On the July 18, 2023 episode of The /Film Show, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news and gather around the virtual water cooler to talk about what we’ve been up to.

Opening Banter: 

In The News:

• Mission: Impossible 7 Opens Big, But Not Big Enough To Save The Summer Box Office
• Insidious: The Red Door Sails Past $100 Million At The Global Box Office
• The Flash Will Make Less At The Domestic Box Office Than Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern
• Pixar's Elemental Passes $300 Million At The Global Box Office In Major Reversal Of Fortune

“We’re going to take a quick break, and we’ll be right back”

At The Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Doing:
• Ryan - wedding planning, went to AZ to see The Misfits 
• What we’ve been Reading:
• Ben read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
• Ryan - Sam Neill’s Did I Ever Tell You This, Skyjack by Geoffrey Gray, and Void Rivals by Robert Kirkman 
• What we’ve been Watching:
• Ryan watched Dark Knight for 15th anniversary, Spielberg’s Duel, Dead Reckoning in IMAX 
• Ben watched Pride & Prejudice, The Day After Trinity, and Casino.
• What we’ve been Eating:
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• What we’ve been Playing:
• Ryan - Marvel’s Midnight Suns 

Ben’s oral history: 'Silence Builds Tension': An Oral History Of Mission: Impossible's Iconic CIA Heist Scene

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