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We don\u2019t know if we\u2019re equipped to episode this much, but here we are. A bomb so fiery, we brought host of The Incinerator podcast host Billy Ray Brewton to help us unpack it all: 2018\u2032s Life Itself<\/em>. From This Is Us<\/em>\u2019 Dan Fogelman, the film assembles a large ensemble including Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, and Antonio Banderas to tell a tale of big emotions, intergenerational heartache, and unreliable narrators. The film arrived as a TIFF gala with big weepy expectations, and like a rogue MTA bus right out of the film, critics brought on a brutal and well-earned drubbing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After partnering with other distributors for previous releases, this film was Amazon\u2019s widest solo release and quickly became as big of a bomb for audiences as it was for critics. This episode, we unpack what makes it such a mess and how Amazon succeeded that year with Cold War<\/em> instead.\u00a0We also talk about the umpteen versions of\u00a0\u201cMake You Feel My Love,\u201d This is Us<\/em>\u2019 Emmy flub this season, and Amazon\u2019s purchase of United Artists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Topics also include Annette Bening\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t know her\u201d-ing Natalie Portman, Deuxmoi culture, and the Grammys of Soy Bomb and “Sonny Came Home\u201d.<\/p>\n Follow Us on Twitter!\n\n
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