Author: Jay Ruud
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh (2017) [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] Some movies are hard to pigeonhole. Pretty much all of Martin McDonagh’s work falls into this category. The toast of the London and New York stages while still in his… Continue reading Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WunderHaus
Review No. 86: WunderHaus 900 Locust Avenue (501) 358-6806 43.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a morning meeting in Little Rock, I had a Friday kind of feeling and remembered that WunderHaus was having its opening day after an extended soft opening. It seemed like a great idea for… Continue reading WunderHaus
John Donne’s “The Flea”
Wonder
Wonder Stephen Chbosky (2017) [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-hov It’s getting into that holiday season when Hollywood feeds the craving for sugary sweet fare by feeding us often mindless sentimental claptrap that melts like cotton candy at the first substantial thought cast in it direction. And you have… Continue reading Wonder
Cilantro’s Mexican Grill
Review No. 85: Cilantro’s Mexican Grill 201 Skyline Drive (within the shopping center campus) (501) 358-6366 43.0 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: While we were seeing Wonder across the parking lot, I decided I was craving a margarita and all good things Mexican, so I gave myself Thanksgiving-week-related permission to… Continue reading Cilantro’s Mexican Grill
Justice League
Justice League Zack Snyder (2017) [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] Here’s the thing: it’s probably not really fair to do so, but with DC’s Justice League coming so closely on the heels of Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, it’s virtually impossible not to make a direct… Continue reading Justice League
Outback Steak House
Review No. 84: Outback Steak House 955 E. Oak Street (501) 548-6220 42.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We had been to Outback just once since moving to Conway, and that was 14 years ago. It wasn’t so much because we didn’t like it. Mainly it was that it was… Continue reading Outback Steak House
Carl Sandberg’s “Grass”
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express Kenneth Branagh (2017) [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=”] Kenneth Branagh’s new film is a throwback in a lot of ways, being a remake of a 1974 film that was based on a 1934 novel that has no superheroes, no… Continue reading Murder on the Orient Express