Review No. 140: Zaxby’s 3800 Dave Ward Drive (501) 329-5000 64.0 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: Feeling like a mild repast after Epiphany church services, we decided to head out west on Dave Ward to Zaxby’s, a restaurant we’d never visited here or anywhere. I’m warning you, dear readers, that… Continue reading Zaxby’s
Author: Jay Ruud
Vice
Vice Adam McKay (2018) [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’] “Facts are stubborn things,” Ronald Reagan once famously observed. I wonder if the Great Communicator could have foreseen how, within a generation of his presidency, his own party would put into power a man whose version of reality is… Continue reading Vice
Chaucer’s “Squire’s Portrait” from the General Prologue
Billy Collins’ “Species”
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns Rob Marshall (2018) [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’] And now for the sequel 54 years in the making. Disney’s new Mary Poppins Returns strives to capture, and sometimes succeeds in replicating, the charm and wonder of the original production, after generations of children have been raised… Continue reading Mary Poppins Returns
Dylan Thomas’s “Fern Hill”
The Favourite
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos (2018) [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 Favourite, one of the very few films on limited release in December in order to be considered for Oscar nominations that has actually made it to central Arkansas (albeit on… Continue reading The Favourite
Lenny’s Grill and Subs
Review No. 139: Lenny’s Grill and Subs 2501 Dave Ward Drive (501) 205-1404 63.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a challenging ballet lesson, I was looking for healthy sustenance, and I know that sub shops often have good salad options, so I suggested we roll up on the relatively… Continue reading Lenny’s Grill and Subs
Boy Erased
Boy Erased Joel Edgerton (2018) [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’] Lucas Hedges, as this film’s protagonist Jared Eamons, is rapidly putting together a remarkable portfolio of memorable film performances, from his Oscar-nominated role in Manchester by the Sea, through his sympathetic turns in Ladybird and in Three Billboards Outside… Continue reading Boy Erased
Newk’s Eatery
Review No. 138: Newk’s Eatery 1040 S. Amity Road, Suite J (501) 697-9444 62.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: “Newk’s” sounds like a place where you go to get food heated up in a microwave. But no, turns out it’s a chain of eateries specializing in pizzas, sandwiches, soups and… Continue reading Newk’s Eatery