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Vanessa Bell Calloway has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Love Don't Co$t a Thing.
2021
Drama · Romance
A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
Dir. Troy Byer · With Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Kenan Thompson
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe
Two crabs embark on an epic journey to get home after a storm sweeps them away. Their courage soon unites their families, paving the way for great summers to come.
Dir. David Soren · With Michael Cera, Keke Palmer, Bobby Cannavale
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
Dir. Brian Gibson · With Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.
Dir. Lawrence Lamont · With Keke Palmer, SZA, Joshua David Neal
A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.
Dir. Reggie Rock Bythewood · With Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones
Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.
Dir. Harold Cronk · With Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Bob Gunton
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
Dir. Rob Cohen · With Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.
Dir. Jeff Stilson · With Maya Angelou, Chris Rock, Nia Long
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
Dir. Richard Tanne · With Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway
