Bernard Dayo

Tope Oshin

Here’s the scoop on Tope Oshin’s new film “Up North”, starring a popular Nigerian singer

Yesterday, Banky W’s Instagram was buzzing about the Tope Oshin’s new film Up North, which is currently being filmed. An inside source spotted the director and the crew on the Lekki/Ikoyi bridge, all wearing t-shirts with the Up North inscription. Days before that, Banky W posted a flurry of picturesque scenes from a Benue trip,... Read More

Banky W, Tope Oshin, Up North

Oga Bolaji

Here’s the teaser for Kayode Kasum’s “Oga Bolaji” and we are not teased

Remember 2017’s Dognapped? It’s the movie in which comedian Julius Agwu lends his voice to play a dog named Bruno. First of its kind in Nollywood and directed by Kayode Kasum, who has a background in the production of short films and music videos. Described as a “Love Letter to Lagos,” Kasum’s upcoming film Oga... Read More

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Kayode Kasum, Oga Bolaji, Ronke Oshodi

Linda Ikeji

Updating you on the latest reality shows coming to Linda Ikeji TV

In anticipation of the launch of premier streaming service Linda Ikeji TV on June 1 (it was shifted from May 22 because Linda Ikeji had to soak in the news of her bun in the oven, I think), it’s pertinent that you are updated on the growing catalogue of content Linda has promised us on... Read More

We can’t decide on the hashtag we love the most: #FineIgboTwitter or #FineYorubaTwitter

As usual, the Nigerian social media landscape is always brimming with something noteworthy. In the past, we have seen the stereotype-dismantling #WeAreNigerianCreatives and the socially combative #EndSARS. Since yesterday, the Nigerian internet has blissfully been caught in #FineIgboTwitter and #FineYorubaTwitter, two hashtags showcasing people from the major ethnic groups. I’d first stumbled on #FineYorubaTwitter and... Read More

We now know what Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” is all about

The press rollout for Kemi Adetiba’s upcoming movie King of Boys has been reliant on the element of suspense. Take, for example, the film’s official teaser, which is as opaque and inscrutable as staring at a blank canvass. Kemi Adetiba herself has been knowingly tight-lipped about her sophomore project; her Instagram is dotted with promotional... Read More

Kemi Adetiba, King of Boys, Sola Sobowale

Adewale

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje shines in the trailer for ABC’s “The Fix”

Let’s get something out of the way: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is a terrific actor. I say this because of his roles as Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns, Nykwana Wombosi in The Bourne Identity, Mr Eko on Lost, and Simon Adebisi on Oz. In March, Deadline reported that the Nigerian-British actor was set to take up a... Read More

Adewale, Robin Tunney, The Fix

Foreigner's God

“Foreigner’s God” is easily the most ambitious project to come out of Nollywood this year

Foreigner’s God, the period piece from director Ifan Ifeanyi Michael, hasn’t even been released yet. The film is still in the middle of its press cycle, with copious amounts of posters released and a garden-themed Instagram teaser gloriously introducing its female cast. I honestly think we are supposed to take this seriously. Ihe di woro... Read More

film blog, Foreigner's God, Lala Akindoju, nollywood, Onyeka Onwenu

Boss of all bosses

“Boss Of All Bosses” explores Naija’s corporate world with this new, funny trailer

In another edition of Nollywood copies Hollywood, I present to you the trailer of Ike Nnaebue’s upcoming comedy Boss Of All Bosses. The 2-minute-plus trailer is corporate satire meets absurdist hilarity, and has similar thematic beats with Seth Gordon’s 2011 black comedy Horrible Bosses. What more can I say? Nollywood is running out of ideas... Read More

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Boss of all bosses, film blog, Ike Nnabue, nollywood

Payday

Cheta Chukwu’s “PayDay” is now set for a June 13 cinema release

In February, writer and director Cheta Chukwu announced that he was looking to make an “authentically youthful and urban Nigerian film with a global appeal.” The result, as you have guessed, is his forthcoming effervescent comedy PayDay. Deep in its press cycle (including an early badly Photoshopped film poster), PayDay had been slated for an... Read More

Cheta Chukwu, PayDay

Johnny Just Come

Yvonne Chaka Chaka makes Nollywood debut in this hilarious trailer for “Johnny Just Come”

Naturally, Elvis Chuks’ Johnny Just Come is one of those star-loaded Nollywood films you just want to give an eye-roll to. But the pan-African comedy features renowned singer-songwriter Yvonne Chaka Chaka and so it has our attention. As one of the most recognised and celebrated icons in South Africa, Yvonne Chaka Chaka can afford to... Read More

