Hacksaw Ridge Mel Gibson (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’] The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest battle in World War II’s Pacific Theater, with more than 60,000 American casualties and some 150,000 Japanese deaths—many of them civilians. It was supposed to be the last Allied battle before… Continue reading Hacksaw Ridge
Blackwood’s Gyros and Grill
Review No. 25: Blackwood’s Gyros and Grill 803 Harkrider Street (parking lot and entrance off Main) (501) 3329-3934 16 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Blackwood’s has been around for nearly 25 years. It’s a Conway institution, so it’s time we came and checked this place out. It’s right downtown, so… Continue reading Blackwood’s Gyros and Grill
Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”
Inferno
Inferno Ron Howard (2016) [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] I did read The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s first Robert Langdon novel, the runaway best-seller about Catholic conspiracies and historical puzzles interspersed with Wikipedia-level art history lessons. I couldn’t figure out why it was… Continue reading Inferno
Blaze Pizza
Review No. 25: Blaze Pizza 455 Elsinger Boulevard (501) 358-6555 15.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I had seen the location in Little Rock, and I didn’t realize there are about 150 Blaze Pizzas in 30-plus states. As is often the case for our review lunches, I was hungry from… Continue reading Blaze Pizza
Poe’s “Annabel Lee”
Denial
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
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