The 250

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229. Mad Max: Fury Road (#206) Apr 12, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Grace Duffy and Deirdre Molumby, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road. Through the ruin of the world stalks the ruin of the man. In a world that has descended into anarchy and chaos, a lone nomad finds himself embroiled in a brutal chase sequence across the wasteland. However, the characters quickly discover that the past is the one thing that they can't outrun. At time of recording, it was ranked the 206th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

228. Interstellar (#29) Apr 05, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Andy Hazel, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Cooper is a former astronaut who has resigned himself to life on a farm, raising his two children Tom and Murph. However, when the fates align to send Cooper back out into space, he finds himself faced with the terrible choice to leave his kids behind with no idea of when - or even if - he might return. At time of recording, it was ranked the 29th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

227. A Clockwork Orange (#104) Mar 28, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Aoife Martin, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Alex is a teenager growing up in a dystopian Britain with a taste for "the old ultraviolence." However, when things go very wrong for the young delinquent, he finds himself offered an unlikely opportunity for redemption. He just has to volunteer for a highly controversial new therapy. At time of recording, it was ranked the 104th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

226. Zack Snyder's Justice League (#87) Mar 23, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Graham Day, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, Zack Snyder's Zack Snyder's Justice League. Following the death of Superman, Batman sets about putting together a team of superheroes to fight a threat that is charging at Earth from across the cosmos. At time of recording, it was ranked the 86th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

225. Jurassic Park (#165) Mar 13, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Jess Dunne and Alex Towers, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Billionaire John Hammond is building a new sort of theme park. However, when an accident on site makes the investors nervous, Hammond is forced to invite a panel of experts to his remote island for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, one that doesn't go exactly according to plan. At time of recording, it was ranked the 165th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

224. Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) - This Just In (#192) Mar 06, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Ronan Doyle, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, Ingmar Bergman’s Höstsonaten. Eva invites her mother Charlotte to visit. It has been seven years since the mother and daughter last spoke. What initially seems like a welcome reunion quickly boils over as simmering resentments rise to the surface and the pair are forced to reassess their relationship to one another - and themselves. At time of recording, it was ranked the 192nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

223. 365 Dni (365 Days) - Valentine's Day 2021 (-#42) Feb 20, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Grace Duffy, 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, Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes' 365 Dni. A young sales director named Laura finds herself abducted by a Sicilian mafia don named Massimo. Massimo has decided that he loves Laura, and vows to make her love him as well. There is just one catch: if Massimo cannot make Laura fall in love with him within the next 365 days, he will set her free. At time of recording, it was ranked 42nd on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

222. Fa yeung nin wah (In the Mood for Love) - Chinese New Year/Valentine's Day 2021 (#239) Feb 13, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Stacy Grouden and Luke Dunne, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, a Valentine’s and Chinese New Year treat. Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love. Sixties Hong Kong is in a state of transition. Lives overlap in the densely populated city, as the Chan and Chow families move into the same building. Over time, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow come to suspect that their spouses are having an illicit affair. This act of betrayal draws the two strangers closer to one another, even if neither seems entirely sure where this intersection will take them. At time of recording, it was ranked the 239th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

221. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (#---) Feb 11, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a weekly journey through the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. And sometimes, because we can, a movie not on the list. This week, to mark the passing Christopher Plummer, a special midweek bonus episode covering Nicolas Meyer's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. An explosion on the Klingon moon of Praxis sends the Klingon Empire into disarray, and forces the warrior race to consider an unlikely alliance with their old enemies in the Federation. The Enterprise is sent to meet the Klingon Chancellor, under the command of Captain James Tiberius Kirk. However, things do not go to plan. At time of recording, it was not ranked the list of best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

220. Pulp Fiction (#8) Feb 06, 2021

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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney and with special guest Scott Mendelson, The 250 is a weekly journey through the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This time, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Three stories unfold across Los Angeles over the course of three days, featuring an interlocking set of criminal characters who find their lives on an unexpected collision course. Is there any rhyme or reason to the course that these characters chart, or is it all arbitrary chaos? That's ultimately up to the viewer to determine for themselves. At time of recording, it was ranked the 8th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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