MISERY (Rereleased) - THE SEASON OF ROB REINER

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 213 minutes

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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of Rob Reiner with the rerelease of their discussion and breakdown of MISERY. Directed by Reiner based on the book from Stephen King, the film stars Kathy Bates in an Oscar winning performance along with the great James Caan and Richard Farnsworth. Join John and Steve for this wonderful discussion of one of the most beloved and heartwarming films of all time.

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0:00.0	There is nothing to worry about.
0:03.7	You're going to be just fine.
0:06.6	I'll take good care of you.
0:09.4	I'm your number one fan.
0:18.9	Hello and welcome once again to the Cinephiles.
0:21.0	We're once a year in the fall, John and I face our fears and weighed into a scary movie.
0:26.6	My name is Steve Morris, and I am slightly afraid, but also a directing instructor and a filmmaker in Los Angeles, California.
0:33.5	Hello, everyone.
0:34.2	My name is John Roka.
0:35.4	My knees are knocking, but I'm ready to walk into our
0:39.2	Halloween, our annual Halloween episode, tackling one of the great horror films,
0:44.8	or chilling films, depending on what our feelings are, that year, here on the Cinephals.
0:50.4	And, you know, right after our, this is after our 300th episode, right, Steve? So it's a great way to kick off the next 300 episodes of this show with something funny and us confronting our, or something scary in us confronting our fears in a funny way.
1:05.3	Well, and whether or not you define this as a horror film or a suspense film or a thriller, I will certainly define it as a great film. I absolutely love this movie. And it's funny the way this came about because not funny the way it came about. But we had a different plan for Halloween this year. And it was a classic film and a great film. And one we will definitely do next year. But then we lost the great James Con. And while we did a week of tributes, because we've done a lot of movies that he's in,
1:31.2	both of us went.
1:33.4	If we're really going to celebrate James Conn, we can't do it without doing 1990s Rob Reiner film Misery.
1:40.8	Yeah, yeah.
1:41.9	It's funny.
1:42.3	You texted me just a few hours ago telling me how much you love
1:45.3	this movie and I feel the same way. I think this is such a perfectly well made film.
1:51.1	Yeah. I mean, in preparation for this, I watched on HBO Max and I texted Steve this as well.
1:55.8	Like they have a great, because they have a relationship with TCM. so they'll borrow some stuff from TCM.
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