About this episode

The episode features a tribute to Rob Reiner, followed by reviews of the films Hamnet and Rental Family.

Show Notes: 00:00:00 –  Tribute to Rob Reiner 00:26:55 –  Review :  Hamnet 01:00:00 –  Review:  Rental Family This week on Cinemaholics, Jon and Will review  Hamnet , the new drama from Chloé Zhao, adapting Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name and starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. We then discuss Rental Family from director HIKARI, which stars Brendan Fraser and Akira Emoto. And we open the show with a tribute to Rob Reiner where we discuss his filmmaking career and specific contributions to cinema as both a director and actor over the decades. Links: Email your feedback for the show to  cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com Join our Discord and chat with us! We have a Cinemaholics channel  here . Check out  our Cinemaholics Merch ! Connect with Cinemaholics on  Facebook  and  Instagram . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon, Will

Topics covered

• film review
• tribute
• cinema history
• drama
• adaptation
• entertainment

Keywords

• Hamnet
• Rental Family
• Rob Reiner
• Chloé Zhao
• film review
• cinema
• drama
• Maggie O’Farrell

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