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88. Back to the Future (#44)

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Kieran Gillen, 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 Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode thrown in.

This time, Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future.

Marty McFly is just a regular teenager, until he finds himself thrown back in time to the mid-fifties. Accidentally disrupting the first meeting of his parents, Marty must reunite their teenage selves before he is erased from existence.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 44th best movie of all-time on the Internet Movie Database.

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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2018) #19!

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Darren

We’re continuing to work through a bit of a backlog on the Scannain podcast, this time jumping back in to cover the last week in May.

This week, I’m joining Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin, Ronan Doyle, Jay Coyle and Grace Duffy. It’s a free-form and rambling conversation, with topics including the secret screening of Citizen Jane at the IFI to mark the upcoming Irish abortion referendum, the receipt of career Oscars in competitive categories, the Netflix release of Cargo, the absurdity of building horror shared universes, and the act of fridging in Deadpool 2.

The podcast also contains what might be the best segue in the history of podcasting, and new releases include The Breadwinner, Solo: A Star Wars Story and the surprisingly controversial Show Dogs.

Give it a listen at the link, or check it out below.

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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2018) #20!

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Darren

We’re continuing to work through a bit of a backlog on the Scannain podcast.

This episode from early June finds myself, Grace Duffy and Jason Coyle discussing the week in film news, Irish and international. Along the way, there’s time to discuss the joys of Mamma Mia, the complicated relationship that we have with Ridley Scott and which Ridley Scott appears to have with Alien: Covenant, along with the massive controversy over Roseanne. Oh, and the box office returns on Solo: A Star Wars Story. It’s a relatively quiet week for new releases including Book Club, Lamont Double and My Friend Dahmer.

Give it a listen at the link, or check it out below.

Filed under: Podcasts! | Tagged: alien: covenant, book club, podcast, ridley scott, ron howard, roseanne, solo: a star wars story | Leave a comment »

New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2018) #18!

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Darren

We’re working through a bit of a backlog on the Scannain podcast, so expect a number of entries publishing today.

This week, I join Alex Towers and Graham Day to discuss a week of film news and new releases that include Deadpool 2, Filmworker and On Chesil Beach. Give it a listen at the link, or check it out below.

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New Podcast! The Pensky Files – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episode 9 (“Defiant”)

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Darren

This weekend, I had the pleasure of dropping by The Pensky Files to discuss one of the more interesting episodes of the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Defiant is a gleefully insane episode of Star Trek, in which William Riker’s evil transporter duplicate hijacks the Defiant to lead a mission into the heart of Cardassian territory to expose a government conspiracy that might threaten the security of the entire Alpha Quadrant. Along the way, there’s discussions of terrorism and heroism, of missed family birthdays, and of just how absurd Picard’s log entries must sound when they are read aloud.

It was a pleasure to record with Wes and Clay, diving deep on everything from Riker’s “woman in need of relaxation”-dar to the franchise’s complicated attitude towards the Maquis. You can find more from The Pensky Podcast here, and listen to the podcast by clicking the link or just listening below.

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83. United Passions (-#55) – World Cup 2018

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Chris Lavery and Babu Patel, 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, to mark the launch of the World Cup 2018, Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passions.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast – Season 3, Episode 2 (“Paper Clip”)

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Darren

A real pleasure to re-team with Tony Black to round out our coverage of “the unopened file” on The X-Cast, following on from our discussions of Anasazi and The Blessing Way. And this time, it’s an even stronger line-up. The wonderful Chris Knowles is joins us for the discussion of the final part of the season-bridging trilogy.

As ever, a huge thrill to be a part of this. Anasazi, The Blessing Way and Paper Clip represent a landmark moment for The X-Files as a television show, and it’s been an honour to talk through those changes with Tony. However, Paper Clip is something special because it’s clear how much Chris loves this episode. There are few pleasures in life quite as satisfying as sitting down with somebody to talk about something they love.

I’ll be back on The X-Cast later in the season, to the point that I think the members of the Patreon may already have access to one of my own smaller side projects as part of the podcast. However, it was a delight to get to talk about three episodes that are so close to the core of what The X-Files is for a combined runtime of close to four hours.

The truth is in here. You can listen to the episode here, or click the link below.