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I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast · Bob Zerull

We Love Rob Reiner

·1 hr 27 min·5 clips
The son of Rob Reiner was arrested for murdering both parents in their home.
1. I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast centers on Rob Reiner and Ella McKay, with a later stop at Silent Night, Deadly Night. 2. Sean Patrick is a professional film critic, and Jeff Lassiter appears as the co-host who promotes his convention dates and website. 3. The episode asks what Rob Reiner's movies mean after a shocking family murder and whether Ella McKay works as a political comedy. 4. Jeff Lassiter describes meeting Chris Bartlett, Amy Allen, Catherine Sutherland, and Zach Galligan at the Quad City Toy Show. 5. Jeff says the snowstorm in the Quad Cities kept crowds small and may have affected the mood of convention guests. 6. Sean Patrick and Jeff then react to the report that Rob Reiner's son was arrested for murdering both parents in their home. 7. They compare the news to Phil Hartman's murder and say the story feels beyond normal explanation. 8. The hosts discuss online speculation that the crime was a MAGA attack and reject the idea that Rob Reiner's politics explain the facts. 9. They criticize the White House response and describe it as vile and unthinkable. 10. Sean Patrick says people who attacked Reiner online learned nothing from the reactions around Charlie Kirk. 11. The conversation turns to Reiner's work, starting with The Princess Bride as Sean Patrick's touchstone. 12. They also name This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, and Sleepless in Seattle as major parts of Reiner's legacy. 13. Jeff calls Misery his favorite Reiner film and says he watches it every December. 14. Sean Patrick argues that Misery works because the book is grim while the film stays from becoming too grim through comic absurdity. 15. Kevin Bacon's comment about having lunch with Rob Reiner on set becomes evidence for Reiner's style with cast and crew. 16. The hosts frame Reiner as an actor-director who makes performers comfortable and gets natural work from ensembles. 17. The episode's tone shifts between grief, anger, and close reading, with the hosts often talking over each other in a loose conversational format. 18. Their Rob Reiner section moves from personal memory to film criticism to political outrage without a hard break. 19. Listeners who like film talk mixed with politics and Hollywood memory would fit this episode. 20. Listeners avoiding strong anti-Trump commentary and long digressions should skip it.

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A loose movie chat that likes the performances more than the film.

Sean Patrick and Jeff keep coming back to a movie they want to defend but cannot quite settle on. Their issue is simple enough: the performances give it life, but the structure keeps getting in the way, so the film lands as uneven and harder to warm to than it should be.

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You want a blunt, freewheeling movie rant that keeps hopping tracks.

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