Water Cooler: Prop Culture, Middleditch & Schwartz, The Last Dance, Extraction, Upload, Knives Out, Clone Wars, Little Fires Everywhere, Spaceballs, Outer Banks, The Way Back, The Parallax View, Barry, Splash

On the April 24, 2020 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:
  • Chris recorded and released a new bonus episode of 21st Century Spielberg
  • Ben finished a major /Film project and made an unlikely discovery on YouTube.
  • Jacob is trying his damndest to support local businesses. 
  • What we've been Watching:
  • Peter and Brad watched Disney+'s Prop Culture.
  • Brad and Ben watched Middleditch & Schwartz.
  • Jacob, Brad, and Ben watched The Last Dance.
  • Chris and Ben watched Extraction.
  • Peter watched Upload on Amazon, Too Hot To Handle on Netflix, Clone Wars season 7, and started watching Outer Banks on Netflix. He also finished Devs and Bosch.
  • Chris watched The Way Back.
  • Brad watched the first two seasons of Barry, Splash, The Gentlemen, This Is Stand-Up, rewatched Shazam!, Coneheads and The Green Hornet.
  • Jacob finished New Girl, and watched Knives Out, Catching Hell, Jordan Rides the Bus, The Night Sitter, Don't Run, Ghoul, and Haunted Hospital: Heilstatten.
  • Hoai-Tran watched The Willoughbys, finished Little Fires Everywhere, Spaceballs, rewatched Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Hot Fuzz, Fleabag, and The Lighthouse.
  • Ben watched The Parallax View and Black Narcissus.
  • What we've been Eating:
  • Peter ate a bunch of Japanese candy and snacks and released a video about it.
  • Brad tried Izzlers, KFC Secret Recipe Fries, Birthday Cake Kit Kat, Fudge Brownie M&M's, and Tiramisu Oreos.
  • What we've been Playing:
  • Peter played a board game (Escape Tales: The Awakening) with friends over Tabletopia.
  • Jacob played the digital version of Catan on the Nintendo Switch while in a Zoom session with friends. He also attended his first online Dungeons & Dragons session.
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