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Here it is, our final show before Christmas and what better way to celebrate than the return of the wonderful filmmaker Gil Kenan to the pod, to talk about his memories of Christmas cinema and his fantastic new festive movie A Boy Called Christmas, adapted from Matt Haig's best-selling novel and in cinemas and on Sky Cinema RIGHT NOW! Alex and Gil also chatted about his incredibly busy year, co-writing Ghostbusters: Afterlife and - in fact - this interview was recorded on the day that movie hit cinemas. We hope you enjoy the episode and have a lovely Christmas. We'll return in the New Year, but in the meantime feel free to keep in touch at any of the below: Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's time for Episode 28 of the pod and Alex's guest today is the brilliant Ian Shaw who can currently be seen on stage at The Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in the fantastic play The Shark Is Broken. It's about the relationship between the three leads in Jaws who found themselves with rather more downtime than expected when the shark infamously failed to work! Ian takes the role of his father, the late Robert Shaw and they discuss what it was like for him playing his dad, the inspiration for the play and obviously a lot about Jaws! Hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget you can watch the video interview on our YouTube channel this Friday. Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alex catches up with the brilliant Robbie Amell about his new movie 'Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City' which hits cinemas this week. They talk zombies (obviously), their biggest fears, playing the Resident Evil video game as kids and a lot about sharks. A LOT. As always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below and we hope you enjoy the show! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alex is joined this week by Reggie Yates to discuss his move from being in front of the camera - hosting 'Top Of The Pops', acting in 'Dr Who', to his recent documentary series investigating subjects as diverse as 'Teen Gangs', to 'Extreme Countries' to 'Race Riots in the USA' - to now moving behind the camera with his feature film debut 'Pirates' which he's written and directed and which hits cinemas this Friday 26th November.. They talk about his inspiration for the film, his casting process and finding his three incredible leads, to being given advice by an Oscar winning director. As always, hope you enjoy the episode and please feel free to subscribe/follow and getting touch at any of the below: Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's episode features an actor as adept at drama as he is comedy, the wonderful Jimmy Akingbola joins Alex on the pod from Los Angeles to talk about shooting his new show 'Bel-Air' - a dramatic retelling of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - exec produced by Will Smith. They chat about his hugely successful ITV sitcom 'Kate and Koji', appearing in DC's 'Arrow', his comedy heroes and his brand new crime drama The Tower, now available on ITV Hub. We hope you enjoy this week's show, please subscribe, rate and review... and, as always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below. Thanks! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass Hysteria! Alex is joined by the incredible father and son duo of Ivan and Jason Reitman to talk all things Ghostbusters. Finding out the truth behind some of the stories that have been mythologised from the making of the 1984 original, to discovering what Jason wanted to bring to the Ghostbusters universe with Afterlife. What was the pairs biggest disagreement about? Which cast ad-libbed on set? What do you do with a field of Barley? All these questions are answered on this week's show! As always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below! Cheers! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alex is joined this week by the wonderful Wallis Day to chat about everything from working alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in her massive new sci-fi blockbuster 'Infinite' to taking over Ruby Rose's character in DC series Batwoman. They discuss the benefits of a Vegan diet and talk about a big decision Wallis had to make a child between pursuing a career in acting or.... well, you know what, you'll just have to give it a listen to find out. As always find us at all of the below and feel free to get in touch! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello! What an episode this week, as joining Alex to talk about his brilliant new movie 'Last Night in Soho' is the wonderful Edgar Wright... and while they do indeed talk about the movie, and what it was like for Edgar actually shooting on the ground in Soho, the conversation soon moves onto the history of that famous square mile of London, the stories and legends that haunt its streets and back alleys, as well as the idea of ghosts, both metaphorical... and real. We hope you enjoy this week's show and if you do please leave us a rating and review... also, as always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below. Thanks! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today Alex sits down with the insanely talented independent filmmaker Jim Cummings to talk about him breaking onto the scene in 2018 with the brilliant Thunder Road, but also to get into the details about his incredible new film The Beta Test which hit UK cinemas on Oct 15th... part psychological thriller - part dark comedy - part horror - part satire on the industry of Hollywood and the ousting of the culture of toxic masculinity that has pervaded there for so long.... it's fantastic. As always we hope you enjoy the episode and please leave us a rating and review if you've had a good time... Also join our growing community at any of the below... Thanks! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Alex's guest is the excellent Joanne Froggatt, who sits down to talk about her powerful and gripping new ITV drama 'Angela Back' which had it's first episode on Sunday and is already being talked about as a hard-hitting and compelling look at domestic abuse. They also chat the incredible success of Downton Abbey, growing up in Yorkshire and the films that inspired Joanne to follow a career into acting at a very young age. Hope you enjoy the show, please do leave us a rating and review and don't forget you can get in touch at any of the below, including signing up for our brand new newsletter. Cheers! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rahul Kohli joins Alex for a Midnight Mass Spoiler Special! As promised back in July, now the phenomenal show has been released on Netflix, Rahul returns to discuss working with the incredible writer and director Mike Flanagan, developing his character Sheriff Hassan and his iconic look and stance, the responsibility of playing that character, what he thinks the 'Angel' is and his interpretation of that ending. Suffice to say, don't listen to this episode if you haven't yet watched the brilliant show as there are spoilers aplenty in here! Hope you enjoy and as always feel free to get in touch at any of the below and please take the time to leave us a rating and review... thanks! We want to reach out to our community from time to time. Mostly about latest updates on the podcast, giveaways, and inviting you to cool events. Click the links below to join our growing community. Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Synnøve Karlsen joins Alex for this week's episode to talk about her feature film debut in the hugely anticipated Last Night In Soho. They talk about how she got the role of Jocasta and her experience of working with the brilliant director Edgar Wright on the project. They also discuss her breakout role in the hugely successful BBC series Clique, the person she'd really love to play in a film and various methods of how to cure sleeplessness. Hope you enjoy the show and feel free to get in touch using any of the below, cheers! We want to reach out to our community from time to time. Mostly about latest updates on the podcast, giveaways, and inviting you to cool events. Click the links below to join our growing community. Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPod Website: https://www.jtfpod.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.