Johnny Just Come, Patience Ozorkwor, Yvonne Chaka-Chaka

Royal wedding

Here’s how Nigerian Twitter reacted to the #RoyalWedding

Of course, what fun will it be if Nigerian Twitter didn’t react to one of the biggest, historic events of the year? The Royal Wedding took place yesterday morning at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in England, where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests. Wearing... Read More

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, royal wedding

Small Chops, Chika Ike

Chika Ike’s next movie is called “Small Chops” & it is as big budget as they come

Hello Chika, how about “Puff Puff” and “Samosa”? OK. I guess we are suppose to take Chika Ike’s new movie title seriously. Back in April, the producer took to Instagram and posted a picture of herself seated at a dinner table, on which sat teacups and jars and a plate of fruits. Put another way:... Read More

Chika Ike, fil, small chops

Wanuri Kahiu

Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has signed a mega deal with The Gotham Group and we are excited

Not to sound clichéd but as they say: when one door closes, another opens! So is the case with award-winning writer and director Wanuri Kahiu, whose queer film Rafiki was banned in Kenya after the filmmaker refused to alter the film’s portrayal of a lesbian relationship. Rafiki premiered at this year’s Cannes, and became the... Read More

Gotham, Wanuri Kahiu

Mina Okafor

Meet Dr. Mina Okafor, the Nigerian surgeon on the Fox medical drama “The Resident”

It’s been three days since the season finale of The Resident aired, and I can’t stop thinking about the many ways it was pulse-pounding. The finale levelled out an uneven freshman season, strengthened its characters and introduced more stakes. And the show gave us Dr. Mina Okafor, whose name is lazily Americanised as Horrkefer by... Read More

Fox, Mina Okafor, The Media Blog, The Resident

Toyin Abraham

“The Ghost and the Tout”: Crown Toyin Abraham ratchet comedy extraordinaire

Let’s quickly establish something: Toyin Abraham’s movies aren’t meant for everyone, but her audience is always there to gulp them. So throw your intelligent critiques out the window when Abraham furnishes theatres with ratchet comedies that are loud, scatterbrained, and caustically funny. Also, there’s the perfected art of her movie branding and the profitable liaison... Read More

The Ghost and the tout, Toyin Abraham

Sibongiwe

South African director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer tapped to direct Cassian Elwes’ “Meridian”

Who knew that fast-rising South African director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer idolises producer Cassian Elwes? Per a Variety exclusive, Shongwe-La Mer will be directing Elwes’ Meridian, based on an original screenplay by Henderson Hall and Karolina Waclawiak and follows the story of a priceless Picasso painting that goes missing from a Nazi bunker after WWII, only... Read More

Cassian Elwes, Meridian, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer

Marseilles

3 things you might not know about South African western “Five Fingers for Marseilles”

There’s a good chance that Five Fingers for Marseilles has popped up in your social media feed, South Africa’s buzziest film right now. Five Fingers has already lit up the global festival circuit and earned excellent reviews, and it’s still going strong. If you still don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, or you... Read More

Five Fingers for Marseilles, Michael Matthews

EbonyLife

EbonyLife TV is taking Andre Blaze Henshaw’s sexual assault allegation very seriously

With #MeToo still running its course, I’m beginning to think that sexual assault cases go through four stages. First with the incident of the sexual assault, the reporting on social media by victims as they re-process their trauma, the denial from the accused and investigation from the appropriate bodies, and a resolution which might not... Read More

Andre Blaze Henshaw, EbonyLife, Olutimehin Adegbeye, Sexual assault

BBNaija

Which BBNaija ex-housemate is winning in the Instagram Wars?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, BBNaija 2018 is overrrrrrrrrrr. Like, we have snapped out of that fun, delirious bubble that lasted 85 days, and primed ourselves back to reality. We are good. On the social media scale of things though, some ex-housemates of the show are still living in a post-Big Brother Naija fairytale, flashing themselves in... Read More

BBNaija, housemates

Room 420

Yomi Black is trying his hands on TV with his hotel thriller “Room 420″

In 2016, fledgling comic Yomi Black experimented with celebrity-featured skits, a variety of digitized comedy that has become pop-culturally omnipresent these days. Some of these skits had modest reception, but the breakthrough came for Black via the viral success of Sunday and Lolade, a skit featuring actress Kiki Omeli and Black himself. Adapted for the... Read More

Jide Kosoko, Room 420, Timini Egbuson, Yomi Black

Maleficent

“Maleficent 2” is definitely happening and Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to star in the sequel

