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The 250

Summary: A weekly podcast looking at the best and worst films of all-time, as voted for by IMDB users. New episodes typically on a Saturday, 6pm GMT.

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 311. The Iron Giant - Bird Watching 2022 (#250) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:22:36

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Deirdre Molumby and Graham Day, 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. This week, we're kicking off a season focusing on the work of one particular director: Brad Bird's The Iron Giant. Hogarth Hughes is a lonely kid coming of age in fifties Maine, when he comes across a very strange creature living in the local wilderness: a gigantic metal man who has crashed on this planet from another world. The two strike up a deep and abiding bond. However, Hogarth very quickly discovers that other forces are also trying to track down his new friend. At time of recording, it was ranked 250th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 310. S. Darko - Halloween 2022 (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:28:40

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, a Halloween treat: Chris Fisher's S. Darko. Several years following the death of her older brother, Samantha Darko finds herself drifting across the United States. Her adventures take her to a small town with several deeply-concealed dark secrets, and a countdown to the apocalypse that Samantha can only stop with the help of her eerie dreams and a little time travel. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 309. Donnie Darko - Halloween 2022 (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:08:10

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, a Halloween treat: Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko. Donnie Darko is a teenager living a seemingly normal life, but who is prone to sleep walk. The peace and tranquility of suburban existence is disrupted when a mysterious jet engine falls from the sky on to the family house. Donnie finds himself haunted by strange visions and eerie prophecies, with the end of the world seeming to loom just over the horizon. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 308. feardotcom (-#67) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:16:06

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guest Diamanda Hagan, 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, William Malone's feardotcom. Detective Mike Reilly has spent the past few years in pursuit of the online serial killer who goes by the name of "the Doctor", a murderer who streams his crimes on the internet for all to watch. Reassigned after failure to show any results, Reilly finds himself investigating a seemingly unrelated case of contagion that is spreading through New York City. However, Reilly soon discovers that the two cases are more closely linked than he could have imagined. At time of recording, it was ranked 67th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 307. The Grapes of Wrath (#232) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:33:22

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 Grapes of Wrath. Released from prison after serving four years, Tom Joad returns to his family's farm in Oklahoma to discover that it has been utterly changed by the Great Depression. He joins his family on a road trip westward, towards the new opportunities waiting for them in California. However, the Joads very quickly discover that their push westward may not deliver them to a promised land. At time of recording, it was ranked 232nd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 306. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (-#52) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:59:01

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Raymond Creamer, 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, Troy Miller's Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Years before they embark on a cross-country roadtrip, lovable idiots Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas strike up an unlikely friendship in high school. However, they quickly find themselves drawn into their principal's sinister scheme to embezzle money by exploiting the school's students to create a privately-funded special needs class. At time of recording, it was ranked 52nd on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 305. Batman Begins - Batman Day 2022 (#126) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:48:51

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Alex Towers and Phil Bagnall, 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, Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. Following the death of his parents, billionaire Bruce Wayne finds himself struggling for a way to make sense of the world. Studying under the mysterious Ra's Al Ghul, Wayne vows to devote his life to a war on crime itself. However, on returning home to Gotham, Bruce very quickly discovers that something very sinister has taken root in his home city. At time of recording, it was ranked 126th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 304. Speed 2: Cruise Control (-#97) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:32:35

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Jason Coyle and Richard Drumm, 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, Jan de Bont's Speed 2: Cruise Control. SWAT team member Alex Shaw decides to take his girlfriend Annie on a luxurious ocean cruise, planning to propose to her. Fate has other plans, in the form of mysterious terrorist John Geiger, who has a score to settle and a score to pull, hijacking the liner and setting it on a collision course for disaster. Soon enough, it isn't just Alex and Annie's relationship that finds itself careening out of control. At time of recording, it was ranked 97th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 303. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:21:48

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, 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, Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Now supervising cadets at Starfleet Academy, Admiral James Tiberius Kirk finds himself reflecting on his mortality. A routine training mission provides an unlikely reckoning when genetically engineered superman Khan Noonien Singh escapes from his exile and vows revenge on Kirk as the man who marooned him. Kirk has lived his life on the assumption that there is no such thing as a no-win scenario, but that philosophy is about to be sorely tested. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 302. Requiem for a Dream (#84) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:39:53

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guest Richard Drumm, 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. This week, Darren Aronofsky Requiem for a Dream. Four Brooklyn residents navigate addiction and isolation in its various forms, through Summer, Fall and Winter. There is no Spring. At time of recording, it was ranked 84th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 301. Cool Hand Luke (#234) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:48:46

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, 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. This week, Stuart Rosenberg's Cool Hand Luke. Lucas Jackson is a petty criminal assigned a two year sentence to a chain gang in Florida. All he needs to do is to keep his head down and his nose clean, and he'll be back out in society in no time. However, Luke is unable and unwilling to do that. Luke bristles against the camp's authority, and finds himself locked in a battle of wills against those in charge. At time of recording, it was ranked 234th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 299. Going Overboard (-#16) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:15:09

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this time with special guests Jess Dunne and Luke Dunne, 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. This week, Valerie Breiman's Going Overboard. Shecky Moskowitz is a cruise ship waiter who dreams of being a stand-up comedian. However, he finds himself at odds with the ship's resident comedian, Dickie Diamond. Shecky's comedic ambitions become decidedly more complicated thanks to a series of overlapping plots involving rock band Yellow Teeth and General Noriega. At time of recording, it was ranked 16th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 298. The Sound of Music (#243) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:07:20

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this time with special guest SĂ­omha McQuinn, 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. This week, Robert Wise's The Sound of Music. Maria is a young woman lacking purpose and direction in her life. Exiled from a convent, Maria is assigned to work as governess for the von Trapp family, caring for seven children who recently lost their mother and are struggling to connect with their emotionally distant father. Maria strikes up an unlikely connection with Captain von Trapp, but the family soon finds their idyllic existence threatened as historical realities come to bear on Austria. At time of recording, it was ranked 243rd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 297. Steel - Shaq Week 2022 (-#47) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:36:00

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this time with special guests Niall Glynn and Graham Day, 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. This week, we're doing something a bit unusual. To round out Shark Week, we are marking Shaq Week. So today, ending the week with Kenneth Johnson's Steel. Following a horrific accident during weapons research, John Irons returns home to South Central Los Angeles to discover that some of the weapons he helped design have been making their way into the hands of the local gangs. Unable to accept this, Irons crafts a superhero persona for himself, vowing to protect the local community as the vigilante Steel. At time of recording, it was ranked 47th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 296. Jaws: The Revenge (Jaws '87) - Shark Week 2022 (-#27) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:59:53

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Emma Kiely, and this time with special guest Jason Coyle, 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. This week, we're doing something a bit unusual. To line up with Shark Week, we are covering the Jaws franchise. So today, rounding out the week with Joseph Sergeant's Jaws: The Revenge. Following the death of her son Sean in a freak shark attack, Ellen Brody becomes convinced that her family has become a supernatural magnet for sharks. Her surviving son Michael convinces Ellen to travel to the Bahamas, where she meets a mysterious sea plane pilot named Hoagie. As a relationship begins to blossom between Ellen and Hoagie, Ellen discovers that perhaps there are some secrets that can't be escaped. At time of recording, it was ranked 27th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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