Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week joined by special guest Gerry Mooney, 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, George Roy Hill's The Sting.
When a simple con leads to horrific consequences, amateur con artist Johnny Hooker vows to avenge himself on crime boss Doyle Lonnegan. Enlisting the help of over-the-hill veteran Henry Gondorff and a motley crew of small-time hoods, Hooker sets in motion an elaborate con game with potentially disastrous consequences.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 100th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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436. There Will Be Blood (#142)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Phil Bagnall and Darcie Faccio, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This week, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will be Blood.
Daniel Plainview is an oil man at the turn of the twentieth century. A prospector who struck lucky in California, Plainview has dedicated his life to the pursuit of black gold on the edge of the American continent. As he stumble across a potentially life-changing find, the veteran businessman finds himself thrown into conflict with that other great American industry: organised religion.
At time of recording, it was ranked 142nd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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435. Star Trek Into Darkness (#---)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This week, JJ Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness.
Captain James T. Kirk has been in command of the USS Enterprise for a year. In that time, he has not lost a single service man. Kirk is angling for the hottest new assignment - a five year mission of exploration into uncharted territory - when a terrorist attack masterminded by a rogue Starfleet Security Officer throws everything that Kirk thinks he knows into doubt.
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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433. City Lights (#54)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with week with special guest Síomha McQuinn, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This week, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights.
In a city, a tramp has a series of unlikely encounters with an eccentric millionaire and a blind flower girl that set in motion a series of bizarre and unlikely adventures.
At time of recording, it was ranked 54th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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432. The Green Mile (#25)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Charlene Lydon and Cethan Leahy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This week, Frank Darabont's The Green Mile.
At the turn of the millennium, Paul Edgecomb reflects back on his time serving as chief guard overseeing death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the 1930s. Paul recalls the standard operation of that section of the prison, known as "the Green Mile", but in particular the arrival of a unique inmate, John Coffey. Neither Paul, nor anybody else on the Mile, have any idea what Coffey's arrival will herald.
At time of recording, it was ranked 25th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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