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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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Reviewed: Just Mercy & Bombshell

January 17, 2020 17:08 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

Ali and Ace discuss thought-provoking true-story, Just Mercy and Ali talks to its cast members Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. Plus, Ali’s verdict on Bombshell starring Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie and runs down the latest news on the Oscars Nominations.

1917 Interview Special

January 12, 2020 00:30 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

1917 is Sam Mendes' latest, a WW1 drama like no other, the story of two infantry men charged with a very dangerous mission: delivering a command to cancel an attack across enemy lines before thousands of men fall into a German trap. Oh, and it's all shot as if it's "one take". Yep. Speaking to Ali about how they pulled it off are Sam Mendes himself, co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, and the stars Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay.

Reviewed: 1917

January 10, 2020 16:19 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Ali and Ace are back with all the movie news including a review of Sam Mendes' WW1 drama 1917 and brings a top 10 of hisd favourite movies of the past year. Will Ace agree?

Taika Waititi: Jojo Rabbit Interview Special

January 05, 2020 00:30 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

“Anti-hate satire” Jojo Rabbit is a film that needs a bit of explaining, featuring as it does Nazis, imaginary Hitlers and Stephen Merchant as a Gestapo agent. Explaining all is Taika Waititi, the writer-director-star of the show, as well as its two younger leads, Thomasin McKenzie and Roman Griffin Davis. Even Ali has a go trying to summarise it in a few words. Well, he tries his best anyway.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

December 29, 2019 00:30 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to Ali about his biggest and best movies, including the Terminators, the Conans, Predator and Commando, not forgetting Twins and Kindergarten Cop.

Martin Scorsese Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

December 22, 2019 00:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Legendary director Martin Scorsese discusses his most iconic films, including Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street and his latest, The Irishman.

Martin Scorsese Interview Special: Movie That Made Me

December 22, 2019 00:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Legendary director Martin Scorsese discusses his most iconic films, including Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street and his latest, The Irishman.

Reviewed: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

December 20, 2019 18:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

The latest Star Wars movie (plus a chat with J.J. Abrams), Cats, Little Women, The Witcher (plus a chat with Henry Cavill), Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, JoJo Rabbit, the best and worst and most underrated films of 2019…Phew! How can we fit so much stuff in a half hour podcast? Truth is - we can’t. SO WE MADE IT AN HOUR!! Merry Christmas everybody.

Emilia Clarke Interview Special: The Story So Far

December 15, 2019 00:30 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Emilia Clarke is in the interview hotseat this week, talking about her latest, Last Christmas, as well as Game Of Thrones, Terminator and Star Wars, touching on tattoos, silly photo faces and being best mates with Emma Thompson.

Emilia Clarke Interview Special:The Story So Far

December 15, 2019 00:30 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Emilia Clarke is in the interview hotseat this week, talking about her latest, Last Christmas, as well as Game Of Thrones, Terminator and Star Wars, touching on tattoos, silly photo faces and being best mates with Emma Thompson.

Reviewed: Jumanji: The Next Level

December 13, 2019 16:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

Ali and Ace give their views on the latest Jumanji movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan and take a look at some of the latest trailers including Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Widow.

Todd Phillips Interview Special: Joker

December 08, 2019 00:30 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

Joker is undeniably one of the biggest films of 2019 - both financially and culturally - so when Ali got the chance to speak to its director, Todd Phillips, he jumped at the chance, talking about the movie's phenomenal success and the possibility, just maybe, of a sequel...

Reviewed: Motherless Brooklyn & Honey Boy

December 06, 2019 16:57 - 18 minutes - 17 MB

Ali gives his verdict on Motherless Brooklyn starring Ed Norton and Honey Boy with Shia LaBeouf, and gets very excited for Bond 2020 after watching the No Time To Die Trailer.

Rian Johnson Interview Special: Knives Out

December 01, 2019 00:30 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Writer/director Rian Johnson has only made five films, but what films they've been... There's Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and now his latest, Knives Out, a murder mystery/whodunnit starring such big names as Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Daniel Craig. Here, Rian talks to Ali about the films that inspired him, constructing such a complicated narrative, getting Craig on board and much more besides.

Reviewed: Charlie's Angels & Knives Out

November 29, 2019 16:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Hear Ali’s verdict on Charlie's Angels and Rian Johnson’s Knives Out. Plus, a great chat with Jay and Silent Bob creator Kevin Smith who tells of the moment he finally “felt a part of the film business” and of how he saved a fan’s life.

Frozen 2 Interview Special

November 24, 2019 00:30 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

It's Frozen 2 weekend, and all of your local multiplexes will be showing Frozen 2, Frozen 2 and Frozen 2 so to, um, celebrate that fact - honest - here are Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and the directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee on the Frozen phenomenon.

Frozen 2, Blue Story & 21 Bridges

November 22, 2019 17:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

Ali and Ace mull over the latest movie, TV and gaming releases including Disney’s (soon to be – without doubt) blockbuster Frozen 2, gritty British gangland drama Blue Story and U.S action cop thriller 21 Bridges starring Chadwick Boseman & Sienna Miller. Ali has also been playing the new game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Hear what he thinks.

