Radio 1's Screen Time

The 29th big screen entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe swings into multiplexes this weekend with Thor Love And Thunder, aka Thor 4, aka Th4. Ali was lucky enough to speak to Chris Hemsworth a few months back, and now he's had a chance to chat with The Mighty Thor herself, Natalie Portman, as well as her costar Tessa Thompson and the madcap director behind it all, Taika Waititi.

Chris Hemsworth is always a good laugh, but things can get a little tricky when you haven't seen the film, the trailer, the poster... Pretty much anything to do with the film you're meant to be talking about. So please enjoy this "interviewing on hard mode" chat between Ali and Chris, ostensibly about Thor Love And Thunder, but... Well, you'll see.

That Ali Plumb guy is off on holiday so it's fine to delve into the archives and dust off a classic. The man chosen is the glorious human being that is Jeff Goldblum, star of The Fly, Jurassic Park and a couple of Independence Days to boot. So while Ali's off to Edinburgh, enjoy one of the most charming people on the planet. And Jeff, of course.

Director Scott Derrickson - of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Doctor Strange and The Day The Earth Stood Still fame - reunites with his Sinister star Ethan Hawke for a new supernatural '70s horror-thriller based on the short story The Black Phone by Joe Hill. Both Scott and Ethan are brilliant talkers - as Ali sometimes likes to say - so here are a couple of interviews that dig a little bit deeper th...

Baz Luhrmann, the man behind Strictly Ballroom, Australia, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby returns with Elvis, his hip-shaking biopic of The King Of Rock 'N' Roll that sees relative newcomer Austin Butler transform into the man, the myth, the legend that was Elvis Aaron Presley. On this episode of Screen Time you'll hear the likes of Luhrmann and Butler talk about how they broug...

Ali recently watched comedy-drama Big Boys on Channel 4 and found himself thinking "How can I get more people to watch Big Boys so I can talk to more people about Big Boys?" Yes, the name is a play on 'Big boys don't cry', so you're right to expect a show that tackles grief and depression, as well as coming out, finding yourself at uni, making friends and surviving university generally. If you've...

Here we go, just under the wire, just in the nick of time, Ace and I catch up - face to face, let's not forget! - to talk about Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, aka Doctor Strange 2, as it starts to leave cinemas (just about). As ever with our spoiler specials, if you haven't seen the film, maybe - definitely - don't listen to this one. But if you're on board with all the surprises and...

A couple of weekends ago, Ali got to speak to some of the cast of Stranger Things, including Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard and many many more. Today, you get to hear all the resulting anarchy - though let's be honest, quite a lot of it is pretty visual! - for your podcasting enjoyment. Look forward to lots of bloopers chat and a healthy amount of utter nonsense. Also:...

It's been a little while since Ali and Clarisse have done a review round-up, and with quite a few big releases coming to our TVs - Stranger Things, Obi-Wan, The Boys, Ms. Marvel and more - and two MASSIVE ones in cinemas (Jurassic World Dominion, Top Gun Maverick), it felt like time! Plus, as a bonus, we've also got two of the stars of Ms. Marvel, namely Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan herself) and Brit...

Call it Jurassic World 3, call it Jurassic Park 4, call it Jurassic 6 - whatever you call it (and it probably should be Jurassic World: Dominion if you're looking to buy tickets at the box office) - it's finally here, and the OG trio has returned alongside Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt. On this interview special, Ali talks to most of the gang about the legacy of the franchise, holing up in a...

Darker-than-dark Amazon Prime Video superhero series The Boys returns for a third season - best use the American term, eh? - bringing with it more eye-popping violence and and eyebrow-raising humour. Ali sat down with The Deep and A-Train to find out what it's like to be part of a show like this one and how it feels to walk around a comic con with or without their superhero suits...

After all these years, it feels like an absolute miracle to see Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen "teaming up" - so to speak - once again as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader, but that's just what's happening, and we're not sure Ali can fully wrap his head around it. In this first-of-its-kind double-header 'Becoming...' interview, the pair dig deep on the prequels and geek out massively. They also...

After 36 years, the sequel to 1980s classic of classics Top Gun is finally here, and with it, Tom Cruise himself talking to Ali about what brought him back, why now, and... whether he's able to pilot a submarine. (It'll make sense in context, promise.) Also on board there's legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Whiplash veteran Miles Teller (who plays Goose's son, Rooster), as well as director Jos...

