Rage Whale

James has met his match as his friend Daniel instantly slams him during the intro. Now we know this will be a fun guest. We laugh through some insane stories and conversations around photography, videography and graphic design before going down the route of fitness, martial arts and his exciting plan for a short film for a charity organisation utilising 80s montages. We discuss the passion Daniel has for photography as well as the difficulties within his creative journey and end discussing music, controversies ,movies, TV shows and a future collaboration between himself & Rage Whale.

We discuss the most talked about movie of 2024 and it's still a hot topic and highly relevant. This movie is a feast for the eyes with the exceptional cinematography, colour pallet, editing style and impressive directing by a Coralie Fargeat, the only female director who is nominated for an Oscar in a category full of men and we all agree deserves to win. The only problem is that horror films don't do well at the Oscars but hopefully things are about to change. This is the rebirth of Demi Moore showing how talented and brave she is with what this role demands, the risk was huge and now it's time for the reward. This isn't a surface level horror, this taps into the real world issues with societal expectations, and how we treat people, especially women who are getting older, but the themes can relate to everyone.

Peter from New Jersey joins us again today to discuss the Oscars nominations. We delve into some detail on the main films up for the awards and who we predict will win compared to who we believe should win. We also discuss the snubs and debate between ourselves on who deserves the recognition. But before that we have some movie news to discus to discuss the new movie Companion which Kev and Peter saw this week. But during the conversation there is one clear winner of the Oscars but will it be as recognised as we think it should be? I think we need to be ready for some disappointment! We'll have to wait till March to find out.

After discussing the zeitgeist of 1999 regarding news, music and movies we delve into the cultural significance and forward thinking of the revolutionary movie which has been parodied many times. We discuss this timeless classic, delving into cinematic techniques and character dynamics including meta moments and philosophical choices with symbolism and deeper meanings. We discuss behind the scenes of making this movie and all the actors that were considered for the parts. This movie stands the test of time and is still exciting and thought provoking 26 years later.

We talk about Kate travelling all the way from Zurich to Chester to visit family and the failed attempt to meet Kev for a beer. We have a couple of strange questions from our regular listeners which take our conversation on a strange path talking about animal bums, funny situations in the cinema and creating our own musical. Kev briefly discusses the new movie Presence without spoilers which brings us on to the topic of ghosts. Drew has had so many ghosts experiences but everyone has a creepy or strange experience they share with the group.

Our deep dive into the David Fincher masterpiece with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. This may be the 30th anniversary but this movie still hits hard and is full of atmosphere, drama, comedy and tense moments. It follows the two detectives try to solve a serial killer who is using the seven deadly sins as his motives. So much to talk about here, we had to stop as we could've gone on for a further hour. We talk about behind the scenes of the filmmaking, subtle clues within the story as well as the dynamics between the actors and the disturbing but genius scenes.

Today's episode marks a full year since we started recording Rage Whale. It's Kevs Birthday and he tells us about his weekend in London, gigs, a massage and predictably the cinema. We discuss the Netflix release of Cocaine Bear which we highly recommend and delve into many different drinking games. We bring up Biopics as Kev had just come back from seeing the brilliant Bob Dylan movie 'A Complete Unknown'. We end with a chat about the sad news of the death of David Lynch, a true master of cinema.

[Some serious subjects discussed] We had a fun conversation and a laugh with the man that is well known for the opposite: Lewis Saunderson the actor famous for his distressing, raw and emotionally captivating performances on social media with approx 2 Million followers on TikTok and with over 255k Instagram followers. Known as the TikTok Crying Guy, he reimagines emotional movie scenes, creates relevant videos to the current culture but always puts 1000% into his performances raising awareness for a variety of subject matters. We discuss how he progressed to this place in life after finding out how our Drew met and worked with Lewis a couple of decades ago whilst creating a short film together. We delve into his inspiration, cancel culture, mental health and emotional movie scenes as well as a recent video he posted which received some negative press. Although we cover serious subjects which could trigger people we also have fun with a Movie quiz and delving into movies in general. We didn't get through all the questions we had for him so here's looking forward to a further episode towards the end of 2025.

Kev, James & Drew welcome you to a fun episode where we discuss all the movie news that is current even including a diversion into Grand Theft Auto 6 computer game which has some interesting planned upgrades delaying its release. We discuss Mr Beast Games and Squid Games and play devils advocate debating the enjoyment in watching, mixed with the psychological torment and effects on the real life players and is Mr Beast creating a fun show or is this plain and simply a rich person gloating in his extreme wealth and toying with needy people? We end discussing the Golden Globes and if any of our guesses from episode 80 and 81 were accurate. This doesn't fully go to plan but we hope you enjoy.

Peter from New Jersey joins Kev and Drew today to do a deep dive into Robert Eggers new classic horror remake of Nosferatu. We cover as much as possible from the filmmaking, atmosphere and soundscape to the actors and their acting prowess.