David Michael Nolan

My favourite moment from
Fraction & Jimenez’s Batman so far.

YouTube video by Bionic Dub WILLIE WILLIAMS - Armagedeon Time

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22. Willie Williams - Armagedeon Time

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Qs...

I've just been blown away by what is maybe the Irish equivalent of Dick Van Dyke's epically terrible cockney accent in MARY POPPINS. Brando in Michael Winner's execrable THE NIGHTCOMERS. Every syllable lilted from the a crock of gold at the end of a rainbow. Ouch.

Ah Three O'Clock High, State of Grace - such early promise.

Phil Joanou was still an interesting director back then - stylish & technically strong - and it’s lush & beautiful & a decent bit of Hitchcockery. He used Roberts and his weird charisma nicely here and in HEAVENS PRISONERS too. Most middling ‘90s thrillers seem so mature and well-made these days.

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YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic Dirty Work

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22. Steely Dan - Dirty Work

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR5K...

It’s VERRRRY different but I also like Phil Joanou’s Robicheaux adaptation, Heavens Prisoners, which is schlocky but entertaining. Really beautifully shot, Alex Baldwin is good as Dave & it is likewise very atmospheric.

Not sure

YouTube video by SgtRuttersClubBand The Rutles: Let's Be Natural

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21. The Rutles - Let's Be Natural

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qin4...

HOUSE OF GUINNESS: Oh god no. Paddywhackery of the first order, begorrah. Accents across the board and off the board, Dublin as a Victorian redbrick hellhole/Poshos playground with no actual personality. Some fine actors struggling with their dialogue.

YouTube video by Randomn00b2 Soundgarden - Loud Love [Studio Version]

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20. Soundgarden - Loud Love

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjV...

One of the most Dublin things imaginable: one of the big tough Gridiron players got mugged & robbed in Temple Bar last night.

That time when Warren Ellis and Tom Raney parodied the previous half century of superhero comics in the pages of Stormwatch, of all places

I owned like 50+ Action Force/GI Joe figures as a kid. These are the only three still intact. Every single other one has had the rubber inside split. Two of these are Europe only exclusives apparently. Get me.

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J Robert Lennon on Elmore Leonard is a good read:

Considering the fact that he seems widely loved and appreciated, I still think he's underrated. He's an absolute master. Every book he's on should be a huge event and sell massive amounts.

YouTube video by The Budos Band - Topic T.I.B.W.F.

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19. Budos Band - T.I.B.W.F

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSVv...

RIP Claudia Cardinale. One of the great beauties of European cinema and the talent to match. A fistful of classic movies: ROCCO & HIS BROTHERS, THE LEOPARD, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, FITZCARRALDO. Few actresses have ever made emotional devastation so good to look at.

Holy cow the line-up of artists in Batman issue 400 is incredible: Lightle, Perez, Sienkiewicz, Art Adams, Joe Kubert, Leonardi, Bolland. It’s in the ‘80s reprint DC Finest: Red Skies. Hairy Chested Love God Batman, to quote Grant Morrison, is my favourite Batman.

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Official Video)

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18. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4K7...

Blackadder
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Action!
The Simpsons
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Spaced
The Inbetweeners
Friends
Nathan Barley
Archer

Prepare to be suspended

Once you expand it, that's obvious, but on the thumbnail, it looks a bit more adult...

YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic Spectre

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17. Radiohead - Spectre

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLiD...

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RIP Robert Redford; one of the great leading men. Charm, intelligence, beauty. Some sensational roles in his long career that crossed eras. Pretty good director too - QUIZ SHOW is my favourite of his joints. But his golden run as an actor in the ‘70s combined quality with populism: not easily done.

YouTube video by ramonanos80 Laura Nyro - You don't love me when I cry

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16. Laura Nyro -You Don't Love Me When I Cry

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPEN...

I could not afford this when it was originally released because those big format issues were damn expensive for 16 year old me. I remember leafing through it in Forbidden Planet Dublin and wanting it so bad. I’d never seen anything like Darrow’s art before. Funniest thing Miller ever wrote?