Oscar Chaser

In 2007, Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar for directing ‘The Departed.’ Three years later, he was back with ‘Shutter Island,’ a horror thriller about memory, identity, and the psychological benefits of LARPing. Kyle is joined by his dear friend and fellow “duly appointed federal marshall” Thomas Constantine Moore to discuss. But is this lowkey Leo’s best performance? Has Mark Ruffalo ever been hotter? And why is Patricia Clarkson in a cave?

Kyle is joined by Billie Aken-Tyers, the resident director of the international musical hit Titanique, and together they share their “controversial yet brave” opinions about Tom Hooper’s all snotting, all crying film adaptation of Les Miz. There are extended discussions about how Billie has always been “horny for Geoffrey Rush,” how she loves “Eddie Redmayne’s skin texture,” and why on earth there is a random woman f*cking Santa Claus in the middle of “Master of the House.”

In 2015, Alejandro G. Iñárritu followed up his Best Director win for ‘Birdman’ with ‘The Revenant,’ the movie where Leonaro DiCaprio won an Oscar for getting mauled by a bear and eating raw bison liver. But is he as good as Bryan Cranston in ‘Trumbo?’ Is Andrea Riseborough the best performance in ‘Birdman?’ And is Tom Hardy j**king off in that one scene by the fire with Will Poulter?