Author: Jay Ruud

[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating 10 Cloverfield Lane 3 Tennysons [/av_image] In the early scenes of the new J.J. Abrams production 10 Cloverfield Lane, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is leaving her current relationship, and while driving through the night is suddenly the victim of a serious… Continue reading Movie Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane by Dan Trachtenberg

[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SusannTennyson.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot Two Susanns/Half Tenneyson[/av_image] In a 2011 review of Kim Barker’s book The Taliban Shuffle, the account of Barker’s time in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a reporter at ProPublica and as South Asia bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from… Continue reading Movie Review: Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa

With the Oscars looming this weekend, I figured it really was about time I put forward my top ten list for 2015. These are, of course, only the top ten in my (relatively) humble opinion, and of necessity are only the top ten movies that I actually saw—there are certainly some fine movies that I… Continue reading Ruud Movie Reviews: Top 10 Movies of 2015

[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating Race 3 Tennysons [/av_image] Jesse Owens’ incredible four gold medals at Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics, conceived as a showcase for the superiority of the Aryan race, is the most dramatic story in 20th century sports. That it took 80 years for… Continue reading Movie Review: Race by Stephen Hopkins

[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] RUUD RATING Deadpool 3 TENNYSONS [/av_image] Prior to this weekend’s opening—an opening that established a new record for motion pictures premiering in February (and, by the way, for R-rated movies as well)—only Marvel comics aficionados would have heard of the super-anti-hero “Deadpool.” After… Continue reading Movie Review: Deadpool by Tim Miller