Radio 1's Screen Time

The Wizarding World returns to cinemas this weekend with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore, so it makes perfect sense to talk to the likes of Eddie Redmayne (that there Newt Scamander) and Jude Law (one Professor Albus Dumbledore) about their characters and the fine art of wand-waving. Fun fact: these interviews took place in Watford, surrounded by props from the Harry Potter films thems...

Stephen Carty stops by to talk in depth about THE BATMAN (all caps very much on purpose). Listen to two nerds nerd out - in the best possible way - about Robert Pattinson's interpretation of The Caped Crusader (or, as we should say, The World's Greatest Detective) as Matt Reeves' critically-acclaimed DC film comes under the Radio 1 Screen Time magnifying glass.

Ben and Ali love talking nonsense, and here's perfect proof of that: nearly half an hour of amiable insanity as two curly-haired fast talkers sling silliness at each other in honour of Sonic The Hedgehog 2's arrival in cinemas. Expect Parks And Rec chat, The Oscars ceremony (but not that one), three second q&as and much much more. Oh, and Ali genuinely hadn't slept a wink before this all took...

The Oscars! The "incident"! The TV BAFTA nominations! Bruce Willis! Jared Leto! Sonic 2! The Bad Guys! Morbius! Moon Knight! So much going on, so little time. Okay, well, more time than usual but still: a lot to talk about, so much so we edited down this episode from an original 16 hour file (only slightly kidding). So enjoy this bumper Friday edition of Radio 1's Screen Time and don't forget to t...

Moon Knight swoops down - white cape swishing oh so elegantly - on March 30th on that there Disney+, and despite the whole concept of the superhero / antihero Marvel show being more or less one massive SPOILER, Ali still manages to get something not half bad (though we say so ourselves) out of the wonderful Oscar, Ethan and May.

A short and sweet Friday podcast this week as Ali is a little poorly - don't worry however, as the stars of Michael Bay's latest explosion-filled actioner are here to talk spinning cameras and sunset shots. And hey! Oscars this weekend... Hopefully Ali will be back on form by then.

Prisoners (2013), Sicario (2015), Arrival (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and now Dune (2021) - director Denis Villeneuve has an incredible back catalogue... and then there's the likes Enemy, Incendies, Polytechnique and more. He is truly a supremely gifted filmmaker to say the very least. To celebrate the recent news that Dune Part 2 is starting prep to shoot sometime soon - for a 2023 release w...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is the stupendously talented actress you'll most likely know best for playing Marianne in Normal People and now she's in a brand new movie, a black comedy horror thriller called Fresh, to be found on Disney+ in the UK right about now. In this special Friday edition of the podcast, she stops by to talk nonsense with an overexcited Ali, who's beside himself to be back in a radio st...

The Batman is in cinemas and is a very big deal, three hours no less. Here is something much, much quicker: a supercut of Ali's short but sweet Zoom interviews with some of the cast while they were in London, including the likes of Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell and the director himself, Matt Reeves. Oh, and Zoe Kravitz and some Robert Pattinson guy.

Two pretty big movies hit streamers this weekend, namely Pixar's Turning Red on Disney+ and Ryan Reynolds' (and Shawn Levy's) sci-fi adventure The Adam Project on Netflix. Both are reviewed by Ali and returning podcast guest Clarisse Loughrey as they also tackle some of the week's biggest movie and TV news stories, including the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer and all those Warner Bros. film release da...

Andrew Garfield returns to Radio 1's Screen Time just days after his first appearance, sitting down with Ali face to face for an in-person Movies That Made Me that promises to delight and enthrall. He's a charmer, he really is. The pair talk about everything from The Social Network to Tick, Tick... Boom and back again, not forgetting his appearances in the Spider-Man movies and more than a few oth...

It seems like forever ago that Robert Battinson - sorry, Pattinson, these things happen - was announced as our new Caped Crusader. And now, years later, at long last, R-Batz is here. On this special 'Becoming...' interview, The Artist Formerly Known As Edward Cullen talked to Ali about how he got the gig in the first place, putting on the suit for the first time and what he got told off for on set...

