The average Nigerian has probably heard about the concept of a spirit-spouse. Like most lovers, they are jealous and want to be the only one in...
The premise upon which “Lara and the Beat” is suspended is a familiar one: what happens when a family loses its fortune? It is the basis for...
Over the years the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) has shown it is not interested in assessing elements of quality filmmaking. Instead what it seeks...
The only way to meet the President of France as a Nigerian is to be a high-ranking politician or be very rich or famous. If none...
Mo Abudu has become unavoidable in Nollywood. If you work within the industry, she’s inescapable. If, like me, you work outside of it, you have to...
From its dialogue to its plot, Club, as directed Imoh Umoren has a single ambition: it wants to be smart. It doesn’t quite succeed. The film...
2018 has not been a very good year for Nollywood. It is almost June and the industry has not produced an Ojukokoro, a ’76, and certainly...
The boy meets girl-who-turns-out-to-be-a-psycho storyline has had various appearances on the big screen. Perhaps the iconic appearance is Fatal Attraction, where Michael’s Douglas’s boy happens to...
Mo Abudu is on a mission to restore happiness to Nigerian life. The Wedding Party famously ended with a celebration. The new picture Royal Hibiscus Hotel,...
It is romantic comedy season at Nollywood. Put guy and girl in a film, throw in a few laughs, and you might earn enough to make...
A scene in Okafor’s Law may be familiar to some viewers. Chuks (Blossom Chukwujekwu), a guy nicknamed Terminator for his way with women, stands by a...
In Something Wicked, the actor Okey Uzoeshi has the quiet desperation of a man seeking to escape his skin. He is playing an actor seeking to...
There’s a clickbait headline you may have come across. “Rita Dominic loses her mind in the trailer for The Guest.” Well, that is only one-third the...
If the importance of a festival can be conveyed in one statement, then this should serve for the Lights, Camera Africa film festival: It has provided...
Sometimes an actor in a leading role is outshined by one in a supporting role. This is the story of the film Gidi Blues, which has...
Let’s start with a jokey analogy. Think of the Nigerian director as a girlfriend. Think of the Nigerian film as Indomie. The girlfriend is pretty and...
If all cinema means to you is a celebration of a fame already acquired, then you might have already seen ‘Entreat’. If cinema must be a...
How did it all start? Chioma Akpotha as broadcaster asks a group of women in the first scene of Wives on Strike. There’s no spoiler in...
The film Suru L’ere, directed by Mildred Okwo, provides a reviewer with a rather unusual problem. Ninety percent of the film is watchable, enjoyable even, and every...
We’ll have to bemoan the state of Nigerian culture criticism—a thankless, payless activity—that makes it impossible for any one person to follow and appraise culture products...
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