00.00 – 03.35 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 03.40 – 34.50 Review of Alien: Romulus including an interview with the film’s director, co-writer and executive producer, Fede Alvarez 34.55 – 48.10 Review of Jackpot! 48.15 – 57.00 Review of The Union! 57.05 – 1.00.20 Film of the Week and answering the question, “What film ‘inte…

As you'll have seen from the very last trailer - and let's be honest, from watching the movie itself - the wonderful Dafne Keen returns as Laura / X-23 in Deadpool And Wolverine, and was more than happy to chat to Ali (in spoilerific detail) about her time on set for this very special interview podcast, talking about working with the legendary Hugh…

00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching. 03.45 – 39.10 Review and Panel discussion of Trap including interviews with the film’s writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and stars Josh Hartnett and Saleka. 39.15 – 53.35 Review and Panel discussion of Borderlands including interviews with the film’s stars Florian Munteanu and …

There's one big film in cinemas right now - okay, two, Twisters is still holding strong, let's give it some respect - but for a lot of us blockbuster botherers, it's all about Deadpool And Wolverine these days, so here we have Ali (and Clarisse and Ian)'s thoughts on Marvel's box office record-breaking return to form. Oh, and with some guy called R…

Deadpool And Wolverine - undeniably the film of the summer - is finally, at long, long last, in cinemas. Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have been doing all the press opportunities they can lay their claws / katanas on to drum up interest - and it's safe to say there are more than a few people out there keen to see their motion picture. The trouble …

00.00 – 05.10 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 05.15 – 43.50 Review of Deadpool & Wolverine, including interviews with the director Shawn Levey and stars of the movie Emma Corrin and Rob Delaney 43.55 – 52.25 Review of I Saw the TV Glow 52.30 – 1.00.20 Review of About Dry Glasses 1.00.25 – 1.10.20 Review of Time Bandits 1.10.…

The week before Deadpool And Wolverine hits cinemas, Ali sits down with friend of the show Aoife Wilson - the excellent and much-admired gaming journalist, as well as die-hard X-Men fan - to finally dig into the other big mutant release, X-Men '97. Critically acclaimed and a reminder that these characters have enormous potential on the big screen, …

00.00 – 04.00 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 04.05 – 26.00 Review of Twisters including an interview with the film’s director, Lee Isaac Chung 26.05 – 40.50 Review of Longlegs, including interviews with film’s director Osgood Perkins and star Maika Monroe 40.55 – 50.05 Review of Fly Me to the Moon 50.10 – 55.10 Review of De…

What a collection of films we have for you this week: a critically-adored chiller in the form of Nic Cage's Longlegs (from the mind of Osgood Perkins), the fourth in the Despicable Me series (but the sixth in the franchise) and the return of Axel Foley, only this time... he's on Netflix. Hopping back onto the mic to help Ali tackle all these - and …

It's July. How is it July? And yet... it is. So now seems like a good time to bring back friend of the podcast - and professional TV critic, as heard on BBC Radio Five Live and elsewhere - Scott Bryan to check in on his favourite TV shows of the year so far. Somehow his list doesn't feature Shogun, which is definitely controversial (and he knows it…

00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching. 03.45 – 26.40 Review of MaXXXine including interviews with writer/director Ti West and star and producer Mia Goth 26.45 – 39.20 Review of Beverley Hills Cop: Axel, including an interview with Kevin Bacon 39.25 – 47.50 Review of Kill 47.55 – 54.25 Film of the Week and answering t…

00.00 – 03.10 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 03.15 – 25.40 Review of A Quiet Place: Day One with interviews with director Michael Sarnoski and stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn 25.45 – 51.30 Review of Kinds of Kindness, plus an interview with director Yorgos Lanthimos and one of the stars of the movie, Jesse Plemons 51.…

You know how it goes - the inevitable sequel to the successful original, eh? Little over a month since their last appearance, friend of the show (and The Independent's chief film critic) Clarisse Loughrey joins forces once again with Digital Spy's Movies Editor Ian Sandwell to review the biggest releases of the past few weeks with good ol' Ali, inc…

