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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

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
By Peter Sciretta

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.

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.

    • All the other stuff you need to know:

  • You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.
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