Split: Philly Cheese Steak Soup Recipe
/Okay, it’s not another Sixth Sense, but M. Night Shyamalan’s latest venture is pretty decent. Certainly much better than the trailer, which doesn’t do it justice.
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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.
Coraline: Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe
/Ghoulish charm and creepy playfulness permeate this sparkling animation about a lonely girl who learns the real meaning of “too good to be true.” It also measures out a healthy dose of domestic common sense, though it is neither preachy nor direct, as well as a good bit of dark-humored irony more tuned to the adults than the young people in the audience.
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The 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 MoreThe Adventures of Tintin: Tfah, a Moroccan Apple Dessert Recipe
/You owe it to yourself and your kids (or grandkids) to see this intriguing fusion of Indiana Jones and Treasure Island, with just a tad bit of Martin Scorsese’s delightful Hugo thrown in for good measure. Or you might compare it to more sophisticated Scooby Doo, with both Shaggy and his dog laying off the weed and elevating their IQ’s by about 30 points or so.
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 MoreHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Cold Butterbeer Recipe
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The sixth in the Harry Potter series (2009) is a smorgasbord of delights – the majestic gloom of Hogwarts medieval corridors, Harry and his cohorts in the midst of adolescent angst, the dark minions of Voldemort nibbling at the edge of their world - but sometimes all these tastes only tease us.
Read MoreSin City: Carnivorian Steak Recipe
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How sick does it get? Did you ever hide one of your Easter eggs so well that you didn't find it for about six months, when the rancid odor of what you believed to be dead vermin gave away its hiding place? That's the kind of "hard-boiled" you will find in Sin City.
Read MoreHanna: Schnitzel Hunter Style Recipe
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This 2011 film, the precursor for the current Amazon series, is a perfect fit for our current culture – superb eye candy. All style and very little substance. A thriller shot like an MTV sequence, with a blaring sound track by the Chemical Brothers that varnishes it with a cool mystique that promises more than it delivers.
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 Spy Behind Home Plate: Tokyo Iced Tea Recipe
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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 MoreSpider-Man: Far from Home : Venetian Iced Raspberry Cream Recipe
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Certainly 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 MoreAvengers: Endgame: Black Widow Cocktail Recipeb🥁🥁🥁🥁1/2
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They 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 MoreAvengers: Infinity War: The Thanos Cocktail Recipe
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Painting by the numbers. That ’s what it has come down to for the motley Avengers crew
Read MoreThe 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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The Avengers: Let’s Do Shawarma Recipe
/The mega-opening of Marvel’s The Avengers blasts down on us like an early heat wave, ushering in summer hyper thrills even if the calendar disagrees. And what a package of men in tights, spangles, “their mother’s drapes” and retro Black Sabbath t-shirts they are, even if more than half of their energies and egos are directed at their own dysfunctional family of superheroes instead of the emerald robed Loki intent on taking over the world.
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Captain America: Civil War: Chicken Paprikash Recipe
/Step back, Iron Man. There’s a new man in town. Well, actually a very old one, but he’s the best looking 96-year-old we’ve ever seen.
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The Debt: German Ham – Lentil Soup Recipe
/It’s billed as a political thriller, but don’t expect the adrenaline-fueled ride of the Jason Bourne franchise with its nonstop action, quick escapes, and plot twists. This is more like the real thing – squalid rooms, and an enveloping claustrophobia that compromises the mission and consciences of a young trio of Mossad agents.
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Homemade Indian Naan Bread Recipe
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It’s hard to turn down this second helping of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It overflows with talent, good will, and an effervescent joy of life like a glass of champagne filled to the brim.
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