Water Cooler: Dracula, LEGO Movie 2, Sixteen Candles, Wayne, Public Enemy, Happy Death Day 2U, Titanic, Isn’t It Romantic?, How To Train Your Dragon, Robin Hood, History of the Future

Feb 12, 2019

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On the February 12, 2019 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 interviewed filmmaker Dean DeBlois about his new film How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, he discovered the website Trakt.tv,
  - Brad revamped his movie shelving system and cleaned out his movie collection a little bit. Reaffirmed the fact that he’s a terrible painter at a Bob Ross-themed birthday party.
  - Hoai-Tran went home for a weekend of Lunar New Year celebrations.
  - Ben visited the Warner Bros. lot and saw some early footage from Shazam!, and attended the L.A. premiere of The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
- What we’ve been Reading:
  - Peter has been reading Juan Tamariz’s The Magic Rainbow.
  - Jacob has been reading an early copy of Blake Harris’ The History of the Future.
  - Hoai-Tran has been reading Dracula.
  - Chris read the lengthy CNN article Lost in the Woods with James Brown’s Ghost.
- What we’ve been Watching:
  - Peter rented Blindspotting, saw the junket screening of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, watched the Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, and the YouTube series Wayne.
  - Jacob re-watched GoldenEye and fell back in love with...Battlebots?
  - Chris saw Happy Death Day 2U. He also re-watched Titanic for the first time in many years, and watched Abducted in Plain Sight, Horror Noire, and the new Robin Hood.
  - Brad watched Isn’t It Romantic?, The LEGO Movie 2, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams.
  - Hoai-Tran watched Isn’t It Romantic?, What Men Want, Dear Ex, Biutiful, rewatched Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre.
  - Ben watched The Public Enemy, The Woman in the Window, To All The Boys I Loved Before, Sixteen Candles, and Escape at Dannemora

What we’ve been Eating:
- Jacob moved onto goal shirt number two as he discovered tortillas made out of cheese.
- Brad found fudge covered Oreos and Nutter Butters, also tried Honey Nut Frosted Flakes and Banana Creme Frosted Flakes.
What we’ve been Playing:
- Peter played the tabletop miniature board game Nemesis, and discovered the podcast Podcast: The Ride.
- Jacob beat Resident Evil 2 again, started playing State of Decay 2, fell back into XCOM 2, and is getting ready to play Root.
- Brad played Magic: The Gathering for the first time ever and didn’t hate it.