Water Cooler: Mitchells vs. The Machines, Disneyland Reopening, Brigadoon, Without Remorse, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, In the Heights, Galaxy’s Edge, Mystery Men, I Saw the Devil

On the May 5, 2021 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:Peter went to the grand reopening of Disneyland after a 400+ day closure. Watch the video here. He also went back to Disneyland to spend May the 4th inside Galaxy’s Edge. Watch that video here.
Brad started doing a morning radio show. Watch/listen to it here.

What we’ve been Reading:Peter and Brad checked out The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. See Peter’s video about the unused concepts here. Read Brad’s review of the book right here.
Jacob is reading Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.
Hoai-Tran is reading Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale by Russell T. Davies.

What we’ve been Watching:Ben and Jacob watched The Mitchells vs. The Machines.
Peter watched The Bad Batch on Disney+, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things on Amazon, and more episodes of Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.
Brad watched Without Remorse, Things Heard & Seen, and Mortal Kombat.
Chris watched In the Heights, The Father, and started watching Warrior. 
Jacob watched Mystery Men and began a rewatch of The Sopranos.
Ben watched Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm and Brigadoon.
Hoai-Tran watched I Saw the Devil.

What we’ve been Eating:Brad tried a Cocoa Pebbles Chocolate Bar

What we’ve been Playing:Jacob is playing Returnal on the PlayStation 5.

 

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