Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller (2018) [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] Melissa McCarthy is, of course, well-known for her comic talents, and she was brilliant in her premiere screen role in 2011’s Bridesmaids. She has gone on to create other memorable… Continue reading Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Author: Jay Ruud
Mulan’s Chinese Buffet and Sushi
Review No. 135: Mulan’s Chinese Buffet and Sushi 790 Elsinger Boulevard (501) 205-0896 61.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: Thinking of somewhere to go for Sunday Dinner (proper noun), we settled on Mulan’s as it is not far away, and we’d always been happy with their to-go food. We’ve never… Continue reading Mulan’s Chinese Buffet and Sushi
Julie’s Sweet Shoppe & Bakery
Review No. 134: Julie’s Sweet Shoppe & Bakery 201 Skyline Drive, #39 (501) 205-4301 60.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: It was my birthday, dang it, and I deserved something sweet. We had just been to the movie and, by golly, look how handy it was to buy just such… Continue reading Julie’s Sweet Shoppe & Bakery
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody Bryan Singer (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’] Queen’s epic six-minute “Bohemian Rhapsody” first topped the UK singles charts for nine weeks in 1975, but most Americans these days, if they remember the song fondly, remember it from the classic scene in Mike Myers’ film Wayne’s… Continue reading Bohemian Rhapsody
Twisted Taco
Review No. 133: Twisted Taco 250 Donaghey Avenue (501) 852-0254 60.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We had some errands to do around Conway, and when they were finished we decided to try this new restaurant on the UCA campus, as it had recently opened and replaced the original tenant,… Continue reading Twisted Taco
Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll”
The Old Man and the Gun
The Old Man and the Gun David Lowery (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=”] Imagine for a moment that Butch and Sundance survived that deadly shootout in Bolivia in 1908, and went to prison instead. Then imagine that Sundance escapes from prison 73 years… Continue reading The Old Man and the Gun
Pizza Ranch
Review No. 132: Pizza Ranch 955 Covington Way (501) 329-1688 60.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: The western-theme atmosphere might make you think that Pizza Ranch has roots in Texas (there are lone stars on the chairs), but in fact the franchise was born in Iowa in 1981. It has… Continue reading Pizza Ranch
Seamus Heaney’s “Mid-Term Break”
Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale Drew Goddard (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 can be excused if, a few minutes into Bad Times at the El Royale, you start having flashbacks and think you’ve wandered into a 1960s version of The Hateful Eight as you see… Continue reading Bad Times at the El Royale