Author: Jay Ruud
Ant Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp Peyton Reed (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’] If it bothered anyone that Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man was not among the 6,000 superhero characters involved in this spring’s Avengers: Infinity War, your concerns should be assuaged if you stay past the credits and watch the… Continue reading Ant Man and the Wasp
Verona Italian Restaurant
Review No. 117: Verona Italian Restaurant 190 Highway 65 North (501) 358-6801 57.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I was battling hunger pangs and losing, so I felt like a carb-fest was in order. We’d heard there was a new restaurant in the building across from the movie-theater complex and… Continue reading Verona Italian Restaurant
Cicis
Review No. 116: Cicis 1250 Old Morrilton Hwy (501) 764-0600 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Cici’s Pizza, now formally known as just “Cicis,” is a chain of pizza-based buffet restaurants headquartered in Irving, Texas, with about 500 restaurants in 35 different states. There are eight Cicis locations in Arkansas,… Continue reading Cicis
Casablanca
Casablanca Michael Curtiz (1942) [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] Casablanca today is a sprawling, teeming metropolitan area of some nine million people. While it doesn’t approach the huge megalopolises of Lagos or Cairo, it is still among the largest cities in Africa, a… Continue reading Casablanca
Katmandu Momo
Review No. 115: Katmandu Momo 1018 W Oak Street 501-205-8679 56.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’d been seeing our friends check in to the restaurant for a few weeks, so we decided it was a good lunch spot on a hot day. I took a break from my desk,… Continue reading Katmandu Momo
RBG
RBG Julie Cohen and Betsy West (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=”] The U.S. Supreme Court is not generally looked upon as a hotbed of human drama, a mine from which the stuff of emotionally riveting films might be extracted. Nevertheless,… Continue reading RBG
Hardee’s
Review No. 114: Hardee’s 1055 Dave Ward Drive (501) 499-6462 56.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Hardee’s seems never to be on my radar. I don’t go looking for it when I’m, say, driving cross country and need to make a quick stop for sustenance. I couldn’t even tell you… Continue reading Hardee’s
John Crowe Ransom’s “Bell for John Whiteside’s Daughter”
The Incredibles 2
The Incredibles 2 Brad Bird (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=”] Has it really been fourteen years since the first Incredibles movie? Maybe it just doesn’t seem that long because Brad Bird’s initial animated foray into the superhero genre was so fresh,… Continue reading The Incredibles 2