Mini-Water Cooler: The White Lotus, Untold: Malice at the Palace, Billy Summers, Hacks, Demonic, UFO, and More

<p>On the August 17, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista 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;">Chris went on vacation.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What we’ve been Reading:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Chris read Billy Summers.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What we’ve been Watching:<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Ben and Chris watched Untold: Malice at the Palace, The White Lotus, and the first two episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 8.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Ben watched Harley Quinn season 1 and all of Hacks.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Chris watched Demonic and Showtime’s UFO mini-series. </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Also mentioned: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.slashfilm.com/the-daily-stream-hacks-is-a-worthy-entry-in-the-jean-smart-issance/'>The Daily Stream: ‘Hacks’ is a Worthy Entry in the Jean Smart-issance</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 <a href='https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/film-daily/id1254073246?mt=2'>Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href='https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5LnNsYXNoZmlsbS5jb20vZmVlZC8%3D'>Google Podcasts</a>, <a href='https://overcast.fm/itunes1254073246/film-daily'>Overcast</a>, <a href='https:/