Stephen Graham Interview Special: The Irishman

November 17, 2019 00:30 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

Stephen Graham is one of your favourite actors, admit it. Whether it's This Is England or Boardwalk Empire, not forgetting Line Of Duty or, say, Pirates Of The Carribbean. So it was a great pleasure for our Ali to speak to him about his latest, The Irishman, where he plays Anthony Provenzano, one of Jimmy Hoffa's (Al Pacino) teamster rivals back in the day. But let's let Stephen explain...

Reviewed: Last Christmas & Le Mans '66

November 15, 2019 14:32 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

As Ali darts around London's West End meeting all your favourite movie stars (I know - hard life isn't it?) he makes time to give you his verdict on Last Christmas which stars Emilia Clarke and Emma Thompson and Le Mans '66, which is called Ford V Ferrari elsewhere and stars Christian Bale and Matt Damon.

Ruth Wilson Interview Special: His Dark Materials

November 10, 2019 00:30 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

You might know Ruth Wilson from Luther, The Affair or Mrs. Wilson but once you've seen His Dark Materials, chances are you'll know her forever more as the evil and enigmatic Mrs. Coulter. Here, she talks to Ali about finding her character, working with her 'daemon' and much more besides.

Reviewed: The Irishman, The Good Liar, The Aeronauts & Dolemite Is My Name

November 08, 2019 15:54 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Hear Ali's verdict on Martin Scorsese's intense drama The Irishman, The Good Liar starring Helen Mirren & Ian McKellen, The Aeronauts with Felicity Jones & Eddie Redmayne and the return of Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name.

Jillian Bell Interview Special: Britanny Runs A Marathon

November 03, 2019 00:30 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

Jillian Bell has been casually great in a whole host of films and TV shows over the past few years, from Bridesmaids to Workaholics, and now she's the star of her own film, Britanny Runs A Marathon, a film where - you guessed it - someone called Britanny (Bell) runs a marathon. Empowering and positive, it's an Amazon Prime comedy drama worth keeping an eye out for, but not before you listen to this here podcast interview!

Reviewed: Doctor Sleep

November 01, 2019 14:33 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

The Doctor, The Boss and The King. Ali and Ace talk about Doctor Sleep - the sequel to Stephen King's The Shining starring Rebecca Ferguson & Ewan McGregor, Western Stars - the live concert performance of Bruce Springsteen and The King starring Robert Pattinson & Timothée Chalamet. Plus lots more film and TV news.

Timothée Chalamet Interview Special: The King

October 26, 2019 23:30 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

Timothée Chalamet is one of the most talented young actors in film today, having appeared in Lady Bird and Call Me By Your Name, with Dune and Little Women on the way. You can see him now though (in select UK cinemas) in The King, David Michod's take on the Shakespearean story of young Hal becoming King Henry V, with it set to hit Netflix early November. Ali talks to TC - as he likes to refer to him - for the second time, talking about his career so far and much, much more.

Reviewed: Terminator: Dark Fate

October 25, 2019 16:15 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Ali Plumb and DJ Ace review Terminator: Dark Fate.

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil Interview Special

October 19, 2019 23:30 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning and the rest of the Maleficent 2 gang talk to Ali about how a massive CGI-driven Disney blockbuster gets made. Hint: it takes a while and involves a lot of computers.

Reviewed: Zombieland 2 & Maleficent 2

October 18, 2019 16:54 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

Ali Plumb & 1Xtra’s Ace review Zombieland 2: Double Tap & Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil. Plus some thoughts on El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Ali & Ace’s Top Boy review (finally!), their thoughts on the latest Batman casting and Ali almost forgot he interviewed Peanut Butter Falcon stars Shia LaBeouf & Zack Gottsagen, so you can hear that chat too!

Ewan McGregor Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

October 12, 2019 23:30 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Ewan tells the stories behind his iconic performances in Trainspotting, Star Wars and Moulin Rouge! and reveals his hidden movie gems to Radio 1's film critic Ali Plumb.

Reviewed: Gemini Man

October 11, 2019 15:51 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MB

Ali reviews the Will Smith-starring thriller Gemini Man and gives more thoughts on Joker

Taron Egerton Interview Special: Becoming...A Kingsman

October 05, 2019 23:30 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

From Aberystwyth to Hollywood, Taron Egerton tells Radio 1's film critic Ali Plumb how he became a super spy in the Kingsman films, via Eddie the Eagle and a singing gorilla.

Reviewed: Joker

October 04, 2019 14:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Ali gives his verdict on the gritty character study of Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Simon Pegg Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

September 28, 2019 23:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

From Shaun Of The Dead, through Mission: Impossible to Star Trek Beyond; Simon takes Ali Plumb through his career in movies. He speaks about the time Steven Spielberg called his mum's house, Jeff Bridges' life advice, and how his infamous Benedict Cumberbatch neutron cream prank started. Plus, he reveals which movie he considers to be his hidden gem.

