Water Cooler: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Farewell, Lady Snowblood, Love Antosha, Glow, Parasite, Addams Family, Good Time, Doctor Sleep, Magic Live & More

Aug 12, 2019

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On the August 12 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 was in Las Vegas for the magic convention Magic Live. He got the opportunity to visit David Copperfield’s museum and airplane hanger. And he won $200 in a slot machine.
  - Ben wants to quickly plug Jurassic Park in Concert
  - Hoai-Tran visited the hometown of Charles Addams for The Addams Family, saw early footage of Gemini Man, went to an A24 Public Access Screening of Good Time underneath a Queens subway line.
- What we’ve been Reading:A
  - Chris re-read Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, and ended up liking it much more the second time.
  - Ben read Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
- What we’ve been Watching:
  - HT, Chris and Jacob saw Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Jacob and Brad saw The Farewell.

- - Before he went to Vegas, Peter went to Disneyland to experience the Main Street Electrical Parade.
  - Chris watched Glow: Season 3.
  - Ben watched Love Antosha, Parasite, Pather Panchali, The Burial of Kojo, and The Castle of Cagliostro

Jacob watched Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, American Hangman, and The Ring Two.

- Hoai-Tran watched The Art of Racing in the Rain and Lady Snowblood.
What we’ve been Eating:
- Peter are Hattie B’s Hot Chicken at the Cosmopolitan hotel and casino.
- Brad tried a much smaller scale version of the Fool’s Gold Loaf sandwich.
What we’ve been Playing:
- Jacob played Horrified again, and started reading the rulebook for Band of Blades.