1917

1917 Sam Mendes (2019) [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 4 Shakespeares [/av_image] Just out in wide release this week, Sam Mendes’s new World War I drama 1917 rounded off a triumphant weekend in which it led all rivals in box office receipts by garnering ten Oscar nominations… Continue reading 1917

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Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy (1895) [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’] Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] The latest figures from the U.S. Census bureau show that the income gap between the richest and poorest Americans is the widest it has been in fifty years. Putting it… Continue reading Jude the Obscure

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Denny’s

Review No. 182: Denny’s 900 Crain Drive (501) 504-6965 82.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants   The Situation She Said: Weaning ourselves off the holiday + travel food bacchanalia has not been easy, so on a recent Saturday when He Said had an all-day rehearsal for Red Curtain Theater’s Into the Woods, we decided we’d… Continue reading Denny’s

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Little Women

Little Women Greta Gerwig (2019) [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 4 Shakespeares [/av_image] Yes, I know that everyone must have been expecting Star Wars in this spot, but hey, everything that could possibly be said about Star Wars has no doubt already been said and yes, it was… Continue reading Little Women

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Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Children of Virtue and Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi (2019) [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=10” appearance=’on-hover’] 2 JACQUELINE SUSANNS [/av_image] Harvard-educated Tomi Adeyemi was 23 years old when her debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone (2018) not only found a publisher but also garnered her a seven-figure advance, certainly one of the… Continue reading Children of Virtue and Vengeance

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Knives Out

Knives Out Rian Johnson (2019) [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’] Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] So start with a large Gothic mansion owned by a wealthy patriarch, surrounded by a houseful of his leeching family members who owe their comfortable lives to his fortune. Let him… Continue reading Knives Out

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Panda Express

Review No. 181: Panda Express 811 East Oak Street (501) 358-3082 82.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants   The Situation He Said: If this looks a little familiar, it may be because last week we reviewed “Panda Wok.” This week it’s Panda Express.Which is in fact our third Chinese restaurant in a row. This is… Continue reading Panda Express

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