Reviewed: Hustlers and Ready or Not

September 27, 2019 18:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

Catch up on this week's latest movie news as Ali Plumb delves into the latest and most talked about movies this week. DJ Ace joins in the conversation as they both talk all things movies.

Ben Affleck Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

September 21, 2019 23:30 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

From Good Will Hunting and Dogma to directing Argo and The Town. From blockbusters like Armageddon and Batman v Superman to his hidden gems. Ben talks about his very best films.

Reviewed: Ad Astra & The Farewell

September 20, 2019 13:28 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

Ali is holidaying in Scotland (visiting many a film location of course!) but that doesn’t stop him bringing you movie news, reviews and his thoughts on the latest DC and Marvel offerings.

Downton Abbey Interview Special

September 14, 2019 23:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

Prepare for the poshest podcast in Radio 1 history in this Downton Abbey special. Ali chat's to Writer Julian Fellows, director Michael Engler and cast members Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech and Penelope Wilton.

Reviewed: Hustlers & Downton Abbey

September 13, 2019 14:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Ali and Ace chat all things movies including reviews of Hustlers starring Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B (sort of) and Downton Abbey, or should we say DA Movie!

Michael Fassbender Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

September 07, 2019 23:30 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

He's worked with Quentin Tarantino, played iconic characters like Magneto in X-Men and is the star of blockbuster Assassin's Creed - Michael Fassbender chats to Ali about his film career to date.

Where's Ali?

September 06, 2019 13:44 - 1 minute - 1.71 MB

Sorry - We have no podcast this week. Ali explains why.

Where's Ali?

September 06, 2019 13:44 - 1 minute - 1.71 MB

Sorry - We have no podcast this week. Ali explains why.

Emily Blunt Interview Special: Becoming...Mary Poppins

August 31, 2019 23:30 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB

Emily Blunt is awesome. There, it's been said. So when it was announced that she'd be taking on the role of Mary Poppins from Julie Andrews for the sequel, Mary Poppins Returns, the internet responded with a general feeling of "Good call". But that was just the beginning for Blunt herself, who explains here how it's a little tricky filling Andrews' shoes, not to mention dancing with a cartoon penguin or two...

Ask Ali: Oscar Tips, Best Of 2019 and more

August 30, 2019 16:13 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB

Radio 1’s Ali Plumb and Radio 1Xtra's Ace answer your movie related questions. Plus all the latest movie news and behind-the-scenes fun.

Danny Boyle Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

August 24, 2019 23:30 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Danny Boyle is the Academy Award-winning British director who's given us Trainspotting (1 and 2), Sunshine, 28 Days Later, The Beach and now Yesterday, a film all about a big 'What if...?' What if one day, only one person in the world remembered The Beatles? Ali talks to Danny about how this Richard Curtis-written comedy came about, shooting sci-fi and what mementos he's taken back home.

Reviewed: Crawl, Angel Has Fallen, Good Boys

August 23, 2019 17:14 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

Ali Plumb reviews the latest movie releases plus chats to Radio 1Xtra's Ace about the Spiderman situation, Bond 25 and a new Matrix sequel.

Quentin Tarantino Interview Special: Movies That Made Me

August 17, 2019 23:30 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

Quentin Tarantino needs no introduction, but here's one anyway: he's the director of such acclaimed film as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, the Kill Bills and now Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, a film about filmmaking, and 1950s TV, and the 1960s generally (and Charlie Manson, kind of). Here QT - as those nervous about spelling call him - talks to Ali Plumb about the films he's made over the years, and which scenes mean the most to him (and much, much more).

Reviewed: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

August 16, 2019 15:13 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Ali gives his views on Quentin Tarantino's latest Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Plus all the latest movie and TV news with Radio 1Xtra's Ace.

Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio Interview Special

August 10, 2019 23:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Three of the biggest names in the movie business - Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio - sit down to talk to our little Ali Plumb about their new movie Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood. Will our beloved film bloke survive? Or will his nerves get the best of him? Find out in this latest exciting installment of... BBC Radio 1's Screen Time!

Reviewed: The Boys & Orange Is The New Black

August 09, 2019 14:35 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

Ali gives his views on epic new TV series The Boys and Ace gives his on the latest series of Orange Is The New Black. Plus, movies - Blinded By The Light and Animals come under the spotlight.

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw Interview Special

August 03, 2019 23:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw is out in cinemas and as it stars one of Ali's favourite people, Jason Statham - no offence, Mr The Rock sir - there had to be a Screen Time interview special to honour that fact. Also along for the ride: Vanessa Kirby, Idris Elba and director David Leitch. Oh, and that Dwayne Johnson guy.

Reviewed: Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

August 02, 2019 16:13 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Ali is joined by Steffan Powell to give his verdict on the latest in the Fast & Furious franchise, along with lots of chat about Quentin Tarantino and all of the film world's latest trailers.