Author: Jay Ruud
White Boy Rick
White Boy Rick Yann Demange (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] Rick Wershe, Jr., the protagonist of the new film White Boy Rick, was a Detroit drug dealer and FBI informant who as a minor (aged 17) was sent to prison on a life… Continue reading White Boy Rick
Cracker Barrel
Review No. 127: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 525 Skyline Drive 501-327-6107 57.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: Before The Pancreas, we used to frequent Conway’s Cracker Barrel, or the “Barrel of Crack” as our family refers to it, because the food is so starchy, comforting and satisfying. I’m also… Continue reading Cracker Barrel
Chaucer’s Miller’s Portrait from “The General Prologue”
A Simple Favor
A Simple Favor Paul Feig (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=”] I suspect that A Simple Favor is a movie you will either love or hate. It’s a movie that portrays some fairly awful crimes and behaviors in what you might call… Continue reading A Simple Favor
Las Delicias on Oak
Review No. 126: Las Delicias 1120 West Oak Street (501) 358-7577 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said:Las Delicias has a couple of locations in Conway: One of them, on Old Morrilton Highway, opened a couple of years ago. The second, downtown on Oak Street, has only been open since August… Continue reading Las Delicias on Oak
Grady Chambers’ “A Summer”
Puzzle
Puzzle Marc Turtletaub (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’] How does this sound? An unhappy, unfulfilled, and unappreciated middle-aged housewife finds a refuge and escape from her humdrum life by putting together jigsaw puzzles. So…in a summer that featured Tom Cruise hanging from helicopters, Chris Pratt rescuing dinosaurs… Continue reading Puzzle
Colton’s Steakhouse and Grill
Review No. 125: Colton’s Steakhouse and Grill 120 Oak Street (501) 329-6454 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: One of life’s little treats is going out for Sunday dinner when your mom is in town. My Mom likes to eat healthy (she’s into quinoa, etc.), and she’s definitely a meat-eater.… Continue reading Colton’s Steakhouse and Grill
