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New Podcast! The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 8 (“One Breath”)

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Darren

Just a quick link to another recent guest appearance over on The X-Cast, a great X-Files podcast run by the prolific Tony Black.

In my final appearance on the show’s second season, I had the pleasure of an extended conversation with Tony about One Breath. Readers of the blog will know that One Breath is (along with Never Again) one of my absolute favourite episodes of the show, so it was an honour and a privilege to be invited to talk about it on the show. We got to talk about all sorts of fun things, from Mister X’s grouchy demeanour to performative masculinity to just how carefully Walter Skinner sets up his stylish dead drops. Check it out the episode here, or click the link below.

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9. Stalker (#203)

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Darren

Why did you take my watch?

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren 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. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This time, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker.

There is a zone. At the centre of the zone, there is a room. An author and a professor wander through the mysterious quarantined zone, guided by a veteran known as a “stalker.”

At time of recording, it was ranked the 203rd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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8. Arrival – This Just In (#101)

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, This Just In is a subset of the fortnightly 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, Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 6 (“Ascension”)

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Darren

Previously on the X-Cast…

Just a quick link to another recent guest appearance over on The X-Cast, a great X-Files podcast run by the prolific Tony Black.

I got to return to the show to talk about the second part of the series’ (and the podcast’s) first two-part episode, Ascension. Wherein we discuss the unrelenting forward momentum of the second part of X-Files two-parters, the recurring sense that Krycek thinks all of this is just a little bit beneath him, and the joy of Roger Moore style stunt sequences. As ever, it was my pleasure to appear on the show, and Tony was as wonderful a host as ever. Check it out the episode here, or click the link below.

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7. Léon: The Professional (#27)

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Darren

Someone’s coming up. Someone serious. Well, mostly.

This time, Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional.

The tale of a professional assassin who takes in a young girl following the brutal murder of her family, Léon: The Professional is an action thriller featuring performances from Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and a very young Natalie Portman.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 27th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 5 (“Duane Barry”)

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Darren

Just a quick link to another recent guest appearance over on The X-Cast, a great X-Files podcast run by the prolific Tony Black.

I had the privilege of guesting on the show to talk about the first two-part episode of the series in the first two-part episode of the podcast. First up, Duane Barry. Wherein we discuss the directorial debut of Chris Carter, the point of intersection between The X-Files and regular procedurals, and the vandalism of supermarket scanners. Once again, it was a joy to appear on the show, and Tony was as gracious a host as ever. Check it out the episode here, or click the link below.

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6. The Shining – Halloween 2016 (#59)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren 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 Halloween treat. Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

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5. Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (-#61)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The Bottom 100 is a subset of the fortnightly The 250 podcast, a trip through some of the worst movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.

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4. Aliens (#64)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren 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, James Cameron’s Aliens.

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3. Jaws (#226)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren 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, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.