Show Me The. . . Oh, Never Mind.

Posted by Peter Smith

The Guardian UK, as we’ve mentioned many times before, continues to feature some of the best film writing around. Just this week, they’ve brought us an article on the potential tragic loss of the Ronald Grant Cinema Museum and an exposé of the man who fought to keep Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth from being shown in British schools (surprise – he’s a mining and fuel tycoon), and they've given David Harewood a platform to decry how black actors in Britain must travel to the United States to get really choice roles. But for once, we must take exception to their movie section, as otherwise-reliable Guardian film blogger John Patterson is on the verge of making a terrible mistake that could cause untold suffering. In his latest column, he suggests that Cuba Gooding Jr., already having plumbed the depths as an actor, should salvage what remains of his career by becoming a director. Mr. Patterson, we urge you to recant: sure, it doesn’t seem like Cuba could possibly do worse behind the camera than he’s done in front of it, but then again, ten years ago, who could have predicted the horrors of Snow Dogs, Radio and Boat Trip? Recant, we beg of you. — Leonard Pierce

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Posted Oct 18 2007, 02:00 PM

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