Peaky Blinders is back on BBC One for its sixth and final season, and what a pleasure it was to speak to the star of the much-loved, critically acclaimed gangster drama, one Cillian Murphy. Ali chatted to Tommy Shelby himself back in December - just before he started the whole Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer process - touching on how he got the role in the first place, how to tackle the accent, th...

A Friday episode of three parts this week: an intro from Ali, flagging up what's in cinemas, what interviews we have to look forward to and certain comfort food films we might want to check out. Then there's a news section, featuring friends of the show Jake Hamilton and Ash Crossan chatting about what's what in the world of movies and TV, including recent Oscars decisions, that Doctor Strange 2 t...

Many will know Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister from that there Game Of Thrones but now you can soon see him as Cyrano in, um, Cyrano, at long last in cinemas. In this ‘Story So Far’ interview we leap about his career, from The Station Agent to Avengers: Infinity War, and it is a delight, though we say so ourselves.

If you've not already heard of Mary Elizabeth Kelly, prepare to discover one of your new favourite people on the internet. An exceptional impressionist and a big-time Mean Girls fan, she dropped by Ali Plumb's Film Club to talk about - you guessed it - Mean Girls. Oh, and being an impressionist. You may have seen that coming, sure, but just wanted to be clear up front, you know.

After breaking box office records with Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland is back with another high-budget big screen adventure in the form of Uncharted, the long-awaited cinematic adaptation of the much-loved Naughty Dog / Playstation gaming series. Our Tom is a young Nathan Drake, the treasure-hunting hero of the franchise, while Mark Wahlberg is his moustachioed mentor Sully. Listen to Mister...

The 2022 Oscar nominations are here, and Ali is more than willing to rattle through some of the headlines for you, despite a nuisance headcold (sorry about the voice modulation, by the by). Then there's the host of the super smash hit YouTube interview show Hot Ones, that there Sean Evans, who stops by to answer Ali's seemingly infinite questions about his internet-breaking series, as well as touc...

Andrew Garfield has been giving the world some pretty darn amazing performances of late, notably in his new movie, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (where he plays televangelist Jim Bakker), and also musical Tick Tick... Boom on Netflix. And then there's, well, how shall we put this? He's also in another motion picture that you may well have seen but it's probably best we don't mention its name - at least n...

Emma Sidi, star of Starstruck (soon to hit BBC3 on February 7th), stops by to talk about the show as well as Tick, Tick... Boom, Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Andrew Garfield as Rent writer Jon Larson' musical that hit Netflix late last year. Plus, Ali tries (and fails) to wrap his head around the new Bafta nominations and just how they work these days, and then there's a review of Jackass Forever and an...

A sequel to the toe-tapping, pop song-stuffed animated animal movie Sing that came out a few years ago is finally here, with Taron Egerton and company sipping their honey tea after belting out yet more catchier-than-catchier radio hits. Speaking to Ali about their favourite karaoke songs and much more are Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll and the writer-director behin...

Some of Ali's favourite creative types in that there Hollywood have hopped on Zoom to talk about their latest Apple TV show, The Afterparty, a murder mystery comedy with some incredible names on board, including Tiffany Haddish, Dave Franco, Jamie Demetriou and more. But! Even more impressive than that there's Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (friends of the show) behind the camera and Ali's broth...

Sir Kenneth Branagh's heartwarming semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story Belfast is in cinemas this weekend, and so is this Belfast interview special, featuring stars Dame Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan and Caitríona Balfe - not forgetting our writer director producer Sir Kenneth - talking about their uplifting (and somehow also heartbreaking) film set in 1969 Belfast just as The Troubles began.

Some big movie and TV (and gaming, to be fair) news has dropped of late so we thought it high time to get Ali back on the microphone to explain what's what in the world of blockbusters et al. Joining him is Scream expert Louise Blain, who is happy to talk about what's been happening in Hollywood lately - but is even happier discussing in spoilerific detail how she feels about the new Scream movie.

You asked for it, you got it. Finally, at long long last, Ali and Ace reunite to geek out about Spider-Man: No Way Home in spoilerific detail. If you've not seen the latest Spider-adventure, do not press play on this podcast. Seriously, we're not kidding here: we get into spoiler territory and QUICK. So if you're looking for a safe space to really get into the nitty gritty of it all, you've come t...