After starring in 2016’s Doctor Strange, it seems Chiwetel Ejiofor is becoming comfortably entrenched within the Disney family. Last year, news circulated about the Oscar nominee playing the villainous Scar in Disney’s upcoming live-action reboot of The Lion King. Currently, Ejiofor is in discussions to appear in the live-action fantasy sequel Maleficent 2. According to... Read More

Chiwetel Ejiofor, film blog, maleficient

Nollywood

Will “Rule No. 1” be the romantic comedy of the summer? Here’s the trailer to decide

There’s an important aspect of female friendships that the trailer for Rule No. 1 highlights: that the bond between women isn’t eternally concrete when you throw a man into the picture. Pop culture has portrayed this to the death. Brandy and Monica’s The Boy is Mine, hello? Though both singers are friends in real life... Read More

We are flabbergasted by Imoh Umoren’s upcoming thriller “Club

The trailer for Imoh Umoren’s soon-to-be released thriller Club ends disastrously, thanks to Nancy Isime’s bungling, cliché-ridden attempt at sidestepping clichés. She’s in a club awash with moody red lights, wearing a leather black jacket and her pixie haircut is scarlet. She’s steadily holding a gun at her male adversary and says, to our collective... Read More

club, imoh umoren

Mr X Family

The premiere of “Mr X Family Show” is an ambitious mess

This past Sunday, the highly buzzed show of the year Mr X Family Show premiered on DSTV’s Africa Magic Showcase. A television reunion between Nollywood luminaries Richard Mofe Damijo and Ego Boyo since they last starred together in the popular ’90s soap Checkmate, Mr X Family Show was billed to be a spectacular, absorbing dram-com. What... Read More

richard mofe damijo, X Family

Andre Blaze

Andre Blaze Henshaw’s sexual assault allegation, and the problem with male-centred talk shows like “Men’s Corner”

I began to follow writer and activist Olutimehin Adegbeye on social media during the Aziz Ansari sexual assault allegation, precipitated by the website Babe.net. Someone had reposted her tweets about Ansari onto my timeline, and I thought them to be interesting and complex and refreshingly luminous. Olutimehin belongs to a visible pantheon of young feminists... Read More

Andre Blaze Henshaw, Mens' Corner, Olutimehin Adegbeye

Stolen Daughters

“Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram” is the HBO documentary you should expect this fall

Many creatives have tried to document the kidnapped Chibok Girls event of 2014, from Uzodinma Iweala’s 2017 short documentary Waiting for Hassana, a harrowing account of one girl’s escape from captivity and a heart-wrenching lament for her closest friend Hassana, to Uche Aguh’s 2016 short film with the on-the-nose title Sambisa. And now, American cable company... Read More

boko haram, stolen daughters. HBO

Winston Duke

Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke might just be in Jordan Peele’s next horror movie “Us”

Ready for a new Jordan Peele horror movie? I can definitely say that I am! Since directing the phenomenal, horror-satire 2017 film Get Out, and making history by winning the award for Best Original Screenplay at the 2018 Oscars, Peele seemed to have gone on a low profile. When, recently, fallen rap god and “free... Read More

.US, Elisabeth Moss, Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke

King Of Boys, Kemi Adetiba

We are still being teased by Kemi Adetiba’s upcoming film “King of Boys

Straight to the point, the just-released teaser for Kemi Adetiba’s sophomore film King of Boys is inscrutable. I have seen it like three times, during which I’m transported to my childhood trips to the amusement park’s House of Horror, where it’s gleefully dark, taunting, and claustrophobic. In the meagre 30 seconds, the teaser uses copious... Read More

Kemi Adetiba, King of Boys, Remi Adetiba

Danai

From “The Walking Dead” to Marvel’s “Black Panther”: Why Dana Gurira should play more action roles

When Black Panther star Danai Gurira was five-years-old, her parents moved her from Grinnell, Iowa to their homeland of Harare, Zimbabwe – a bustling, urban city over two-and-a-half-thousand times bigger than the rural former factory town where she was born. She looked like a local girl, but spoke like a kid from the Midwestern plains.... Read More

Danai Gurira, marvel, The Film Blog

We dont live here anymore

Here’s your first look at “We Don’t Live Here Anymore,” the queer film of the summer

African queer films are having a moment. Recently, Wanuri Kahiu’s Kenyan lesbian film Rafiki made history by becoming the first Kenyan film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. And in February, South African coming-of-age queer film Inxeba (The Wound) became available for streaming on Netflix. TIERs, the human rights agency producing queer films... Read More

Francis Sule, Tope Oshin

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