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
Author: Jay Ruud
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
Tolkien
Tolkien Dome Karukoski (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] In the interest of full disclosure, I am not am not an average moviegoer who may have decided to come see Finnish director Dome Karukoski’s new biopic Tolkien, about the formative years of the creator… Continue reading Tolkien
Bulgogi Korean BBQ
Review No. 156: Bulgogi Korean BBQ 317 Oak Street, Suite 1 (501) 358-5923 72.2 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: It was time for lunch and I was hungry. I had heard this place was open, so we thought we’d risk it, even though it was a very new establishment. He… Continue reading Bulgogi Korean BBQ
Lucille Clifton’s “Cruelty”
Long Shot
Long Shot Jonathan Levine (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’] So there’s a clown in the White House who used to be a TV star and has no real interest in governing, but only in using the presidency to further his own interests. And there’s a competent woman… Continue reading Long Shot
Domino’s Pizza on Salem
Review No. 155: Domino’s Pizza on Salem 740 South Salem Road, Ste. 114 (501) 450-3000 72.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: She Said was having a very busy week at her day job, which was keeping her up till late at night, and she thought it would save time if… Continue reading Domino’s Pizza on Salem
Louise Glück’s “Daisies”
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Joe and Anthony Russo (2019) [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=”] A glance at the scheduled showings of Avengers: Endgame will reveal that there are 35 separate showings of the film that you can go to. And that, my friends is… Continue reading Avengers: Endgame