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437. Predator: Badlands – All-ien 2025 (#—)

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Emma Keily, 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 Predator: Badlands.

And alien hunter named Dek is given an opportunity to prove himself by travelling to the hostile world of Genna and hunting the deadly kalisk, a beast so fearsome that the legends say it cannot be killed. In the hostile jungle, Dek finds unlikely allies and unexpected enemies.

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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423. Predator: Killer of Killers – All-ien 2025 (#—)

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Richard Drumm, 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 and Joshua Wassung’s Predator: Killer of Killers.

Across centuries, if not millennia, of human history, an alien species has journeyed to earth in the hopes of hunting the most dangerous game of all. This is a collection of three stories about three human beings who found themselves facing an extraterrestrial monster, and discovered something about themselves in the ensuing conflict.

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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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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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.

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403. Prometheus – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Niall Glynn, 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 Prometheus.

Inspired by strange discoveries from around the globe, reclusive ageing billionaire Peter Weyland funds a journey into the deepest and darkest recesses of outspace. Led by Elizabeth Shaw, the Prometheus mission is intended to find not just new life, but also discover the origins of all life on Earth. However, when the scientific team arrive at their destination, they find something altogether more sinister waiting for them.

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

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401. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, 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, the Brothers Strause’s Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.

The peaceful community of Gunnison in Colorado finds its idyllic existence interrupted when a strange extraterrestrial vessel comes crashing to Earth in the woods at the edge of town. The unusual ship is carrying a dangerous cargo, but it also brings other outsid visitors to town. It turns out that there’s more than one sort of alien that the residents have to worry about.

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

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399. AvP: Alien vs. Predator – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Jason Coyle, 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, Paul W.S. Anderson’s AvP: Alien vs. Predator.

Alexa “Lex” Woods is one of the best mountaineers in the world. Recruited by reclusive billionaire Charles “Bishop” Weyland, she finds herself drawn into a race to investigate a mysterious energy signal detected in Antarctica. However, it quickly becomes clear that there are far stranger forces at work, and that Woods might be leading her expedition into an ancient conflict between two vicious alien species.

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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398. Alien: Resurrection – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guests Diamanda Hagan, 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, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien: Resurrection.

In the distant future, the terror of the xenomorph is nothing but a distant memory. The company has faded into history. However, on a ship at the extreme reaches of known space, the government is conducting cloning experiments in the hope of resurrecting Ellen Ripley. However, these scientists are much more interested in the creature she carries inside of her, which is now part of her DNA.

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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397. Alien³ – All-ien 2024 (#—)

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Alex Towers, 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, David Fincher’s Alien³.

A freak accident on her lifepod sends xenomorph survivor Ellen Ripley off-course. Plunging to the surface of a long-abandoned prison planet inhabited by the inmates so institutionalised that they refused to leave, Ripley finds herself haunted by the possibility that the monster that has taken so much from her is still with her, and that she is trapped inside of a prison of the creature’s making.

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