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Water Cooler: Super Bowl, Russian Doll, Velvet Buzzsaw, LEGO Movie 2, Battle Angel, Game Of Thrones, Great Train Robbery, DreamScape Interactive, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts 3

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By Peter Sciretta

On the February 4, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they've been up to at the Water Cooler.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).

At The Water Cooler:

  • Let's talk the Super Bowl: Did you watch it? What did you think of the trailers?
  • 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' Trailers: The Classic Children's Horror Collection Comes to Life
  • 'Avengers: Endgame' Super Bowl Trailer: The Match-Up Everyone is Really Waiting For
  • Plug: Brad's 'Avengers: Endgame' Super Bowl Trailer Breakdown: Some People Move on, But Not Us
  • 'Captain Marvel' Super Bowl Trailer: It's Time to Go Higher, Further, and Faster
  • 'The Twilight Zone' Super Bowl Trailer: Jordan Peele Invites You to a New Dimension
  • 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season 3 Super Bowl Trailer: Wake Up, America
  • 'Toy Story 4' Super Bowl Trailer: The Toys Are Back In Town
  • What we've been Doing:
  • Peter finally took down his Christmas tree,
  • Jacob has been experimenting with dry and technical paints.
  • Hoai-Tran went indoor rock climbing.
  • Ben has been sick
  • What we've been Reading:
  • Peter has been reading Magic For Young Lovers from Andy Jerxman.
  • Jacob has been revisiting Vern's Seagalogy.
  • What we've been Watching:
  • Peter watched Russian Doll on Netflix, Velvet Buzzsaw on Netflix, The LEGO Movie: The Second Part, Free Solo, Perfect Bid on Amazon Prime Video, and the first couple episode of Narcos: Mexico on Netflix, Alita: Battle Angel, Generation Wealth on Amazon Prime Video
  • Chris watched Russian Doll.
  • Jacob powered through the worst stretch of his Game of Thrones rewatch.
  • Hoai-Tran saw Alita: Battle Angel, Police Story 1 and 2 in 4K restoration at Alamo Drafthouse, Miss Bala, and watched the Netflix Korean zombie drama Kingdom.
  • Ben watched Velvet Buzzsaw, The Great Train Robbery, and Stage Fright.
  • Brad watched both Fyre Fest documentaries and The Wife.
  • What we've been Eating:
  • Peter lost more weight and let Twitter decide if I should have a cheat meal or not.
  • Jacob is here to evangelize ChocoRite and Strive vanilla cupcakes. He is also learning to like coffee.
  • Brad tried Triple Chocolate Twix, Chocolatey Berry Crunch and Strawberry Shortcake Crunch
  • What we've been Playing:
  • Peter experienced DreamScape Interactive for the first time.
  • Jacob beat the Resident Evil 2 remake and played Sagrada.
  • Hoai-Tran wants to talk about nothing but Kingdom Hearts 3.

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