With xenomorphs back in cinemas, Ali and friend of the show Ian Nathan - who just so happens to have written the book / documentary on the subject,

As you'll have seen from the very last trailer - and let's be honest, from watching the movie itself - the wonderful Dafne Keen returns as Laura / X-23 in Deadpool And Wolverine, and was more than happy to chat to Ali (in spoilerific detail) about her time on set for this very special interview podcast, talking about working with the legendary Hugh Jackman once again and being unable to get her lines out in front of... well, you'll see. Okay, hear, sure, sure. And just to be absolutely, 100% very clear indeed: please make sure you've seen Deadpool And Wolverine before you listen to this because SPOILERS. Ahem. Apologies for the caps, but they felt necessary.

There's one big film in cinemas right now - okay, two, Twisters is still holding strong, let's give it some respect - but for a lot of us blockbuster botherers, it's all about Deadpool And Wolverine these days, so here we have Ali (and Clarisse and Ian)'s thoughts on Marvel's box office record-breaking return to form. Oh, and with some guy called Robert Downey Jr. somehow coming back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Doctor Doom (!!!?!??!?!!!!), that very much gets discussed as well, don't you worry...

Deadpool And Wolverine - undeniably the film of the summer - is finally, at long, long last, in cinemas. Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have been doing all the press opportunities they can lay their claws / katanas on to drum up interest - and it's safe to say there are more than a few people out there keen to see their motion picture. The trouble is all the spoilers: the twists, turns and surprises inside the movie that Ali (and Hugh, and Ryan, and their director Shawn Levy) can't talk about... but obviously really want to. Here, then, is a spoiler-free interview special all about the film, the characters' legacies and the trick to getting Disney to release an R-rated film (oh my!).

The week before Deadpool And Wolverine hits cinemas, Ali sits down with friend of the show Aoife Wilson - the excellent and much-admired gaming journalist, as well as die-hard X-Men fan - to finally dig into the other big mutant release, X-Men '97. Critically acclaimed and a reminder that these characters have enormous potential on the big screen, the show has been heralded as one of the best things Marvel has made in quite some time: so here we are to discuss just that in SPOILERIFIC details, as well as the rumours the Russos might be returning to the MCU fold and which X-Man's powers would be the toughest to actually live with...

What a collection of films we have for you this week: a critically-adored chiller in the form of Nic Cage's Longlegs (from the mind of Osgood Perkins), the fourth in the Despicable Me series (but the sixth in the franchise) and the return of Axel Foley, only this time... he's on Netflix. Hopping back onto the mic to help Ali tackle all these - and some of the biggest news stories of the week - is friend of the podcast and The Independent's chief film critic, Clarisse Loughrey, who just so happens to be a massive history buff and has many, many thoughts on the Gladiator II trailer for you...

It's July. How is it July? And yet... it is. So now seems like a good time to bring back friend of the podcast - and professional TV critic, as heard on BBC Radio Five Live and elsewhere - Scott Bryan to check in on his favourite TV shows of the year so far. Somehow his list doesn't feature Shogun, which is definitely controversial (and he knows it). Also! As more than a bit of a bonus we have Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Lionel Boyce talking about The Bear as its third series drops in the UK on Disney+ - and Ali does his best not to watch all of it in just one evening / sitting.

You know how it goes - the inevitable sequel to the successful original, eh? Little over a month since their last appearance, friend of the show (and The Independent's chief film critic) Clarisse Loughrey joins forces once again with Digital Spy's Movies Editor Ian Sandwell to review the biggest releases of the past few weeks with good ol' Ali, including A Quiet Place: Day One, Kinds Of Kindness and more. Plus, a look back on Inside Out 2 now that it's the BIGGEST FILM OF THE YEAR in just a few weeks (sorry about that Dune Part Two).

Now that he’s seen it, Ali can talk about Inside Out 2 - he’s good like that, waiting to see the film before he gives his thoughts on it - as well as this week’s big release, The Bikeriders (you know, with Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and a lot of classic motorbikes). And then there’s the cherry on top, some bonus House Of The Dragon chat from the cast of series two, including Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke and Fabian Frankel.

Comedian, presenter, writer and arts 'n' crafts connoisseur Bec Hill joins Ali this week for a special Ali Plumb's Film Club episode of Radio 1's Screen Time, where the geeky, animation-loving pair chat about the original Pixar classic Inside Out (2015) in advance of its sequel hitting cinemas this weekend. They do their level best not to cry as they talk about Bing Bong, The Numskulls and whether PIxar is actually making movies for adults and not, um, for kids.