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.
 
Opening Banter: 
 
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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