A Trip to the Movies

Joining Alex this week is brilliant actor George MacKay, to talk about his fantastic new, edge of your set thriller, 'Femme'. George - whose incredible and eclectic CV includes everything from Sam Mendes' gripping WW1 movie '1917' to the wonderful UK comedy drama 'Pride' to playing Viggo Mortensen's son in the excellent 'Captain Fantastic' - then takes us on trip involving everything from The...

Joining Alex this week is brilliant director William Oldroyd to talk about following up his critically acclaimed debut 'Lady Macbeth' with the wonderful, psychological thriller 'Eileen' - starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway - and due out on December 1st. He then takes us on our first ever 'Honeymoon Trip to the Movies' as we celebrate a Robert Zemeckis classic, commiserate a Marlon Brando...

Joining Alex this week is the writer and director of 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' and 'I Care A Lot' J. Blakeson, to talk about his brilliant new Disney+ crime series 'Culprits' which came out this week. He then takes us on a trip involving harrowing memories of 'Highlander 2: The Quickening', which Daniel Craig Bond movie is the best 007 film of ALL TIME, and the Michael Mann movie that mak...

Joining Alex this week is filmmaker Jake West to chat about his incredible new documentary 'Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow' and take us on an EPIC trip involving so much love for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the James Cameron movie that makes him pump his fist in the air, which unloved Bruce Willis movie is actually loads better than you think, before he screens a horror cult...

Joining Alex are the brilliant filmmaking brothers Graham and Parker Phillips to chat about their excellent new film 'Rumble Through the Dark' and take us on an EPIC trip that celebrates Gladiator, The Untouchables, and Lord of the Rings. We find out which is Christopher Nolan's BEST film and there's a lot of chat about Braveheart, plus much much more. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviesp...

Alex is joined by Ray Panthaki to discuss being part of the excellent new BBC show 'Boiling Point' and go on Ray's perfect cinema trip, involving some Good Will Hunting, a little bit of The Shawshank Redemption and absolutely no Star Wars, before Ray screens a Daniel Day Lewis movie he adores! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinema...

The brilliant filmmaker Joe Lynch joins Alex to chat about his incredible new horror movie 'Suitable Flesh' (Out October 27th) before taking us on a trip involving the fist-pumping moment from a Paul Verhoeven sci-fi epic, shedding a tear over Indiana Jones and why a certain movie based on a board game might well be a masterpiece of blockbuster filmmaking! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomov...

The actor and filmmaker Adam Deacon joins Alex to discuss his brand new comedy 'Sumotherhood' - the spiritual sequel to his 2011 hit 'Anuvahood' -before taking us on a trip celebrating the humble cinema hotdog, his favourite Al Pacino line and why he just doesn't get Lord of the Rings. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We M...

The brilliant writer and director Brian Duffield joins Alex to talk about his brand new alien home-invasion movie 'No One Will Save You' before taking us on a trip including A LOT of love for a Spielberg classic, the PERFECT cinema cocktail, as well as his UNPOPULAR MOVIE OPINION regarding one of 'The Matrix' sequels.... Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proud...

The brilliant movie journalist, Chief Film Critic at the Independent and host of the Fade to Black Podcast - Clarisse Loughrey - takes us on a trip, ivloving some serious love for 'Return of the King' and 'Barbie', one of the most controversial 'UNPOPULAR OPINIONS' yet, before introducing us to a 1977 must see movie. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly s...

The brilliant movie journalist, podcaster and Film Editor of the website Dexerto - Chris Tilly - takes us on a trip that involves the Tom Hardy movie that brought him to tears, why the Oscars need to sort their act out, before screening a wonderful Jake Gyllenhaal movie for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We Make Movi...

The brilliant filmmaker Marc Jobst joins Alex to discuss adapting 'One Piece' - one of the biggest manga and anime shows in the world - into a live action series for Netflix. He then takes us on a trip involving falling in love with Julie Andrews, why he feels Top Gun: Maverick could have been better, before screening a classic Western with two icons of cinema. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/trip...

