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Chill Factor (1999) – Review

April 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Chill Factor, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Paymer, Hugh Johnson, Peter Firth, Skeet Ulrich

Chill Factor was released five years after Speed but it’s light years behind in terms of creativity, though it’s not

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A Murder of Crows (1999) – Review

May 8, 2017May 15, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, A Murder of Crows, Ashley Laurence, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eric Stoltz, Lochlyn Munro, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mark Pellegrino, Tom Berenger

A Murder of Crows tells a tale of over reaching ambition that leads to a great downfall, and then to

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Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) – Review

June 21, 2014June 21, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2009, Alex Meneses, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Nickerson', Harvey Keitel, johnny messner, Louis Mandylor, Miguel Ferrer, Mike Star, Noel Gugliemi, Wrong Turn at Tahoe

Wrong Turn at Tahoe is yet another debut about criminal lowlifes written and filmed by wanna-be Tarantinos. Eddie Nickerson’s bracingly

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Daybreak (1993) – Review

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Jason Rugaard 2 Comments 1993, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daybreak, HBO Films, Jon Seda, Martha Plimpton, Moira Kelly, Omar Epps, Stephen Tolkin

Daybreak is a thinly veiled allegory to the AIDS epidemic and the ensuing hysteria it spread across the country in

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Machete Kills (2013) – Review

November 7, 2013November 7, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, Alexa Vega, Amber Heard, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr., danny trejo, Demián Bichir, jessica alba, lady gaga, Machete Kills, Marko Zaror, mel gibson, michelle rodriguez, robert rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, vanessa hudgens, Walton Goggins

Machete Kills is the most purely enjoyable and arguably the most creative film from Robert Rodriguez since his much celebrated

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Summoned (2013) – Review

June 10, 2013June 10, 2013 Jason Rugaard 3 Comments 2013, Absolute Deception, ashley scott, Bailey Chase, Cuba Gooding Jr., Fallen, James Hong, John Grisham, One in the Chamber, Peter Sullivan, Rosemary's Baby, Steven King, Steven Seagal, Summoned, The Astronaut's Wife, The Juror

Lucas Evans is a convicted serial killer, who previously terrorized the San Francisco area under the name ‘Midnight’. Tried, convicted

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Absolute Deception (2013) – Review

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 Jason Rugaard 5 Comments 2013, Absolute Deception, Brian Trenchard-Smith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dead-End Drive In, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Evert McQueen, The Siege of Firebase Gloria, Ty Hungerford

Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. receives top billing and his image dominates 3/4 of the advertising poster, yet he

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5 Oscar Winners Currently Appearing in Direct-to-DVD Movies

December 28, 2012February 20, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments adrian brody, best of list, Cuba Gooding Jr., forest whitaker, Halle Berry, morgan freeman, oscars

Over the last decade each of the actors/actresses on this list have won an Oscar for a major role, in

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The Mark (2012) – Review

December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2012, A River Runs Through It, Craig Sheffer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eric Roberts, Gary Daniels, James Chankin, passenger 57, The Mark

Unless your familiar with the PureFlix releasing label, it may come as a surprise that The Mark is a ‘Faith

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One in the Chamber (2012) – Review

August 7, 2012August 7, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2012, Assassins, command performance, Cuba Gooding Jr., dolph lundgren, Louis Mandylor, One in the Chamber, the expendables, the hit list, William Kaufman

Ever since the release of The Expendables it has become en vogue to match up multiple headliners on the same

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The Dead Want Women (2012) – Review

May 30, 2012May 31, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2012, Ariana Madix, Brian DePalma, charles band, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eric Roberts, Full Moon, Head of the Family, Jessica Morris, Nicolas Cage, Steven Seagal, Tales from the Crypt, The Dead Want Women, trancers, wesley snipes

One time Oscar nominee Eric Roberts has amassed nearly 250 film appearances, in a career spanning over 30 years. Most

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Ticking Clock (2011) – Review

August 2, 2011June 6, 2013 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2011, 88 Minutes, al pacino, Austin Abrams, B-movie, Cuba Gooding Jr., david fincher, Ernie Barbarash, Fight Club, Hardwired, John Turman, Neal McDonough, Nicki Aycox, Seven, Steven Seagal, the hit list, thriller, Ticking Clock, wesley snipes

Cuba Gooding Jr. returns again in yet another direct-to-DVD thriller this time reuniting with frequent collaborator director Ernie Barbarash (Hardwired).

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Hardwired (2009) – Review

July 11, 2011 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Cuba Gooding Jr., Ernie Barbarash, futuristic movies, hero wanted, Michael Ironside, sci-fi, the hit list, thriller, Val Kilmer

3 1/2 Stars Cuba Gooding Jr. once again plays a man who’s lost his family in a car accident and

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Hero Wanted (2008) – Review

June 3, 2011 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments B-movie, Brian Smrz, Cuba Gooding Jr., hero wanted, Kim Coates, Norman Reedus, Ray Liotta, the hit list, Tommy Flanagan

3 Stars Another straight-to-DVD action film from the reigning king of the genre Cuba Gooding Jr. This time he plays

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The Hit List (2011) – Review

May 17, 2011 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, B-movie, cole hauser, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jonathan LaPaglia, the hit list, William Kaufman

3 Stars In recent years OSCAR winner Cuba Gooding Jr. has been toiling in nearly unwatchable straight-to-DVD fare. While Gooding