Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Total Credits at Criticker: 51 (Actor)

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    The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
    Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. However, a tug-of-war with his friend Zoe sends his blanket to a faraway land, and Elmo in hot pursuit. Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his determination and courage and heads off on an action-packed rescue mission that plunges him into Grouchland-a place full of grouchy creatures, stinky garbage and the villainous Huxley. Along the way, Elmo learns an important lesson about sharing, realizing that he was selfish with his friend and responsible for what happened. (imdb)
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    Hoodlum
    The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed. When Johnson is paroled, he gets the work of enforcer for mighty Stephanie "The Queen" St. Clair. She is also jailed for racketeering and when she leaves she makes him promise "no violence". (imdb)
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    Johnson Family Vacation
    Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) sets out on a cross-country trek from California to Missouri, with three unruly kids and one unsatisfied wife in tow, in order to attend the Johnson clan's annual reunion/grudge match. Not since the Griswolds headed to California has a family excursion veered so hysterically astray. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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    Light It Up
    Following an accidental shooting in a battered inner city high school, a disparate group of students hold the wounded police officer hostage. As media and public interest in the stand-off intensifies, the classmates unexpectedly band together to help themselves and their school. (20th Century)
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    Punks
    This rhythm-and-blues-driven romantic comedy is the story of four close-knit friends trying to find that mythical relationship that will make finally make things right. But if you think that sounds familiar, think again, because Punks is the first-ever comic love story set amidst the world of African-American gay men. (Urbanworld Films)
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    Shaft
    New York City police detective John Shaft goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
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    Eraser
    A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
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    Candyman
    Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror (imdb)
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    New Jack City
    A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megamanical while a maverick police detective vows to stop him. (imdb)
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    Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
    The tuff biker Harley and his no less tuff Cowboy friend Marlboro learn that an old friend of them will loose his bar, because a bank wants to build a new complex there and demands 2.5 million dollars for a new contract in advance. (imdb)
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    Another You
    George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognize George as the missing millionaire Abe, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation. (imdb)
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    Dance with Me
    Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby (Vanessa Williams) is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship. (imdb)
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    My Brother
    My Brother is an inner city, New York story of two impoverished boys, one whom is developmentally disabled, and the bond they have for each other. (Codeblack Entertainment)
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    Don Quixote
    Don Quixote (2000) - TV Movie
    A crusade for decency and truth is mounted by a man gone mad (or has he?) in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. (All Movie Guide)
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    Soul Food
    Matriarch Mama Joe has held her family together for 40 years around a Sunday dinner of soul food. When diabetes hospitalizes her, the dinners stop and tensions among her three daughters start to break the family apart... (imdb)
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    The Odyssey
    The Odyssey (1997) - TV Mini-Series
    This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed! (imdb)
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    The Pick-up Artist
    A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a mobster. (imdb)
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    Ice Spiders
    Ice Spiders (2007) - TV Movie
    There's a ski resort far far away from civilization, yet there's a nice little city within viewing distance of the facility. Also next to the resort is a secret government research laboratory that studies spiders, giant spiders at that. The spiders escape... didn't see that one coming. (imdb)
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    Hannah Montana: The Movie
    As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart (Miley Ray Cyrus), on the urging form her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) taken a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.
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    Imagine That
    A financial executive (Murphy) who can't stop his career's downward spiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await. (imdb)
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    Flirting with Forty
    A divorced mother approaching her 40th birthday falls for a younger man while on vacation. (imdb)
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    Futuresport
    Futuresport (1998) - TV Movie
    In 2025, big business turns a one-time inner-city game called Futuresport -- a combination of handball, ice hockey and rollerblading -- into a huge moneymaking machine. So when Hawaii attempts to secede from the union, the only way to decide the state's fate is via a Futuresport battle royale between the clean-cut pros (led by Dean Cain) and the Hawaiian street players.
