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412. Kolejne 365 Dni (The Next 365 Days) – Valentine’s Day 2025 (-#68)

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Billie Jean Doheny, 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 week, Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes’ The Next 365 Days.

It has been one year since Laura had her fateful encounter with the Italian gangster Massimo. In that year, Laura’s life has been turned upside down by sex and violence, passion and revenge. Recovering from her latest trauma, Laura finds herself questioning her relationship to the possessive and temperamental crime lord, drawn to the more sensitive gardener, Nacho. Laura finds herself confronted with a choice, one that will define far more than the next 365 days.

At time of recording, it was ranked 68th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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411. Prey – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Joey Keogh, 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 week, Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey.

It is 1719. Naru is a young member of a Commanche tribe, trying to prove her value to the community extends beyond her knowledge of medicine and cooking, and so sets out into the wilderness to hunt a lion that has been stalking the woods. However, Naru quickly discovers that there is something far larger and more dangerous waiting out there in the darkness.

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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409. Alien Covenant – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Peter McGann, 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 week, Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant.

The colony ship Covenant is on its way to a new home world when a freak accident knocks the ship off course. However, while conducting repairs, the crew pick up a strange distress call from an alien planet that seems too good to be true. Seeing a potential opportunity, the crew decide to explore this strange new world. There, they find horrors beyond imagining.

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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Filed under: The 250 | Tagged: alien franchise, alien: covenant, Andrew Quinn, creation, creativity, Darren Mooney, destruction, dual role, female representation, genre narratives, imdb, jess dunne, manipulation, Michael Fassbender, peter mcgann, podcast, Prometheus, ridley scott, The 250, themes | Leave a comment »

410. The Predator – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Craig McKenzie, 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 week, Shane Black’s The Predator.

These mysterious big game hunters have been coming to Earth for generations, hunting the most dangerous game of all. However, when an alien civil war finds its way to Earth, a band of decommissioned army officers find themselves serving as the last line of defense between the planet and a bigger threat than they would have ever dared imagine.

At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.