Nikki Crawford Movies
A woman who sacrificed her shot at fame to focus on her family gets a second chance to live her dreams in this heartwarming comedy. Known to her friends as Miss E, Elestra Henton (Vanessa Bell Calloway) was a promising stand-up comedienne when she turned her back on the spotlight to save her marriage and raise her daughter. Years later, Miss E's marriage has failed, and she's estranged from her family. With nothing to fill the empty void at the center of her life, Miss E decides that the best cure for misery is laughter. She's determined to reclaim the career from the ruins, but in order to do so she'll first have to contend with her shady manager and ex-lover Bobby Felton (Roger Guenveur Smith), whose appearance back into Miss E's life sheds light on some long-suppressed family secrets. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vanessa Bell Calloway, Roger Guenveur Smith, (more)
A commitment-phobic Los Angeles photographer gets more than he bargained for when he invites an unpredictable jazz singer to his father's retirement party in Detroit in this comedy of manners from first-time filmmaker Thom Steinhoff. Drew is a West-coast shutterbug who just doesn't see the point of being in a committed relationship, but when his father requests Drew's presence at his upcoming retirement party with the one stipulation that his freewheeling son bring a date to the big event, Drew puts in a call to his old Detroit flame, CeCe. When CeCe rejects Drew's invitation on the grounds that she is already attending the party with hotshot Detroit basketball star Marcus, the jealous Drew attempts to one-up his former sweetheart by inviting a beautiful Los Angeles jazz singer named Tatiana as his date. His plan to drive CeCe into a jealous rage goes awry, however, when Drew discovers that Tatiana is something of a loose cannon. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Winters, Nikki Crawford, (more)
- 1991
The fifth season of A Different World begins with the start of another school year at Hillman College, where Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) has accepted a job as a math teacher, and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) has decided to accept Dwayne's marriage proposal and forsake a job in New York to become a campus dorm director. As Dwayne shops for Whitley's engagement ring, she searches high and low to find housing for incoming freshman Lena James (Jada Pinkett in her first series appearance). Elsewhere, Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) and Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman) have a surprise for everyone--almost as big as the surprise that Taylor's son Terrence (Cory Tyler) has for his dad (though Terrence's revelation has been edited from most syndication prints of this episode). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
