Author: Jay Ruud
Contest Question for August 27
DON’T START WITH ME: What famous novel, by what famous novelist, begins with this passage? When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow leather snap purse, containing her ticket, a… Continue reading Contest Question for August 27
A Review of Boyhood by Richard Linklater
[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 Boyhood 4 SHAKESPEARES [/av_image] I’ll admit up front that when I heard about how Richard Linklater’s new film, Boyhood, had been filmed over a period of twelve years to follow the life of a fairly typical American boy, Mason (played by… Continue reading A Review of Boyhood by Richard Linklater
A Review of Magic In The Moonlight by Woody Allen
[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 Magic In The Moonlight 3 TENNYSONS [/av_image] Two things you can put your money on every summer: the Cubs will not make it to the World Series and Woody Allen will release another movie. As he has every year since Annie… Continue reading A Review of Magic In The Moonlight by Woody Allen