Entries tagged with 'movies'
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You may look at the Colonel simply as a jolly mustachioed guy in a white suit who hawks fried chicken, but how did he get there? What pain did he have to endure to attain his success? Why is he so intent on killing chickens? In The Colonel, Mel Gibson plays the role of the fried chicken mogul and reveals the violent truth behind the man—and even gives us a peek into his secret combination of herbs and spices that makes his chicken so finger lickin' good. Watch the video after the jump....
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In his latest cocktail column, Eric Felten of the Wall Street Journal describes some fictional cocktails from cartoons, movies, and books. Daffy Duck cartoons, The Nutty Professor, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Simpsons have all provided recipes or inspiration for cocktails—more likely than not, ones that are overly potent and undrinkable. Watch clips from some of these videos after the jump....
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Sure, it's blink and you'll miss it, but if you're keen on seeing some of the first bits of Julie & Julia, take a gander here (after the jump). At the end of Sunday night's Oscars, the show ran quick previews of 2009 movies starring 2008 nominees. Someone was kind enough to snip the eight-second reel of this Meryl Streep–Amy Adams project based on the Julie Powell book. [via The Food Section]...
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Diana Kuan of food blog Appetite for China names her top five movies starring Chinese food: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman; A Christmas Story; My Life as McDull; Rice Rhapsody; and The Joy Luck Club. I would also add one of my favorite movies, the comedy God of Cookery directed by Stephen Chow. If you haven't seen it before, watch an introductory clip after the jump. In true Stephen Chow style, it's out there, but that doesn't even begin to cover the scope of the whole movie. What other movies would you add to this list?...
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When they are not slaying dragons or saving distressed maidens, superheros keep busy working on cereal endorsements. Batman, Spiderman, and the Hulk have all been tied to sugar-coated flakes or O's. Many of them have even forayed into Pop-Tarts. Gotta pay the cape and skin-tight suit dry cleaning bills somehow. If you want to move beyond breakfast and eat like you have unprecedented powers all the time, check out the Super Hero Food Index, which includes the expected fruit snacks, popsicles, and cheese crackers. [via Coldmud] Related Cold Cereal Confessions [Talk] Indiana Jones Eats Chocolate Cereal Before Raiding Temples In Videos: Food Commercials of the '80s, Nerd Cereals Edition...
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EVE from the animated film Wall-E, with all her scanners and endearing Mac boot-up jingle, is so cute, you kind of want to eat her. And if you like eggs, now you can. [via All Things Pixar] Related: EVE Birthday Cupcakes [Photograzing]...
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Actually, it's going to be called "Taste," according to indieWIRE. Documentarian R.J. Cutler says of his next project on Alinea's executive chef: “He's considered by many to be one of the greatest chefs in the world, and he’s had tongue cancer, and in battling the cancer, he lost the use of his taste buds on his tongue.” [via MenuPages]...
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I'm not sure what to make of The Slammin' Salmon, the latest slapstick comedy from Broken Lizard (the same folks behind Beerfest and Super Troopers). Finally, a movie with salmon in the title! Basically, Michael Clarke Duncan's character runs a Miami seafood restaurant and challenges his waitstaff to make the most money in one night. They do crazy stuff, some of which is funny. The trailer, after the jump....
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Bottle Shock is the story of the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. Also known as The Judgment of Paris, it was a blind-tasting organized to pit California wines against their French counterparts. When the judges—nine French, one British, and one American—rated the California wines best in each category, it put Napa Valley wines on the map. If you haven't seen it, Bottle Shock is a charming and funny movie with a great ensemble cast (Bill Pullman, Alan Rickman, Eliza Dushku, and Dennis Farina, among others)—one that food and wine lovers would do well in checking out (or checking out again). It comes out on DVD February 3 (bonus features include a behind-the-scenes featurette, an inside look at Napa's Chateau...
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Brittany Murphy has cultural clashes and goofy misunderstandings with the Japanese while under the tough-love tutelage of an asshole-with-a-heart-of-gold ramen master in her quest to become The Ramen Girl. Yup. I think it's safe to say that if you've seen Tampopo and Lost in Translation, you can pretty much make a mashup of this movie in your head and save the cost of admission. The trailer and the synopsis, after the jump—if you're curious....
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