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Ali’s Film Club: Soul
January 08, 2021 16:55 - 53 minutes - 49 MBRadio 1's Screen Time is back back back for 2021 and you'll be pleased to hear that Ali Plumb's Film Club is going nowhere, no sir or madam. This week friend of the podcast Arielle Free returns to talk about Pixar's latest, Soul, and as it's about, well, the meaning of existence, there's SO MUCH TO SAY - so this film club could well be a record-breaking length. Then there's a very brief news section, as well as a whole bunch of different movie and TV recommendations on top of the answer to t...
Jenna Coleman Interview Special: The Story So Far
January 03, 2021 00:30 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBJenna Coleman is best known for her work on Emmerdale, Doctor Who and Victoria but she's soon to be seen in something distinctly different: BBC One's serial killer true-crime drama The Serpent, where she plays the seemingly complicit other half to the infamous 'Bikini Killer' Charles Sobhraj (played by A Prophet's Tahar Rahim) in the 1970s. In this audio version of her Story So Far interview, she talks about shooting in Thailand, mastering the Quebecois accent and what mementos she managed t...
Cobra Kai Interview Special
December 27, 2020 00:30 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBAfter two seasons on YouTube, Karate Kid TV follow-up Cobra Kai was snapped up by Netflix and now, at long last, a third instalment is here. It tells the continuing stories of one-time teenage rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and well as a host of their young students, including Miguel Diaz (Xolo Maridueña), Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser) and Hawk himself, played by Jacob Bertrand. They all spoke to Ali through the magic of the internet to talk about ...
A Christmas Greeting
December 25, 2020 09:30 - 2 minutes - 1.95 MBAli has his feet up watching a Christmas Movie (who woulda guessed!) So no news or reviews this week. However look out for some great interview special podcasts coming up in the next week, including the cast of Cobra Kai and the brilliant Jenna Coleman talking about her role in the upcoming BBC drama The Serpent.
Jamie Foxx Interview Special: Soul
December 20, 2020 00:30 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBThis year, we've had two Pixar movies. One was Onward, which came out in cinemas back in March and the second is Soul, which is forgoing cinemas and instead opting for a Disney+ release on Christmas day. Talking us through how they made this incredible music-cum-meaning-of-life movie about a middle school band teacher (Jamie Foxx), his unfortunate accident and trip to "the great before" (where he meets lsot soul Tina Fey) are producer Dana Murray, director Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out) and th...
Ali’s Film Club: Love Actually
December 18, 2020 16:31 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBSo here it is, merry Christmas - nearly, anyway - and everybody's watching tonnes of festive films. One on everyone's list is Love Actually, 2003's star-studded Christmassy chocolate box movie from Richard Curtis. In this very special episode, the man himself, the writer-director behind it all, drops by to talk about the movie and a new Comic Relief quiz they've put together. Plus Lucy Ford's back for bonus Love Actually fun, and there's the news section as well, which while not quite as who...
Wonder Woman 1984 Interview Special
December 13, 2020 00:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBWonder Woman 1984 finally hits cinemas here in the UK on the 16th of December, significantly earlier than in the US, where it'll land over Christmas. Here in this interview special all about the DC Comics sequel, you'll hear from its lead, Gal Gadot, about her brand new golden set of winged armour, shooting some extraordinary action set-pieces (in London, some of the time) and - believe it or not - what her favourite British food is. Plus, there's the amazing Pedro Pascal and director Patty ...
Big Movie News And Ali's Film Club: Elf
December 11, 2020 17:45 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBAli tries to wrestle with ALL THE HUGE MOVIE AND TV NEWS that's landed lately, touching on the ongoing HBO Max situation, Better Call Saul's action thriller (sort of), the return of Doc Ock (and many more) in the upcoming Spider-Man Far From Home sequel - oh, and all of the incredible, nigh-on unbelievable headlines coming out of the Disney Investors event on Thursday night. So many big stories. So little time. Oh, and there's also the Elf 'Ali Plumb's Film Club' chat in the second half of t...
Rachel Brosnahan Interview Special: I'm Your Woman
December 06, 2020 00:30 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBRachel Brosnahan has appeared in the likes of House Of Cards, Manhattan, Gossip Girl and The Good Wife - not forgetting her career-changing role as Midge in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - and now she stars in her own Amazon movie I'm Your Woman (out on December 11) about a mother on the run with her child after her husband betrays his fellow mobsters. Here she talks to Ali about all of the above, all whilst Ali's other half - called Ally, by the by - completes a jigsaw in the other side of the ...
