The brilliant Katy O'Brian joins Alex in the virtual cinema to talk about her new romantic thriller 'Love Lies Bleeding' in which she stars alongside Kristen Stewart, as well as her upcoming blockbuster disaster sequel 'Twisters'. Katy then takes us on trip involving spicy margaritas, the Disney drive experience that she remembers fondly, 'The Dark Knight' quote she loves, why the music from 'Lego Batman' is awesome, the Godzilla movie that brought her to tears, the unloved Christmas movie...

Joining Alex in the virtual cinema this week is filmmaker Arkasha Stevenson to chat about her debut feature 'The First Omen' in cinemas now! Arkasha then takes us on an incredible trip involving the David Lynch movie that set her on the path to becoming a movie-maker, why Thelma and Louise left her in floods of tears, how the horror genre deserves more love, the vampire movie she can't wait to see on the big screen and the sci-fi monologue that most affected her! All that and more in this...

'American Gods' star Ricky Whittle joins Alex in the virtual cinema to talk about his latest movie, gripping war thriller 'Land of Bad' out on streamers April 26th. He then takes us on an epic trip involving a lot of love for a Tom Cruise classic, the Spielberg movie that left him traumatised as a child, why a Rocky quote is one of the greatest and most inspirational EVER, the role he thinks should have nabbed Brad Pitt an Oscar, before screening a 90s classic for us! Find us here:...

*This episode contains spoilers to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* Alex is joined in the virtual cinema by Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire director Gil Kenan to talk about the latest big screen visit to Spook Central and the latest news on the upcoming animated series, before he takes us on a trip celebrating the martial arts movie that makes him pump his fist in the air, the Lars Von Trier film that shocked him to his core, the Terry Gilliam feature that made him want to be a storyteller, which...

Alex is joined in the virtual cinema by filmmaker Thea Sharrock to talk about her brilliant new football drama 'The Beautiful Game' out on Netflix on March 29th. Thea also takes us on an incredible trip, discussing the amount of pressure on the shoulders of Deadpool 3 to 'SAVE THE MCU', the Star Wars moment that utterly broke her, the Andrew Scott movie moment that brought her to tears, her love for Harrison Ford and which DCU character she'd like to bring to the big screen. All that AND Thea...

Joining Alex this week is filmmaker Jeff Wadlow to talk about his new Blumhouse horror 'Imaginary' (out in cinemas March 8th) and take us on his perfect trip to the movies! We're talking the joys of Titanic and the Marvel movie moment that never fails to bring him to tears... 'On Your Left!' What he considers the greatest ever Rocky movie and why he's so excited about Deadpool 3, even if it meant he never got to make his X-Force film. We discover which 1982 haunted house horror changed his...

Joining Alex in the virtual cinema today is writer and director Nikolaj Arcel whose new epic period drama 'The Promised Land' is in cinemas now. He takes us on a trip in which he declares the WORST Star Wars movie ever, the Spielberg classic he ADORES, which Pixar movie makes him BAWL, the Japanese horror movie that BROKE him, and an UNPOPULAR OPINION about Christopher Nolan. All that and more on this week's epic trip. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is...

The 'Miranda' and 'Lucifer' star Tom Ellis joins Alex in the Virtual Cinema this week to chat about his new Netflix romantic comedy 'Players,' out on Valentine's Day. He'll also take us on a trip that includes bringing a former president of the USA as his guest, showing a lot of love for a Spielberg classic, discussing which Whoopi Goldberg movie he thinks deserves more recognition, and explaining why he's excited about James Gunn taking control of the DCU! All that and more on this week's...

Joining Alex in the virtual cinema this week is the director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and The Impossible - J.A. Bayona - to talk about his new Oscar and BAFTA nominated survival thriller 'Society of the Snow' out now on Netflix. He then takes us on a trip to the movies that involving his love for Superman, what he considers the greatest 3D movie ever made, why he wishes Peter Weir would direct another film, a fist-pumping moment from a Sergio Leone Western and a shocking moment from...

Joining Alex in the virtual cinema of dreams this week is Shadow and Bone star Kit Young who takes a break from filming the new 'Alien' TV series to talk about his incredible new horror movie 'Out of Darkness' - in which he's hunted by something deadly, across a desolate landscape of 45,000 B.C. He also takes us his perfect trip to the movies involving meeting Brendan Fraser, why 'The Village' scared him silly, which is better 'Alien' or 'Aliens', the moment from 'Lord of the Rings' that...

An actor who traverses mega-franchises, award winning scare-fests and beloved sitcoms: Ralph Ineson joins Alex today to talk about his new film - creepy folk-thriller 'Lord of Misrule' - out now on VOD, as well as working with horror maestro Robert Eggers on 'The Witch' and the upcoming 'Nosferatu'. He also takes us on a trip that involving two of cinemas greatest boxing movies, and how his (and his evil droid's) scenes were cut in 'The Last Jedi'. He champions intervals for long movies and...

