Author: Jay Ruud
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon (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 tale may not really be as old as time, but it’s at least as old as 1991, when in the midst of the Disney Renaissance, the studio gave us a musical… Continue reading Beauty and the Beast
Marble Slab Creamery-Dave Ward
Review No. 47: Marble Slab Creamery-Dave Ward 605 Salem Road (501) 327-7522 26.3 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I was in a Fri-Yay! kind of mood, so I felt like decadence, and nothing feels more decadent than going out for dessert. After lunch, we were free for the afternoon, so… Continue reading Marble Slab Creamery-Dave Ward
Emily Dickinson’s “I Started Early, Took My Dog”
A United Kingdom
A United Kingdom Amma Asante (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’] It’s a good bet that the vast majority of Americans would be hard put to find Botswana on a map. And even among those who were able to do so, the name Seretse Khama is likely to… Continue reading A United Kingdom
McDonald’s on Dave Ward
Review No. 46: Bonus! Check In at McDonald’s-Dave Ward 1400 Dave Ward Drive (501) 327-2072 26.3 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants Note: We post bonus reviews as we check in to various chain restaurants around Conway for which we have already done an initial review. We reviewed McDonald’s on Oak Street in May, and… Continue reading McDonald’s on Dave Ward
El Acapulco
Review No. 45: El Acapulco 201 Skyline Drive #40 (501) 327-8445 25.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Jones had been having a busy week, and wasn’t able to do lunch until Friday, so by then I was itching to get out among Conway’s finest and have myself some lunch, Mexican… Continue reading El Acapulco
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129: “Th’expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame”
Get Out
Get Out Jordan Peele (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’] It starts out as an updated version of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, morphs by the second act into The Stepford Wives, and finally ends up going full Frankenstein. Whatever you think of writer-director Jordan Peele’s debut film… Continue reading Get Out
Shucked Surf and Turf Shack
Review No. 44: Shucked Surf and Turf Shack 2480 Sanders Road (501) 358-6767 25.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I had an MRI for my broken-down back at 2 p.m., so I wanted to go out for lunch and “eat my feelings.” (By the way, my feelings are often delicious.)… Continue reading Shucked Surf and Turf Shack