Far from the Madding Crowd: English Lemon Curd Tart Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Finally, a love story for grownups. It’s Downton Abbey without all the pomp and circumstance and a heroine who is not afraid to get her hands dirty.
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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.
The Vow: Blue Mojito Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/I’m beginning to identify with the great unwashed, those nameless moviegoers who ignore the critics and just follow their fancy. They may be on to something. They certainly saw a spark in The Vow that the sneering critics missed.
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The Good Shepherd: Cuban Roast Pig Recipe 🥁🥁🥁
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The gray everyday grind of the CIA’s early years are as far away from the sexy glamour of James Bond as fact from fiction. Not everyone is going to enjoy this glimpse at a shadowy world of suspicion that slowly erodes the soul.
Read MoreThe Theory of Everything: Grand English Plum Pudding Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/This exquisite film is as brilliant as the mind of Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned theoretical physicist and heir to Einstein. And it does something that far too few films currently do. It inspires us.
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The Imitation Game: Bangers and Mash Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Meet Alan Turing, the eccentric genius who cracked the infamous Nazi Enigma code and probably shortened World War II by 2 to 4 years. Benedict Cumberbatch embodies all the arrogant awkwardness of the socially backward mathematician with his own acting genius as well.
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Walk the Line: Ring of Fire Biscuit Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon light up the screen in this epic tale of one of America’s most authentic music legends. Experience the onstage joy and electricity of Cash’s music, and then lift the curtain for a dark glimpse into the pain and anger that fueled it.
Read MoreThe Equalizer: Blueberry Smoothie Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/With the world slowly spiraling out of control, no wonder we flock to the cinema for a man of action. However, at first glimpse, Denzel Washington is anything but, a quiet loner who tidies the shelves at the local Home Depot clone, smiling at the friendly taunts of his young co-workers.
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The Impossible: Siam Sunray Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This riveting look at the 2004 South Asian tsunami from the bird’s eye view of one family will have you glued to your seat. But this is not a cheap by-the-numbers disaster flick. The film’s strength comes from its focus on the human element rather than the details of the disaster.
Read MoreCat on a Hot Tin Roof: Big Daddy’s Pork Chop Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
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If you have never seen this steely and sensual classic starring Paul Newman and Liz Taylor, now is the time. Taylor is at her voluptuous best and Newman never better as her self-loathing husband who ignores all her entreaties for love.
Read MoreThor: Norwegian Eggnog Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Unleash your inner Viking and embrace Thor, the Norse god overflowing with macho charm and bulging pectorals. It’s enough to make you wonder why you even bothered to look at all those skinny metrosexuals taking over the airwaves as well as considerable portions of New York City.
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The Zookeeper’s Wife: Kielbasa and Cabbage Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Life of Pi meets Schindler’s List. When war devastates their Warsaw Zoo, one courageous woman and her husband come up with another plan. They will shelter other creatures, the Jews detained in the infamous Warsaw Ghetto.
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Argo: Quagmyre Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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The modern thriller has perfected nonstop action. Today the extended chase is a literal art form. What has been sorely neglected, though, is the essential element of suspense. Argo has that in spades.
Read MoreThe Martian: Roasted Rosemary Red Potato Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Remember when you used to sneak away to the cinema to escape the endless gloom and doom that bled from the headlines? Well, now you can again by streaming it in the comfort of your own home – far, far away to the red planet Mars, where a left for dead astronaut must use all his wits to survive until help arrives. It is only 140 million miles away.
Read MoreJulie and Julia: Boeuf Bourguignon Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Yum! As light as a buttery croissant, as effervescent as dry champagne, and as warm and earthy as its centerpiece Beef Burgundy, this delicious film is a must see. Meryl Streep is divine as the cooking icon, Julia Child, wielding the trademark voice and physical idiosyncrasies as fearlessly as Julia ever did her stainless steel kitchen knife.
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United 93: Buttered Mushroom Omelet Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
/Paul Greengrass strikes just the right note in United 93 by refusing to pander to either emotions or politics. The audience feels anew the loss of innocence -- fresh, shocking, and only amplified by our ironic knowledge of its ultimate tragic end on that fateful day in September.
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story: Banana Cream Pie with Caramel Drizzles 🥁🥁🥁1/2
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Sometimes it takes a four-legged creature to remind us what it means to be human, to pursue our dreams and to reconnect to those who never stopped loving us. You’ll find something for all ages in this timeless tale of a crippled racehorse and how she heals a family that is, in a sense, as broken down as she is.
Read MoreBig Night: Timpano Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Two brothers pull out all the stops in a last ditch effort to save their floundering restaurant. The climax of Big Night is a fabulous meal, a feast for the eyes as well as the palate, and seasoned with the classic Italian spices – passion, artistry, loyalty, and betrayal.
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The Guardian: New England Clam Chowder Recipe 🥁🥁🥁1/2
/Above you the chopper blades whip through an icy wind. Below looms an angry sea that tosses a flailing fishing boat and its desperate crew in the churning currents. Would you have the courage to jump into these dark and frigid waters to save them?
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Only the Brave: Arizona Mule Cocktail Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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Fitting for the Fourth of July week … “Land of the free and home of the brave!” These firefighters –not our actors, singers, or overpaid professional athletes – are the true American heroes.
Read MoreOblivion: Campfire Trout with Herbs and Bacon Recipe 🥁🥁🥁🥁
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This film gets the sci fi recipe just right. Hollywood rediscovers the art of storytelling once again – equal parts adventure, intrigue, and romance simmer slowly under a surface gloss of glass and steel.
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