Denial Mick Jackson (2016) [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=”] A Narcissistic blowhard, fond of spouting untenable theories without any real evidence, denies that he is bigoted despite his own recorded words to the contrary, and wants to sue anyone calling him… Continue reading Denial
Author: Jay Ruud
Almost Famous Smoke House and Grill
Review No. 24: Almost Famous Smoke House and Grill 258 Highway 64 East (501) 450-3036 15.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We’re visiting every restaurant in Conway, and that includes those with a Conway address that are somewhat beyond what we think of as Conway. We took a trip to… Continue reading Almost Famous Smoke House and Grill
Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin'”
The Accountant
The Accountant Gavin O’Connor (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=”] In The Accountant, Ben Affleck plays a kind of cross between Batman and Rainman—a high-functioning autistic mathematical savant who also happens to be a martial arts expert and world-class sniper. If this seems… Continue reading The Accountant
Wendy’s (Oak Street)
Review No. 23: Wendy’s 311 Oak Street (501) 327-0311 14.7 percent finished with reviews of Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: In our insane plan to dine in and review every single restaurant in Conway, we know we need to keep on top of covering the fast-food joints, especially those like Wendy’s that have… Continue reading Wendy’s (Oak Street)
“Baseball’s Sad Lexicon” by Franklin Pierce Adams
The Girl on the Train
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] The Girl on the Train Tate Taylor (2016) [/av_textblock] [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=”] If you’ve read the best-selling mystery-thriller on which Tate Taylor’s new film is based, I’m not sure whether you’ll be happy with the adaptation: I… Continue reading The Girl on the Train
Pasta Grill
Review No. 22: Pasta Grill 915 Front Street (501) 205-8751 14.1 percent finished with reviews of Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: We’ve been saying we need to eat at Pasta Grill for weeks, but then every time we drive by there seems to be a crowd waiting outside, so who has time for… Continue reading Pasta Grill
John Milton’s “On the Late Massacre at Piedmont”
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon Peter Berg (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’] Unless you’re maybe six years old, everybody remembers the accident on board the oil rig “Deepwater Horizon” off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010, which resulted in 4.9 billion (yes, that’s billion with a b) gallons of… Continue reading Deepwater Horizon