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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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 295. Jaws 3 (Jaws 3D) - Shark Week 2022 (-#75) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:03:26

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Emma Kiely, and this time with special guest 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. This week, we're doing something a bit unusual. To line up with Shark Week, we are covering the Jaws franchise. So today, Joe Alves' Jaws 3. Working with eccentric billionaire Calvin Bouchard, Sea World is planning to open a new and expensive underwater attraction. However, these plans are complicated when a shark finds its way into the park. Eager for publicity, and sensing a rare opportunity, Bouchard hopes to capture the shark and hold it in captivity to draw audiences. However, remembering their ordeal on Amity Island, Michael and Sean Brody wonder is the terror is only beginning. At time of recording, it was ranked 75th on the lists of either the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 294. Jaws 2 - Shark Week 2022 (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:54:31

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Emma Kiely, and this time with special guest Jess 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, we're doing something a bit unusual. To line up with Shark Week, we are covering the Jaws franchise. So today, Jeannot Szwarc's Jaws 2. It has been several years since a series of shark attack scarred Amity Island, but Chief Brody is still scarred by the experience. As the community prepares to usher in a prosperous new era of investment and development, Brody starts to see signs that a shark is once again stalking the waters off these peaceful shores. Can Brody convince the community that they are in mortal danger or will the monster finish off the seaside town? At time of recording, it not was ranked on the lists of either the best or the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 293. Jaws - Shark Week 2022 (#206) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:55:05

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Emma Kiely, 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, we are re-releasing our episode on Steven Spielberg's Jaws, with a new intro. Chief Brody moved to the remote island community of Amity to get away from the horrors of urban life. However, his plans for a fresh start are derailed when horrifically mangled bodies begin washing up on the sea shore. Based on the evidence, Brody reaches a conclusion that nobody on the island wants to hear: the town is being terrorised by a Great White Shark. At time of recording the new intro, it ranked 206th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 292. Jai Bhim (#249) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:41:29

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, T. J. Gnanavel's Jai Bhim. When a tribal woman's husband goes missing in police custody, she has no option but to turn to a civil rights lawyer named Chandru. Eager to help his client find her abducted husband, Chandru stumbles upon a web of police brutality and violence that extends far deeper than he initially expected. What Chandru uncovers will change Indian society forever. At time of recording, it was ranked 249th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 291. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:16:24

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, Robert Wise's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. When a mysterious entity appears at the edge of Federation space, Admiral James Tiberius Kirk finds himself recommissioned as commander of the Starship Enterprise. When his former Science Officer, Spock, is summoned from across the cosmos by the creature's psychic cries, the crew find themselves on a desperate mission to save Earth from a creature that exists beyond human comprehension. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 290. Network (#219) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:31:27

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Ciara Moloney and Dean Buckley, 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, Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky's Network. Howard Beale is a veteran newscaster on a struggling network. When he is given his two weeks' notice, Beale threatens to shoot himself live on the air as his final broadcast. The television journeyman becomes a media storm and ratings sensation, as the network eagerly seeks to capitalise on what could be a once-in-a-generation phenomenon. At time of recording, it was ranked 219th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 289. The Princess Bride (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:03:59

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Aoife Barry, 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, Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride. As a young kid lies sick in bed, wasting time on video games, his grandfather decides to pay a visit. Taking the opportunity to indulge in a timeworn family tradition, the grandfather decides to share a timeless tale of romance and adventure that has been passed down from one generation to another: S.W. Morganstern's The Princess Bride. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 288. 365 Dni: Ten Dzień (365 Days: This Day) (-#47) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:05:23

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Grace Duffy and Billie Jean Doheny, 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: Ten Dzień. Having survived the attempt on her life at the end of the previous film, Laura is to be wed to local mafia boss Massimo. However, the couple soon find their relationship tested, particularly with the arrival of a sexy gardner named Nacho. Laura flees Massimo into Nacho's waiting hands, but quickly discovers that there is a far more sinister game at foot, and that not all of the players have revealed themselves. At time of recording, it was ranked 47th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 287. Top Gun: Maverick (#50) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:56:13

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Luke Dunne and 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, Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun: Maverick. More than thirty years after graduating, top naval figther pilot Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is summoned back to Top Gun. His assignment is to train a new generation of hotshot fighter pilots for a seemingly impossible mission. However, Maverick quickly discovers that what is past isn't ever truly past. At time of recording, it was ranked 50th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 286. T2 Trainspotting (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:39:31

286. T2 Trainspotting (#---) by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney

 285. Trainspotting (#173) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:46:28

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Emma Kiely, 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, Danny Boyle's Trainspotting. Using heroin to numb the pain of simply existing, Mark Renton drifts through a series of episodic adventures in nineties Edinburgh. Renton and his friends find themselves caught up in a web of sex, violence, drug abuse and existential malaise, grappling with challenges both large and small as they struggle to make it out the other side of their experiences. At time of recording, it was ranked 173rd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 284. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:34:08

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest 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. So this week, both Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The master of the mystic arts, Doctor Stephen Strange, is attending the wedding of his ex-girlfriend Christine Palmer when New York is attacked by a strange creature chasing a young refugee named America Chavez. Strange finds himself drawn into a chase across the vast and infinite multiverse, questioning the nature of the reality in which he has found himself. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 283. The Hangover - Andrew's Stag 2022 (#---) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:40:10

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, to mark Andrew's wedding, Todd Phillips' The Hangover. A bachelors' party in Las Vegas goes horribly awry when the three groomsmen wake up in their lavish suite only discover that they have misplaced the groom. With only hours to go until the wedding, the trio find themselves racing against time to remember one unforgettable night. However, the more that they discover, the higher the stakes become. At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 282. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (#67) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:13:07

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Jason Coyle and Aoife Martin, 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, both Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. The unthinkable has happened. At the height of the Cold War, American bombers have been ordered to enter Russian airspace and deploy their ordinance at the order of General Jack D. Ripper. The President of the United States scrambles to stop the crisis from escalating further, but the situation becomes even bleaker when it is revealed that the Russians have just deployed a failsafe that could wipe out all life on Earth in case of a potential American attack. Powers on both sides of the Iron Curtain find themselves racing against time, with the fate of the world in their hands. At time of recording, it was ranked 67th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

 281. Idi i smotri (Come and See) (#106) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:05:05

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Lee Murkey, 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, both Elem Klimov's Idi i Smotri. As the Second World War rages, the inhabitants of Belarus prepare for the sweeping advance of the Nazis from the West. A young boy named Flyora dreams of joining the local partisans so that he can fight in the guerilla war against the hostile invaders. However, Flyora quickly discovers that war is not a place for heroes, and that any childhood innocence will soon be left behind. At time of recording, it was ranked 106th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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