Appetite for Murder:
A Mystery Lover's Cookbook
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.
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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.
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.
Most racing films are as dull and predictable as the round and round again laps that seems to last forever. Not true with Ron Howard's new film about two real life Formula 1 drivers in the 1970s. His film sparkles with wit, wisdom, and wry humor, and it explodes off the screen with the same supercharged power as the cars and the men behind the wheels.
Think of those sweet-faced kids who don rubber masks, wax vampire teeth, and the occasional white sheet as they pretend to scare you out of the packaged sweets you hand out to them every Halloween. That’s about as charming as the assorted ghosts, zombies, and witches that “people” Paranorman’s world are.
This breath-taking spectacle works best as superlative eye candy, a high tech version of a Saturday cartoon, complete with cardboard villains, flawless heroes, and a storyline built on “standard-issue counterculture clichés.” But this bigger than life Sci Fi Fantasy is such a delightful lark, such a soaring adventure, you might not even notice it’s really just another end of the world flick wrapped in a prettier package than its doomsday companions.
This biography of Ip Man, Bruce Lee’s legendary teacher, is literally a grand mess. Wing Chun Kung Fu, that perfect blending of martial arts styles this film purports to describe, is at odds with the self-indulgent mishmash of plot, ethos, and “authentic” history the artsy director Wong Kar Wai gives us.
Taunted by his wannabe step dad, ostracized by the mean girls at the beach, and almost invisible to his single mom, 14-year-old Duncan faces the summer vacation from hell. While this 2013 Sundance coming of age crowd pleaser veers into familiar territory, it is not formulaic. Rather, it is an epic adventure, even if the great seas are reduced to the small struggling Water Wizz Park in East Wareham, Mass.
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