BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee (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=”] On one level, Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansmanis a buddy-cop movie, in the vein of Tango and Cash or, in its evocation of the world of the ’70s, Freebie and the Bean, although the… Continue reading BlacKkKlansman
Author: Jay Ruud
Marco’s Pizza
Review No. 122: Marco’s Pizza 2501 Dave Ward Drive (501) 327-7070 57.2 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: Still trying to eat down a cold, I believed pizza would be the remedy once and for all, and feeling sick and committed to my pajamas, a carry-out/delivery pizza provider looked like the… Continue reading Marco’s Pizza
Billy Collins’ “Divorce”
Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin Marc Foster (2018) [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] If you go to see Disney’s live-action Christopher Robin, you’ll see some interesting “coming attractions,” one of which is for the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel 55 years in the making, that looks… Continue reading Christopher Robin
Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom
Review No. 121: Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom 1010 Main Street (501) 329-6262 56.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: As often happens to me before a vacation, I lose my food-related discipline and want to eat lots. I decided we should go out to Old Chicago after a movie, since… Continue reading Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom
Jericho Brown’s “Another Elegy”
The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Spy Who Dumped Me Susanna Fogel (2018) [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=”] Whether it was planned or not, the opening of director Susanna Fogel’s new comedy/spy-thriller The Spy Who Dumped Me just one week following the opening of the latest Mission: Impossible flick seems like… Continue reading The Spy Who Dumped Me
Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
Review No. 120: Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams 405 East Dave Ward Drive (501) 205-1926 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said:Alden Burge opened his original restaurant on the corner of Highways 29 and 82 in Lewisville, Arkansas, in 1962, selling barbecue, burgers and ice cream as well as smoked… Continue reading Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
Camille T. Dungy’s “Ultrasound”
Mission: Impossible–Fallout
Mission: Impossible–Fallout Christopher McQuarrie (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’] If a two-and-a-half hour roller-coaster ride is your idea of a good time, then you’re going to love this latest installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, pushing his 56-year-old body through reckless… Continue reading Mission: Impossible–Fallout