Ali’s Film Club: Klaus
December 04, 2020 16:23 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBKlaus! What do you mean, you haven't seen it? You better watch it before you listen to this week's 'Ali Plumb's Film Club' as it's our Christmassy choice this time around. You've also got the movie news section, where we tackle a massive bombshell dropped on us by Warner Bros over in the US, as well as a few other titbits involving Mads Mikkelsen, Jason Statham and Small Axe.
Interview Special: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
November 29, 2020 00:30 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBWe've dug through the Ali Plumb interview archives to put together a special Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Sunday special where you can hear snippets from previous interviews with the likes of Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino (whoever they are) as they talk about QT's latest.
Ali’s Film Club: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
November 27, 2020 16:24 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBAce is back on the podcast this week to talk about the latest entry in 'Ali Plumb's Film Club': Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Look forward to two very geeky men being highly overexcited, just the way you like it. Plus a quick hop, skip and a jump (or three) over the biggest news stories of the week, including The Last Of Us getting a series order from HBO and when we might be able to see Wonder Woman 1984 in the UK.
Kristen Stewart & Mackenzie Davis Interview Special: Happiest Season
November 22, 2020 00:30 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBChristmassy rom-com Happiest Season arrives in the UK on November 26th, and to celebrate Ali got to speak to its stars, Mackenzie Davis and Kristen Stewart, about ice-skating on camera, their favourite comfort food movies and tv shows, and of course - what with it being the main topic of the movie in question - the perils of coming out to your conservative parents over the holidays. As if being with all your family over the holiday season wasn't stressful enough, eh?
Ali’s Film Club: Parasite
November 20, 2020 16:18 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBWith Steve McQueen's Small Axe film series, The Mandalorian, Star Trek: Discovery, His Dark Materials and so much else dropping of late, there's a lot going on in the world of movies and TV for Radio 1's Screen Time - still, that's not going to stop us from carrying on with 'Ali Plumb's Film Club', with friend of the podcast and Bong Joon-ho Karen Han stopping by to talk about the Best Picture-winning dark comedy drama. After the news section of course, what with the whole Wonder Woman 1984 ...
Gillian Anderson Interview Special: The Crown
November 15, 2020 00:30 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBGillian Anderson plays Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the latest season of The Crown on Netflix and here she talks to Ali about working alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Colman in the higher-than-high-end big budget drama, plus a tiny, tiny bit on her X-Files memories and what it's like to be recognised for her work in Sex Education...
Oh, The Good Life!
November 13, 2020 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.78 MBAli is 'on holiday' this week but he's still got a little bit of waffle for you, just for fun. Plus: news on what's next week's 'Ali Plumb's Film Club' choice - spoiler alert, it's Parasite. Gave the game away there, drat. Ah well. Now you know.
His Dark Materials Series 2 Interview Special
November 08, 2020 00:30 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBHis Dark Materials returns for a second series on BBC One just when we needed it - not 'season', despite Ali's slip of the tongue in the intro, this is a British show, come along now - and we've got Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) themselves on the line to talk about how the show has changed their lives, acting alongside a daemon, seeing your poster above a highway and much much more. This one's a lot of fun, promise!
Ali’s Film Club: Groundhog Day
November 06, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBIn this extra-long edition of Ali Plumb's Film Club, the utterly wonderful Arielle Free stops by to talk about Groundhog Day, everyone's favourite time-loop comedy about weather prediction starring Bill Murray. Come on, let's all admit it. With SO MUCH to discuss in this secretly deep, surprisingly emotional, worryingly relevant movie, it really is a super-sized chat. In a good way!
Nick Frost Interview Special: Truth Seekers
November 01, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBNick Frost is back on our screens with his new Amazon Prime horror comedy show Truth Seekers, set in the world of paranormal investigators and things that go bump in the night (or day, to be honest). Here he talks to Ali about getting the scares 'n' chuckles balance right, what he's been watching on the small screen during 2020 and why podcasts - shock twist - aren't for him. The cheek of it!
Ali's Film Club: The Silence Of The Lambs
October 30, 2020 16:15 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBAs it’s Halloween weekend, Ali Plumb’s Film Club tackles the horror of horrors, The Silence Of The Lambs, with Dev dropping by to talk about the Oscar-winning appearance of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal The Cannibal. In the news section, you’ll learn about the upcoming Uncharted movie and where in the world Tom Holland is right now. Important to keep tabs on him, eh? Oh, and Anne Hathaway drops by to talk up the VOD release of The Witches. Happy Halloween everyone!
