I developed an affinity for the Igbo language when I read Chinua Achebe‘s ‘Things Fall Apart’ for the first time. The elegance with which the words...
Happiness Ever After is a sequel to Happiness is a Four Letter Word, which was released in 2016. This movie is a continuation of the story...
There is a subtle shift in modern Nollywood romantic comedy from family to work. Well, maybe it’s not a shift but an expansion. For many years,...
Often, I think about a line from a piece by the Nigerian author, Tola Rotimi: “Families are everybody’s first war.” Recently, I had cause to remember that...
What I learned from this film is that beauty is not just enough. Self-love and appreciation are at the root of how we see ourselves and...
The adjective sweet is rarely used to describe cinema, but it best defines the experience that is the first act of Sugar Rush—a jolly ride that...
Love Is War also doesn’t shy away from impressing its feminist leanings on the audience. It rides off the wave of Hankuri being as ambitious as...
The last time Banky W was in a movie (Wedding Party 1 and 2), he had too little to do. In Anakle Film’s first production, Up...
To tell a story is to give a gift. In whatever form it comes (music, film, or book), storytelling gives us the chance to sit and...
The film, Up North, is in itself a film school with a robust curriculum that offers lessons on often neglected aspects of filmmaking (in Nollywood), ranging...
Three cheers for growth! Ayo Makun made commercial history with a mediocre movie, and then he did it again with a bad movie. He’s back with another...
What would you do when your dream suddenly takes on morbid, “abominable” elements to morph into a dreary nightmare? In “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”, a...
When Ema Edosio’s Kasala was introduced at the 8th Edition of the Lights Camera Action Film Festival as the opening film, it was met with the...
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...
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...
One notorious self-proclaimed film culturist once opined that it was disrespectful for anyone to expect him to turn off his brain in order to enjoy a...
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,...
Director, BB Sasore, does something unusual with Banana Island Ghost. Sasore makes a passionate plea with the first scene of his movie – he pleads for...
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