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Radio 1's Screen Time

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Join Radio 1’s resident film buff Ali Plumb for movie news, reviews and extra behind-the-screens fun.

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Episodes

Reviewed: First Man, Small Foot, Mandy & Bad Times at the El Royale

October 12, 2018 19:07 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

This week's movie reviews: First Man, Small Foot, Mandy & Bad Times at the El Royale Plus news of the new Aladdin film, Glass and Black Panther 2.

Christopher Nolan Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

October 07, 2018 23:30 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Memento, The Prestige, Dunkirk: Christopher Nolan has become one of Hollywood's most visionary directors. Here he chats to Ali about the making of all these films, on working with Heath Ledger and Harry Styles, constantly putting a bag over Cillian Murphy's head and taking a ride in a Spitfire.

Reviewed: Venom, A Star Is Born & Johnny English Strikes Again

October 05, 2018 14:42 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

Ali and Ace review Venom starring Tom Hardy, A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, and find out how Johnny English star and Bond girl Olga Kurylenko reacted to Ali's embarrassing question.

Steven Spielberg Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

September 30, 2018 23:30 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

Legendary director Steven Spielberg talks through his greatest sci-fi movies, from Jurassic Park, E.T. and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind to his latest film, Ready Player One.

Reviewed: Night School & Quincy

September 28, 2018 15:51 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

Ali teams up with Newsbeat's Steffan Powell to talk about all the things you'll find on a screen, including reviews of Night School starring Kevin Hart and music biography Quincy. Plus news on up and coming Kingsman 3, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Creed 2.

Spike Lee Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

September 24, 2018 12:37 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

Visionary director Spike Lee talks to Radio 1's Movie Critic Ali Plumb about his career-defining moments, from Do The Right Thing and Inside Man to latest movie BlacKkKlansman.

Reviewed: The House With A Clock In Its Walls & Mile 22

September 21, 2018 14:02 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MB

Ali reviews The House with a Clock in Its Walls starring Jack Black & Cate Blanchett,, Mile 22 starring Mark Wahlberg and A Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively.

Ryan Reynolds Interview Special: Becoming... Deadpool

September 16, 2018 23:01 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

Ryan Reynolds tells the extraordinary story of how he became Marvel's most outrageous superhero, from his rivalry with Hugh Jackman to making a music video with Celine Dion.

Reviewed: The Predator, Crazy Rich Asians & King Of Thieves

September 14, 2018 15:03 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Ali reviews The Predator, Crazy Rich Asians and King Of Thieves. Plus your thoughts on BlacKKKlansman and who are the actors in Hollywood who have yet to win an Oscar but you KNOW will win one soon? Ali is building a list.

Gal Gadot Interview Special: Becoming... Wonder Woman

September 09, 2018 23:01 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

Gal Gadot talks to Ali about becoming DC’s Wonder Woman ahead of Justice League, reveals Chris Pine's nickname for her, and explains what she means by Wonder Woman's "bush"

Reviewed: Final Score, The Nun & American Animals

September 07, 2018 15:45 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

Ali reviews Final Score and chats to it's star Dave Bautista about their mutual love for Hugh Jackman and Chris Pratt. Plus reviews of demonic horror The Nun, strange heist movie American Animals and teenage drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post starring Chloë Grace Moretz.

Chris Hemsworth Interview Special: Becoming... Thor

September 03, 2018 09:31 - 8 minutes - 8.19 MB

Chris Hemsworth speaks to Radio 1's Ali Plumb about becoming Marvel's God of Thunder, his early career in Home and Away and how Dancing with the Stars nearly lost him the role.

Reviewed: Yardie & The Spy Who Dumped Me

August 31, 2018 15:32 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Ali joins Ace to talk about Hollywood's biggest earners, can you guess who they are? Also reviews of Yardie, a new film by Idris Elba, and The Spy Who Dumped Me with Mila Kunis and news on Matt-Star Wars-Smith and Alec-not Batman-Baldwin.

Tom Holland Interview Special: Becoming Spiderman

August 27, 2018 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Tom Holland tells Ali Plumb how he went from playing Billy Elliot in the stage show to becoming Marvel's biggest Superhero. He also talks about meeting Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, his newfound friendship with Zendaya and dealing with fame at such a young age.

