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60. The Shawshank Redemption (#1)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney and this week with special guest Charlene Lydon, 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 Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode along with them.

This time, Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption.

Convicted of murdering his wife, Andy Dufresne is sentenced to two life sentences in Shawshank Penitentiary. A harsh and unforgiving prison, Andy struggles to hold on to hope as the years go by.

At time of recording, it was ranked the best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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59. Heat (#124)

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney and this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Joe Griffin, 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, Michael Mann’s Heat.

Michael Mann’s Los Angeles crime epic finds lives intersecting and overlapping in the City of Angels. At the heart of the story, career criminal Neil McCauley and driven detective Vincent Hanna find themselves on a collision course that leave countless lives shattered in their wake.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 124th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #102 (Sunshine Days/The Truth)

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Darren

I’m thrilled to be a part of The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch, a daily snippet podcast rewatching the entirety of The X-Files between now and the launch of the new season. It is something of a spin-off of The X-Cast, a great X-Files podcast run by the charming Tony Black. Tony has assembled a fantastic array of guests and hosts to go through The X-Files episode-by-episodes. With the new season announced to be starting in early January, Tony’s doing two episodes of the podcast per day, so buckle up. And we’re at the end of the final season of the original series.

This is my last appearance on the podwatch, although hopefully I’ll be back before long on another X-Cast activity. It’s a pleasure to be joining Tony to discuss the last two episodes of the final season of the original run, Sunshine Days and The Truth. The X-Cast will be continuing beyond this to look at The X-Files: I Want to Believe and the revival, but this is the end of the line for me, at least for the moment.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #98 (Providence/Audrey Pauley)

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Darren

And now it’s time to bid farewell to the dynamic duo of myself and the great Clara Cook, with the two of us discussing Providence and Audrey Pauley.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #97 (Hellbound/Provenance)

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Darren

It’s a season of last appearances, as the X-Cast X-Files Podwatch winds to a close. This is my last appearance with the great Christopher Knowles, and it has been an absolute pleasure for me. We’re discussing both Hellbound and Provenance. Also, a special shout-out to the wonderful Carl Sweeney for doing a phenomenal edit on the episode.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #96 (Trust no 1/John Doe)

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Darren

My final collaboration with the wonderful Baz Greenland finds us discussing the highs and lows of the season, the mythology-heavy Trust no 1 and the Doggett-driven John Doe. No points for guessing which is the high and which is the low.

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58. Die Hard – Christmas 2017 (#122)

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Ciaran Mooney, Gerry Mooney and Helen Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, a Christmas treat. John McTiernan’s Die Hard.

Travelling across the United States to reunite with his estranged wife, New York cop John McClane finds himself embroiled in a high-stakes hostage crisis on Christmas Eve.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 122nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #95 (4-D/Lord of the Flies)

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Darren

This time, I’m reteaming with the great Baz Greenland to dig into two early ninth season episodes, 4-D and Lord of the Flies. 4-D isn’t too bad, and is actually quite interesting on its own merits. Lord of the Flies is a little bit more like the stuff that flies traditionally swarm around.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #94 (Nothing Important Happened Today II/Dæmonicus)

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Darren

I’m actually covering most of the first half of the ninth season, and I’m joining Tony to cover Nothing Important Happened Today II and Dæmonicus, two of the episodes that set the tone for the season ahead. And not really in a good way.

Fun fact: This was the last episode of the regular podcast that myself and Tony recorded, perhaps explaining our giddiness. Or maybe the season was already getting to us.

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New Podcast! The Scannain End of Year Podcast 2017

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Darren

I was thrilled to join Niall Murphy, Grace Duffy and Jason Coyle for the Scannain End of Year Podcast 2017, a podcast looking back at the best and worst in film in the Irish calendar year of 2017. Included is a discussion of the biggest films at the Irish box office, the worst films of the year, and each individual’s top ten films.

We’re hoping to get recording the podcast with a bit more regularity in the new year, but, in the meantime, check out the podcast below.