The brilliant author, and editor of the legendary Empire Magazine, joins Alex to discuss his new book 'The Last Action Heroes' which takes a hugely entertaining deep dive into the action stars that defined the 80s, before taking us on a trip involving many an unpopular opinion from Ghostbusters 2 to Pirates of the Caribbean, a lot of love for Lord of the Rings and Indy, as well as declaring the gr...

The director of the hilarious, R-rated talking dog movie "Strays' tells us about working with Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx on the film, before taking us on a trip to the movies involving some wild reactions to Tropic Thunder, defending 'Love Actually" and a lot of love for Barbie. He then screens a Cohen Brothers classic for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies i...

The brilliant actress and author joins us to talk about her excellent new novel 'Tough Crowd' and take us on a trip to the movies involving a whole lot of Barbie love, the zombie sequel she's desperate to see happen, before screening a stone cold classic for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We Make Movies Better Founde...

The director of the brand new Disney 'Haunted Mansion' film, arriving in UK cinemas August 11th, tells us about making that movie before taking us on a trip where his virtual cinema serves Old Fashioned cocktails, the amazing experience he had watching 'Dreamgirls', why a certain Daren Aronofsky film is his unpopular opinion, before screening one of the greatest sci-fi films ever for us. Find us h...

The Inbetweeners star talks season 2 of the BBC's gripping WW2 drama 'World on Fire' and starring in a new movie alongside Harvey Keitel, before taking us on a trip involving the joys of going to the cinema alone, how much a certain shark movie messed him up, and he screens an iconic superhero movie for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored b...

The filmmaking duo behind brilliant new horror 'Talk to Me' discuss bringing the scares, their plans for a Street Fighter movie as well as taking us on a trip that goes from The Mist to Stuart Little, from Memories of Murder to Mousehunt and from them meeting Sam Rami to arguing about what was the original cinema snack! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudl...

The Mandalorian and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania star talks about her new movie with Kristen Stewart and takes us on a trip involving her love of horror, her dislike of 3D and screens an Alfred Hitchcock classic. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We Make Movies Better Founded in 1930, ODEON is the largest and best-know...

The Guardians of the Galaxy and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning star tells us about joining the MI series and takes us on a truly unique trip as she invites a four-legged friend as her guest! She also reveals the Arnie line she loves most, the Radiohead song that is the best use of music in a film, before screening a Tarantino movie for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip...

The brilliant writer and director of The Descent and Dog Soldiers discusses his latest projects and takes us on a trip involving John Landis doing a live directors commentary of American Werewolf in London, why a massive Bond film is fundamentally terrible and screens a stone cold classic for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCin...

The brilliant star of Outlander talks nearing the end of his journey on that show and takes us on a trip full of nostalgia as he recounts cinema visits with his Mum, both good and awkward, acting out movies with his mates after a bottle of wine, and whips an iconic 80s movie onto the screen for us to watch. Also... in a first for the show, Sam takes our virtual cinema AIRBORNE! Find us here: https...

The Shadow and Bone, Westworld and Chronicles of Narnia star talks his role in the new season of Black Mirror, playing vulnerable villains, and takes us on a trip involving watching Spartacus too young, working with Robin Williams and screens one of cinema's greatest romantic comedies! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We M...

The 'Host' director joins us to chat about his new horror movie 'The Boogeyman' - adapted from Stephen King's terrifying short story - as well as talking us through the Tom Cruise movie that gave him a panic attack, the Joe Pesci scene he considers cinema's most shocking, before screening a Brian De Palma classic. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly spon...

The star of Disney's The Little Mermaid joins us to talk about joining that huge movie, before taking us on a trip involving the Harry Potter moment that emotionally broke her, the best way to drink Fanta, why Nick Frost made her pump her fist in the air and picks an Angelina Jolie movie to screen for us. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by...