The Film Blog

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

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

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

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

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

Mercy Johnson

Mercy Johnson pays homage to the Igala Culture with Epic Movie, “The Lamb”

Multi-award winning actress and producer, Mercy Johnson-Okojie is leaving nothing to chance in driving the entertainment industry in her home state to global recognition. Mercy has been applauded since assuming office as the Senior Special Assistant to the Kogi State Government on Entertainment, Arts and Culture in 2017 for her strides in promoting the rich cultural... Read More

Igala, Inikpi, Mercy Johnson, Nigerian Epic, The Lamb Movie

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

Ramsey Nouah releases ‘Crazy People’, a must-watch comic thriller

Award winning actor, Ramsey Nouah has been cooking something and its definitely left us wondering for weeks what was up with the ‘Fine Boy’ Actor. The Actor cum film maker had on Monday, April 23 posted a controversial impostor alert on his social media accounts which generated a lot of reactions from fans and... Read More

Crazy People, film blog, Ramsey Nouah

Kelechi’s Quest, a new documentary series starring Kelechi Udegbe is asking the hard questions

Actor, Kelechi Udegbe is doing what many will term a yeoman’s job by asking the hard questions as he stars in a new documentary series, Kelechi’s Quest. In the first episode of the series titled, “Adequacy of government housing projects” Kelechi spotlights the difficulties low and medium income earners in Lagos face in securing livable shelter in the... Read More

Documentary series, Kelechi Udegbe, Kelechi's Quest

Lupita, BLack Panther

“Black Panther” leads the pack for the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards nominations

We are not even surprised about this one! In what might be a potentially fruitful movie award year, Black Panther has bagged seven nominations at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Released earlier this year, Black Panther marked the first solo outing for T’Challa after his debut in Captain America: Civil War and saw... Read More

Black Panther, MTV Movie & TV Awards

Switch

“Switch” is a poor exploration of the body swap genre

Switch is painfully cringe-worthy, so much so that the film subsequently morphs into a surprisingly digestible, ramshackle comedy. The point at which this happens is imperceptible. You keep watching this blissfully unhinged mess, never mind that Alex Ekubo is awfully terrible in his roles, with his stiff, pallid lines that feels like he’s rehearsing with... Read More

Alex Ekubo, switch

Lupita Nyong’o to join Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz and more in “355,” the spy thriller of our dreams

I love a good spy film and Hollywood has given us the funny Spy and the stylish The Man from U.N.C.L.E and the blockbuster Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and the subversive Kingsman: The Secret Service and the historical drama Bridge of Spies and, of course, the classic Bond in Spectre. But have we ever been... Read More

355, Fan Bingbing, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Penelope Cruz, Simon Kinberg

Hello Rain

Don’t ever mix juju with technology! Here’s your second look at CJ Obasi’s afrofuturistic short film “Hello, Rain”

I feel like the warning, “Don’t ever mix juju with technology” will be stuck with me for a long time. Thanks, Rain. From the time CJ Obasi’s Hello, Rain started its press cycle, I wanted the short film to be cool. The teaser, released last year, was skeletal and didn’t particularly fill me with anticipation.... Read More

CJ Obasi, Hello Rain, Nnedi Okorafor

Lupita

Lupita Nyong’o will be playing an assassin in John Woo’s remake of “The Killer

Can we give Lupita an award already!? She has been in three of the top ten grossing films of all time: Black Panther, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Also, let’s not forget her Oscar-winning performance in 12 Years A Slave. As if this talented actress didn’t already win over... Read More

John Woo, Lupita Nyong'o

Infinity War

Celebrities come out en-masse for the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War

The second most-expensive film ever made, Avengers: Infinity War had its premiere in the presence of Lagos audience on Thursday April 26, 2018 at the Filmhouse Cinemas, Lekki. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, the Marvel star studded movie features Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Idris Elba, Tom Holland amongst others.... Read More

Delphinator, Infinity War, noble igwe

Nollywood

In case you haven’t noticed, gimmicky star-studded movies are killing Nollywood

Old-era Nollywood was much simpler. It was a period in an evolving industry where actors were discovered, and with every movie we watched them grow into cinema powerhouses. For example, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde was part of an exciting flux of actors around the mid 90’s, operating in her lone star power just much as Genevieve... Read More

Genevieve Nnaji, nollywood, Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde

Rafiki

Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian love story “Rafiki” now has a trailer!

Only recently, the news of Wanuri Kahiu’s debut film Rafiki made history as the first Kenyan feature film to debut at the renowned Cannes Film Festival. The announcement put Kenya on the map. And now, Kahiu has released the trailer for her history-making film! On the film’s website, it’s described as a love story between... Read More

Cannes, Kenya, Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu

Alexandra

Hollywood meets Nollywood! Vivica Fox, Joseph Benjamin, Freda Steffl, Ada Ameh, Rob Hays and others star in new film “Alexandra

The last half decade has given us quite a number of Hollywood meets Nollywood movies, from Tobi (2012), Turning Point (2014) to Tempting Fate (2015). Still, though, these movies don’t necessarily have the best of stories or acting quality. Maybe with Alexandra, the newest installment in this sub-genre, we will finally get a cross-the-pond pairing worth our... Read More

Alexandra, film blog, Vivica A Fox

Let Uche Aguh’s “The House Invictus” trailer quietly creep you out

If you watch the trailer for Uche Aguh’s debut feature film The House Invictus, but without the voiceover narrative, you’d still be creeped out. I’m not exactly sure what’s going on in the trailer, only that the world of The House Invictus is mildly awash with grindhouse elements, and moulds itself after horror frat movies... Read More

The House Invictus, Uche Aguh

Revisiting Michelle Bello’s “Flower Girl,” the Nollywood movie that defined the romantic comedy genre

While studying for her Masters degree in Communications at Regent University in Virginia, United States, Michelle Bello developed the first draft for Flower Girl. The class was asked to write a full-length feature film script, which she had never done before. But she knew the story would be a romantic comedy. “I really wanted to... Read More

Chris Attoh, damilola adegbite, Flower girl, Michelle Bello

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