Gift Guide: Foodie Movies - a list by seantimberlake

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Nourish the mind. Eat with your eyes. These are my favorite foodie movies, all available on DVD. Dinner and a movie, anyone?

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

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A foodie movie that will put you off your lunch. Brilliant art direction, colorful and sinister. Wickedly delicious.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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Moonstruck (Deluxe Edition)

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I'm not the biggest Cher fan, despite being gay. But a young Nicolas Cage as the hunky baker is worth the price of admission.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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Eat Drink Man Woman

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Brilliant film and will make you crave Chinese food. Then, half hour into the film, you'll crave it again.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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Like Water for Chocolate

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Almost as good as the book. You can almost taste the wonderful traditional Mexican dishes, and you can feel the passion resonating in them.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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Chocolat (2001)

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Brilliant cast, and wonderful, sensuous screenplay. Delicious on every level.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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Last Supper

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A dark comedy centered around a group of young liberals who invite right-wingers over to dinner, at which they poison them. Funnier at the beginning but overall a good film.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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The Wedding Banquet

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The always excellent Ang Lee's wry farce about a gay landlord's marriage of convenience to his female tenant is full of incredible food porn. Big fun!

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD

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Tim Burton's remake tries too hard, but Johnny Depp remains entertaining. Despite its best efforts, it's actually less surreal than the original.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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My Dinner with Andre

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A film that nourishes the mind.

Updated Nov 22, 2006

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