Movies with Rhianna

Ali 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 the podcast, featuring the wonderful Lucy Ford and a tonne of conversation about Will Ferrell in yellow tights. In a good way.

Rachel 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 room. 2020 has been a strange year, to say the least!

Klaus! 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.

We'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.

Ace 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.

Christmassy 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?

With 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 revelations and all...

Gillian 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...

Ali 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 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!

In 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!

So! 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.

On 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 handle the existential angst, it turns out. Now we know.

Daphne 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.

There will be a slight delay for this week's interview podcast. Here's Ali to explain.

Ali 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 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 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 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.

Ali 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...