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Fast cars. Big guns. Chicks in string bikinis. New Times needed someone along to see 2 Fast 2 Furious who could handle that kind of entertainment lineup.

The once-promising filmmaker John Singleton has been on a steady decline since his breakthrough directorial debut "Boyz n the Hood." His latest work, the Taylor Lautner vehicle "Abduction," does nothing to slow his downhill slide.

Abduction is a bad, bad movie. Taylor Lautner is not a good actor. John Singleton hasn't made a watchable movie since Boyz n the Hood , and that was 20 years ago! This supposed action movie has hardly any actual action, and the plot is ridiculous even for this type of brainless flick.

Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. stars in a new Hall Mark Hall of Fame film, FIRELIGHT premiering Sunday, April 22 on the ABC Television Network.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. was born in the Bronx, New York on January 2, 1968, to Shirley and Cuba, Sr., the lead singer of the R&B group The Main Ingredient.

Someone decided Taylor Lautner, fresh from chasing Bella Swan in Twilight , needed to become an action star.

"Stephanie has served on the Film Independent Board of Directors since 2007 and been involved in many aspects of the organization," said Film Independent co-prexy Sean McManus in a statement.

Interview , Red Tails Movie , Cuba Gooding Jr. is back on the big screen this month in "Red Tails" and his role might seem familiar.

HBO // 2011 // 105 Minutes // Not Rated Reviewed by Judge Clark Douglas // January 23rd, 2012 View Judge Douglas's Dossier E-mail Judge Douglas Printer Friendly Review Laurence Fishburne is an immensely reliable actor, but it's usually not too difficult to tell when he's really connecting with a role and when he's just accepting a paycheck.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. was born in the Bronx, New York on Jan. 2, 1968, to Shirley and Cuba, Sr., the lead singer of the R&B group The Main Ingredient.

In 1991, John Singleton was nominated for Academy Awards for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for his debut feature Boyz n the Hood . Twenty-four at the time, Singleton remains the youngest individual to be nominated for direction.

Trying to build on his stardom as the lupine Jacob in the "Twilight" movies, Taylor Lautner is mildly successful in this melodrama from director John Singleton about a young man who goes on the lam with a friend when he finds he was kidnapped as a youngster.