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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren 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, Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4.

Still exiled and alone, John Wick wanders through the global criminal underworld. As his friends fall around him and the knives of the High Table close in around him, the assassin finds himself contemplating an uncomfortable question. What does he actually want? What can he actually accomplish?

At time of recording, it was ranked 181st on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 27th April 2023.
• John Wick: Chapter 4 at The Internet Movie Database.
• The Top 250 at time of recording.
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• Hilary Remley at Collider reports on John Wick: Chapter 4 returning to IMAX for a one-week engagement, April 2023.
• Jason Mantzoukas talks to Entertainment Weekly about getting cast in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, May 2019.
• Douglas Laman at Collider looks at how John Wick nearly went direct-to-video, March 2023.
• Jordan Crucchiola at Wired looks at how Lionsgate went from a minor studio to a major player through its ownership of the Hunger Games franchise, October 2015.
• Ryan Faughnder at The Los Angeles Times looks at the recent struggles of Lionsgate, April 2019.
• Joe Drake talks to The Wrap about Lionsgate’s plans for a post-John Wick and post-Hunger Games world, March 2023.
• Arkansas Online reports on how John Wick: Chapter 4 was a much-needed hit for Lionsgate, March 2023.
• Fred Topel at Rotten Tomatoes reports on The Continental, April 2023.
• Michael Walsh at The Nerdist reports on the initial casting announcement for Ballerina, April 2023.
• Anthony D’Alessandro at Deadline reports on Lionsgate’s original plans to shoot John Wick: Chapter 4 and John Wick: Chapter 5 back-to-back, August 2020.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers Avatar: The Way of Water as a surprisingly quiet blockbuster, January 2023.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers Avatar‘s lack of a cultural footprint, January 2020.
• Erica Lee talks to Collider about how Lance Reddick and Keanu Reeves both worked on Ballerina, March 2023.
• Keanu Reeves talks to Entertainment Weekly about the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Jordan Moreau at Yahoo! reports on what the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4 means for the franchise going forward, March 2023.
• Justin Kroll at Variety reports on David Leitch joining Nobody as a producer, September 2019.
• Chad Stahelski talks to The Hollywood Reporter about his future plans with the John Wick franchise, March 2023.
• Basil Iwanyck talks to IndieWire about how Lionsgate understands the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Chad Stahelski talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the studio’s planned alternate ending to John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers how the true villain of John Wick: Chapter 4 is franchise fatigue, March 2023.
• André Joseph at Comic Book Resources reflects on how the Hagakure subtitle was dropped from John Wick: Chapter 4 to avoid spoilers, March 2023.
• Hiroyuki Sanada talks to Cinema Daily about how he had to drop out of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and got to work on John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Lance Reddick talks to Uproxx about working with Keanu Reeves, December 2021.
• Alex Cramer and Marisa Sullivan at People report on Keanu Reeves’ loving tribute to Lance Reddick at the premiere of John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Donnie Yen talks to GQ about how he radically reinvented the character of Caine as he appears in John Wick: Chapter 4, February 2023.
• Ben Child at The Guardian discusses the complicated legacy of the history between Bruce Lee and Kung Fu, January 2020.
• Chad Stahelski talks to Letterboxd about making John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers the John Wick franchise as a Hobbesian parable, March 2023.
• Chad Stahelski talks to Vulture about shooting the high-angle long-take apartment firefight at the climax of John Wick: Chapter 4, March 2023.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist talks about the influence of anime on modern Hollywood films, particularly Creed III, March 2023.
• Philippe Guedj at Le Point reports on tensions around the shooting of John Wick: Chapter 4 in Paris following overruns in Germany, March 2023.
• Zachary Harper at Hello! reports on Keanu Reeves’ parting gift to the stunt team on the Matrix films, January 2022.
• Michelle Ruiz at Vogue reports on “the Golden Age of Keanu Reeves”, June 2019.
• Tim Grierson at Mel considers how the world’s opinion shifted on Keanu Reeves, March 2022.
• Steve Martin at Grazia reports on Keanu Reeves’ reputation as a really nive guy, February 2020.
• Arwa Mahdawi at The Guardian reports on the controversy over Matthew Perry’s references to Keanu Reeves in his memoir, April 2023.
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