Now that he’s seen it, Ali can talk about Inside Out 2 - he’s good like that, waiting to see the film before he gives his thoughts on it - as well as this week’s big release, The Bikeriders (you know, with Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and a lot of classic motorbikes). And then there’s the cherry on top, some bonus House Of The Dragon chat …

00.00 – 04.10 Intro and presenters discuss their picks of the week 04.15 – 33.00 Review of The Bikeriders including an interview with writer and director Jeff Nichols 33.05 – 40.25 Review of Green Border 40.30 – 51.30 Review of The Exorcism 51.35 – 1.01.00 Review of Something in the Water 1.01.05 – 1.08.20 Film of the Week and answering the questio…

Comedian, presenter, writer and arts 'n' crafts connoisseur Bec Hill joins Ali this week for a special Ali Plumb's Film Club episode of Radio 1's Screen Time, where the geeky, animation-loving pair chat about the original Pixar classic Inside Out (2015) in advance of its sequel hitting cinemas this weekend. They do their level best not to cry as th…

00.00 – 04.00 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 04.05 – 12.20 Interview with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal ahead of Season 2. 12.25 – 38.20 Review and of Inside Out 2 including interviews with Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Pete Docter, who also directed the first film, and this film’s director Kelsey Mann 38.25 …

June is here, and with it - we are told - the summer. Summer means blockbuster movies, and so Radio 1's Screen Time is here, ready to remind you of what's coming out and when. With The Euros and The Olympics both fighting for your attention this year, there may not be quite as many big movies as you were expecting, but there's still a fair bunch of…

00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching this week 03.45 – 19.00 Review of The Acolyte, with an interview with the series’ showrunner Leslye Headland and star Manny Jacinto 19.05 – 40.00 Review of The Watched, with interviews with the film’s director and producer Ishana Night Shyamalan and her father M. Night Shyamalan,…

A very special spoiler special for you this week - one that relies on you having watched the new Fallout series, what with it being... all about the new Fallout series. What makes it extra special is the reappearance of one of its stars on this here podcast, Ella Purnell herself, who plays Lucy in the show and is casually utterly excellent. She sto…

This week, Daisy Ridley tells Molly Edwards about inspirational true life story Young Woman and the Sea. Plus, Jordan Farley and Jamie Graham review that film, as well as giant space spider horror Sting, romantic tragedy The Beast, Benedict Cumberbatch Netflix series Eric and the 20th anniversary rerelease of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba…

Veteran of The Queen's Gambit, Last Night In Soho, The Menu, The Northman and, well, this here podcast, Anya Taylor Joy returns to talk to Ali about her experiences on set in the desert with director George Miller as they worked on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Plus! Mad (in a nice way) Mad Max fan - okay, expert - Ian Nathan stops by to talk about the …

00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching. 03.45 – 34.05 Review of Furiosa including interviews with director George Miller and Tom Burke, who plays Praetorian Jack 34.10 – 45.10 Review of Garfield including an interview with the man who voices the lasagne-loving moggy, Chris Pratt 45.15 – 53.05 Review of Atlas 53.10 – 1…

Friend of the show (and The Independent's chief film critic) Clarisse Loughrey joins forces with Digital Spy's Movies Editor Ian Sandwell to review the biggest releases of the past few weeks with good ol' Ali, including The Fall Guy, Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes, The Idea Of You, Back In Black and much, much more. Spoilers are avoided, so if y…

00.00 – 03.15 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 03.20 – 15.50 Inteview with The Strangers: Chapter 1 director Renny Harlin 15.55 – 27.10 Review of If 27.15 – 33.20 Review of Hoard 33.25 – 37.20 Review of Tiger Stripes 37.25 – 40.00 Review of Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg 40.05 – 45.15 Film of the Week and answer…

By now, you'd think Ali would have shut up about going on holiday to Japan... and yet, that's somehow not the case - but with good reason! Joining him to talk about the critically adored drama series Shōgun is his new best pal Chris Broad - creator of the Abroad In Japan YouTube channel and a man who knows a thing or two about the land of the risin…

