Spoiler alert: This review contains several spoilers. If you haven’t seen the movie Lionheart and want to not know what happened until you see it for...
There are a vast number of stars in the new Ebony Life film, Chief Daddy, but there is too little that matters. The plot is thin,...
“King of Boys” opens at a party thrown by Eniola Salami (Sola Sobowale). The governor is in attendance, as is the venerated Fuji maestro KWAM 1....
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...
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...
Words run the world: On the internet, and in novels, magazines, films, songs, and even love letters. How do you make your own selection of words,...
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...
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