The 250

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258. Dune - This Just In (#127) Oct 28, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Jenn Gannon and Deirdre Molumby, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT. So this week, Denis Villeneuve's Dune. The galaxy is in turmoil. Rumours swirl of a plot against House Atreides. As Duke Leto Atreides takes control of the desert planet of Dune, he tries to track down the traitors in his midst. Meanwhile, his son Paul finds himself on the verge of an awakening that will have a profound impact on the future of mankind. At time of recording, it was ranked 127th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

257. Manos: The Hands of Fate - Halloween 2021 (-#3) Oct 25, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Doctor Bernice Murphy and Joey Keogh, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT. So this week, Hal Warren's Manos: The Hands of Fate. A young family gets lost while taking a roadtrip through Texas. They end up driving down a dead-end road when they discover a strange lodge, maintained by an even stranger figure. Ignoring this mysterious guardian's advice, the family decides to spend the night at this remote house. They have no idea what awaits them. At time of recording, it was ranked 3rd on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

256. Breach (Anti-Life) (-#69) Oct 18, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Joe Griffin, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT. So this week, John Suits' Breach. Earth is dying. Mankind's last hope lies in the stars. On board one of the last colony ships ferrying the handful of survivors to their new world, something inhuman is stirring. The vessel's maintenance crew find themselves in a battle against an alien entity, with the fate of mankind in the balance. At time of recording, it was ranked 69th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

255. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (#250) Oct 11, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guests Aoife Martin, Jason Coyle and Ronan Doyle, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This time, John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. In the early twenty-first century, Senator Ranse Stoddard returns to the dreary town of Shinbone. What was once a frontier outpost has become a modern town, and the locals are surprised to see such an important figure making the journey. Stoddard has come home to attend the funeral of an old friend, but the occasion brings old memories and dark secrets to the surface. At time of recording, it was ranked 250th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

254. All About Eve (#134) Oct 04, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guests Donald Clarke and John Maguire, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This time, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve. Late one evening, after a performance of Aged in Wood, Karen Richards find young Eve Harrington waiting outside the stage door. Taking pity on the young girl, Karen invites Eve backstage to meet her idol, the actor Margo Channing. Even very quickly insinuates herself into Margo's life and it becomes clear that the young woman has ambitions that extend beyond mere fandom. At time of recording, it was ranked 134th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

253. Catwoman - Batman Day 2021 (-#49) Sep 27, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Billie Jean Doheny and Niall Glynn, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT. So this week, Pitof's Catwoman. Patience Phillips is a young woman working as a designer at a cosmetics company. One evening, while working late, Patience hears something she shouldn't. Hunted by her employer's security staff, Patience is left for dead and washed away like the trash. However, her would-be murderers are about to discover that Patience has never been more alive. At time of recording, it was ranked 49th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

252. Platoon (#222) Sep 20, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guest Joe Griffin, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This time, Oliver Stone’s Platoon. In late 1967, Chris Taylor volunteers for service in Vietnam. Arriving in country, Taylor quickly discovers that the war is not what he expected. As the platoon descends into civil war, Taylor finds himself torn between the two sergeants: the monstrous Barnes and the philosophical Elias. Taylor discovers that he might not just be fighting for his life, but for his very soul. At time of recording, it was ranked 222nd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

251. Up (#123) Sep 13, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Deirdre Molumby and Brian Lloyd, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This time, marking the passing of Ed Asner, Pete Docter’s Up. Carl Fredricksen is a widower who finds himself facing the end of a modest life in the small house that he once shared with the love of his life. When it looks like what little remains of that life migth be disturbed and destroyed, Carl decides to embark on the one last adventure that he never got to take with his beloved life: a trip to mysterious "Paradise Falls", without leaving his home. At time of recording, it was ranked 123rd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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249. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Indiana Summer 2021 (#---) Aug 30, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Tony Black and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This time, wrapping up our Indiana Summer, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In the midst of the Red Scare, veteran archeologist Indiana Jones finds himself embroiled in a Communist plot involving Area 51. The mystery inevitably spirals outwards, the explorer finds himself roped into another adventure that reunites him with his lost love Marion Ravenwood and offers surprising revelations about the adeventurer's family. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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