Oscar Chaser

A Chorus Line (with Billie Aken-Tyers)

Director/writer and Titanique on Broadway associate director Billie Aken-Tyers rejoins Kyle to speak on Richard Attenborough’s follow-up to his Gandhi Best Director win, the quite-bad film of A Chorus Line. Together, they affirm that Richard Attenborough will always be Ian Malcolm and Santa to them, investigate Michael Douglas’ choreographic (and oral sex) abilities, and do a deep-dive into that time Billie was on a British reality TV show casting Dorothy in a West End production of The Wizard of Oz. Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe [https://oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Broadcast News (with Isabel Pask)

Kyle is joined by filmmaker, actress, and James L. Brooks detective Isabel Pask to discuss Brooks’ ‘Terms of Endearment’ follow-up, the 1987 film ‘Broadcast News.’ Together, they dive into Polly Platt’s contributions to the Brooks oeuvre, theorize as to what madness could have brought him to Ella McCay, and (because Kyle didn’t get this out before the Oscars), their preferences in the Timmy v. Leo Best Actor race at this year’s Academy Awards. Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe [https://oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Contact (with Holly Dennis)

Kyle is joined by noted ‘Forrest Gump’ and Robert Zemeckis enthusiast Holly Dennis (producer, ‘After Midnight’) to discuss Bobby Z’s ‘Gump’ follow-up, the 1997 science fiction film ‘Contact.’ The two discuss the three core tenets of the film and of life: science, religion, and Jodie Foster. But do aliens exist? Does Jodie have any chemistry with Matthew McConaughey? And is why is Holly so obsessed with the movie of ‘The Polar Express?’ Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe [https://oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Talented Mr. Ripley (with Erik Anderson)

Kyle is joined by the founder/ owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch, Erik Anderson, to discuss Anthony Minghella’s 1999 follow-up to his Oscar win for Best Director, The Talented Mr. Ripley. The two chat Jude Law’s chest hair and Matt Damon’s chartreuse swim trunks, and Kyle recalls how Haley Joel Osment got him hooked on the Oscars, while Erik vents his unmitigated hatred for The Cider House Rules. Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe [https://oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (with Eric Wiegand)

“We are in a cage.” Kyle is joined by Eric Wiegand (Stranger Things: First Shadow) to discuss what may very well be the greatest film Steven Spielberg ever made, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. They go long on the Kubrick and Spielberg of it all, Shakespeare in Love beating Saving Private Ryan at the 71st Academy Awards, and everybody’s favorite jaded robot bear Teddy. Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe [https://oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]