Episodios

  • RE-RELEASE: 123. The Sting (#100)

    RE-RELEASE: 123. The Sting (#100)
    Sep 29 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week joined by special guest Gerry 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 second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them. This time, George Roy Hill's The Sting. When a simple con leads to horrific consequences, amateur con artist Johnny Hooker vows to avenge himself on crime boss Doyle Lonnegan. Enlisting the help of over-the-hill veteran Henry Gondorff and a motley crew of small-time hoods, Hooker sets in motion an elaborate con game with potentially disastrous consequences. At time of recording, it was ranked the 100th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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    1 h y 38 m
  • 436. There Will Be Blood (#142)

    436. There Will Be Blood (#142)
    Sep 15 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Darcie Faccio, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This week, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will be Blood. Daniel Plainview is an oil man at the turn of the twentieth century. A prospector who struck lucky in California, Plainview has dedicated his life to the pursuit of black gold on the edge of the American continent. As he stumble across a potentially life-changing find, the veteran businessman finds himself thrown into conflict with that other great American industry: organised religion. At time of recording, it was ranked 142nd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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    2 h y 56 m
  • 435. Star Trek Into Darkness (#---)

    435. Star Trek Into Darkness (#---)
    Sep 8 2025
    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. This week, JJ Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness. Captain James T. Kirk has been in command of the USS Enterprise for a year. In that time, he has not lost a single service man. Kirk is angling for the hottest new assignment - a five year mission of exploration into uncharted territory - when a terrorist attack masterminded by a rogue Starfleet Security Officer throws everything that Kirk thinks he knows into doubt. 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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    3 h y 18 m
  • 433. City Lights (#54)

    433. City Lights (#54)
    Sep 1 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with week with special guest Síomha 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. This week, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights. In a city, a tramp has a series of unlikely encounters with an eccentric millionaire and a blind flower girl that set in motion a series of bizarre and unlikely adventures. At time of recording, it was ranked 54th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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    2 h y 16 m
  • 432. The Green Mile (#25)

    432. The Green Mile (#25)
    Aug 25 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Charlene Lydon and Cethan Leahy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This week, Frank Darabont's The Green Mile. At the turn of the millennium, Paul Edgecomb reflects back on his time serving as chief guard overseeing death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the 1930s. Paul recalls the standard operation of that section of the prison, known as "the Green Mile", but in particular the arrival of a unique inmate, John Coffey. Neither Paul, nor anybody else on the Mile, have any idea what Coffey's arrival will herald. At time of recording, it was ranked 25th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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    3 h y 46 m
  • 431. Past Lives - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)

    431. Past Lives - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)
    Aug 18 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Conor Murphy and Natasha Waugh, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Celine Song's Past Lives. Nora Moon was just twelve years old when her family emigrated from South Korea to Canada. Moving to New York to pursue a career as a writer, Nora tries her best to stay in contact with her childhood friend Hae Sung, who remained in Seoul. Time passes and the pair drift out of contact. Years later, Hae Sung reaches out to let Nora know that he will be visiting New York, causing Nora to confront and re-evaluate many of her life choices. 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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    2 h y 36 m
  • 430. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)

    430. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)
    Aug 11 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Conor Murphy and Niall Murphy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Colm Bairéad's An Cailín Ciúin. As her mother prepare to give birth to a second child, young Cait is sent down the country to live with her middle-aged cousins for the summer. While there, Cait learns a lot about Eibhlín and Seán, and a lot about growing up. 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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    2 h y 15 m
  • 429. Io Non Ho Paura (I'm Not Scared) - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)

    429. Io Non Ho Paura (I'm Not Scared) - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)
    Aug 4 2025
    Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Conor Murphy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Gabriele Salvatores' Io non ho paura. In Italy, during the late 1970s, Michele Amitrano is enjoying the pleasures of a youth that seems like it might last last forever. One day, Michele makes a strange and unsettling discovery about what lurks in a strange hole on the edge of the village's golden fields. What Michele finds might shake his world to its very foundations.
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    2 h y 22 m