116 - Oscar Isaac Spotlight: Inside Llewyn Davis, The Card Counter & Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

Today, we celebrate the birthday of a tremendous actor who elevates every film that he’s in. Of course, we are talking about Mr. Oscar Isaac. In his prolific career, Isaac has helmed many blockbuster franchises. Still, he hasn’t shied away from layered, mysterious, and sometimes horrifying characters - those are the type of performances that we tackle in this week’s episode.

• We start with Oscar Isaac’s star-making performance as a struggling folk singer in the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis.
• Next, in what is perhaps Isaac’s most haunting and complex performance to date, he plays William Tell, a mysterious gambler with a nightmarish past in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter.
• Finally, Isaac tackles a role that many great actors have tackled before: Victor Frankenstein. But in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, Oscar Isaac breathes new life and pain into the iconic character.

Have you seen these films? Which is your favorite? What is your favorite Oscar Isaac film?

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