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Men of Honor **** (2000, Cuba Gooding Jr, Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron) – Classic Movie Review 2303

Director George Tillman Jr’s 2000 drama stars Cuba Gooding Jr as the real-life hero Carl Brashear, who comes up against tough, embittered US Navy Dive School instructor Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) and a load […]

Mar, 22

Selma ****½ (2014, David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Tom Wilkinson) – Movie Review

David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo do a thoroughly excellent job of portraying Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King in this sterling re-creation of the civil rights marches of Selma, Alabama. There’s not been a major […]

Dec, 30

What Dreams May Come *** (1999, Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr, Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow) – Classic Movie Review 1542

Director Vincent Ward’s ambitious 1999 romantic fantasy drama finds Robin Williams in serious mode, wanting to save the world through love and healing. Some audiences understandably reject it as a ghastly, kitsch, heart-sinking, New Age, pseudo-religious experience, but […]

Aug, 12

Rat Race ** (2002, John Cleese, Cuba Gooding Jr, Seth Green) – Classic Movie Review 1339

A scheming Las Vegas casino magnate, hotel-casino owner John Cleese, starts a fun race to New Mexico to collect $2million, prompting a bumbling group of no-hopers to set off a cross-continent dash to reach the dosh. […]

Jun, 20

The Fighting Temptations ***½ (2003, Cuba Gooding Jr, Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, Melba Moore, Rue McClanahan) – Classic Movie Review 1165

In director Jonathan Lynn’s 2003 comedy, Cuba Gooding Jr scores a great big hit playing Darrin Hill, a New York advertising executive who goes home to town of Monte Carlo, Georgia, to claim his aunt’s inheritance […]

May, 02

Jerry Maguire **** (1996, Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Lipnicki, Kelly Preston, Jerry O’Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King) – Classic Movie Review 612

Cameron Crowe hasn’t yet been able to top or even quite equal the enormous success of his 1996 triumph Jerry Maguire, though it is not for want of trying with classy items like Almost Famous, […]

Jan, 02

Boat Trip * (2002, Cuba Gooding Jr, Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A Fox, Roger Moore, Lin Shaye) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 8

Cuba Gooding Jr and Horatio Sanz star in the 2002 comedy film Boat Trip as Jerry and Nick, two best buddies who go on a cruise to boost their love lives. But they have been […]

Dec, 23

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