Friend of the show (and The Independent's chief film critic) Clarisse Loughrey joins Ali once again to tackle another Marvel outing, this time Disney+'s Oscar Isaac 'n' Ethan Hawke Egyptian avatar brain-bender Moon Knight. As ever, if you haven't seen the show, it's highly recommended you watch every last episode before you press play on this one. That is your spoiler warning, folks!

Empire veteran and all-round film journalism legend Helen O'Hara stops by for a very special Radio 1's Screen Time episode celebrating Lisa McGee's beloved Channel 4 sitcom, Derry Girls, which recently aired its final episode. Plus, as a bonus extra that's a must-listen for all fans of the show, Ali also got to speak to Erin Quinn herself, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, about how the show changed her lif...

Joining Ali for this very special Sunday interview special is friend of the podcast Scott Bryan, telly expert and all-round nice guy. Hear them discuss the Baftas results and what to look forward to this summer before enjoying interviews with the stars of BBC Three's new Sally Rooney adaptation, Conversations With Friends.

Sometimes a film comes along that Ali is so passionate about he dedicates a whole episode of the Radio 1 Screen Time podcast to it. Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of those movies. A description defying sci-fi actioner that'll also do its level best to make you cry, it's a proper treat for the senses. To find out more, click play and regret nothing.

So here it is, the extra-long bumper edition of the Becoming... Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch interview you've no doubt already watched 14 million (or so) times on BBC iPlayer, now in audio form, with extra-added waffle from Ali at the front and back. Also contains memes being read out, which could be one of the most foolish things you can do on a podcast, but here we are.

Ace is back! Ali is back with Ace! In the same room! A studio no less, a radio studio to boot, which means their unique blend of geekery and nonsense can finally - after two years - waffle out onto the airwaves (and so this podcast) in the way it was truly originally meant to. The pair try to review Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness without giving away any spoilers, then as a bonus there...

So, you're a Marvel fan. Don't blame you in the slightest. This means you're excited about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hitting cinemas very soon, on May 6th here in the UK. This also means you'd like to hear some fun conversations with the film's stars - but also don't want any spoilers at the same time. Well, good news! Neither myself nor Elizabeth Olsen and Benedict Wong had seen...

If you haven't seen The Suicide Squad TV spin-off Peacemaker, it's probably a good idea to watch it before you press play on this particular episode of Radio 1's Screen Time, what with it featuring a mini-spoiler special discussion of the show with Clarisse Loughrey as well as a lovely conversation with is break-out star, Freddie Stroma, who plays the incredible Vigilante a.k.a. 'Vig'. Good luck g...

If you don't know Anya Taylor-Joy yet, chances are you just haven't gotten round to watching Split, Glass, Emma, Queen's Gambit, The Witch, Last Night In Soho, Thoroughbreds or her latest, Robert Eggers's Viking revenge epic The Northman, just yet. When you see ATJ - as no-one calls her - on screen you just know she's going to be HUGE. Perhaps her role in the upcoming Mad Max spin-off prequel Furi...

With The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in cinemas now - seeing Nicolas Cage play 'Nick Cage' in a meta action comedy with Tiffany Haddish and Pedro Pascal - what better time to revisit the great man's back catalogue than now, eh? Listen to Ali talk to fellow Cageophile Kambole Campbell about 1997's finest John Woo face-swapping actioner, somehow without swearing or being too offensively grap...

A very special Sunday edition of Ali Plumb's Film Club for you this week as the writer, creator and star of your favourite film-based sketch series 'Pitch Meeting', one Ryan George, agrees to put up with Ali's barrage of curiosity questions - as well as discussing the modern classic that is Damien Chazelle's Whiplash.

There's a bumper crop of review-worthy movies out this weekend, so Ali's called in friend of the show and self-proclaimed Nicolas Cage / Pedro Pascal / Channing Tatum / Alexander Skarsgard superfan Clarisse Loughrey to tackle this unbearable weight of massive(ish) movies. Plus, interviews with The Northman himself, our Alex S, as well as director and co-writer Robert Eggers, who knows more about V...