Reviewed: Christopher Robin & BlacKkKlansman

August 24, 2018 21:15 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB

Ali reviews the latest movie releases, Christopher Robin and BlacKkKlansman. Plus he chats to Ace about all the movie news from the week including the departure of director Danny Boyle from the latest James Bond film.

Review: The Meg

August 10, 2018 16:06 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

Ali and Ace get together once again to talk about The Meg starring Jason Statham plus Ali chats to Evangeline Lilly about her role as The Wasp.

Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp

August 03, 2018 12:55 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Dev joins Ali for all the latest movie news and reviews and Ali gives his review of Ant-Man and the Wasp starring Paul Rudd & Evangeline Lilly. Plus we hear your thoughts on last week's Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

Review: Mission: Impossible - Fallout

July 27, 2018 13:20 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MB

Ali gives his verdict on Mission: Impossible - Fallout and chats to Ace about all the latest movie and trailer news.

Reviews: Incredibles 2 & Skyscraper

July 13, 2018 16:29 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Ali reviews the latest movie releases, Incredibles 2 and Skyscraper. Plus he chats to Ace about all the movie news from the week including a new Robocop sequel, Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker and the return of Billy Dee Williams to Star Wars.

Reviews: The First Purge & Whitney

July 06, 2018 15:06 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

Ali gets over the excitement of Dwayne The Rock Johnson Retweeting him to give his verdict on The First Purge and Whitney. Plus he and Ace chat over all the movie and T.V news of the week and read out your thoughts on last week's film, Tag.

Review:Tag & Sicario 2: Soldado

June 29, 2018 19:48 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MB

Ali Plumb gives his verdict on this week's biggest Movies and takes a look at the latest news. Plus hear his interview with Adrift's Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin.

Review: Ocean's 8

June 22, 2018 15:07 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

Ali chat's to Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Sarah Paulson about Ocean's 8 and Ali & Ace go through your thoughts on Hereditary and have news about Star Wars and Creed 2.

Review: Hereditary

June 15, 2018 16:43 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

This week Ali gives his verdict on the chilling Hereditary starring Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro & Gabriel Byrne and Ace joins Ali as they go through your thoughts of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as well as all the latest movie and streaming news.

Review: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

June 08, 2018 15:50 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Ali gives his verdict on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and chats to Jeff Goldblum about that iconic theme tune. Did you know there are lyrics to it? Also Ace joins Ali for all of the movie news and they are at odds about which film's more exciting Top Gun or Legally Blonde?

Solo: A Star Wars Story & Emilia Clarke Interview

May 25, 2018 14:49 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

This week Ali gives his verdict on Solo: A Star Wars Story and chats to Emilia Clarke. We also get your views on Deadpool 2 and Ace and Ali run down their top 5 of Brits with good American accents.

Review: Deadpool 2

May 18, 2018 16:30 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

The long awaited Deadpool 2 starring Ryan Reynolds & Josh Brolin is finally here. But was does Ali think? Also find out all the latest movie news and why Ali thinks Ross from Friends might be an alien.

Review: Sherlock Gnomes

May 11, 2018 15:59 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

This week Ali took along his Godson Cian to see Sherlock Gnomes starring Mary J. Blige, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp and James McAvoy. However he didn't buy Cian any Popcorn? EXPLAIN YOURSELF MR PLUM!

Review: I Feel Pretty

May 04, 2018 15:49 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

All the movie news and box office takings of the week and a review of I Feel Pretty starring Amy Schumer.

Review: Avengers: Infinity War

April 27, 2018 16:07 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Ali is back with all the news and box office ratings of the week and a review of Avengers: Infinity war - spoiler free (Honest)

Ben Affleck

April 25, 2018 10:52 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Ben talks to Ali about *that* catchphrase from Argo and which of his films is his fave. From Good Will Hunting and Dogma, to blockbusters like Armageddon and Batman v Superman, to directing Argo and The Town, Ben talks about the stories behind his very best films.

Reviews: Blockers & The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

April 20, 2018 16:40 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

All the movie news of the week and reviews of wartime drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Blockers starring John Cena, Leslie Mann and Kathryn Newton.

Review: Rampage

April 13, 2018 16:36 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

Ali gives us all the latest movie and box office news plus reviews Rampage starring Dwayne Johnson and Naomie Harris.

