Author: Jay Ruud
Lady Bird
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig (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=”] I can’t say I was dying to see this movie, which as far as I could tell was just another teen angst movie about a high school senior coming of age.… Continue reading Lady Bird
Firehouse Subs
Review No. 87: Firehouse Subs 1240 U.S. 64 (501) 513-2410 44.3 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Well, I was between performances of Miracle on 34th Street with the Red Curtain Theatre on Friday, and had time to have a quick bite to eat. She Said told me Firehouse Subs was… Continue reading Firehouse Subs
John Keats’ “This Living Hand”
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh (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] Some movies are hard to pigeonhole. Pretty much all of Martin McDonagh’s work falls into this category. The toast of the London and New York stages while still in his… Continue reading Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WunderHaus
Review No. 86: WunderHaus 900 Locust Avenue (501) 358-6806 43.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a morning meeting in Little Rock, I had a Friday kind of feeling and remembered that WunderHaus was having its opening day after an extended soft opening. It seemed like a great idea for… Continue reading WunderHaus
John Donne’s “The Flea”
Wonder
Wonder Stephen Chbosky (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-hov It’s getting into that holiday season when Hollywood feeds the craving for sugary sweet fare by feeding us often mindless sentimental claptrap that melts like cotton candy at the first substantial thought cast in it direction. And you have… Continue reading Wonder
Cilantro’s Mexican Grill
Review No. 85: Cilantro’s Mexican Grill 201 Skyline Drive (within the shopping center campus) (501) 358-6366 43.0 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: While we were seeing Wonder across the parking lot, I decided I was craving a margarita and all good things Mexican, so I gave myself Thanksgiving-week-related permission to… Continue reading Cilantro’s Mexican Grill
Justice League
Justice League Zack Snyder (2017) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Susanns.jpg’ attachment=’78’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=10” appearance=’on-hover’] 2 JACQUELINE SUSANNS [/av_image] Here’s the thing: it’s probably not really fair to do so, but with DC’s Justice League coming so closely on the heels of Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, it’s virtually impossible not to make a direct… Continue reading Justice League