0.00 – 03.25 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 03.30 – 29.50 Review of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes including interviews with the film’s director Wes Ball and stars Owen Teague, Freya Allen and Kevin Durand 29.55 – 37.30 Review of La Chimera 37.35 – 42.50 Review of Made in England 42.55 – 48.40 Review of Dark Matter 48.45…

It’s a return visit from Such Brave Girls’ Kat Sadler for a short and sweet Ali Plumb’s film club while he shakes off the jet lag from his trip to Japan. Kat’s choice for everyone’s favourite on and off film club? National Treasure. As in, Nic Cage and Sean Bean and puzzles and stealing the declaration of Independence. It’s better than you remember…

00.00 – 04.45 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 04.50 – 23.20 Review of The Fall Guy with an interview with the film’s stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt 23.25 – 32.20 Review of Love Lies Bleeding 32.25 – 42.10 Review of The Idea of You 42.15 – 50.20 This week’s big re-release – Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 50.25 …

It’s been a short while since Denis Villeneuve took us all on a return trip to Arrakis, but with Dune: Part Two starting up its home entertainment release, Ali and his fellow Frank Herbert aficionados Clarisse Loughrey and Steffan Powell decided now was the time to really dig into what happened with Paul and Chani and the rest of the epic sci-fi se…

00.00 – 03.20 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been up to 03.25 – 20.20 Review of Boy Kills World with an interview with the film’s director Moritz Mohr 20.25 – 35.10 Review of Challengers 35.15 – 41.20 Review of I.S.S. 41.25 – 49.20 Review of Ordinary Angels 49.25 – 55.00 Review of Spy X Family Code: White 55.05 – 1.00.40 Film of the Week…

Such Brave Girls: the darker-than-dark BBC 3 sitcom that hopefully you’ve seen already… but then again, if you haven’t yet, that’s okay too because you’re really in for a treat. Ali’s such a fan he’s invited the star and creator, Kat Sadler, onto the podcast for a special conversation about how the programme came together. So as you may have guesse…

00.00 – 07.20 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 07.25 – 29.10 Review of Abigail including an interview with the one of the stars of the movie, Dan Stevens *mild premise spoilers for Abigail* 29.15 – 51.10 Review of Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver including interviews with the film’s director Zack Snyder and stars Sofia Bout…

Fallout has landed - all eight episodes of it - and with it comes some interviews with BBC Radio 1's answer to "The Ghoul", Ali Plumb, as Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Walton Goggins and more sit down to try and make sense of the post-apocalypse. Plus, a quick round-up of the biggest blockbuster news stories of the past couple of week…

00.00 – 04.40 Intro and presenters discuss what else they've been watching 04.45 – 27.05 Review of Back to Black including an interview Marisa Abela who plays Amy Winehouse. 27.10 – 53.20 Review of Civil War including interviews with the film’s director Alex Garland and the film’s star Kirsten Dunst 53.25 – 1.07.15 Review of The Greatest Hits inclu…

You're a big fan of Dev Patel, of course you are. As is Jordan Peele, as is our Ali. So join us as we learn what trials and tribulations he endured and magnificently overcame in the process of putting together his directorial debut, the gritty action thriller Monkey Man on this here podcast. Spoiler alert: it's safe to say the bone-breaking struggl…

00.00 – 04.25 Intro and presenters discuss their picks of the week 04.30 – 21.50 Review of Monkey Man including an interview with the star and director Dev Patel and producer Jordan Peele 21.55 – 32.20 Review of The First Omen 32.25 – 38.00 Review of Io Capitano 38.05 – 43.15 Review of Evil Does Not Exist 43.20 – 51.20 Review of Scoop 51.25 – 54.15…

While Ali's been poorly of late, we're not going to let you down podcast-wise, no no no - so here are some Poor Things interviews we didn't include on Screen Time back when the film was first released in the UK back in January. And it's perfect timing (sort of) with the film now on streaming, so it's almost as if we planned it, eh? Plus: have you h…

