Review No. 78: Stoby’s Restaurant 805 Donaghey Avenue (501) 327-6161 39.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I was hungry after my weekly Pilates session, so I instructed He Said to meet me at Stoby’s afterwards, and, eager to try out the new dog-friendly patio, he scooped up our Cavalier King… Continue reading Stoby’s Restaurant
Author: Jay Ruud
Ben Jonson’s “On My First Daughter”
American Made
American Made Doug Liman (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’] In real life, Barry Seal was a drug smuggler turned DEA informant and, ultimately, a CIA tool (on one assignment) involved in the Reagan White House’s obsession with ridding Nicaragua of the communist Sandinistas by any means necessary.… Continue reading American Made
Panera Bread
Review No. 77: Panera Bread 1050 Ellis Ave (501) 764-1623 39 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We were off to a movie so we thought why not have a light supper on the way someplace not far from Cinemark. Panera Bread in Conway is actually in Hendrix Village on the… Continue reading Panera Bread
Chaucer’s Pardoner from the General Prologue
Stronger
Stronger David Gordon Green (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’] Well, you won’t find this movie in Conway, and you’ll have to look pretty closely to find it anywhere in central Arkansas, I suppose because movie houses around here were committed for reasons known only to them to… Continue reading Stronger
Layla’s Gyros and Pizzeria
Review No. 76: Layla’s Gyros and Pizzeria 2755 Dave Ward Drive (501) 205-8224 38.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I developed a healthy obsession with Middle Eastern food when I lived in suburban Detroit for the summer of 1990: With its large Arabic population, the region has Middle Eastern restaurants… Continue reading Layla’s Gyros and Pizzeria
mother!
mother! Darren Aronofsky (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=”] Many people—I would venture to say most people—will not like Darren Aronofsky’s new film mother! When you take a look at the movie site RottenTomatoes.com and note that 68 percent of the critics have given… Continue reading mother!
Adrienne Rich’s “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”
The Little Hours
The Little Hours Dan Baena (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=”] The closest thing to Jeff Baena’s film of The Little Hours that you’re likely to have seen is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Both films set their stories in the Middle Ages,… Continue reading The Little Hours