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Water Cooler: Stan Lee, iPad, Overlord, Spider's Web, Homecoming, Blindspotting, Robin Williams, Becki And Chris, Bodied, Grinch

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By Peter Sciretta/

On the November 12, 2018 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 talk about 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).

Opening Banter:  It's Peter's birthday.In The News:

  • Jacob: Stan Lee, Comic Book and Pop Culture Legend, Dead at 95

    • At The Water Cooler:

  • What we've been Doing:
  • Peter bought the new iPad, and then returned it.
  • Jacob went to the new Laurent Durieux show at the Mondo Gallery.
  • Hoai-Tran moved to New York and saw the fancy Central Park duck!
  • What we've been Watching:
  • Peter saw Overlord, and has gotten hooked on a new YouTube channel: Becki and Chris.
  • Jacob revisited The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo before seeing The Girl in the Spider's Web, rewatched Apostle, and he binged too much of The Great British Baking Show.
  • Chris watched all of Amazon's Homecoming, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and caught up with Blindspotting, Christopher Robin and BlacKkKlansman.
  • Brad has been digging into the Robin Williams: Comic Genius box set
  • Ben finished Maniac, watched Bodied, The Quiet Man, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Inside Llewyn Davis, and The Ghost Goes West
  • Hoai-Tran saw The Grinch.
  • What we've been Eating:
  • Brad was able to get Thanksgiving Pringles, tried Peppermint Bark Oreos to satisfy Peter
  • What we've been Playing:
  • Brad has been intermittently playing Ghostbusters World
  • Jacob has been re-addicted to Lady Gaga's Joanne and Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.

    • Other articles mentioned:

  • Artist Laurent Durieux Breaks Down Every Poster in His New Mondo Show
  • 'The Grinch' Review: This Animated Dr. Seuss Retelling is Two Times Too Long

    • 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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