The Big Sick Michael Showalter (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] I admit that I really didn’t want to see this movie. For one thing, I thought it had a stupid title. For another thing, I really didn’t want to watch still another… Continue reading The Big Sick
Author: Jay Ruud
Ceci’s Chicken N Waffles
Review No. 68: Ceci’s Chicken N Waffles 1600 Dave Ward Drive (501) 358-6944 35 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: About a two months ago we pulled into the empty parking lot around this space, thinking to review the “Bleu Flame Burger” restaurant, only to find a handwritten sign, announcing that… Continue reading Ceci’s Chicken N Waffles
William Wordsworth’s “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways”
Dunkirk
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan (2017) [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=”] Christopher Nolan has explored everything from the interior of the psyche in Inception to the far reaches of the galaxy in Interstellar, to the dark knight of the soul in his Batman… Continue reading Dunkirk
Casa Catrina
Review No. 67: Casa Catrina 2585 Donaghey Avenue (501) 513-1313 34.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: El Parian was a staple of our dining habits, when we used to go to five or six restaurants on a regular rotation, before we started this project. So, when we heard it closed… Continue reading Casa Catrina
Burger King on Dave Ward
Review No. 66: Bonus! Check In Burger King on Dave Ward 2325 Dave Ward Drive (501) 504-6671 33.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: So I had just dropped our youngest, Lavinia, off at Hounds Hideaway for a day of play, and planned to swing by Wendy’s on Dave Ward on… Continue reading Burger King on Dave Ward
William Butler Yeats’ “Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop”
War for the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves (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] Well, I’m going out on a limb here and I’m going to claim that Matt Reeves’ final picture in the science-fiction reboot Planet of the Apes trilogy, War… Continue reading War for the Planet of the Apes
Roux’s Cajun Creole
Review No. 65: Roux’s Cajun Creole 2235 Dave Ward Drive (501) 2235 Dave Ward Drive 33.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’re not often the after-church lunchers who roll up on a restaurant to eat and drink, but on a recent Sunday, I decided we should be. I was curious… Continue reading Roux’s Cajun Creole
A.E. Housman’s “With Rue My Heart Is Laden”