Olivia Cooke & Ben Hardy Interview Special: Pixie
October 24, 2020 23:30 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBSo! Pixie (currently in UK cinemas) is a Tarantino-ish, In Bruges-y comedy-thriller-heist-road-trip-adventure set in rural Ireland, and it stars Olivia Cooke and Ben Hardy - and hey, what do you know? They spoke to Ali for this particular Sunday interview special, and you're about to press play on it. Ah, go on, go on, go on. They're good fun and you'll have a great time. Lovely stuff.
Ali’s Film Club: The Mask
October 23, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBOn this week's Friday episode of Radio 1's Screen Time, Ali tackles the news on his todd, touching on Jared Leto's potential reappearance as The Joker in the new Justice League... thing, as well as Disney's trailer for their new movie Raya And The Last Dragon. After the headlines, we have BBC Radio 1's very own Matt Edmondson for 'Ali Plumb's Film Club' where - shock twist! - we talk about Jim Carrey classic The Mask and not (as previously advertised) Being John Malkovich. Ali couldn't handl...
Lily James & Armie Hammer Interview Special: Rebecca
October 19, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBDaphne du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca has been adapted once again by Ben Wheatley, and in honour of its release on Netflix (and select cinemas) on October 21st, Ali spoke to its charming stars, Lily James and Armie Hammer, about tackling a story that previously won the Best Picture Oscar for one - checks notes - "Alfred Hitchcock". Never heard of him either.
A Quick Message
October 17, 2020 23:30 - 1 minute - 1.07 MBThere will be a slight delay for this week's interview podcast. Here's Ali to explain.
Ali’s Film Club: '71
October 16, 2020 14:39 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBAli Plumb's Film Club continues apace with '71, the tense thriller from Yann Demange that Ali's been banging on about for seemingly ages now. Newsbeat's very own Steffan Powell pops by to chat about the latest movie and TV news (as well as '71, of course), with everything from Coming 2 America to His Dark Materials up for discussion.
Riz Ahmed Interview Special: Mogul Mowgli
October 10, 2020 23:30 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBRiz Ahmed is one of those brilliantly gifted writer-actors that is always worth watching. His latest, the heartfelt and close to home Mogul Mowgli is currently screening at the BFI London Film Festival before hitting cinema screens nationwide on October 30th. Here he talks to Ali about the parallels between himself and his Pakistani-British rapper Zed in the film, touching on the legacy of Four Lions and a whole load more.
Ali’s Film Club: I, Tonya
October 09, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBAli Plumb's Film Club is back! I, Tonya is being discussed at length this week, with Radio 1's very own Clara Amfo coming along for the ride. As if that weren't enough, there's a generously-sized movie news section - lots and lots to talk about and no mistake - plus an interview with the amazingly talented Morfydd Clark, the star of the now-actually-in-actual-cinemas body horror Saint Maud.
Tom Hiddleston Interview Special: Movies That Made Me
October 03, 2020 23:30 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBTom Hiddleston takes us back through his career, including playing Loki in The Avengers movies, working with Woody Allen, starring in The Night Manager, and hearing Spielberg's anecdotes.
Lots And Lots Of News
October 02, 2020 16:30 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBAli is here to blow Ace's mind this week with loads of Marvel 'n' Disney 'n' Boys-based movie and TV news. Lion King 2? Sure, let's tackle that. How about Jamie Foxx in a new Spider-Man movie? Wait... what? Ace and Ali try to explain it all (and sometimes even succeed). Also! Your thoughts on Enola Holmes, and don't forget - Ali Plumb's Film Club is back next week, so make sure you watch I, Tonya before then...
Reviewed: Enola Holmes
September 25, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBAli is back from his trip away with a walking, talking solo Friday episode, talking about the Emmys, the Beastie Boys, the "classics" and this week's biggest release 'Enola Holmes'. And fret not, Ace will be back next week, don't you worry...
Millie Boby Brown Interview Special: Enola Holmes
September 19, 2020 23:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBChances are, you know full well who Millie Bobby Brown is: the staggeringly gifted 16-year-old star of Stranger Things and now her own new Netflix movie, Enola Holmes, where she plays the sister of the famous Baker Street consulting detective (here played by Henry Cavill). Talking to Ali for an iPlayer 'Story So Far' interview, here's the slightly longer audio version where they talk about all sorts: performing martial arts in a corset, perfecting a posh English accent and what mementos Milli...
