rob-reiner

I never liked any movies later on as much as the ones I liked when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? I’m paraphrasing the lines typed by The Writer (Richard Dreyfuss) at the end of Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me, of course, but I think there’s something to be said for the sentiment. I watched the film for the umpteenth time at the weekend, but it was the first occasion that I’d caught it on the big screen, as it’s currently back in cinemas for 40th anniversary screenings. I loved Stand By Me when I first saw it in 1986,…