00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 03.45 – 24.35 Review of Godzilla X Kong including an interview with the film’s director, Adam Wingard 24.40 – 40.50 Review of Kung Fu Panda 4 including an interview with the film’s star, Jack Black 40.55 – 47.30 Review of Mothers’ Instinct 47.35 – 52.10 Review of Drift 52.15 – 56…

Lots of exclamations in the title there, apologies - but then again, when you've got acting talent like this lot on your podcast, maybe a few exclamations can be forgiven. This week we have a slightly poorly Ali as he wraps up the past seven day's biggest news headlines, chucks out a few TV recommendations and then presses play on a couple of inter…

00.00 – 04.10 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching. 04.15 – 19.40 Review of Road House including interviews with the film’s stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Lukas Gage and Billy Magnussen 19.45 – 39.55 Review of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire including an interview with the film’s director Gil Kenan 40.00 – 51.15 Review of …

Friend of the show and casually very funny man Ben Schwartz - also known to some as Parks and Rec’s Jean-Ralphio, the voice of Sonic The Hedgehog and an improv artist extraordinaire - joins Ali this week to talk about the Oscars, how to pull jokes out of thin air and the classic of classics that is Back To The Future for a very special edition of A…

00.00 – 07.35 Intro and presenters discuss the Oscars. 07.40 – 21.35 Interview with Robot Dreams director Pablo Berger 21.40 – 28.00 Review of Drive-Away Dolls 28.05 – 36.30 Review of Monster 36.35 – 40.20 Review of New Boy 40.25 – 46.00 Review of Banel and Adama 46.05 – 52.30 Film of the Week, and answering the question: “Do you you have any early…

After a bit of news, a few recommendations for what you might want to watch this weekend - Dune Part Two is in cinemas too, let's not forget - a little later on in the podcast you’ll hear from two human beings who are in Guy Ritchie’s new Netflix show, The Gentlemen, namely old friend of the show (sort of, you’ll see) Kaya Scodelario and new friend…

00.00 – 03.45 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 03.50 – 31.00 Review of Origin including an interview with film’s writer/director Ava DuVernay 31.05 – 51.20 Review of Damsel including an interview with the film’s director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo 51.25 – 59.00 Review of Copa 71 59.05 – 1.06.20 This week’s big re-release – Soul …

Today we have a podcast of two halves: one half is a spoiler-free review of the long-awaited, eagerly anticipated Dune Part Two, the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the classic Frank Herbert sci-fi novel, with friend of the show and Independent film critic in chief (and die-hard self-professed “Dunehead”) Clarisse Loughrey joining A…

00.00 – 04.25 Intro and presenters discuss their week in viewing 04.30 – 33.40 Review of Dune: Part Two, including an interview with the film’s director Denis Villeneuve 34.45 – 52.40 Review of Spaceman, including an interview with the film’s stars Adam Sandler and Paul Dano 52.45 – 1.03.00 Review of Lisa Frankenstein 1.03.05 – 1.07.30 Film of the …

A podcast of two halves for you this week as Ali reacts to some of the biggest movies and TV news stories of the past seven days - including the winners at the BAFTAs, but of course - then things get really rather silly as Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley talk about their new (and incredibly sweary) film, Wicked Little Letters, a movie about incred…

Netflix’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ much-loved novel One Day has been a storming success since it landed online last week, with seemingly everyone you know talking about Ambika Mod’s Emma and Leo Woodall’s Dexter with a tear in their eye around the proverbial water cooler. So now seemed like a good time to invite Ambika herself into the Radio 1…

0.00 – 03.25 Intro and presenters discuss their week in viewing 03.30 – 28.20 Review of Madame Web, including interviews with Dakota Johnson, SJ Clarkson and Tahar Rahim 28.25 – 36.40 Review of Bob Marley: One Love 36.45 – 41.00 Review of The Taste of Things 41.05 – 46.00 Review of The Promised Land 46.05 – 55.00 This week’s rereleases 55.05 – 59.5…