Rage Whale

How true are the movies that claim they are 'based on a true story'? Lewis and Elliot join us today from their award winning movie podcast to delve into how they decided on this great concept and to talk through some of their favourite stories and anecdotes from all their research. But first we discuss Alan Partridge.

This episode feels like a classic old-school mad one. No guests, just us talking through the new films expected this year with plenty of laughs. 2026 is going to be a huge year in all genres.

Amelias charisma and clear passion for music and movies makes this conversation so much fun. We discuss her job at Kerrang radio and share thoughts on Download Festival, favourite bands, lyrics, music in movies and the best soundtrack to ever exist. We delve into favourite TV shows including the current series 'Welcome To Derry' before discussing fav horror movies of 2025 such as Weapons and Sinne...

First Round-Up of the year discussing what we saw in the cinema recently. We review Avatar Fire & Ash as well as a spoiler free chat of The Housemaid which has been a talking point online. We saw some classic films in the cinema recently too and talk about the new trailers such as Disclosure Day the new alien movie from Spielberg. We also have to mention the recent devastating news regarding R...

We caught up with Peter on his recent cinema experiences and delve into everything we have seen this year in this bumper episode. We discuss our top 10 each of the year along with the biggest disappointments. Thank you to all the guests we have met along the way. If you want to get in touch or be a guest on the podcast send us a message through Instagram @ragewhalepodcast or email us at ragewhale@...

Kev and James vote for a less obvious Xmas movie for our guest from California to watch. Nicole is currently challenging herself to watch the top 1000 movies and has not seen many classics yet, due to being 18. So we decide to be annoying and recommend even more to add to her list. We have a laugh talking through Horrors as Halloween has just passed, talking through Christmas memories growing up a...

We catch up with an old friend from where we used to live in Andover, Hampshire. He used to make music videos for the local bands and has progressed to writing and directing his own short films and we expect big things from him in the future. We delve into horror movies and classic TV & Film from Michael Bay, David Lynch, David Cronenberg to Stanley Kubrick and discuss audiences over analysing...

Today we discuss the Hostile Takeover of Paramount outbidding Netflix for the Warner Brothers back catalogue. The team receive early Xmas presents, Drew pitches his new book recently published and generally catch up with what we've been watching and the Avengers Doomsday Trailer.

Hilarious episode with 2 guests from across the pond: Alex in Washington DC and Guy in Manhattan New York, talk to us about their new movie 'A Christmas Party'. Writers, Directors and Producers who in their early 20s have had lots of experience in film studies and filmmaking and have plans for new projects already. We talk comedies and their friendship along with a deep dive into their new movie w...

Our American Correspondent Peter joins us today as he has selected the subject of our Deep Dive episode. John Carpenter has had a huge impact in the film industry especially the horror genre with not only creating the most important and famous slasher horror movie Halloween, but also the creator of the chilling soundtrack. We talk through his personal life, early profession career and a selection...

We discuss behind the scenes stories on movie sets and when Kev and Marina briefly worked together on a couple of film projects. Marina talks about her passion for the job, as well as the pressures that also come in this high paced industry, alongside the difficulty faced and overcome of often being the only female in the crew which has changed over the last 10 years. Her main role is the Focus Pu...

Today we delve into the life and career of Emma Stone, touching on her struggles in growing up and to why she got into acting. We talk through her movies and roles as they changes from supporting actor to becoming the lead in many huge films as well as the awards she has received. She has been in a variety of genres, from rom-coms, comedy, action, super hero and more recently being the Muse of Yor...

Nicole joins us to discuss her Movie Project. She is a younger generation to us, so it was fascinating and fun to get her thoughts on movies we grew up and love from fresh eyes and modern sensibilities. We discuss Bill Murray more than you expect and her thoughts on 60s, 70s and 80s movies including Black & White classics. This is a fun conversation, go follow her on Instagram for fun, comical...

Kev is uncharacteristically ill and couldn't make today's record but Peter steps in to join Drew and James to discuss Movie Villains. This is being put out with no editing so fingers crossed it's all safe haha. From Roger Rabbit, to Star Wars then deviating into the running costs of the Death Star this episode is bound to give you whiplash. Enjoy.

Our regular catch up with each other where we provide you with an update on what we've watched, what we recommend, whats coming out soon and the entertainment news. In this special bonus episode Drew has exciting news about his new poetry book coming out soon and we give a couple of Shout Outs for fan art and a future guest having a new Short Film out.

We discuss the epic masterpiece Alien series on Disney + in detail and also follow James' journey from ordering an Ice Cream from Uber Eats to finally eating it. An exciting journey for us all to witness. Here you also get the bonus of a poem by Drew (@TalesoftheNook) based on the series. We delve into the actors, the characters, special effects, awesome soundtrack, new creature creations and deep...

Warning: discussions of horrible things due to the nature of the programme. Our friend (and one of our first ever guests) Sara joins us again today to discuss the most talked about Netflix Series to date. How much was real and how much was fabricated, some people think there was too many inaccuracies whilst others believe it was part of the story to show the mental state of this infamous killer. W...

Our regular catch up with each other where we provide you with an update on what we've watched, what we recommend, whats coming out soon and the entertainment news. In this special bonus episode there's lots to get through after Drew tells us about his spa day, James tells us he shot kids with lasers and Kev went to meet Elvis. Lots of Great TV out at the moment so get your recommendations here.

James is a big fan of this podcast so we invited them on to see who could say the most inappropriate jokes. I think we all lost! This episode has severe teasing and occasional bad language with questionable themes so please listen with caution and even less judgement than usual. This was a treat to let loose and be silly but don't worry the main themes are still movies and TV shows and we have a f...

The film the world is talking about this and even the toughest critics are giving it 5 star reviews. It already has an Oscar buzz relating to every aspect from acting, directing, picture, cinematography and score. We have a few different opinions but we all loved it in different ways. We discuss everything in this 3 part action, drama with comedy elements from the box office results, interesting i...

Our regular catch up with each other where we provide you with an update on what we've watched, what we recommend, whats coming out soon and the entertainment news. In this special bonus episode we also have a surprise package we open and a voice note from our biggest fan.

From Australia we welcome Leigh Morgan from his podcast 'Lights. Camera. Rant.' to find out how he got into this business and the perks he receives from visiting movie premieres. We discuss the recent Emmys briefly and go into some detail on the Box Office results from the impressive horrors this year competing with the heavy hitters of 2025, can you guess what's made the most money? This is a fun...

Kev worked with Colin on the film The Last Bus starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan, he kept in touch and was gracious enough to accept an invite onto Rage Whale. He's a well known actor anywhere but in Scotland he is part of an TV institution that multiple generations grew up with. We discuss how he got started in acting, theatre, Scottish TV shows and being in the biggest crime drama Taggart...

Spoken Word Artist Big Scoop (Dujon Thompson) joins us to talk about his experience with his rise in notoriety in the Rap Battle scene and the traction that this has had with his video blow up and go viral with Mike Tyson, The Rock, Usain Bolt reposting his now infamous words. This skill he has developed has also put him in the same room as Daniel Kaluuya, Big Narstie and many others, put him on T...

Drew was unable to join today's conversation so Kev & James catch up on what they've been up to recently and talk about a Skiing holiday they went on a long time ago. They discuss The Naked Gun which takes them into a wormhole of comedies that imprinted on them from their youth. They also discuss the recent Horror releases in the cinema from Weapons, Together and Bring Her Back which brings us...