Just noticed #Dune2021 came out on #Netflix a few days ago. To celebrate I'm bringing back my review in #DrunkMonkeys magazine where I make a case for why this #movie is good, actually.
The review includes watching recommendations for max enjoyment.
#movies #Dune
https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2021/11/8/its-good-actually-dune-2021-rc-hopgood
IT'S GOOD ACTUALLY / Dune (2021) / RC Hopgood I Drunk Monkeys | Literature, Film, Television
He couldnβt take any chances or the Hollywood Gods would have him for brunch over egg-whites-only eggs benedict, so Villeneuve spent the other half of his Gambia-government-budget-sized budget on the most killer CGI this side of Marriage Story . Villeneuve covered all his intergalactic bases.
happy
#SundayStory day!
Here's a
#LanguageHorror short story of mine.
"Aphasia of Unknown Etiology" is about 1200w long.
Published the year before last in the lovely
#DrunkMonkeys magazine out of Los Angeles.
https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2021/10/10/fiction-aphasia-of-unknown-etiology-r-c-hopgood
FICTION / Aphasia of Unknown Etiology / R. C. Hopgood I Drunk Monkeys | Literature, Film, Television
He went to the porch, lit a cig, and tried to think of the right words. But all he could think about were the erased words jumbled in the sink, surrounded by empty beer cans and a blanket of mold. Three drags latter he got up and fetched the crumpled paper. So then he went back to the porch and hold
Do you like the #BradyBunch, #JuliaLouisDreyfus, #CourtneyThorneSmith (remember #MelrosePlace?), and #80s #sitcoms? All these converged on one magical episode of a short lived show called #DayByDay.
It is one of #TVs greatest moments.
I wrote 800words about it for #DrunkMonkeys a few years ago here - https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2021/3/8/one-perfect-episode-day-by-day-a-very-brady-episode-rc-hopgood
And you can watch the full eps in all it's glory here - https://youtu.be/gapSLY5Fxbo
I still think more people need to know about this π
ONE PERFECT EPISODE / Day by Day: "A Very Brady Episode" / RC Hopgood I Drunk Monkeys | Literature, Film, Television
Day by Day episodes were mostly flawed affairs, Louis-Dreyfuss raised the comedy bar with every appearance, Thorne-Smith was always charming and funny, and Barnes consistently stole the show, but the writing was uneven, and the focus on the ex-yuppie parents often fell flat, so after 33 episodes th
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