meets Taken with a splash of ’90s-era Tim Burton thrown in for good measure.īong Joon-ho’s comedic fantasy about a Korean girl and her superpig is ostensibly a message movie about why it’s wrong to eat animals, but odds are, if you’ve already spent some time thinking about the ethical implications of meat-eating, the movie won’t sway you too far in one direction or the other. This Netflix original movie is like Charlotte’s Web meets E.T. The 5 best food films of 2017 Netflix/Okja 5) Okja With that in mind, I look forward to surveying the TV and film landscape in 2018, and sharing with you all the best movies and shows that are out there.Īnd now, without any further ado, here are my picks for the top movies of the year, in descending order. Personally, I don’t want to endorse anything that celebrates a chef or celebrity who has been accused of sexual misconduct or abuse. I wish I had remembered these reports, and hadn’t included his holiday special as one of last week’s recommendations. Shortly after sending out the newsletter, which included a recommendation for Bill Murray’s Netflix special A Very Murray Christmas and a roundup of sexual misconduct reports about TV chefs, a reader pointed out that Murray had also been accused of abuse several years ago. I’ve singled out my picks for the top five movies about eating and drinking down below, and next week, I’ll share my list of the best food TV episodes.īut before we dive into this week’s list, I wanted to offer an apology about one detail in last week’s edition of Eat, Drink, Watch. Īs 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the best moments in food on film over the last year. This post originally appeared on December 22, 2017, in “Eat, Drink, Watch” - the weekly newsletter for people who want to order takeout and watch TV.
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