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
Author: Jay Ruud
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
T.S. Eliot’s “The Burial of the Dead,” part I of “The Waste Land”
Book Club
Book Club Bill Holderman (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=”] Back in 2011, John Madden gave us The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a brilliant sleeper of a movie that presented aging stars like Maggie Smith and Judy Dench, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkerson in… Continue reading Book Club
Little Caesars Pizza–Oak Street
Review No. 111: Little Caesars Pizza-Oak Street 2235 East Oak Street (501) 327-0630 55.0 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I had about 18 hours at home between flights for a work trip and a fun trip, and the last thing I wanted to do was go out for a review… Continue reading Little Caesars Pizza–Oak Street