Water Cooler: Army Of The Dead, Spiral, Dark Side Of The Ring, In The Heights, Profile, Columbo, West Side Story, Those Who Wish Me Dead

On the May 13, 2021 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:
  • Peter bought a new camera, the Insta360 one x2, and used it for the first time at the Annual Passholder reopening of Knotts Berry Farm. He rode the new Beary Tales: Return to the Fair and more.
  • Jacob interviewed Dave Bautista and wants to plug it.
  • What we've been Watching:
  • Jacob and Chris watched Army of the Dead and Spiral: From the Book of Saw.
  • Peter is almost the last person to see The Mitchells vs. The Machines, and saw the Brian Pullman two-episode season premiere of Dark Side of the Ring, and got Discovery+ and started Expedition Back To The Future
  • Jacob watched In the Heights.
  • Brad watched Profile and Calibre.
  • Chris watched Those Who Wish Me Dead
  • Hoai-Tran has been watching Columbo.
  • Ben watched West Side Story, The Hot Rock, and So I Married an Axe Murderer.
  • What we've been Eating:
  • Peter tried Takis for the first time.
  • Brad snagged Pepsi Blue, tried a Dr. Pepper Float at Arby's, Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Hershey's Kisses and Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies Cereal.
  • Also mentioned: 

  • They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started A Cold War
  • 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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