Casablanca Michael Curtiz (1942) [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] Casablanca today is a sprawling, teeming metropolitan area of some nine million people. While it doesn’t approach the huge megalopolises of Lagos or Cairo, it is still among the largest cities in Africa, a… Continue reading Casablanca
Author: Jay Ruud
Katmandu Momo
Review No. 115: Katmandu Momo 1018 W Oak Street 501-205-8679 56.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’d been seeing our friends check in to the restaurant for a few weeks, so we decided it was a good lunch spot on a hot day. I took a break from my desk,… Continue reading Katmandu Momo
RBG
RBG Julie Cohen and Betsy West (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 U.S. Supreme Court is not generally looked upon as a hotbed of human drama, a mine from which the stuff of emotionally riveting films might be extracted. Nevertheless,… Continue reading RBG
Hardee’s
Review No. 114: Hardee’s 1055 Dave Ward Drive (501) 499-6462 56.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Hardee’s seems never to be on my radar. I don’t go looking for it when I’m, say, driving cross country and need to make a quick stop for sustenance. I couldn’t even tell you… Continue reading Hardee’s
John Crowe Ransom’s “Bell for John Whiteside’s Daughter”
The Incredibles 2
The Incredibles 2 Brad Bird (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=”] Has it really been fourteen years since the first Incredibles movie? Maybe it just doesn’t seem that long because Brad Bird’s initial animated foray into the superhero genre was so fresh,… Continue reading The Incredibles 2
Martita’s Restaurant
Martita’s Restaurant 2915 Dave Ward Drive, No. 1 (501) 932-6202 56.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We were looking for something different to lunch on after church one Sunday, and I’d heard there was a Salvadoran restaurant open in Conway, so after a little Googling and Facebooking, we headed to… Continue reading Martita’s Restaurant
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee?”
Ocean’s 8
Ocean’s 8 Gary Ross (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 know the formula: suave and confident ex con concocts an elaborate scheme to pull off a hitherto undreamed-of heist where a vast fortune is a stake. The aforementioned con puts together a team of rogues, beginning with… Continue reading Ocean’s 8
