Review No. 67: Casa Catrina 2585 Donaghey Avenue (501) 513-1313 34.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: El Parian was a staple of our dining habits, when we used to go to five or six restaurants on a regular rotation, before we started this project. So, when we heard it closed… Continue reading Casa Catrina
Author: Jay Ruud
Burger King on Dave Ward
Review No. 66: Bonus! Check In Burger King on Dave Ward 2325 Dave Ward Drive (501) 504-6671 33.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: So I had just dropped our youngest, Lavinia, off at Hounds Hideaway for a day of play, and planned to swing by Wendy’s on Dave Ward on… Continue reading Burger King on Dave Ward
William Butler Yeats’ “Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop”
War for the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves (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] Well, I’m going out on a limb here and I’m going to claim that Matt Reeves’ final picture in the science-fiction reboot Planet of the Apes trilogy, War… Continue reading War for the Planet of the Apes
Roux’s Cajun Creole
Review No. 65: Roux’s Cajun Creole 2235 Dave Ward Drive (501) 2235 Dave Ward Drive 33.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’re not often the after-church lunchers who roll up on a restaurant to eat and drink, but on a recent Sunday, I decided we should be. I was curious… Continue reading Roux’s Cajun Creole
A.E. Housman’s “With Rue My Heart Is Laden”
Spiderman: Homecoming
Spiderman: Homecoming Jon Watts (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 don’t know about you, but for me this summer “blockbuster” season has been shaping up to be perhaps the most disappointing in recent memory, with the unrelenting dreck of films… Continue reading Spiderman: Homecoming
Smitty’s Bar-B-Que
Review No. 64: Smitty’s Bar-B-Que 740 S. Harkrider St. (501) 327-8304 33.3 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Smitty’s is pretty far south on Harkrider, along a pretty dismal stretch where the only things you see are restaurants here and there on the east side of the road. Maybe things used… Continue reading Smitty’s Bar-B-Que
Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool”
The Beguiled
The Beguiled Sofia Coppola (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 The Beguiled, Sofia Coppola’s Southern Gothic thriller set in Virginia in 1864, Amy (Oona Laurence), a young southern girl in the woods looking for mushrooms, finds a half-dead Union soldier, who convinces her he is harmless and… Continue reading The Beguiled