3 w. ago I watched Stand By Me with Rob Reiner. Both film and man changed my life

I had watched the coming-of-age weepie over and over growing up so it was an overwhelming experience to sit down with its creator and see it again. It was a magical day and he was just as warm-hearted as his movieRob Reiner beam as he greets me. “You’ve seen Stand By Me 100 times?” he asks. I nod sheepishly. “Then you probably know it better than I do.” It’s August 2006, 20 years after Reiner’s coming-of-age weepie was first released, and I’m sitting in his office at Castle Rock Entertainment, the LA-based production company he co-launched in 1987. On the walls hang posters of Reiner’s beloved movies – This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, Misery, A Few Good Men – but our attention is fixed on a modest TV as Stand By Me begins.I’m here in Beverly Hills to write an anniversary article for a film magazine, but it’s also a pinch-me moment. As a teen, I’d watched Stand By Me on loop, identifying with the four protagonists – fragile, wannabe-writer Gordie (Wil Whe...

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4 w. ago Investigation launched into ‘vile, antisemitic’ post on horse racing trainer’s Facebook

New York-based trainer Kevin Bond has denied making the comment, relating to the murder of Hollywood movie director Rob Reiner and his wife, and said his account was hacked

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4 w. ago Actor who starred in Nick Reiner's biographical film directed by dad Rob breaks silence after shocking murder

Nick Robinson, who played a version of Nick Reiner in the semi-autobiographical movie Being Charlie, has broken his silence following Rob and Michele Reiner's murder.

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4 w. ago Being Charlie: the film Rob and Nick Reiner made together offers home truths

The 2016 drama, loosely inspired by the father-son relationship, is a gritty drama about addiction that has now become a puzzle pieceBeing Charlie, a 2016 movie directed by the late Rob Reiner, stands out from the director’s filmography for a number of reasons. It’s a gritty and grounded addiction movie with a few comic elements, less ebullient than many of the movies Reiner was famous for, as well as the others he was making in the 2010s. It features then-up-and-coming stars, rather than more established figures, and way more sex and nudity than usual. And it’s the only movie co-written by Reiner’s son, Nick, whose experiences formed the basis for the screenplay, and who is now expected to be charged in the murder of both his parents.Those horrific circumstances transform Being Charlie from one of Reiner’s more interesting late-period efforts into the subject of unavoidable rubbernecking. Here is a film Reiner made in collaboration with his son, in part as an obvious act of hope th...

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4 w. ago Rob Reiner was joy personified – and his movies were warm hugs

As the director behind classics including ‘When Harry Met Sally’, ‘Stand by Me’ and ‘The Princess Bride’, the filmmaker proved himself an expert in creating astonishingly kind and humane cinema. His death is a shocking, senseless end to a remarkable life, writes Adam White

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4 w. ago Liam Gallagher said 'I'm not f***ing having that' after learning truth about Rob Reiner movie

Liam Gallagher stormed off "right up the middle of Carnegie Hall" after learning the truth about a beloved Rob Reiner film, according to his brother and fellow Oasis bandmate, Noel

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4 w. ago Rob Reiner’s son Nick ‘responsible’ for their deaths and remains in custody, police say: Latest

Hollywood couple's son, Nick Reiner, 32, arrested on suspicion of murder after father Rob and mother Michele were stabbed in their Brentwood home

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4 w. ago Butting heads, kissing on the lips... open hostility: Actor reveals Rob Reiner's bizarre interactions with son Nick on the set of their 2015 film

Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday. Nick, 32, was taken into custody that night and booked for felony murder on Monday.

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4 w. ago Michele Singer Reiner, photographer who influenced 1980s rom

Photographer and movie producer Michele Singer Reiner has died

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4 w. ago Nick Reiner’s history of addiction and the movie his father Rob Reiner made about it years before fatal stabbing

Rob Reiner’s son, who has been arrested after the Hollywood director and his wife were found dead on Sunday, previously collaborated on the autobiographical 2015 movie Being Charlie

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last month Rob Reiner had the greatest ever run of movies, Richard Osman says as Hollywood director found dead

Richard Osman rates the legendary Hollywood director as one of the greatest of all time

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last month Rob Reiner's poignant love story with his wife Michele: How their meeting inspired the director to change the ending of his famous romcom When Harry Met Sally

Rob Reiner recalled in an interview last year how meeting his wife inspired him to change the ending of his iconic film When Harry Met Sally.

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last month Monty Python star Eric Idle reveals heartbreaking final words 'murdered' movie director Rob Reiner said to him just hours before his death

The British Monty Python star, 82, has said they had made plans to meet in the New Year during a warm hour-long phone call with the Hollywood director on Saturday night.

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last month Hollywood ‘devastated’ at death of director Rob Reiner and his wife

Reiner was known for directing movies including A Few Good Men and When Harry Met Sally.

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last month Ben Stiller and John Cusack lead celebrity tributes to Rob Reiner and wife Michele after being found dead in LA home

The Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood , who headlined the 1994 movie North for Reiner, took to X/ Twitter to express his grief amid the horrific news.

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last month Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner

Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wifeGallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesInterview: Rob Reiner on Trump, family – and his brilliant, beloved movieRob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died aged 78 in an apparent homicide, along with his 68-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner.Reports first began to emerge on Sunday afternoon that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found by authorities inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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last month Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner found dead at home

Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride discovered dead at LA home with wifeHollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest filmmakers to ever live’Gallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesInterview: Rob Reiner on Trump, family – and his brilliant, beloved movieRob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died aged 78 in an apparent homicide, along with his 68-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner.Reports first began to emerge on Sunday afternoon that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found by authorities inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles, after a medical aid request was made to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Continue reading...

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