Recipes for foodies and film nerds. Because life's too short for stale popcorn and crappy movies.
Secret Life of Walter Mitty is one of those 2010’s films that you forgot about until it pops up in your algorithm and you go “hm– that was pretty good”. And then you watch and remember that it’s not good– it’s actually GREAT. A perfect …
From the opening music credits, Home Alone brings us all back to simpler times– when mansions in Chicago suburbs were affordable, when we were all afraid of basement demons and hated our dickhead Uncle Frank, and when ten pizzas only cost $122.50. Now of course …
While You Were Sleeping turned 30 this year (2025), which makes me feel very, very old. But it’s a holiday classic that is beloved by millennials, Chicagoans, and true Sandra Bullock fans. It’s also my best friend’s favorite movie, so– YOU’RE WELCOME MEGAN. The film …
The 40 Year Old Virgin is one of those films that reminds you of simpler times– when guys were pretty gross but still pathetically likable. … I guess. …. Can you tell I’m single? One of Judd Apatow’s first big forays into directing (though Freaks …
I’m relatively certain I saw Napoleon Dynamite in theaters five times when it came out. I also suspect that my high school bestie and I ruined the experience for everyone else by laughing so hard. The goofball dick bf watching in the auditorium got us …
30 years after its release (omg I’m OLD), Forrest Gump still holds up. Parts may not necessarily be as PC as they were once thought to be, but it’s still an A+ film that deserved all six of its Academy Award wins. That doesn’t even …
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids– a classic family film that made every child in the 1980’s crave Little Debbie’s. Also the movie that made me realize grown ups should ALWAYS listen to their pets. QUARK KNEW EVERYTHING THE ENTIRE TIME SZALINSKI. Set in an unspecified …
At some point I’ll have a series of menus based on movies from the 90’s that are actually based on literature– there were THREE in 1999 alone! So let’s start with the best of those, 10 Things I Hate About You. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s …
