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[The Film Blog] Because we need another movie about women being pressured to marry, the “Bound” Trailer is Here

Wave your hands in the air if you understand sarcasm. Now watch the trailer for Bound below and roll your eyes. And if you can't roll your eyes then it's…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Marriage, marriage, marriage: Michelle Dede makes “June” a bearable romantic comedy

If you have ever attended a Nigerian wedding, then you have already seen half of June, the sappy, Desmond Elliot-directed romantic comedy that places itself right within the wedding-industrial complex…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] You can now stream South African queer film “Inxeba” (The Wound) on Netflix

“In The Wound, being a man isn't about being a naturally dominant person, but about learning to submit yourself to a patriarchal model that demands heterosexuality,” Brett Pardy writes in…

Wilfred Okiche 6 years

#Rotterdam2018: I, Tonya is Margot Robbie’s Tour De Force

The rise and fall of Tonya Harding, the gifted American figure skater and would be contender who squandered two chances to become an Olympic medalist is an American tragedy. One…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] African Americans or Native Africans: Who is “Black Panther” really for?

The press cycle for Marvel's Black Panther is currently in overdrive. Op-eds and think pieces are out in torrents, quotes and memes and merchandise seem firmly entrenched in the zeitgeist,…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Seyi Shay channels her inner diva in the teaser for “Lara and the beat”

Lara and the Beat sounds like Beauty and the Beast, or is just me? Is it because the film stars artistes Seyi Shay and Vector? I have a right to…

Wilfred Okiche 6 years

#Rotterdam2018: Mean streets; Wilfred Okiche reviews Respeto

In Alberto Monteras II’s Respeto, a gritty, realistic examination of the complex relationship between hip hop culture and inner city violence, the past is the key to the present…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Lala Akindoju takes Naked, her One Woman Show to the stage

Though Lala Akindoju isn't new to theatre and stage productions, the announcement of her One Woman Show which will be open at this year's Lagos Theatre Festival is a first…

Wilfred Okiche 6 years

#Rotterdam2018: I, Tonya is buoyed by its careful explorations of complexities of victimhood

The rise and fall of Tonya Harding, the gifted American figure skater and would be contender who squandered two chances to become an Olympic medalist is an American tragedy. One…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Hello, Adelolu Adefarasin joined the roster at Agency 106

He's Nathan in the NdaniTV hit web series Skinny Girl in Transit, one of the romantic players vying for Tiwa's love. His feature in the record-breaking rom-com The Wedding Party…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] We need to talk about the Oscar-nominated “Dunkirk” and its exclusion of women

I'm on a must-watch Oscar movies marathon. The idea is very simple: I try to watch all the films nominated in key categories, and, if there's any endurance left, I…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] “Hereditary” is the Scary Horror Film Everyone was Talking About at Sundance

Every film buff knows the Sundance film festival is always a useful precursor for the films that will dominate the conversation in the coming year. And although the festival is…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] The teaser for Tope Oshin’s “New Money” is here and it’s all about the money

They say money makes the world go round and new money is even better. In the hands of Toun Odumosu (Jemima Osunde), a lowly shop attendant living a simple existence,…

Wilfred Okiche 6 years

Film Review: Esohe is puzzling and clunky, but somehow it works

Nigerian immigrant, Gary Barbar (Jimmy Jean-Louis) isn’t doing badly living and working in the United States of America. He has a decent job as a teacher, shaping the minds of…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] “The Wedding Party 2” is now the Highest Grossing Nollywood Film Ever but Where are the Receipts?

Before the cinema-wide premiere of The Wedding Party: Destination Dubai in Nigeria, I wrote about the untold appeal of The Wedding Party and why the sequel won't be as commercially…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” leads 2018 Oscars with 13 nominations

The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards was announced yesterday morning in a live stream hosted by Girls Trip star Tiffany Haddish and Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis,…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Complete Winners’ List for the 2018 SAG Awards

The 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards held in Los Angeles last night and hosted by actress Kristen Bell. This will be time the first time the awards will have a…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] “The Commuter” is Liam Neeson’s Swan Song

At 65-years-old, Liam Neeson is kind of a pop cultural icon. His entire career has been built on the versatile creativity that's hard to find in Hollywood these days. Unlike…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

The Film Blog: “Wives on Strike: The Revolution” might be funny, but It seriously deals with the social illness of domestic violence

There's a funny scene in Omoni Oboli's Wives on Strikes: The Revolution where Sola Sobowale, who plays the Iyaloja of the Areja Market Women Association, passionately tells her fellow aggrieved…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Harry Potter Fan Film explores the Dark Origins of Voldermort

From TV shows to movies, fan fiction has always been part of pop culture, fuelled by an active cauldron of ideas, theories and imaginations aimed at preserving and extending the…

Wilfred Okiche 6 years

Review: Blind Spot proves even great actors can’t save a sinking script

Rita Dominic and Femi Jacobs were paired for the first time in 2013, in Mildred Okwo’s terrific satire, The Meeting. While they were cast as adversaries with Dominic’s Clara Ikemba…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] A definitive Brenda Fassie Biopic with a strictly South African cast is just what we need right now

The legacy of South African pop diva Brenda Fassie will be immortalized on screen after UK film company Showbizbee acquired the film rights to the late superstar's life story and announced…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Introducing Funke Akindele, cast member of Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War may be barely five months away, but here's something to be excited about: award-winning Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has been listed as a member of the…

Wilfred Okiche 6 years

Film Review: Familiar, repetitive… The new Wives on Strike isn’t a revolution

It is hard to go wrong with a movie that is built around a social message. Especially in conservative societies where signalling is key and it is still difficult for…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Kemi Adetiba has an upcoming film and it’s called “King of Boys”

As one of the few female directors in Nigeria who have successfully helmed the country's best selling film, everyone has been wondering what next filmmaker Kemi Adetiba would try her…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] The Teaser for “Hello, Rain” Based on Nnedi Okorafor’s Short Story “Hello, Moto” is Here and We Want More

At long last, the promotional cycle for Hello, Rain finally begins. After an incredible 2017 with a powerful TED Talk on homegrown African sci-fi, releasing the second novel in the…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

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