HAPPY 2019 !

(photo - David Spagnolo)

Rene, 

Thank u for this amazing year!
Being your fan made me a better and loveable person <3. 
Made me know more people. 
Made me create more horizons. 
Made me talk more good stuff about you to lots of people in the world <3. 
And on this joyous occasion of New Year, cherish our memories 

and feel the warmth of my wishes. 

Happy New Year!
Love u. 

Best wishes. 
ME, 
Rene Russo Fanpage, 
and all the fans. 

SEE YOU ALL IN 2019!

CHARACTER IN FOCUS: Suzie Quince, "Just Getting Started" (2017)

Rene Russo in Just Getting Started premiere: so beautiful!
(photo - Archive photo)

Just Getting Started, of 2017, is the second actor-director collaboration between Rene Russo and Ron Shelton (the first one was the movie Tin Cup, where Ms. Russo portrayed Molly Griswold). According to this talented actress, "Ron Shelton writes really strong women, but he always gives them a flavor.  I think he likes just a little bit of unpredictability. They’re totally together, but I love that he says they’re either hanging by a thread, or there’s a problem they’re trying to get through, so you get to see them get through it. It’s always exciting because it’s not one-dimensional. I love that about Ron. He’s so good. He’s such a good romantic comedy writer, and I love that he writes complicated women."

Rene Russo's Suzie Quince in action with her dog...
(photo - Broad Green Pictures)

What we most adore from this movie is that Suzie Quince, in the movie, she's always with her dog co-star, Romeo. For me, I can see every person with their dog or mascot on TV, but rarely on movies. But for Rene, there was only one difficult scene with this cute dog, where she was kidnapped by the thieves (that happened almost in the end of the film). 

... and with Morgan Freeman, who Ms. Russo worked previously in Outbreak (1995)
(photo - Broad Green Pictures)

And also, for Rene Russo, working with Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman, who worked with the last one previously on Outbreak, by Wolfgang Petersen, in 1995, was kind of cool. 

"They’re completely different, but they were both funny. Tommy’s funny was interior funny. Morgan’s funny was broad comedy that was just bigger. They were perfectly matched, in that way. They held their own. They’re both so strong. They’re equally as strong. I had no idea that that was what was gonna happen. When you get two actors together, you don’t know what the chemistry is gonna be. As I was watching them, I thought, “Oh, they have really good chemistry together.” I thought their chemistry was really good."

Hope u like it !
Loveuguys.

xoxoxo

ME. 

Just Getting Started (Movie Review)

Official poster for Just Getting Started, directed by Ron Shelton.
(credits - Broad Green Pictures)

Director: Ron Shelton.
Producers: Bill Gerber & Steve Richards.
Written by: Ron Shelton (who also directed the movie).

Main Cast:

Morgan Freeman ------ Duke Diver

Tommy Lee Jones ------ Leo McKay

Rene Russo ------ Suzie Quince

Glenne Headly ---- Margarite
Sheryl Lee Ralph --- Roberta

Joe Pantoliano ----- Joey

Jane Seymour ---- Delilah 

Johnny Mathis --- Himself

Rene Russo in action as Suzie Quince in Just Getting Started.
(credits - Broad Green Pictures)

Release Date: December 8, 2017 (USA).

Running Time: 91 min. 

Box Office: US$22 million / US$7.6 million (box office bomb).

Plot Summary: Duke Diver (Morgan Freeman),a defense lawyer, now manages the luxury resort Villa Capri, in Palm Springs, California. Leo McKay (Tommy Lee Jones, from The Fugitive and Men In Black), an ex-FBI Agent, arrives at the resort and beatens the lawyer at every competition.

Rene Russo between Tommy Lee Jones, director Ron Shelton and Morgan Freeman
in Just Getting Started premiere. (credits - Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Their competition extends to a rivalry over Suzie Quince (Rene Russo), the regional director of the resort chain. During the competitions Duke's life is put in danger multiple times and he realizes that the mafia has found him and is attempting to kill him. Duke and Leo must work together to defeat the mafia and save Duke's life during the Christmas season at Villa Capri.
At the end, after Suzie is rescued from the mafia, she, Duke and Leo end happily together.

Fun Facts about the Movie:

• The original title was called Villa Capri, until September 2017, when the film was retitled to Just Getting Started.
• And it's the second time Rene Russo worked together with Morgan Freeman, the first was in Outbreak (1995). And it was also the second time Rene worked together with Ron Shelton, the first time was in Tin Cup (1996).
• Just Getting Started was Ron Shelton's comeback movie since Hollywood Homicide, of 2003 (starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett).
• Rene Russo said about Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman in US programme Today Show, "I was intimidated by these two at first!"
• Even though the movie was appreciated by the public, it was panned by the critics.

Rene Russo with her dog Romeo in Just Getting Started.
(credits - Broad Green Pictures)

Critical Reception:

• IMDB: 4,3/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 5% (unfavorable, 20 reviews).
• Metacritic: 21/100
• CinemaScore: C (A+ to F)

Hope u like it.

Loveuguys.

xoxoxo

ME

CHARACTER IN FOCUS: Kate Mullen, "Ransom" (1996)

Rene Russo in her first suspense movie, as Kate Mullen.
(photo - Touchstone Pictures)

Known as doing action and comedy movies, Rene Russo did her first suspense movie in November 1996, with Ransom. Kate Mullen is the most emotionally distressing role in Ms. Russo's acting career... and also reunited her with Mel Gibson, in which both played wealthy parents and their son was abducted and held for ransom.

In this movie, she worked again with Mel Gibson...
(photo - Touchstone Pictures)

"Here's the funny thing about Mel. When [my character] found out that my kid was missing — I didn't know how I was going to get there [emotionally]. So I got in whatever [emotional] space I was supposed to be in. Mel's the kind of person who turns it on and turns it off. Literally he is burping before action, and then he goes immediately [into] this horrific scene. And then about the second take, Mel came over and he said to me, 'You know, you're not going to last all day doing it that way.' And I went, Wow, he's right.

... and with Delroy Lindo, for the second time.
(photo - Touchstone Pictures)

So I don't know. It's different for everybody. There were a couple scenes in that film where I did have to go off and stay in a particular space. But Mel did teach me something, too. Mel is one of those actors who can just be in an unbelievable dramatic scene, and just come out of it and telling jokes. And you know what, he feels both emotions. 
I mean, Mel feels it when he's there. He goes to those dark places for real, and maybe he doesn't want to stay there too long. But some actors, they're method, and they stay there. They stay there all day. I couldn't do that. I'm more like, let's get the job done.”

Hope u like it.

loveuguys.

xoxoxo

ME