The Fighting Temptations

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

"...Directed by: Jonathan Lynn. Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, Steve Harvey, LaTanya..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Judgment Night

"...Directed by: Stephen Hopkins. Starring: Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding, Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff and Jeremy Piven. Bang...."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Will Ferrell Plays Dirty

On jocks, jokes, and why he's no Cuba Gooding Jr.

"...well just make ... what's that dogsled movie that Cuba Gooding Jr. made? Like, I might as well just..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Instinct

"...Directed by: Jon Turteltaub. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Maura Tierney and Donald Sutherland. Fans of..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Snow Dogs

"...Walsh, Joanna Bacalso, Nichelle Nichols, Sisqó, James Coburn and Cuba Gooding Jr.. The marketing weasels over at Disney deserve..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daddy Day Camp

Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.

"...Directed by: Fred Savage. Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae, Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Radio

The mentally handicapped again are used as vehicles for our own best intentions.

"...Directed by: Michael Tollin. Starring: Ed Harris, Cuba Gooding Jr., Debra Winger, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Boat Trip

"...Directed by: Mort Nathan. Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Will Ferrell, Vivica A. Fox,..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...Directed by: Mars Callahan. Starring: Mars Callahan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Matthew Lillard, Sean Astin, Anne Heche, Andrew..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Boyz N the Hood

Singleton's 1991 movie about three black boys growing to manhood in the combat zones of L.A.'s South Central remains a searing cultural indictment.

"...Directed by: John Singleton. Starring: Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut and Larry Fishburne. It's a..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men of Honor

"...Directed by: George Tillman Jr.. Starring: David Keith, Powers Boothe, Michael Rapaport, Hal Holbrook,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chill Factor

"...Directed by: Hugh Johnson. Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer and..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Selma

Although it's dramatically uneven, this film is a commendable historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr. that sidesteps the common pitfalls of adulatory biopics.

"...Directed by: Ava DuVernay. Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Tessa Thompson, Common,..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jerry Maguire

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lee Daniels' The Butler

The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.

"...Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny Kravitz, John Cusack, James Marsden, Robin..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shadowboxer

Not reviewed at press time. Stars Çuba Gooding Jr. and Helen Mirren as passionate yet unlikely lovers, as well as assassins and stepmother and stepson. And if that's not enough drama, one of them also has a fatal disease.

"...Directed by: Lee Daniels. Starring: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Ferlito, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Pearl Harbor

"...Directed by: Michael Bay. Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Jon Voight, Alec Baldwin, Ewen Bremner, Kate..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Dreams May Come

"...Directed by: Vincent Ward. Starring: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max Von Sydow, Jessica Brooks..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...Anthony Hemingway. Starring: Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Elijah Kelley, Tristan Wilds, Method Man and..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lightning Jack

"...Directed by: Simon Wincer. Starring: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Beverly D'Angelo and Pat Hingle. From the..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rat Race

"...Smart, Kathy Najimy, Breckin Meyer, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, Cuba Gooding Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson...."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...to record Cooder's collaborations and concert with several top Cuban musicians. (June 18)..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Trey Edward Shults Returns for Austin Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Blair Witch retrospective

"...even in the darkest of times. Starring: Kelvin Harrison, Jr. (in attendance), Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Neal..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...posterior front and center. At the height of madness, Cuba Gooding Jr. climbed up a speaker cabinet, screaming his..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

ALSO PLAYING

"...minstrel show-cum-American sensation; Jada Pinkett Smith co-stars... Oscar winners Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro star in Men..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Vincent Ward; with Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Fashion

Get glamorous with our favorite catwalk flicks

"...Kravitz, Garry Shandling, Paris Hilton, Heidi Klum, Natalie Portman, Cuba Gooding Jr., and that NYC man-about-town Donald J. Trump,..."

June 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Machete to 'Kill' Fantastic Fest

Robert Rodriguez's latest to open genre film fest

"...Banderas, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding, Jr., William Sadler, FF veterans Marko Zaror and..."

July 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trailer Park Goes Big

'Ender's Game,' 'The World's End,' and 'The Butler'

"...Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, and, we shit..."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

American Gangster

A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.

"...Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ted Levine, Armand Assante, John Hawkes, Roger..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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