The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Chris Renaud and Jonathan del Val, 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] Babysitting our 4-year-old grandkids this weekend opened up the possibility of watching an animated movie that my wife couldn’t refuse, so we were off to the… Continue reading The Secret Life of Pets 2
Author: Jay Ruud
Papa John’s
Review No. 159: Papa John’s Pizza 215 Farris Road (501) 327-9111 73.2 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We were watching our twin preschool grandsons for the weekend, and we needed an easy meal in Conway after taking them to church with my 93-year-old mother. I figured Papa John’s would be… Continue reading Papa John’s
Sara Teasdale’s “I Shall Not Care”
Lord Byron’s “Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos”
Rita Dove’s “Fifth Grade Autobiography”
Rocketman
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher (2019) [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’] Rocketman, the jukebox musical biopic of Elton John, begins with Taron Egerton (Kingsman), dressed in an orange-and-maroon outfit of feathers, plumes, wings, and demonic horns, walking purposely down a long hallway, and my mind immediately flashed back to last… Continue reading Rocketman
Booksmart
Booksmart Olivia Wilde (2019) [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’] Here’s a little coming-of-age movie that garnered some $7 million during its opening weekend—not exactly a summer blockbuster, but if anybody was anticipating that, they shouldn’t have released it opposite Disney’s live-action Aladdin, which was primed to dominate the… Continue reading Booksmart
Round Mountain Coffee
Review No. 158: Round Mountain Coffee 2850 Prince Street (501) 327-2227 73.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’ve been to RMC before, but sporadically, so this was our first experience in assessing it as writers of foods. We’d been to lunch this day, but I wanted a “movable feast,” or… Continue reading Round Mountain Coffee
John Wick: Chapter 3–Parabellum
John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum Chad Stahelski (2019) [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’] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] It’s another week before the scheduled release of Disney’s new live-action version of Aladdin, in which Will Smith plays the genie that Robin Williams made famous in the original 1992 animated film.… Continue reading John Wick: Chapter 3–Parabellum
Ed’s Custom Bakery
Review No. 157: Ed’s Custom Bakery 256 Oak Street (501) 327-2996 72.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Before my troublesome pancreas moved me into a new food reality, I used to stop by Ed’s regularly to get a couple of doughnuts for me and for She Said. In the six… Continue reading Ed’s Custom Bakery