#rita wilson

[rainagainstthewindowatnight]

films that didn’t get enough attention

now and then ( 1995 ) dir. lesli linka glatter

#now and then #1990s #now & then #thora birch #gabby Hoffman #christina ricci #demi moore #rita wilson #melanie griffith #rosie o'donnell #Marlene king #films #movies #paleedit #pale aesthetic #palegifs #filmgifs #filmedit #*uf

[idasessions]

Rita Wilson, Star Magazine, April 1973

Before she became an actress and married movie star Tom Hanks, Rita grew up in the heart of Hollywood and regularly frequented the Sunset Strip as a teen with fellow LA kids Lance Loud, Melanie Griffith and Mackenzie Phillips in the early/mid-1970s.

#rita wilson #actresses #models #groupies #singers #star #classic rock #sleepless in seattle #that thing you do! #runaway bride #my big fat greek wedding

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

The Day It Came to Earth | 1977

#Rita Wilson #The Day It Came to Earth #Harry Thomason #70s horror #monster movie #zombie movie #ghost #creepy #regional horror #practical effects #boo #Little Rock Arkansas #horror #Hammersmith Horror

[texaschainsawmascara]

Ashleigh Aston Moore, Gaby Hoffmann, Christina Ricci & Thora Birch, Now and Then (1995)

#now and then #90s #cinema #film #movie #ashleigh aston moore #gaby hoffmann #christina ricci #thora birch #rita wilson #demi moore #rosie o'donnell #rosie o’donnell #melanie griffith #70s #seventies #nineties #90’s #90's #70's #70’s

[luckydiorxoxo]

CHANEL Academy Luncheon

#Chanel #kristen stewart #sadie sink #Rita Wilson #tessa thompson #gina prince bythewood #sanaa lathan #claire foy #lucy boynton #nazanin boniadi #Janicza Bravo #kerry condon

[whenweallvote]

This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating our Co-Chairs — who are some of the best in the business and among the most influential voices in our culture. 

To Mrs. Obama, Selena, Kerry, Becky, Megan, Liza, Jennifer, Rita, H.E.R., Janelle, and Shonda: thank you for being part of our Voting Squad! 💛

#michelle obama #kerry washington #selena gomez #becky g #megan rapinoe #liza koshy #jlo #jennifer lopez #rita wilson #HER #janelle monae #shonda rhimes #womens history month #women #whm #when we all vote #vote #voting

[footedhickory]

Reddit u/2th

#wes anderson #asteroid city #tom hanks #margot robbie #maya hawke #scarlett johansson #sophia lillis #edward norton #jason schwartzman #adrien brody #tilda swinton #steve carell #bryan cranston #matt dillon #jeffrey wright #rita wilson #hope davis #jeff goldblum #liev schreiber #willem dafoe #holy shit how stacked is this cast?!

[dearaustinbutler]

Hello from the Oscar nominees luncheon! Upon entering the lobby, I’m confronted with Ted Sarandos, Rita Wilson, Austin Butler, and Malala. Obviously! (Twitter: @kylebuchanan)

#cute #austin butler #rita wilson #malala yousafzai #academy awards #elvis movie #Oscar’s luncheon #February 13

[celebratingwomen]

Rita Wilson photographed by Ryan Pfluger, 2022

#rita wilson #actress #actor #model #magazine #photoshoot #fashion #style #famous #celebrity #hair #makeup #2022 #2020s #black and white

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson

#Tom Hanks #Rita Wilson #Husband/Wife

[theactioneer]

Jingle All the Way (Brian Levant, 1996)

#arnold schwarzenegger #rita wilson #jake lloyd #jingle all the way #christmas

[dariusinsta]

#rita wilson #jessica alba #sophia vergara #heidi klum #priyanka chopra

[comfortfoodcontent]

Jingle All The Way Behind The Scenes HBO Special

#jingle all the way #christmas #turboman #turbo man #jake loyd #sinbad #arnold schwarzenegger #holidays #merry christmas #christmas movies #movies #hbo #behind the scenes #jim belushi #robert conrad #phil hartman #rita wilson #comfort food gifs #december #xmas

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

2023 Movie Journey #1: A Man Called Otto

a man called otto. i am so deeply conflicted about this movie. i watched it back in january and i’m still not sure what i think, because i both think that it was a good movie and that i never want to see it again. 

this is gonna be spoiler filled, just fyi. i cannot explain my feelings on this one without laying out why the plot was the problem for me--and if you only saw a trailer, you may be as unaware of the plot as i was going in. (i know it’s also a book, but i’ve never read it.) 

basically, the trailer shows us grumpy otto, who misses his wife and hates people, and some new neighbors who move in and change everything. there is also a cat lurking around him. that part was especially noted by me, a person who has unofficially adopted a half-dozen neighborhood cats in the last few years. the trailer portrays his story as a hopeful one, the kind of curmudgeon-forced-into-happiness movie i would expect from tom hanks.

