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AESTHETICS A-list cast can’t save shallow shocksploit Film Review By Kam Williams kam@insightnews.com
Movie 43 Mary), Brett Ratner (Rush Hour trilogy), Bob Odenkirk (The Brothers Solomon), to name a few. The film is essentially a series of skits being pitched by a writer (Dennis Quaid) to a skeptical Hollywood producer (Greg Kinnear). After Charlie sets up each scene, the screen cuts away to an enactment of a fully fleshed-out production of his idea.
Anthony Anderson hosts NAACP Image Awards By Kam Williams Accomplished actor Anthony Anderson has appeared in over 20 films, and his stellar work on NBC’s “Law & Order� earned him three of his eight NAACP Image Award nominations. Prior to launching his acting career, Anthony grew up in Los Angeles and attended the High School for the Performing Arts, where he earned first place in the NAACP’s ACTSO Awards with his performance of a classic monologue from “The Great White Hope.� That performance, along with his dedication to his craft, earned him an arts scholarship to Howard University. He first gained national attention as one of Jim Carrey’s sons in “Me, Myself, & Irene.� Over the years, Anthony has displayed his range of talent in everything from “Transformers� to Martin Scorsese’s Best Oscar-winning feature film, “The Departed.� His additional feature films include “Scary Movie 3,� “Barbershop,� “Kangaroo Jack,� “Exit Wounds,� “Cradle 2 the Grave,� “Two Can Play That Game� and “Malibu’s Most Wanted.� He starred opposite Eddie Griffin and Michael Imperioli in “My Baby’s Daddy,� alongside Frankie Muniz in “Agent Cody Banks 2� and enjoyed a cameo in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.� Anthony brought his talent and humor to the small screen in his own sitcom, “All about the Andersons,� which was loosely based on his life. He appeared in the police-drama television series, “The Shield,� opposite Michael Chiklis and Glenn Close, and starred in the New Orleans-based drama “K-Ville.� Anthony is currently starring on three TV series, “Guys with Kids,� “Treme� and “Golf in America,� and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Alvina, and their two children. Here he talks about hosting the United Negro College Fund’s 34th Annual “An Evening of Stars.�
am 30 years later with a $25,000 United Negro College Fund scholarship in my name. That’s something that interested me as well.
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KW: What interested you in hosting the UNCFs’ Evening of Stars? AA: You know what, they reached out to me to host, and I couldn’t turn them down. I’d grown up watching the show with my parents every year back when it was hosted by Lou Rawls. We didn’t have much money at all, but my folks always found a way to give a little. And now, here I
and Wonder Woman (Leslie Bibb). And “Middleschool Date� milks its mean-spirited mirth from a 7th grader’s (Chloe Moretz) being mercilessly teased about getting her first menstrual period while sharing a kiss with a classmate (Jimmy Bennett) she has a crush on. More creepy than comical, Movie 43 represents a disgusting, cinematic descent into depravity destined to leave its victims, sitting slack-jawed and speechless in stunned disbelief. Poor (0 stars) Rated R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity, graphic sexuality, frontal nudity, crude humor and coarse dialogue. Running time: 90 minutes Distributor: Relativity Media
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KW: Will that scholarship specifically go to a student at your alma mater, Howard University? AA: No, I didn’t want them to think I was biased, even though I am. I haven’t figured out whether we’re going to give it all to a single student, or break it and give it to five different students.
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Kam Williams: How ya’ been, Anthony? It’s great to have another opportunity to speak with you. Anthony Anderson: Hey, Kam. I’m alright. KW: I wanted to say congratulations on your eighth NAACP Image Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy TV Series for “Guys with Kids.� You got my vote again, as a member of the nominating committee. AA: Thank you. Maybe one day I’ll win one.
“Homeschooled,� which is about a mother’s (Watts) taking her son’s (Jeremy Allen White) virginity. Worse, the 13 year-old’s perverted dad (Liev Schreiber) comes on to the kid, too. Halle Berry’s breasts costar in “Truth or Dare,� another bit about a blind date. In this tacky tableau, her character first exposes herself after accepting a challenge to make guacamole with her bosom. The oversexed exhibitionist bares her gargantuan mammaries again at the end of the evening, even though she’s supposedly not attracted to Asian men. Dating is also the theme of “Super Hero Speed Dating� where Batman’s (Jason Sudeikis) sidekick Robin (Justin Long) attempts to charm both Super Girl (Kristen Bell)
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Movie 43 is a shallow shocksploitation flick which revels in raunchy lowbrow humor. What is supposed to elevate this terminally-crude comedy above your typical bottom-feeder is its A-list cast topped by Academy Awardwinners Halle Berry and Kate Winslet, as well as Oscarnominees Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard. However, the picture fails miserably in this regard, as it merely ends-up dragging the entire ensemble into the mud. This scatterplot sketch flick features a dozen directors, including Peter Farrelly (There’s Something about
named Beth’s (Winslet) blind date from Hell with Davis (Jackman), a successful, eligible bachelor with a distracting drawback, namely, a hairy scrotum hanging from his neck in place of an Adam’s apple. The sight gag serves as fodder for a running joke since Beth, inexplicably, is the only person in the restaurant able to see the deformity. So, while Davis looks perfectly normal to everybody else, the poor woman finds herself forced to suffer such indignities as posing for a picture with sweaty gonads in her face. The subject matter goes from gross-out fare to incest and pedophilia in the next segment,
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