Mini-Water Cooler: Shang-Chi, Hard Boiled, The Green Knight, The Virgin Suicides, and More

<p>On the August 23, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by news editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.</p> <p>Opening Banter: </p> <p>At The Water Cooler:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">What we’ve been Doing:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Hoai-Tran saw Chris (!) and blew out her voice doing karaoke.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What we’ve been Reading:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Ben read What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What we’ve been Watching:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Hoai-Tran watched Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Protégé, the Rurouni Kenshin live-action movies, Hard-Boiled, and revisited The Virgin Suicides.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ben watched The Green Knight and Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai trilogy.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Also mentioned: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/the-protege-review-maggie-q-takes-the-lead-in-an-assassin-movie-misfire/'>‘The Protege’ Review: Maggie Q Takes the Lead in an Assassin Movie Misfire</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings-review-tony-leungs-villain-eclipses-the-mcus-first-asian-superhero/'>‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Review: Tony Leung’s Villain Eclipses the MCU’s First Asian Superhero</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>All the other stuff you need to know:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.</li> </ul> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">/Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">You can subscribe to /Film Daily on <