Water Cooler: Game Of Thrones, Barry, Star Wars, Guava Island, Veep, Dark Side Of The Ring, Detour, Little, Twilight Zone, Tokyo Story

On the April 17 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what we've been up to at the Water Cooler.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).

Opening Banter: In the game of the Comic-Con hotel lottery, we lost.At The Water Cooler:

  • What we've been Doing:
  • Peter saw the new Dark Arts at Hogwarts light show at Universal Studios Hollywood.
  • Brad went to Star Wars Celebration for the first time.
  • Ben visited Sequoia National Park
  • What we've been Reading:
  • Chris read The Last Stone by Mark Bowden and The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition by Gustavo Mercado.
  • Jacob is poking through Best. Movie. Year. Ever by Brian Raftery.
  • What we've been Watching:
  • Jacob, Brad, and Ben watched the season premiere episode of Game of Thrones.
  • Peter, Jacob, Ben, and HT watched the new season of Barry.
  • Peter and HT rewatched some of the new Star Wars movies. With all the Star Wars Celebration coverage, Peter went back and watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi back to back and has issues. HT rewatched Last Jedi.
  • Peter watched Dark Side of the Ring on Viceland, and revisited Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (available on YouTube), and also watched The Legend of Cocaine Island on Netflix thanks to the staff's recommendations last week.
  • Jacob watched the new season of Veep. He also revisited Lincoln.
  • Chris re-watched Mad Max: Fury Road in 4K, and Detour on the Criterion Channel.
  • Brad watched Pet Sematary, rewatched Crazy Rich Asians. Watched the first few episodes of Our Planet.
  • Hoai-Tran watched Little, Tokyo Story on Criterion Channel, new seasons of Jane the Virgin.
  • Ben watched Guava Island, the first two episodes of the original Twilight Zone, and The Lady Vanishes.
  • What we've been Eating:
  • Peter tried Game of Thrones Dragonfire wings at Buffalo Wild Wings.
  • Jacob has been loving Quest protein chips.
  • Brad tried Sunkist Strawberry Lemonade soda.
  • What we've been Playing:
  • Jacob is playing Final Fantasy IX on the Nintendo Switch and is still engrossed in Baba is You.
  • Other Articles Mentioned:

  • 'Game of Thrones' Returns to 'Winterfell' With a Busy Hour of Table-setting and Doomsaying
  • 'Our Planet' Proves That Netflix Can Make Nature Documentaries That Are as Good, and Maybe Even Better, Than Everyone Else
  • Atlantic's Lincoln's Great Depression
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