Tulip Fever Justin Chadwick (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-hover’] If you have a lush period piece with gorgeous costumes and you get Sir Tom Stoppard, a four-time Tony Award-winning playwright who also happens to have an Academy Award for penning Shakespeare in Love, to write your screenplay,… Continue reading Tulip Fever
Author: Jay Ruud
Holly’s Country Cookin’
Review No. 74: Holly’s Country Cookin’ 120 Harkrider Street (501) 328-9738 37.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We had been to Holly’s, a Conway institution since 1999, exactly once since moving to town 14 years ago, and we figured it was about time to go back. This Southern, home-cooking Mecca… Continue reading Holly’s Country Cookin’
Dorothy Parker’s “Resumé”
Wind River
Wind River Taylor Sheridan (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=”] Taylor Sheridan, author of the screenplays for Sicario and the Oscar-nominated Hell or High Water, tries his hand at directing his own screenplay for the first time in the new film Wind River, which… Continue reading Wind River
Andy’s Frozen Custard
Review No. 73: Andy’s Frozen Custard 2375 Dave Ward Drive (501) 358-6546 37.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: It was a busy week getting ready for the new school year at the University of Central Arkansas. She Said is teaching introduction to poetry, and He Said is auditing an art… Continue reading Andy’s Frozen Custard
“Helen” by H.D.
Logan Lucky
Logan Lucky Steven Soderbergh (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=”] So just how far is it from Boone County, West Virginia, to the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, South Carolina? This may not be a question that keeps you up at night, but it… Continue reading Logan Lucky
Eat My Catfish
Review No. 72: Eat My Catfish 2125 Harkrider Street (501) 588-1867 36.8 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: How could you not be curious about a restaurant with the enticing name of “Eat My Catfish”? It’s just a fun name to say. And I’ve been saying it every time I’ve passed… Continue reading Eat My Catfish
Eileen Myles’ “Joan”
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle Destin Daniel Cretton (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] The official synopsis of this film from the distributor says that it “chronicl[es] the adventures of an eccentric, resilient, and tight-knit family.” I guess that’s just a euphemistic way of saying “criminally… Continue reading The Glass Castle