Water Cooler: Halloween, Mank, Haunters, Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult, Almost Famous, Sabotage, Back To The Future Part II, Crimson Peak, On The Rocks, Notorious

By Peter ScirettaNov. 2, 2020 2:30 pm EST

On the November 2, 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.

At The Water Cooler:

What did everyone do for Halloween?

Peter live-streamed about Mandalorian.

Brad went to a friend's house for a socially distanced bonfire where masks were worn and costumes were encouraged.

Jacob had a thoroughly mediocre Halloween!

Hoai-Tran watched Rocky Horror Picture Show with friends.

Ben visited his nieces.

What we've been Doing:

Peter went to Downtown Disney to check out all the new Christmas merch.

Jacob voted.

Hoai-Tran voted and guested on Nerdist News Talks Back.

What we've been Reading:

Jacob started reading The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Green.

Peter read the first chapter of Charles Soule's Star Wars: Light of the Jedi.

What we've been Watching:

Peter has been watching more of Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult on Starz, and Sofia Coppola's On The Rocks. He's also been watching a lot of YouTube and wanted to plug two episodes: Justin Scarred's tour of Goonies filming locations and Adam The Woo stayed overnight in the Christmas Story house.

Brad watched Haunters: The Art of the Scare, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, introduced his girlfriend to Back to the Future Part II, has been suckered into watching The Bachelorette.

Chris watched Mank.

Hoai-Tran watched The Wailing, A Tale of Two Sisters, rewatched Notorious, Sabotage.

Ben watched Crimson Peak, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and rewatched Almost Famous.

What we've been Eating:

Brad tried Sugar Cookie Hershey's Kisses, Monster Ultra Watermelon, Gingerbread Oreos.

What we've been Playing:

Brad has been playing Call of Duty's Halloween event, The Haunting of Verdansk

Jacob is playing Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hoai-Tran is terrible at Among Us.

All the other stuff you need to know:

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