Jennifer Lawrence

April 10, 2018 15:46 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Jennifer Lawrence talks to Ali Plumb about her biggest roles, from Katniss in The Hunger Games and Mystique in X-Men to her Oscar winning performance in Silver Linings Playbook.

Reviews: A Quiet Place, Love Simon & Ghost Stories

April 06, 2018 16:20 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Ali chats to John Krasinski about his latest film A Quiet Place and also reviews Love Simon starring Nick Robinson and Ghost Stories with Martin Freeman and Andy Nyman.

Reviews: Ready Player One & Isle Of Dogs.

March 30, 2018 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

All the news a box office ratings of the week plus reviews of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One and Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs.

Steven Spielberg

March 29, 2018 16:57 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Legendary director Steven Spielberg talks through his greatest sci-fi movies, from Jurassic Park, E.T. and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind to his latest film, Ready Player One.

Reviews: A Wrinkle In Time & Pacific Rim: Uprising

March 23, 2018 00:29 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

This week Ali reviews Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time & Pacific Rim: Uprising with an interview from John Boyega.

Reviews: Tomb Raider & Peter Rabbit

March 16, 2018 16:19 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MB

This week as well as all the usual box office ratings and news, Ali reviews Tomb Raider starring Alicia Vikander & Dominic West and Peter Rabbit starring James Corden.

Game Night, Red Sparrow & I, Tonya

March 02, 2018 14:07 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

This week as well as all the latest news and box office ratings Ali gives his verdict on Game Night starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, I, Tonya with Margot Robbie and Red Sparrow starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton.

Black Panther, Lady Bird and The Shape Of Water

February 16, 2018 18:48 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

Ali reviews Black Panther, Lady Bird, The Shape Of Water... and Saoirse Ronan is his guest!

Review: The Cloverfield Paradox

February 08, 2018 18:55 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

Ali reviews the latest movies and interviews Hollywood’s hottest stars.

Reviews: Phantom Thread & Den Of Thieves

February 03, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

This week Ali reviews Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Den Of Thieves with Gerard Butler and 50 Cent.

Gary Oldman

January 31, 2018 16:09 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

Gary Oldman's career has been colossal, from playing Sid Vicious in 1988, through Bram Stoker's Dracula, Léon: The Professional and Harry Potter films to his latest role as Sir Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. Ali chats to him about some of his most memorable moments.

Christopher Nolan

January 31, 2018 15:56 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Memento, The Prestige, Dunkirk: Christopher Nolan has become one of Hollywood's most visionary directors. Here he chats to Ali about the making of all these films, on working with Heath Ledger and Harry Styles, constantly putting a bag over Cillian Murphy's head and taking a ride in a Spitfire.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Early Man & 12 Strong

January 26, 2018 17:16 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

This week Ali chats to Ace about 12 Strong with Chris Hemsworth & Michael Shannon, Early Man featuring Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams & Eddie Redmayne and Maze Runner: The Death Cure. There are also reviews of Downsizing and Last Flag Flying

Molly's Game, The Darkest Hour & 3 Billboards

January 12, 2018 16:20 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

All the latest news from the world of movies with reviews of Molly's Game starring Jessica Chastain & Idris Elba, Darkest hour with Gary Oldman & Lily James and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which stars Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson.

Chris Hemsworth - Becoming Thor

January 02, 2018 14:24 - 9 minutes - 8.64 MB

Chris talks about starting in Home and Away, where he keeps his hammers, and how Dancing with the Stars almost lost him the role of Thor.

John Boyega and Daisy Ridley - Becoming Finn & Rey

December 26, 2017 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

John Boyega & Daisy Ridley discuss the reality of becoming Finn & Rey. From their favourite mementos to seeing their faces on lollipops, they reveal the joy & weirdness of becoming part of the Star Wars phenomena

Pitch Perfect 3 and Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle

December 22, 2017 15:59 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

Ali gives his verdict on some of the biggest sequels to hit the screen this Christmas

Taron Egerton - Becoming A Kingsman

December 20, 2017 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

Ali meets the 'best human ever' to talk about his bromances with Colin Firth and Hugh Jackman, preparing for topless scenes, playing Elton John, and what to call his fans.