Movies with Rhianna

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's an attempt at touching on the biggest news headlines of the past two weeks or so. Again: "attempt" is very much the right word.

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 the movie at the time of recording these chats, so it's movie-adjacent nonsense o'clock, just the way you (hopefully) like it...

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 getting the theme tune out of your head again, it really is devilishly catchy.

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 Furiosa will be the one? Or the Super Mario Bros. movie? Or will it be The Northman itself? Only time will tell. For now, please do enjoy this Story So Far interview and don't forget to tell everyone you know about it.

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 graphic. We hope.

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 Viking history than you could ever know. Probably. If you're a history professor who specialises in this time period, our heartiest apologies.

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 themselves, so if you'd like to see what's going on around Jude and Eddie, by all means head to BBC Radio 1 iPlayer as and when you fancy!

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 place, so... Good luck everyone.

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 tell your friends.

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 with a bit of luck - here's Denis's Movies That Made Me interview that you may have seen on BBC iPlayer last year, now in audio form for your podcast pleasure.

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 studio hosting a guest like a grown-up. A very childish grown-up. You know what he's like.

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 date changes.