Posted on July 27, 2024 by Darren
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Donal Sweeney, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, a special commentary on Mel Brook’s Spaceballs.
A long time ago in a franchise not so far away, the evil Spaceballs travel from planet to planet, harvesting their atmospheres to sustain their own lifestyle. They kidnap Princess Vespa from the Planet Druidia, prompting her father to hire the devilish rogue Lone Star to rescue her. So begins an epic adventure about the power of Schwarz.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Continue reading →
Filed under: The 250 | Tagged: bill pullman, comedy, donal sweeney, imdb, John Candy, live commentary, Mel Brooks, mockery, podcast, rick moranis, satire, spaceballs, spoof, star wars, The 250 | Leave a comment »
Posted on February 27, 2018 by Darren
This film was seen as part of the Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018.
The Ballad of Lefty Brown is an undeconstructed and unreconstructed western of the kind that they don’t make any more.
And for good reason.
Continue reading →
Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: bill pullman, film, left brown, Movie, non-review review, review, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, western | Leave a comment »
the m0vie blog 
384. Spaceballs (#—)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Donal Sweeney, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, a special commentary on Mel Brook’s Spaceballs.
A long time ago in a franchise not so far away, the evil Spaceballs travel from planet to planet, harvesting their atmospheres to sustain their own lifestyle. They kidnap Princess Vespa from the Planet Druidia, prompting her father to hire the devilish rogue Lone Star to rescue her. So begins an epic adventure about the power of Schwarz.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Continue reading →
Filed under: The 250 | Tagged: bill pullman, comedy, donal sweeney, imdb, John Candy, live commentary, Mel Brooks, mockery, podcast, rick moranis, satire, spaceballs, spoof, star wars, The 250 | Leave a comment »