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David Michael Nolan

@conanriquelme.bsky.social

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Dubliner, Novelist, enthusiast. The Tommy Conlon series at Rough Edges Press, Big Boots To Fill from Pitch publishing. Mainly: movies, comics, books, music, boxing, football, kits. https://letterboxd.com/ConanRiquelme/ https://amzn.eu/d/7tivUJF

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 1d

#letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 1d

A tune a day

#23

Basil Poledouris - Prologue/Anvil of Crom

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Prologue/Anvil of Crom - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 3d

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

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 4d

A tune a day

22. Willie Williams - Armagedeon Time

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WILLIE WILLIAMS - Armagedeon Time

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 7d

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.

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 7d

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

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 7d

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.

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 8d

#letterboxdfriday #filmsky #lastfourwatched

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 8d

A tune a day (One Battle After Another edition)

22. Steely Dan - Dirty Work

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Dirty Work

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 10d

Not sure

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 10d

A tune a day

21. The Rutles - Let's Be Natural

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The Rutles: Let's Be Natural

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 10d

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.

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 11d

A tune a day

20. Soundgarden - Loud Love

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Soundgarden - Loud Love [Studio Version]

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 12d

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

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 12d

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

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 12d

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.

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 14d

#letterboxdfriday #filmsky #lastfourwatched

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 16d

J Robert Lennon on Elmore Leonard is a good read:

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17d

‘Elmore Leonard’s “ten rules” provide an insight into the creative process of a stylist who exhibited the kind of sentence-level mastery you rarely see paired with the nuts-and-bolts rudiments of plot and action.’

J. Robert Lennon on the crime writer: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

J. Robert Lennon · Never use your own car: Elmore Leonard’s Superpower

I don’t think there’s anyone on today’s bestseller lists as accomplished on the page as Elmore Leonard was; he...

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 16d

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.

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 17d

A tune a day

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

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T.I.B.W.F.

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 17d

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.

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 18d

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.

David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 19d

A tune a day

18. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love

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Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Official Video)

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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 20d

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