and some parts of what i assumed from the trailer turned out to be true. they’re not lying, exactly, in what they choose to show. but the trailer (at least the one i saw) is really selective in what it shows--so carefully leaving out other things that for me, just because the scenes in the trailer are IN the movie, doesn’t mean the movie i saw was the one they advertised.

i mean, this is a tom hanks movie, so it has an uplifting message. otto becomes less grumpy, he lets people back in his life, he starts to live despite his wife being dead. those parts are accurate. but they leave out a lot, for good and for bad.

tw for nonspecific mentions of suicide attempts and death.

grumpy otto, we learn as the movie opens, doesn’t just miss his wife. he is determined to join her. he starts the movie by failing at suicide. then he meets his new neighbors, and the movie turns into what feels like it’s supposed to be a dark sort of comedy, where he keeps trying to kill himself in different ways, and is constantly interrupted/postponed by his new neighbors, who have no idea he’s suicidal and are just accidentally always annoying him. until he slowly, eventually opens up. 

that part of the plot is pretty predictable, but juxtaposed with the constant ‘tom hanks trying to die’ that i was NOT prepared for, i was really freaked out. it made it impossible for me to totally enjoy the parts that were meant to be heartwarming. 

the movie didn’t win me over until otto’s first real emotional breakthrough of treating someone decently comes with a young man who had known and loved otto’s late wife when she was his teacher. he’s trans, and comes to otto when his family kicks him out, and the movie’s touching moments didn’t make me cry until that character showed up. he is the real start of otto building a new found family, and i loved that. 

there’s also a storyline that’s rewarding in the end, about a man otto was friends with before his life fell apart--that actor did a great job with the small space he was given, genuinely stole my heart. and the mom who is the driving force in the family that won’t let otto get away, otto’s relationship with her is great too, especially as it develops later. him teaching her to drive and giving her the most loving angry lecture i’ve ever heard made me genuinely wish somebody like that had scolded me into driving when i needed it, too. 

throughout the movie, we learn about otto’s life before we met him, in flashbacks where young otto is played by tom hank’s actual son. that part was cool. it allows us to know his wife, and what they went through together, and tbh does a decent job of filling out the picture when that can often fall flat as a method. and rita wilson sings the song that’s a major theme in the movie, which is neat.

but then, at the end of the movie, once we know all about otto and he’s happy and loved...HE FREAKING DIES. i do not need to see tom hanks die! who ever needs to see tom hanks die?? instead of being an uplifting movie about a man rebuilding his life, it’s a bittersweet movie about a man who brings his life to a close and passes on what he has to his new loved ones. 

and i can understand how maybe that is an uplifting movie for other people, somehow. i wondered as i came home that day if maybe it was a movie meant for those otto’s age, if maybe being in a place where you think more about death would make the movie more relatable than it was for me--there were certainly a number of jokes my packed theater of primarily older folks laughed at that just left me going ‘huh?’ (about car brands, or The Youngsters And Their Technology). maybe i was just oversensitive watching it.

but it also left me wondering how tom hanks and rita wilson are doing since they had covid--what they went through individually and as a couple, as parents of grown children, as older people...if that experience had them thinking about when one of them goes first, or about the end of their lives in general. about their future. 

so i’m really left with mixed feelings on this one, because it was not bad at all, for what it was. but i wish i had been warned going in that it was essentially one long movie about death--the mourning of it, the wishing for it, the attempting it, the dealing with it. it was so comedic and so not funny at all, all at once, and it just ended so sadly. again, i know it was meant to be uplifting in its way and thus more bittersweet than depressing, but i cried so hard when he died, i just didn’t enjoy that. 

also, when it comes to things i did not enjoy, there’s a jumpscare gunshot i really could’ve done without, and a supposedly-funny scene that felt like cat abuse and another where the cat looks dead but is ‘just’ frozen and later revived. plus the fact that otto dies and his cat is just...silently right there with him, until he’s found the next day, breaks my whole fucking heart. 

anyway, yeah. i don’t know if i recommend this one. ymmv. maybe everybody else loved it! maybe if you haven’t seen it yet and watch it, you’ll love it. (at least if you read this, you’ll be more prepared than i was. and there are good parts.) but it left me feeling sad and weird and like yeah okay death is inevitable but i didn’t need a movie about it quite like this. so i don’t think i’ll ever watch it again.

#a man called otto #tom hanks #rita wilson #tw death mention #tw suicide attempt mention #2023 movie journey

[clemsfilmdiary]

Now and Then (1995, Lesli Linka Glatter)

11/14/22

#Now and Then #Christina Ricci #Demi Moore #Rosie O'Donnell #Thora Birch #Melanie Griffith #Gaby Hoffmann #Ashleigh Aston Moore #Rita Wilson #Devon Sawa #Walter Sparrow #Cloris Leachman #Lolita Davidovich #Janeane Garofalo #Hank Azaria #drama #90s #comedy #coming of age #friendship #girlfriends #summer #circle of friends #nostalgia

[loveboatinsanity]

#rita wilson