[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’] RUUD RATING American Sniper 3 TENNYSONS [/av_image] Clint Eastwood’s best movies have examined the intricacies of violence and machismo, from the thin line between gunfighter and lawman in the old west in Unforgiven, to the sport of boxing in Million Dollar Baby, to… Continue reading Movie Review – American Sniper by Clint Eastwood
Jay Ruud – Poetry with Dogs: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Trivia Question for January 14
In what famous book, by what famous author, does the main character think this: “I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of a bone spur in his heel.” [av_button label=’ Use The Comment Form Below To Submit You Answer’… Continue reading Trivia Question for January 14
Movie Review – The Imitation Game by Morten Tildum
[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 The Imitation Game 4 SHAKESPEARES [/av_image] If you are not a mathematician or computer scientist, it is quite possible that you have never heard of Alan Turing. That is unfortunate, since Turing is generally regarded as the father of computer science… Continue reading Movie Review – The Imitation Game by Morten Tildum
T.S. Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi”
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Trivia Question for January 7
The bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans is tomorrow, January 8, 2015. In honor of that occasion, here’s an Andrew Jackson trivia question: the most famous literary work on Jackson is the novel The President’s Lady, about Jackson and his wife Rachel, written by Irving Stone, author of other biographical novels like Lust for Life and The Agony… Continue reading Trivia Question for January 7
Movie Review – Wild by Jean-Marc Vallée
[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’] Ruud Rating WILD Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] Last year, director Jean-Marc Vallée directed Matthew McConaughey into a Best Actor Oscar for his uncharacteristic role in Dallas Buyers Club. This year, he threatens to repeat that success on the Actress side with his direction of… Continue reading Movie Review – Wild by Jean-Marc Vallée
“I Sing of a Maiden”
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Trivia Question for December 31
What is the exact LITERAL translation of the title of Robert Burs’ New Year’s Eve poem/song, “Auld Lang Syne”? [av_button label=’ Use The Comment Form Below To Submit You Answer’ link=’http://jayruud.com/trivia-question-for-december-31/’ link_target=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue83b’ font=’entypo-fontello’]
Movie Review – Into the Woods by Rob Marshall
[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’] Ruud Rating INTO THE WOODS Two Susanns/Half Tenneyson[/av_image] The much anticipated Disneyfied version of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s revered musical Into the Woods, opened on Christmas Day nationwide and pulled in millions of fans of the musical or of Broadway in general, as… Continue reading Movie Review – Into the Woods by Rob Marshall