The legendary actor, martial artist and filmmaker Michael Jai White joins Alex to talk about his latest action movie The Island - out this month - and take us on his perfect trip to the movies! We're talking about legendary kung-fu movie Five Fingers of Death (a film Quentin Tarantino pays homage to in Kill Bill), there's a lot of love for epic scene from The Princess Bride, and Michael explains his BIG problem witth The Usual Suspects. He also reminisces about his time working with the late...

Happy New Year! We're back with an amazing first episode of 2024 as the BAFTA and Oscar winning duo of Tom and Ross join Alex to discuss what it's actually like picking up an Academy Award as well as discussing their latest film 'The Golden West'. They also take us all on an incredible trip, as we talk the terror of found footage horror Paranormal Activity, the brilliance of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and how Will Smith makes you weepy in The Pursuit of Happyness. Appropriately enough...

Returning to the show for this very special Christmas episode is the brilliant Rahul Kohli, who takes us on a deep dive into his 3rd major collaboration with horror maestro Mike Flanagan 'The Fall of the House of Usher'. We then embark on our first ever 'Trip to the Movies Holiday Season Special' as Rahul talks us through his favourite moments from Christmas movies and recounts some of his best, and worst, cinema memories from the festive period! We're saying "Season's Greetings" to the likes...

Joining Alex this week is director Simon Cellan Jones to talk about his brand new action-comedy The Family Plan starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan, before he takes us on an outstanding trip to the movies, discussing the greatest moment from Star Wars: A New Hope, the musical moment from Quentin Tarantino's CV he thinks is the director's best, and a Ridley Scott movie moment that makes him pump his fist in the air! They discuss Midnight Cowboy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and...

Joining Alex this week is the wonderful actor Nathan Stewart-Jarrett who can currently be seen alongside Gemma Arterton in the Disney+ crime drama Culprits and alongside George MacKay in the gripping new thriller Femme, out in cinemas now, that they just won Best Joint Lead Performance for at the BIFA's. Nathan then takes us on an incredible trip, talking about landing his role in the Candyman remake, why watching the excellent horror Hereditary is a wonderful memory and why watching the...

Joining Alex this week is brilliant actor George MacKay, to talk about his fantastic new, edge of your set thriller, 'Femme'. George - whose incredible and eclectic CV includes everything from Sam Mendes' gripping WW1 movie '1917' to the wonderful UK comedy drama 'Pride' to playing Viggo Mortensen's son in the excellent 'Captain Fantastic' - then takes us on trip involving everything from The Coen Brothers 'No Country for Old Men' to the ABBA musical 'Mamma Mia'! And from Baz Luhrmann's...

Joining Alex this week is brilliant director William Oldroyd to talk about following up his critically acclaimed debut 'Lady Macbeth' with the wonderful, psychological thriller 'Eileen' - starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway - and due out on December 1st. He then takes us on our first ever 'Honeymoon Trip to the Movies' as we celebrate a Robert Zemeckis classic, commiserate a Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer misfire, Alex learns a lot about a movie he's never seen involving talking...

Joining Alex this week is the writer and director of 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' and 'I Care A Lot' J. Blakeson, to talk about his brilliant new Disney+ crime series 'Culprits' which came out this week. He then takes us on a trip involving harrowing memories of 'Highlander 2: The Quickening', which Daniel Craig Bond movie is the best 007 film of ALL TIME, and the Michael Mann movie that makes him pump his fist in the air! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the...

Joining Alex this week is filmmaker Jake West to chat about his incredible new documentary 'Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow' and take us on an EPIC trip involving so much love for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the James Cameron movie that makes him pump his fist in the air, which unloved Bruce Willis movie is actually loads better than you think, before he screens a horror cult classic for us! Jake's film Mancunian Man gets its Manchester premiere on 12 November with...

Joining Alex are the brilliant filmmaking brothers Graham and Parker Phillips to chat about their excellent new film 'Rumble Through the Dark' and take us on an EPIC trip that celebrates Gladiator, The Untouchables, and Lord of the Rings. We find out which is Christopher Nolan's BEST film and there's a lot of chat about Braveheart, plus much much more. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We Make Movies Better Founded in...

Alex is joined by Ray Panthaki to discuss being part of the excellent new BBC show 'Boiling Point' and go on Ray's perfect cinema trip, involving some Good Will Hunting, a little bit of The Shawshank Redemption and absolutely no Star Wars, before Ray screens a Daniel Day Lewis movie he adores! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We Make Movies Better Founded in 1930, ODEON is the largest and best-known cinema chain in...

The brilliant filmmaker Joe Lynch joins Alex to chat about his incredible new horror movie 'Suitable Flesh' (Out October 27th) before taking us on a trip involving the fist-pumping moment from a Paul Verhoeven sci-fi epic, shedding a tear over Indiana Jones and why a certain movie based on a board game might well be a masterpiece of blockbuster filmmaking! Find us here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod A Trip to the Movies is proudly sponsored by @ODEONCinemas - We Make Movies Better Founded...