Millie Bobby Brown Interview Special: Enola Holmes
September 19, 2020 23:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBChances are, you know full well who Millie Bobby Brown is: the staggeringly gifted 16-year-old star of Stranger Things and now her own new Netflix movie, Enola Holmes, where she plays the sister of the famous Baker Street consulting detective (here played by Henry Cavill). Talking to Ali for an iPlayer 'Story So Far' interview, here's the slightly longer audio version where they talk about all sorts: performing martial arts in a corset, perfecting a posh English accent and what mementos Mill...
Bill & Ted Are Back - Excellent !!
September 18, 2020 15:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBAli is off on holiday this week but that's not going to stop him from podcasting, no sir, no way, no how. Here then is a shorter (and possibly sweeter) Friday edition of Radio 1's Screen Time, bolstered by the appearance of Bill and Ted themselves, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, to celebrate the UK in-cinema release of the long-awaited Bill & Ted: Face The Music. **Air Guitar**
Nolan North Interview Special
September 12, 2020 23:30 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBNolan North is the star of the new Marvel's Avengers game, where he plays - checks notes - a character called 'Iron Man'. Never heard of him either. Talking to Ali about what goes into the performance capture of cutscenes in modern triple-A games like Avengers and much, much more besides, the artist sometimes known as Nathan Drake is funny, informative and pretty good at telling stories. From a much-loved actor? Who saw that coming?
Reviewed: Mulan
September 11, 2020 15:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBSo many news stories, so little time! Ali and Ace try to dance through the biggest movie revelations that have dropped in the past week - from Mission: Impossible to the new Dune trailer and back again - before capping things off with a review of the new live-action Mulan. Expect a lot of extreme geekery. In a good way.
The New Mutants Interview Special
September 05, 2020 23:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBThe New Mutants is finally in cinemas! And to celebrate, here's our Ali talking to the impressive cast - namely Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt and Henry Zaga - as well as writer-director Josh Boone about how they put together their X-Men haunted house (ish) horror thriller. Note to self: do not hand Maisie Williams a tambourine any time soon. Now we know.
Reviewed: The New Mutants
September 04, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThe New Mutants finally hits cinemas this week and Ace and Ali are here to let you know what to expect. Plus, Mulan lands on Disney Plus - for an extra fee, mind - and The Boys Season 2 has finally arrived. Well, the first three episodes have, at any rate. In the news section, our pal James Bond makes an appearance, as does John Boyega and the cast of Dune, but ultimately the biggest story is of course the sad passing of Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman, with Ace and Ali doing their b...
Tenet Interview Special
August 29, 2020 23:30 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBTenet is finally here, and in cinemas. Christoper Nolan's latest is a big budget time-recalibrating spy-ish sci-fi thriller that's almost impossible to talk about. Almost. Nimbly dancing around spoilers the best they can, here are the cast of Tenet - John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Pattinson and Sir Kenneth Branagh - as well as Nolan himself.
Reviewed: Tenet
August 28, 2020 16:04 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThe Batman, The Suicide Squad, Justice League... a whole host of DC movie news landed over the weekend just gone so it's up to Ali and Ace step up to the plate to make sense of it all. Plus! Ali does his level best to review Christopher Nolan's Tenet without dropping any spoilers. It's quite the task and no mistake.
Greta Gerwig Interview Special
August 22, 2020 23:30 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBGreta Gerwig is the amazingly talented writer-director-actor behind Lady Bird and Little Women. In this December 2019 interview, she speaks to Ali about her relationship with Saoirse Ronan, what it's like going to the Oscars (with the help of Jordan Peele) and much more besides.
A Mixed Bag Of Movies
August 21, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIn a 'movie news stories' round-up, Ace and Ali talk about the Zac Efron Three Men And A Baby reboot - no, really - Will Smith's hard-edged Fresh Prince reimagining and who they've cast as Princess Diana in the final two series of The Crown. It's a mixed bag of news this week, we can't lie. Also don't forget that next week's 'Ali Plumb's Film Club' is Tenet, what with it being the first big, big movie to hit cinemas for a long, long time. And, you know, it being a Christopher Nolan film and ...
