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Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale Drew Goddard (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’] You can be excused if, a few minutes into Bad Times at the El Royale, you start having flashbacks and think you’ve wandered into a 1960s version of The Hateful Eight as you see… Continue reading Bad Times at the El Royale
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Review No. 131: Moe’s Southwest Grill 625 Salem Road 501-336-6500 59.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said:I was on Day Six of Surgery Recuperation, my fourth at home, and each day I found myself wanting something from one of Conway’s many restaurants: things like ramen, or chicken salad on a croissant.… Continue reading Moe’s Southwest Grill
Alan Dugan’s “Tribute to Kafka for Someone Taken”
First Man
First Man Damien Chazelle (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’] So the last time that director Damien Chazelle and lead actor Ryan Gosling got together they gave us La La Land, an interesting and imaginative new take on the Hollywood musical that was entertaining though hardly deserving of… Continue reading First Man
The Purple Cow
Review No. 130: The Purple Cow 1055 Ellis Avenue (501) 205-4211 59.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Ruud2 was in town on a Saturday morning for her rehearsal for the upcoming Red Curtain Theater production of The Rocky Horror Show, and she’d brought her 4-year-old twins and her 40-something-year-old-husband Gerry… Continue reading The Purple Cow
George Herbert’s “The Pulley”
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper (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=”] Why, I ask myself, has this well-worn story of an up-and-coming star married to a crashing-and-burning one been so popular (for more than eighty years) that Hollywood has turned… Continue reading A Star Is Born
Whole Hog Cafe
Review No. 129: Whole Hog Cafe 150 East Oak 501-513-0600 58.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a pretty active morning (walking the dogs, a run on the treadmill and my adult ballet class), I was hungry and decided it was time for us to dine at Whole Hog Café… Continue reading Whole Hog Cafe