Lord Byron’s “Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos”
Rita Dove’s “Fifth Grade Autobiography”
Rocketman
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher (2019) [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’] Rocketman, the jukebox musical biopic of Elton John, begins with Taron Egerton (Kingsman), dressed in an orange-and-maroon outfit of feathers, plumes, wings, and demonic horns, walking purposely down a long hallway, and my mind immediately flashed back to last… Continue reading Rocketman
Booksmart
Booksmart Olivia Wilde (2019) [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’] Here’s a little coming-of-age movie that garnered some $7 million during its opening weekend—not exactly a summer blockbuster, but if anybody was anticipating that, they shouldn’t have released it opposite Disney’s live-action Aladdin, which was primed to dominate the… Continue reading Booksmart
Round Mountain Coffee
Review No. 158: Round Mountain Coffee 2850 Prince Street (501) 327-2227 73.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’ve been to RMC before, but sporadically, so this was our first experience in assessing it as writers of foods. We’d been to lunch this day, but I wanted a “movable feast,” or… Continue reading Round Mountain Coffee
John Wick: Chapter 3–Parabellum
John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum Chad Stahelski (2019) [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=”] It’s another week before the scheduled release of Disney’s new live-action version of Aladdin, in which Will Smith plays the genie that Robin Williams made famous in the original 1992 animated film.… Continue reading John Wick: Chapter 3–Parabellum
Ed’s Custom Bakery
Review No. 157: Ed’s Custom Bakery 256 Oak Street (501) 327-2996 72.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Before my troublesome pancreas moved me into a new food reality, I used to stop by Ed’s regularly to get a couple of doughnuts for me and for She Said. In the six… Continue reading Ed’s Custom Bakery
Tolkien
Tolkien Dome Karukoski (2019) [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] In the interest of full disclosure, I am not am not an average moviegoer who may have decided to come see Finnish director Dome Karukoski’s new biopic Tolkien, about the formative years of the creator… Continue reading Tolkien
Bulgogi Korean BBQ
Review No. 156: Bulgogi Korean BBQ 317 Oak Street, Suite 1 (501) 358-5923 72.2 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: It was time for lunch and I was hungry. I had heard this place was open, so we thought we’d risk it, even though it was a very new establishment. He… Continue reading Bulgogi Korean BBQ