Water Cooler: AMC A-List, Criterion, Peter Jackson, Mission: Impossible, Skyscraper, Leave No Trace, The Dark Knight, The Babysitter & More

Jul 16, 2018

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On the July 16, 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.

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At The Water Cooler:

- What we’ve been Doing:
  - Peter went to Disneyland (again) and rode The Incredicoaster at night. Used his AMC A-List a couple times, observations about the three movies a week, not checking IDs, Premiere lines and AMC Dine-In Theatres.
  - Ben went to a Film Independent Member Screening of Blindspotting and saw a Q&A with the cast
  - Jacob indulged in the Criterion Collection sale at Barnes & Noble and has to deal with a wrecking ball of a cat.
  - Chris went to a set visit in Montreal, and it was the coolest thing ever, except for the flying part, which was terrifying.
  - Brad went to his county fair, attended The Purple Madness Prince tribute concert, tried not to die from strep throat
- What we’ve been Reading:
  - Chris is reading Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth by Ian Nathan.
  - Jacob has been reading the KOBOLD Guide to Gamemastering.
- What we’ve been Watching:
  - Peter saw Mission: Impossible – Fallout in IMAX, saw Skyscraper. And Sorry To Bother You, and watched the first couple episodes of On My Block.
  - Ben watched Skyscraper, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Godfather, and Sharp Objects

Hoai-Tran watched Mission: Impossible II for the first time, saw Leave No Trace, can now call herself a My Hero Academia fan.

- - Chris watched A Walk Among the Tombstones, rewatched In The Mouth of Madness for the hundredth or so time and revisited The Dark Knight for the 10th Anniversary.
  - Jacob watched Mamma Mia!, The Devil’s Doorway, The Babysitter, and a number of terrible horror movies
  - Brad finished Great News Season 2, The Phantom
- What we’ve been Eating:
  - Brad ate some fair food, including a ribeye burger, also a Milka Chips Ahoy chocolate bar
  - Ben went to a specialty soda store
- What we’ve been Playing:
  - Jacob has been planning to get into Arkham Horror: The Card Game.

Peter backed Cthulhu: Death May Die on Kickstarter.