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Daryl: Part One
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Artist Management. Hot Donkey. Film Podcaster (Is Paul Dano OK?). Aspiring Author. He/ Him. #NowWatching #NowListening #NowReading
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That Street Fighter trailer reminds me of something
A promo still from the 1994 Double Dragon movie. Scott Wolf in a plaid shirt on the left, and centre parting'ed Mark Dacascos in a white tee on the right. Both are breaking the fourth wall and yelling in terror. Behind them in centre is a hulking puffy ballbag man portrayed by Henry Kingi in prosthetics.
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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#NowWatching Ants (1977) and I for one am shocked to see a chef prepping a kitchen while wearing sandals
a man's feet in a pair of Jesus creeper sandals. He's also wearing white trousers. The floor is brown tiles. There are ants everywhere
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Found a Moss Bros. jumper in the charity shop didn’t I
My stupid face. I’m smiling. Wearing a dark orange jumper with a black tee peaking underneath
December 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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WWPDD?

What Would Paul Dano Do?
IG reel from the Is Paul Dano OK? podcast: hello hello everyone. What a week huh? We had been debating whether to hop on the mic for a reactionary bonus to this whole debacle but it started to feel, in light of zero comments from Dano himself (and why would he acknowledge this at all) like we’d just be giving Tarantino’s comments more oxygen and we’d prefer to take the classier, more zen approach of WWPDD (what would Paul Dano do) and not add to the gossip and headline grabbing news cycle. We’ll of course discuss it down the line, more organically, when the dust has settled but for now, thanks to all of our fab friends and past guests checking in! And what a wonderful outcome, seeing the whole world would go to bat for him, writing up lists of his best work and basically meeting us where we’ve been for the past five years. Is Paul Dano OK? You know it
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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That’s disgusting. None of these animals should be selling alcohol
A map of England and Wales. Grey with blue dots to show the locations of unlicensed beavers in England
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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#NowWatching Armed Response (1986). Partly because it’s only 86 minutes. Mainly because Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is in it
Poster for the 1986 movie, Armed Response. The tagline is there’s only one way to challenge the face of death. It’s a black poster with the face of Michael Berryman looming menacingly. On the left is David car riding with a gun. On the right is Lee van cleef with a gun
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Yeah… thanks YouTube.
That checks out
My YouTube wrapped or whatever. My top interests in 2025. 1 Delved into gaming history. 2 explored classic films. 3 watched movie reviews. 4 followed current events. 5 discovered survival tips
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Now might be an awesome time to check out the Is Paul Dano OK? podcast. @mattbrothers.bsky.social and I are very proud of it
Four squares each with a different Paul Dano character. In the centre in white is the podcast name, Is Paul Dano OK?. Top left red background Okja Dano, Top right green Swiss Army Man Dano, Bottom left blue There Will Be Blood Dano, and bottom right yellow The Riddler in The Batman Dano
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Too early
My stupid face. I’m wearing a blue pea coat and knitted hat. I’m at King’s Cross station with the train schedule behind me
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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End of year lists at the beginning of December
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Would be great to see a bunch of filmmakers and actors come out in Dano’s defence
New York magazine headline: Paul Dano Doesn’t Deserve This. Above is a photoshop of Quentin Tarantino on the left, and Paul Dano on the right. QT looks like a pardoned festive turkey in a black suit. Dano wears a white tee with blue denim(?) shirt combo looking cool as fuck
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Can you guess when we stopped playing music as part of Edith’s sleep routine?
My Apple Music Top Artists By Month. White text on green background. January thru Jun it’s Taylor Swift. Then Nine Inch Nails, Dlina Volny, Nine Inch Nails, Hot Donkey, and Michelle Gurevich in order.
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Amen
My most watched actors of all time according to Letterboxd. Christopher Lee with 108 films. Peter Cushing 73
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Finally carved out some time to watch Veronika Voss (1982). Going to treat myself to a run of RWF films early next year.
A blond woman sings into an upright microphone while a man in a tuxedo plays piano. There’s an ornate candelabra each side of them. Behind them are three onlookers. Two of them middle aged white women, one slightly out of focus, younger Black gentleman
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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We can assure you it’s got nothing to do with the development hell that Cap4, Thunderbolts, Daredevil: Born Again, Echo, and the rest of our current slate went thru
Comic book movie dot com headline: New Report Details Why Disney CANCELED Popular MARVEL ASSEMBLED Documentary Series On Disney+
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Friday nights watching slashers with Jeanette and @mattbrothers.bsky.social who was beaming in from across town
A dimly lit living room with a patterned rug. A selfie where my stupid face takes up the lower right corner. I’m open-mouthed smiling like a small mammal with no natural predators. Next to me is a wooden stool with a white cushion on it. On that is an open laptop where a brunette man with a Hawaiian shirt is looking ahead (there’s a tv on the left, out of frame). Behind the laptop is a woman lying down also watching that television
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#NowWatching The Gabby’s Dollhouse Movie (2025). Kristin Wiig absolutely understands the assignment. Also, I still have the hots for Gloria Estefan
Kristin Wiig in an angular burgundy pleather suit jacket with matching skirt. She’s also wearing a brown blouse and tie. She has a cane, pink-blonde hair and is standing in front of two cars at the side of the road
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Dick?
Posters on the London Underground. Black text in a white background. The words read Let’s talk about the D word. The IVORCE in the d word are crossed out with thick burnt orange tape.
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Gerrit Graham as Beef in Phantom of the Paradise. He’s wearing a shiny gold jacket, gold snakeskin trousers and holding a clear apoxy guitar. He’s raising his right bicep to show how much of a hunk he is while he smoulders into camera. The background is black as night.
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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#NowListening to Werner Herzog - Every Man For Himself and God Against All
The audio book for Werner Herzog - Every Man For Himself and God Against All. The title has an orange background. Above is mr Herzog staring into camera. I think he’s wearing one of those silver suits he wore while filming volcanos
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Oh, you’d better believe I’m already on a train
My stupid face. I’m wearing a grey jumper with a white shirt underneath. I have in-ear headphones poking out of the side of my head. I dont look happy. It’s 06:10 and I’m on a train ffs
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Udo Kier... the beautiful bastard
Udo Kier pouring champaign in a gaudy brothel
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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#NowWatching Lola (1981).
Armin Mueller-Stahl is 45 in this film!
Armin Mueller-Stahl in a suit jacket, white shirt and red tie. His intensely blue eyes light up his archaic visage. Behind him, a piss-yellow gel casts its sickly light on the doorway.
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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If you can handle a significantly powerful, ugly cry to start your week then I cannot recommend Swan Song (2021) highly enough.

RIP Udo Kier, you beautiful man
Poster for the 2021 film, Sean Song. Udo Kier sits, legs folded, smoking a cigarette. He wears a mint green and white outfit with a purple jaunty hat. He looks fabulous.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM