[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 Kubo and the Two Strings 4 Shakespeares [/av_image] Travis Knight (2016) In a summer of forgettable releases and a lot of same-old, same-old repackaged “entertainment,” along comes a truly imaginative, visually rich fantasy that I’m fairly certain is the best… Continue reading Kubo and the Two Strings
Author: Jay Ruud
Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
Review No. 18: Cross Creek Sandwich Shop 1003 Oak Street (501) 764-1811 11.5 percent finished with reviews of Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We went to go mattress shopping, but the store was closed, so we went to lunch instead down the street. That’s my kind of errand date! He Said: So I… Continue reading Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
Stacey Margaret Jones’ “Pale”
Emily Dickinson’s “I Heard a Fly Buzz, When I Died”
Bad Moms
Bad Moms Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (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’] If you can have Bad Grandpa, Bad Teacher, or even Bad Santa, why can’t you have Bad Moms as well? I’ll tell you why. Because there are large segments of our society that still hold… Continue reading Bad Moms
Arby’s (Conway Commons)
Review No. 17: Arby’s 810 Elsinger Blvd. (501) 327-2335 10.9 percent finished with reviews of Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: I hadn’t been to an Arby’s since moving to Conway 13 years ago. Not because I was deliberately avoiding it, but it just never seemed to be on my radar. Still, there are… Continue reading Arby’s (Conway Commons)
Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty”
Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins Stephen Frears (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’] Meryl Streep’s annual entry into the Oscar sweepstakes is perhaps the quirkiest comedy/drama of the summer, the story of a rich New York heiress who is a big supporter of the arts but who wants to be… Continue reading Florence Foster Jenkins
Bob’s Grill
Review No. 16: Bob’s Grill 1112 Oak Street (501) 329-9760 10.3 percent finished with reviews of Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: It was the first Monday of Ruud’s retirement, and I was skipping my morning workout and Monday fast because I felt like I was getting a cold (again!). This seemed like a… Continue reading Bob’s Grill
