Author: Jay Ruud
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them David Yates (2016) [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’] Apparently ’tis the season for what Chaucer called getting “new corn from old fields”: Hollywood is so skittish about trying anything new or original that they’re banking much of the holiday season on… Continue reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Burger King–Oak Street
Review No. 28: Burger King-Oak Street 102 Oak Street (501) 327-7794 2 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Visiting and reviewing every restaurant in Conway requires our dining in all the fast-food stops as well as the rest, and since there are in fact three Burger Kings in Conway, it was… Continue reading Burger King–Oak Street
Lucille Clifton’s “Won’t You Celebrate With Me”
Arrival
Arrival Denis Villenueve (2016) [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=”] Here’s a film that critics are falling over themselves to praise. I even saw one claim that it is the best picture of the year so far. Some 93 percent of critics have given it… Continue reading Arrival
Tacos 4 Life–Oak Street
Review No. 27: Tacos 4 Life 716 Oak Street (501) 358-6005 16.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a busy day, we were looking for something yummy to eat in Conway before going home and settling down for the evening. I’d seen photos of the new fall menu tacos on… Continue reading Tacos 4 Life–Oak Street
Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge Mel Gibson (2016) [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’] The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest battle in World War II’s Pacific Theater, with more than 60,000 American casualties and some 150,000 Japanese deaths—many of them civilians. It was supposed to be the last Allied battle before… Continue reading Hacksaw Ridge
Blackwood’s Gyros and Grill
Review No. 25: Blackwood’s Gyros and Grill 803 Harkrider Street (parking lot and entrance off Main) (501) 3329-3934 16 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Blackwood’s has been around for nearly 25 years. It’s a Conway institution, so it’s time we came and checked this place out. It’s right downtown, so… Continue reading Blackwood’s Gyros and Grill
Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”
Inferno
Inferno Ron Howard (2016) [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] I did read The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s first Robert Langdon novel, the runaway best-seller about Catholic conspiracies and historical puzzles interspersed with Wikipedia-level art history lessons. I couldn’t figure out why it was… Continue reading Inferno