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    Bye Bye Birdie
    When rock 'n' roll idol Conrad Birdie (Marc Kudisch) is drafted into the Army, promoter Albert J. Peterson (Jason Alexander) plans to strike it rich by arranging a memorable send-off in this Emmy-winning remake of the beloved Broadway musical. Meanwhile, the town chosen for Birdie's farewell appearance -- and the lucky girl selected to receive his final kiss -- are thrown into a tizzy.
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    The Jacksons: An American Dream
    The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From there they become the now famous Jackson 5. But along the way their success brings trouble and turmoil. (imdb)
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    Under the Gun
    Frank Torrence, a former hockey player, has tried to make a go of it as a nightclub owner, only to find out that one of his creditors is the Mob! He risks everything to pull out of their grasp for good - all in one night! (imdb)
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    Drop Squad
    Political satire about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their race. (imdb)
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    Tyler Perry\
    An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life. (imdb)
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    The Kid Who Loved Christmas
    Reggie has gone through a lot in his life. But he finally has foster parents who want to adopt him. Everything looks good until the mother dies in an accident. Although the idealistic social worker would like to see the father adopt Reggie, her by-the-book supervisor won't allow it. The father is a traveling jazz musician, and that's just not right for the boy.
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    He\
    When an aspiring actress loses her support system in one fell swoop, she sets out with a stolen script, her brother, and his boyfriend to make a movie. (imdb)
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    Delhi Safari
    A group of animals plan a trip to Delhi in order to ask the parliament why the forest they live in is on the verge of destruction. (imdb)
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    The Trip to Bountiful
    Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home. (imdb)
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    Contradictions of the Heart
    A party chasing chick pounds on a restaurant door after closing. The closing manager opens it and the journey this encounter creates, places contradicting questions at the door step of race, friendship and sex. (imdb)
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    666 Park Avenue
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    Ugly Betty
    Ugly Betty (2006) - TV Series
    A young, smart and wise woman named Betty Suarez goes on a journey to find her inner beauty. The only problem is that it's hard for a slightly less attractive woman to find her beauty surrounded by tall skinny models at a fashion magazine but Betty doesn't let this stop her or her positive attitude towards her work. (imdb)
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    The Man from Earth: Holocene
    Sequel of "The Man from Earth", the story of a man who claims to be alive for thousands of years.
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    Daytime Divas
    Daytime Divas (2017) - TV Series
    Chronicles the daily fireworks that erupt between five female co-hosts of a daytime talk show. (imdb)
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    Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
    Task Force X targets a powerful mystical object that they will risk their lives to steal.
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    Soul Food
    Soul Food (2000) - TV Series
    The everyday life and problems of the Josephs, a black family living in Chicago, Illinois.
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    A Diva\
    A remake of the Dicken's classic, "A Christmas Carol" featuring a very nasty pop singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits.
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    Bad Hair
    In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. (imdb)
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    Incognito
    Incognito (1999) - TV Movie
    A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her, when an ex-convict begins stalking her.
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    Santa, Baby!
    Santa, Baby! (2001) - TV Movie
    Noel Royce, a onetime successful songwriter, becomes a sidewalk Santa in the hope of breaking his writer's block. With the help of a wisecracking Christmas partridge named Melody, his wife Alicia, and a hep cat named Emerald, Noel discovers the very soul of Christmas. By the story's end, an entire community is transformed and a struggling animal shelter gets a second chance. (imdb)
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    The Flash
    The Flash (2014) - TV Series
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    American Horror Stories
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    Candyman
    A "spiritual sequel" to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began
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    9-1-1
    9-1-1 (2018) - TV Series
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    Queen of the Universe
    Features drag queen contestants from 10 different countries, singing for the crown (imdb.com).
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    Girls5Eva
    Girls5Eva (2021) - TV Series
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    Modern Family
    Modern Family (2009) - TV Series
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    Knight Rider
    Knight Rider (2008) - TV Series
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    Elsbeth
    Elsbeth (2024) - TV Series
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