches, and almost vertical icy ascents to plant your flag at its 29,029 foot peak.
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Birdman: Birdman's Broadway Cocktail Recipe
/When are the grown ups returning to Hollywood? The collective cult of the Academy is currently fainting in the aisles over Birdman like adolescent girls at a rock concert. It’s like sending your first born to the university and having her traipsing home for semester break with some interesting but unkempt weirdo in tow.
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Manchester by the Sea: Best Ever Boston Baked Beans Recipe
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f you feel you have to see Oscar winning films to add a notch to your belt, make sure to watch this film that was touted to win the Best Picture as well as the Best Actor category. Otherwise, wait for the DVD.
Read MoreStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: Star Wars Sangria Recipe
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“George went deep and he didn’t drop the ball.” Chris Holoka “The redemption of the Saga” Shane Turgeon “More dialog, more emotion, and more connection” Anne Neumann
Read MoreStar Wars: The Last Jedi: The Jedi Mind Trick Cocktail Recipe
/I should have seen it coming in their reboot 2 years ago. The tell tale beginnings of the slippery slope to nihilism. Maybe that’s why, in spite of critical acclaim, the movie going public is not too pleased with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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Frozen: Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches and Easy as Pie Ice Cream Dessert
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The original Frozen won the 2013 Best Animated Feature at the coveted Critics’ Choice Awards, but the younger crowd was not so easily impressed. Introducing Emmett, 7, and his brother Gram, 10 , who are bucking the establishment right out of the gate.
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Cars: Route 66 Chili Recipe
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This razzle-dazzle racing epic is fine family fun, though it seems more geared to NASCAR dads than the tots they may take with them to the theatre. The little ones will love the racing scenes, and while the nostalgic tribute to the old Route 66 sandwiched in between them is a bit too long, it’s sure to please any grandparents in the audience.
Read MoreRed: Stir-Fried Beef with Peppers and Bamboo Shoots Recipe
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Not a bad way to while away an hour or two, but this is mostly froth with very little ale, and it’s very pale ale at best. This cast deserves a better script, yet they seem to be having fun with their two dimensional characters, laughing all the way to bank, I’d bet.
Read MoreSpider: Overnight Oatmeal Recipe
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If you missed its 2012 debut in theaters, be sure to watch this excellent portrait of one man's spiraling descent into madness.There are both tricks and treats in this superb exploration of the shadows of the human psyche with all its dark turns, blind alleys, and webs of deceit.
Read MoreThe Da Vinci Code: The Perfect Cup of Tea Recipe
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For all the controversy, The Da Vinci Code goes out not with a bang but with a whimper-- like a celluloid version of Dungeons and Dragons, so adolescent that even the stars can’t really take their roles seriously.
Read MoreHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: Mrs. Weasley’s Rock Cake Recipe
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This final showdown between Harry and Lord Voldemort – we can actually say his name now – will keep you on the edge of your seat with its nonstop action and unraveled secrets. But there is very little of the early magic that penetrates the gray darkness casting its pall on this ultimate battle between good and evil.
Read MoreHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1: Deathly Hallows Hot Chocolate Recipe
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The magic is over, for me at least. This is a film for the legion of Rowling fans who camp overnight for the privilege of buying her latest screed, who probably know more about her odd set of characters and curses than is actually good for them. Those anonymous ranks of pasty-faced devotes who devour her pages like innocuous Death Eaters rendered mute and immobile.
Read MoreBright Star: Orange and Walnut Crumpet Recipe
/In the dark sky of current movie releases hovers a single Bright Star that is incandescent. This tender love story of romantic poet John Keats and his ladylove is as delicate, ephemeral, and beautiful as the butterflies that flitter across the fields beyond his doorway.
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V for Vendetta: British Fried Bread and Egg Recipe
/We’ve all seen them. Those ragged bumper stickers whose ideas are as worn and outdated as the car’s paint job. Guess what! These guys have put together a movie, and its plot is as convoluted and clichéd as the slogans on their rusty vans.
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The Avengers: Age of Ultron: Sausage Egg Country Casserole Recipe
/The kids will love the action, glitz, and glamor, but Tony Stark and his crew seem to have left the grownups behind in this latest razzle-dazzle feature.
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