Joe Keery Interview Special: Spree
August 16, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBJoe Keery is one of those brilliant, likeable, winning young actors you can't help but be a fan of. It helps that he's in one of the biggest TV shows going right now - yep, he's Steve from Stranger Things - but he's also got this enjoyable on-screen presence generally, something he really plays with in his new movie, Spree. This is a darker-than-dark comedy-thriller about an unhinged young man who's obsessed to the point of violence with the idea of becoming a superfamous influencer online. H...
Ali’s Film Club: Knives Out
August 14, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBA short and sweet (and spoilerific) Friday podcast for you this week, with Ali joining forces with Steffan Powell, Radio 1's gaming-cum-murder mystery expert, to talk about this week's Ali Plumb's Film Club choice, Knives Out. Look forward to two fully-grown men getting really excited about Daniel Craig's Kentucky-fried accent, listing off their favourite Agatha Christie adaptations and other such wanton nerdery. Plus! Ali announces next week's film club choice, Peanut Butter Falcon. Better ...
Seth Rogen Interview Special: An American Pickle
August 08, 2020 23:30 - 16 minutes - 15 MBSeth Rogen is back - and in cinemas to boot! - with An American Pickle, a high-concept comedy about grief, loss, ancestry, religion and what it would be like if your grandfather met you, a 30-something app developer in New York, after waking up from being pickled in brine for over 100 years. You may need to read that sentence again, I don't blame you. Here, Seth talks about his thinky, introspective movie with his trademark booming laugh never far from his lips, before digging into the tried...
Ali’s Film Club: The Martian
August 07, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBAli is all on his lonesome this week as he tries to get his head around the Disney+ release strategy for Mulan, gets excited for The Boys series two and lists ten of his favourite 'underseen indie movies' from the 21st century. Plus, The Martian is this week's Ali Plumb Film Club choice - look forward to Ali trying to get his head around the science of it all - with Knives Out the pick for next time around, so make sure you write that down quick smart.
Russell Crowe Interview Special: Unhinged
August 01, 2020 23:30 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBRussell Crowe is back in cinemas with a new action thriller called Unhinged - which also means he's back on Radio 1's Screen Time too! As well as speaking to Ali about his new road rage movie, the Oscar-winning cinematic legend touches on all sorts of old school fun: what fans shout at him across the street, what movie mementos he's kept over the years, and which movies he'd done he'd consider "his hidden gems". This one is a real treat, truly.
Ali’s Film Club: The Nice Guys
July 31, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this week's Friday edition of Radio 1's Screen Time, Ace is back to talk about The Nice Guys, the Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling '70s-set action-comedy you always wanted to watch but just, you know, didn't find the time. After this podcast, things may well change on that front... Plus! As well as Ali Plumb's Film Club, there's also some movie news to wrestle with, not forgetting a top five 'Most random film cameos' list from Ali which just might blow your mind. Maybe. Possibly. If you're ...
Natasia Demetriou Interview Special: What We Do In The Shadows
July 25, 2020 23:30 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBOn this week's Sunday interview special of Radio 1's Screen Time, Ali speaks to one of his favourite comic performers working today, the utterly amazing Natasia Demetriou, star of the What We Do In The Shadows sitcom spin-off, as well as Stath Lets Flats with her brother Jamie and her own sketch show with Ellie White. She is, as you will soon discover, an absolutely excellent human being. Top tip though: if you haven't seen the latest series of What We Do In The Shadows, it's highly recommen...
Ali’s Film Club: Mission: Impossible - Fallout
July 24, 2020 15:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBGood news, everyone! Ace is back on the podcast to talk about Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Tom Cruise's stunt addition and the fine art of smushing your ankle into the side of a building. Plus, Ali reviews Tom Hanks's Greyhound and tries to keep up with the "This Movie Has Been Delayed" film news headlines. And by the way, next week's 'Ali Plumb's Film Club' choice is The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, so that's, well, nice.
Beanie Feldstein Interview Special: How To Build A Girl
July 18, 2020 23:30 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this week's Sunday interview special of Radio 1's Screen Time, Ali speaks to the always-wonderful Beanie Feldstein. If you don't know Beanie already, you better go watch Booksmart and Lady Bird ASAP - seriously, they're great movies - before you see her tackle a lead role in her latest, How To Build A Girl. Not only is she in almost every scene, but she also tackles the incredibly tricky Wolverhampton accent, which we discuss at length here, as well as her favourite British words, strange...