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Author: Jay Ruud
Movie Review – The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies by Peter Jackson
[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Susanns.jpg’ attachment=’78’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] RUUD RATING The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 2 JACQUELINE SUSANNS [/av_image] If you see The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies—Peter Jackson’s farewell to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth—you really should go to see it in HFR 3D, the new 3D projection introduced… Continue reading Movie Review – The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies by Peter Jackson
Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach”
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Trivia Question for December 17
On this date in 1843, Charles Dickens’ classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL was published. There have been at least 21 film versions of the story (not counting those made for television). No actor has ever won an Oscar for playing Scrooge. However, one has won a Golden Globe award. Can you name this Golden Globe winning… Continue reading Trivia Question for December 17
Movie Review – Exodus: Gods and Kings by Ridley Scott
[av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Susanns.jpg’ attachment=’78’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] RUUD RATING Exodus: Gods and Kings 2 JACQUELINE SUSANNS [/av_image] Anyone making a film of the epic story of Moses and the Ten Commandments must inevitably deal with the 600-pound gorilla that is Cecile B. DeMille. DeMille invented and perfected the biblical epic… Continue reading Movie Review – Exodus: Gods and Kings by Ridley Scott
William Blake’s “And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time”
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Trivia Question for December 10
Today, December 10, is Emily Dickinson’s 184th birthday. For trivia bragging rights for the day, what college did Emily Dickinson briefly attend? [av_button label=’ Use The Comment Form Below To Submit You Answer’ link=’http://jayruud.com/trivia-question-for-december-10/’ link_target=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue83b’ font=’entypo-fontello’]
Nightcrawler by Dan Gilroy
[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 NIGHTCRAWLER 3 TENNYSONS [/av_image] You may very well feel like you need a shower after watching Jake Gyllenhaal as the incredibly sleazy L.A. freelance crime photographer Louis Bloom in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler. Gyllenhaal, sporting the worst screen haircut since Javier Bardem… Continue reading Nightcrawler by Dan Gilroy
Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess”
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Trivia Question for December 3
Joseph Conrad was born on this date in1857 in Berdychiv, in Podolia. He always thought of himself as a Pole. But what modern country is Berdychiv in? [av_button label=’ Use The Comment Form Below To Submit You Answer’ link=’http://jayruud.com/trivia-question-for-december-3/’ link_target=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue83b’ font=’entypo-fontello’]