Movies starring Cuba Gooding

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

112 mins     Crime, Drama      

I am one of those reviewers who believes there are some movies which whilst can be reviewed can't be done justice to through the written word. There are those reviewers who will try to do justice by writing pages and in doing...

Judgment Night (1993)

110 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Here in the UK "Judgement Night" never made it to the big screen instead ending up going straight to video and that sort of sums up the movie quite well. What I mean is that you wouldn't go out of your way to watch it, you mo...

Lightning Jack (1994)

98 mins     Comedy, Western      

I love me a good western but as a rule I care little for comedy westerns because more often than not they fail. You see the problem is that westerns by nature are either dramatic or tough and so to turn that into a comedy dil...

Outbreak (1995)

127 mins     Action , Drama, Sci-Fi      

Let me tell you what the problem is with "Outbreak" it is "Hollywood". But before I get to that let me tell you what we have here, a potentially clever movie which covers a lot of areas. There is a disaster movie with the spr...

As Good as It Gets (1997)

133 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

Whilst Jack Nicholson may be more famous for serious dramas such as "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and his legendary status as a womanizer, he is remarkably adept when it comes to romantic comedies. In "Something's Gotta G...

Instinct (1999)

118 mins     Drama      

"Instinct" starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr. is quite a strange movie because frankly it is not hugely entertaining and much of it feels all too familiar, as if the writers unintentionally or intentionally drew in...

Men of Honour (2000)

129 mins     Biography, Drama      

"Men of Honour" is one of those movies which sucks you in and carries you along on a wave of power and emotion as it tells the true story of Carl Brashear who was not only the first African American to become a US Navy Diver ...

Rat Race (2001)

112 mins     Comedy      

If I mention the name Jerry Zucker I hope some will recognize it as he was part of the team who gave us such greats as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" movies. But whilst Zucker is probably best known for being part of the cre...

Pearl Harbor (2001)

183 mins     Action , Drama, Romance, War      

What can you say about Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor", maybe it is to war what "Twilight" is to vampire movies or maybe you could say it is Michael Bay doing for Pearl Harbor what James Cameron did for the Titanic. But I think ...

Snow Dogs (2002)

99 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

Sometimes it surprises me the opinion of other movie critics when it comes to family movies because they seem to forget these movies are not meant to be clever entertainment just fun. That brings me to "Snow Dogs" a movie whi...

Radio (2003)

109 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

For those who don't do sentimental movies about the good side of human nature had better walk away as I guarantee "Radio" will not be for you. This is a movie all about a good guy, a coach with his heart in the right place wh...

The Fighting Temptations (2003)

123 mins     Comedy, Drama, Musical      

Have you ever sat in a cinema watching a movie and found you were in the minority when it comes to what you find funny. This has happened to me twice and I reckon if I had seen "The Fighting Temptations" on the big screen it ...

Dirty (2005)

97 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

There are two sides to every coin and there are two sides to the movie "Dirty" the interesting side where it basically suggests that corrupt cops are no different to the drug dealing gangs on the streets, their badges equival...

End Game (2006)

93 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Whilst who shot JR kept fans of "Dallas" transfixed in the 80s, who shot The President in "End Game" sadly doesn't. It is meant to because "End Games" is a movie about the President being assassinated and the loyal secret ser...

American Gangster (2007)

169 mins     Crime, Drama      

I've heard Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" being called "The Godfather" for the 21st century, but sadly it isn't, it doesn't even come close to the epic superiority of Francis Ford Coppola's genre defining movie. But that ...

Norbit (2007)

102 mins     Comedy      

I could sort of see what Eddie Murphy was trying to achieve with "Norbit", he had shown in the "Nutty Professor" that a movie could be funny with him playing various characters disguised behind layers of latex. But it just do...

Daddy Day Camp (2007)

89 mins     Comedy, Family      

To put things into perspective "Daddy Day Camp" is a movie for young children who enjoyed the humour of "Daddy Day Care". It delivers the same sort of unoriginal often juvenile body humour jokes which filled the first combini...

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)

86 mins     Biography, Drama, TV Movie      

Do you know who Ben Carson is? I will be honest and say I had never heard of him and I am sure I am not alone but his story and in truth the story of his family is an inspiring one. You see Ben Carson was before retirement a ...

Hardwired (2009)

94 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

Two things which don't go together sci-fi and direct-to-video it is a combination which has frequently delivered some terrible movies. Fortunately "Hardwired" isn't one of them because of a decent cast and some clever ideas w...

Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009)

91 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

Unfortunately over the years Cuba Gooding Jr. has appeared in some at best mediocre movies and now when I see his name at the top of the cast list I tend to expect mediocre at best. The thing is that when I come across one of...