Review No. 82: Buffalo Wild Wings 675 Amity Road (501) 205-1940 41.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: This is, of course, a popular international restaurant and sports-bar chain, with more than 1,200 locations throughout the United States They share a common menu so if you’ve eaten at one of these… Continue reading Buffalo Wild Wings
Author: Jay Ruud
Thank You For Your Service
Thank You For Your Service Jason Hall (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’] Jason Hall, first-time director of the new film Thank You For Your Service, is perhaps best known for his script for the film American Sniper, a movie that followed the career of Navy S.E.A.L. sniper… Continue reading Thank You For Your Service
John Daly Steak House
Review No. 81: John Daly Steakhouse 912 Front Street (501) 504-2380 41.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We were getting ready for a little jaunt to Montréal, so I was already in vacation eating mode, and there was a new steakhouse in Conway, and I thought I’d start the holiday… Continue reading John Daly Steak House
William Carlos Williams’ “This Is Just to Say”
Marshall
Marshall Reginald Hudlin (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’] Since Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner showed us, in the successful and acclaimed Lincoln in 2012, that a biopic does not have to be an unwieldy womb-to-tomb conglomeration of scenes in something like, for example, Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic The… Continue reading Marshall
Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe
Review No. 80: Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe 724 Oak Street (501) 327-1829 40.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Unlike barbecue or Mexican, Greek food is not a saturated market in Conway. Taziki’s Mediterranean Grill is one of the main places to go for such fare in the city, and we were… Continue reading Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Angela Robinson (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=”] Turns out the real-life origin story of Wonder Woman is just as interesting as the fictional one. But it’s definitely R rated, so you might be less inclined to bring… Continue reading Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Patrón Mexican Grill
Review No. 79: Patrón Mexican Grill 1475 Hogan Lane, Ste. 123 (501) 328-3265 40 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We were running errands on a Wednesday mid-day, and She Said raised the possibility of breaking up these drearisome errands with a bite of lunch? And why not make it someplace… Continue reading Patrón Mexican Grill
Henry Reed’s “Lessons of the War: The Naming of Parts”
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (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’] What I remember about the much-hyped tennis match between the remarkable Billie Jean King, then the top women’s player in the world, and the 55-year-old former men’s Wimbledon champ Bobby Riggs, was that… Continue reading Battle of the Sexes