Water Cooler: El Camino, Joker, Favorite Chain Restaurants, Dallas Haunted Houses, Anastasia, Motherless Brooklyn & More

On the October 14, 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.

At The Water Cooler:

What we've been Doing:

Jacob took a trip to the DFW metroplex for a massive haunted house weekend, including Cutting Edge, Dark Hour, Reindeer Manor, and Screams Park.

Peter went to Los Angeles Comic-Con, which was insanely busy. And he also went to Disneyland, which was also insanely busy. Kitra built a lightsaber!

Ben saw the touring Broadway version of Anastasia

Brad threw out his back and is feeling very old because of it

Hoai-Tran attended Amazon's Modern Love premiere party and met up with two-thirds of SlashFilmCast.

What we've been Reading:

Jacob has been perusing The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham from Leslie S. Klinger.

What we've been Watching:

Peter, Chris, Hoai-Tran, and Ben watched El Camino.

Peter saw Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit.

Ben watched Anastasia (the movie), Joker, and In the Shadow of the Moon

Hoai-Tran saw Motherless Brooklyn.

What we've been Eating:

Jacob learned that fried fair food...kinda' stinks? And he will sing the white, suburban praises of On The Border.

Brad tried Peanut Butter and Jelly Puffs cereal from Aldi.

What we've been Playing:

Peter experienced Deadwood Mansion at Sandbox VR for a friend's birthday.

All the other stuff you need to know:

You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.

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