Review No. 141: JJ’s Grill 1010 Main Street (501) 336-0100 64.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We didn’t actually know whether JJ’s was local or part of a chain, having never crossed their threshold before. Turns out it is, actually, a chain—there are eight JJ’s locations in Arkansas, the local… Continue reading JJ’s Grill
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If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins (2018) [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] You might remember Barry Jenkins’ last film, a little thing called Moonlight, which garnered eight Academy Award nominations and took home three Oscars, including Best Picture. That film, which had… Continue reading If Beale Street Could Talk
Zaxby’s
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
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