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 The Hateful Eight 3 TENNYSONS [/av_image] It may be too early to start handing out Academy Awards, but I’ve got a candidate who has to be considered the favorite: Robert Richardson, cinematographer for Quentin Tarantino’s new epic film The Hateful Eight, presents… Continue reading Movie Review: The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino

[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3-12.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating The Big Short Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] There are some things that too painful to look at head on, things that you have to laugh about because if you didn’t laugh you’d cry uncontrollably or go berserk with anger. One of those… Continue reading Movie Review: The Big Short by Adam McKay

[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Shakespeare-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’76’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating Star Wars: the Force Awakens 4 Shakespeares [/av_image] Tell me if you’ve heard this one: a small droid, in which is concealed information crucial to the success of the resistance, is marooned on a desert planet, where the droid joins forces… Continue reading Movie Review: Star Wars: the Force Awakens by J.J. Abrams

So, in the past week the nominees for both this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes were announced. As always happens on these occasions, there were a few surprises and a few perceived “snubs” among the nominees. Perhaps the biggest surprise this time was the passel of nominations for Trumbo, the biopic… Continue reading SAGs and Snubs: The Case of Trumbo vs. Spotlight

[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 MOCKINGJAY Two Susanns/Half Tenneyson[/av_image] As I complained vehemently after the release of Mockingjay, Part 1 last year, there was absolutely no narrative, aesthetic, or even reasonable excuse for splitting the final book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy into two films. The… Continue reading Movie Review: Mockingly, Part 2 by Francis Lawrence