Movies with Rhianna

After two seasons on YouTube, Karate Kid TV follow-up Cobra Kai was snapped up by Netflix and now, at long last, a third instalment is here. It tells the continuing stories of one-time teenage rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and well as a host of their young students, including Miguel Diaz (Xolo Maridueña), Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser) and Hawk himself, played by Jacob Bertrand. They all spoke to Ali through the magic of the internet to talk about the show's sudden huge success and what it's like to have strangers in the street wanting to show off their karate moves.

Ali has his feet up watching a Christmas Movie (who woulda guessed!) So no news or reviews this week. However look out for some great interview special podcasts coming up in the next week, including the cast of Cobra Kai and the brilliant Jenna Coleman talking about her role in the upcoming BBC drama The Serpent.

This year, we've had two Pixar movies. One was Onward, which came out in cinemas back in March and the second is Soul, which is forgoing cinemas and instead opting for a Disney+ release on Christmas day. Talking us through how they made this incredible music-cum-meaning-of-life movie about a middle school band teacher (Jamie Foxx), his unfortunate accident and trip to "the great before" (where he meets lsot soul Tina Fey) are producer Dana Murray, director Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out) and the fantastic Mr. Foxx himself.

So here it is, merry Christmas - nearly, anyway - and everybody's watching tonnes of festive films. One on everyone's list is Love Actually, 2003's star-studded Christmassy chocolate box movie from Richard Curtis. In this very special episode, the man himself, the writer-director behind it all, drops by to talk about the movie and a new Comic Relief quiz they've put together. Plus Lucy Ford's back for bonus Love Actually fun, and there's the news section as well, which while not quite as whopping as last week's still has plenty of treats in store.

Wonder Woman 1984 finally hits cinemas here in the UK on the 16th of December, significantly earlier than in the US, where it'll land over Christmas. Here in this interview special all about the DC Comics sequel, you'll hear from its lead, Gal Gadot, about her brand new golden set of winged armour, shooting some extraordinary action set-pieces (in London, some of the time) and - believe it or not - what her favourite British food is. Plus, there's the amazing Pedro Pascal and director Patty Jenkins also on board, so there's loads to enjoy on this Sunday interview special, promise.

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.