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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this time with Tony Black, This Just In is a subset of The 250 podcast, looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Infinity War.

Notes:

• Recorded 3rd May 2018.
• Avengers: Infinity War at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• Read Tony’s review of Infinity War at Set the Tape.
• Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discuss with Vulture how they decided to split up the cast in Infinity War.
• Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely talk to Buzz Feed about structuring Infinity War.
• Joe and Anthony Russo discuss the challenges of directing Infinity War with Vulture.
• The Russo brothers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discuss with Vulture why Thanos does not woo death in Infinity War.
• Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discuss Thanos as the protagonist in Infinity War with Uproxx.
• James Gunn clarifies his advisory role on Infinity War to Syfy Wire.
• The Russo brothers discuss the influence of Taika Waititi on Infinity War with NewsHub.
• A.O. Scott’s despair on the inevitability of Infinity War in The New York Times.
• Alyssa Rosenberg at The Washington Post wonders whether films like Infinity War should be taken seriously.
• David Ehrlich reads Thanos as a metaphor for the ascent of Trump at IndieWire.
• Lili Loofbourow argues in The Week that Thanos is a metaphor for America’s use of the atomic bomb.
• Jason Bailey at Flavourwire on the emotional emptiness of the ending of Infinity War.
• Scott Mendelson at Forbes on the triumph of Infinity War‘s marketting campaign.
• The Russo brothers talk to Screenrant on how “Thanos demands your silence” to protect audiences from spoilers.
• Mark Ruffalo accidentally spoils the ending of Infinity War at the D23 Expo more than a year before its release.
• Ben Kuchera at Polygon on Tom Holland’s repeated spoiling of Infinity War.
• Paul Bradshaw at Digital Spy on spoiler phobia in modern movie discourse.
• Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus compare Infinity War to Game of Thrones at /Film.
• Todd VanDerWerff at Vox on how Game of Thrones uses moment-based storytelling.
• Joanna Robinson at Vanity Fair on the Marvel Cinematic Universe as television shown in cinemas.
• Alison Herman at The Ringer discusses the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a piece of television.
• Todd VanDerWerff at Vox on Infinity War as a hypercompressed season of television.
• Ben Child talks about why fans embraced Infinity War while rejecting The Last Jedi.
• Darren’s review of Infinity War.
• Darren on the cynical nihilism of Infinity War.
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