The Film Blog

Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian film “Rafiki” becomes Kenya’s first film to debut at Cannes

A feature film directed by award-winning producer and writer Wanuri Kahiu has made history by becoming the first Kenyan film to be invited to premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Wanuri is known for the award-winning 2009 sci-fi short film Pumzi, and she joins six female filmmakers from a lineup of 13 films. Her... Read More

Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu

The Eve

Review: The Eve is too lightweight to matter, but it is fun

Like the title clearly states, it is the day before a wedding. A union between a spoiled rich kid, Yewande (an eager Beverly Naya,) and her coddled heartthrob, Funsho, played with fumbling charm by Adeolu Adefarasin. The young couple at the center of The Eve have convinced themselves of the genuineness of their love and... Read More

Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog

adeolu adefarasin, Beverly Naya, The Eve, Wilfred Okiche

NollywoodWeek

Here are the movies lined up for the 2018 NollywoodWeek Paris Film Festival

Back for its sixth edition, the NollywoodWeek Paris Film Festival will showcase the best of Nollywood in France from Thursday May 3rd to Sunday May 6th 2018 at the cinema I’Arlequin Movie Theatre (76 rue de Rennes, 75006, Paris). Among the official selection for the festival are the world premieres of Slyvia, Kasala, and The... Read More

Nollywoodweek Paris Film Festival

Wives on strike, Omoni Oboli

Omoni Oboli is bringing Wives on Strike to the small screen

If you loved Omoni Oboli’s Wives on Strike films, released first in 2016 and later as a sequel in 2017, then I’m sure the film’s adaptation for television should get you excited. The ingredients appear to be there: crusty humour, bawdy dialogue and, of course, women taking charge of their world. The trailer features the... Read More

Omoni Oboli, wives on strike

Okoye

Dwayne Johnson’s Nigerian character in “Rampage” honours former NFL player Christian Okoye

Watching the trailer for soon-to-be-released disaster film Rampage made me realise how similar it is to another disaster sibling in San Andreas, the 2015 film directed by Brad Peyton. I’d later discover that Rampage is also directed by Brad Peyton, and who better than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Davis Okoye to save the world?... Read More

Dwayne Johnson, Rampage. Christian Okoye

Film Review: New Money is awkward, clumsy

Some would argue that if ever there was such a thing as the Nigerian Dream, unmerited favour would come closest to capturing this lofty ideal. And why not? In Nigeria, equal opportunity is a mirage, inclusion is a pipe dream. And as for that often repeated line about finding strength in diversity? Surely only politicians... Read More

Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog

dakore akande, FilmOne Distribution, Inkblot productions, Jemima Osunde, Kalu Ikeagwu, kate henshaw, Naz Onuzo, New Money, Tope Oshin

Surprise, this AY Makun comedy skit of Marvel’s “Black Panther” is actually quite funny

For his annual, well-attended comedy extravaganza AY Live that took place on Easter Sunday, stand-up comedian AY Makun looked to Marvel’s Black Panther for inspiration. Introducing a comedy skit before the show proper to align with the show’s Black Panther theme, AY’s rendition had all the trappings of Nollywood, and parodied a scene in the... Read More

Ton tones

Revisiting “5th Floor”, which turns Toni Tones into an insufferable boss lady with a true redemption arc

Toni Tones has only been in two movies, 2016’s It’s Her Day and 2018’s June. The latter, which is a romantic comedy directed by Desmond Elliot, shares a rich character link to how Tones is portrayed in Sobe Charles Umeh’s 5th Floor. In fact, the characters are the same. In the film, hewed closely to... Read More

5th Floor, Toni Tones

Lowladee has a sleeper hit with her film “You Me Maybe”

I think I’m putting my IrokoTV subscription to good use. The streaming platform’s catalogue of movies and TV shows seems infinite, and it can be a little frustrating deciding on what to watch. When I came across You Me Maybe, though, I felt more inclined to give it a try because of its run time:... Read More

Ade Laoye, Ademola Adedoyin, Lowladee, Tina Mba, You Me Maybe

“Love In A Time Of Kekes” is an average rich girl-meets-poor guy romance movie

Countless movies have explored inter-class romance and they go back as far as Grease, the 1978 teen musical directed by Randal Kleiser. Some don’t end happily, like James Cameron’s Titanic released in 1997, a romance drama about a 17-year-old aristocrat who falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious and ill-fated... Read More

Belinda Yanga-Adedah, Efa Iwara, Ijeoma Grace Agu, Love In A Time Of Kekes, rok studios

Pacific Rim

“Pacific Rim: Uprising” is John Boyega not taking himself too seriously. Plus banter

Pacific Rim: Uprising was never going to be better than Guillermo del Toro’s elegantly made version released in 2013. It’s now becoming sci-fi tradition, sequels not matching up to the acclaim of their first volumes. Uprising has a 45% score on Rotten Tomatoes, a considerable dip when compared to the 71% rating that Pacific Rim... Read More

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John Boyega, Pacific Rim 2

Date Night

This trailer for “Date Night” is the stuff psychological thrillers are made of

Okay. So I’m a little excited about the forthcoming Date Night, partly because it’s a piece of filmmaking that derails from the Nollywood usual in comedies and rom-coms. Or maybe because I like women doing bad stuff. At least unintentionally, as in the 2017 film Rough Night, which sees Scarlett Johansson and her girlfriends display... Read More

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[The Film Blog] “New Money” is a modern update on the Cinderella Story

In New Money, we meet a handful of characters. But early on in the dramedy, director Tope Oshin brings Toun Odunmosun into focus. Living in semi-urban Lagos, Toun is just a regular girl doing regular things. She’s a lowly, average attendant at Shopper’s Delight, or “shop girl,” as she would later say in frustrated defiance,... Read More

Blossom Chukwujekwu, Dakore Osunde, Jemima Osunde, Kalu Ikeagwu, Tope Oshin

Royal hibiscus hotel

[The Film Blog] Still haven’t seen the Royal Hibiscus Hotel? Wait till March 30 to stream on Amazon Prime Video

EbonyLife Films just announced that their much-talked-about, romantic comedy The Royal Hibiscus Hotel will be available on streaming platform Amazon Prime Video, on March 30. So now, you really don’t have an excuse. Since opening in cinemas on February 9, and with heavy media promotion heralding it, The Royal Hibiscus Hotel is extending its box... Read More

Amazon Prime Video, EbonyLife Films, The Royal Hibiscus Hotel

Nollywood

[The Film Blog] How to make a Nollywood Film in 2018

Nollywood has come a long way since low-budget, era-defining films like Living in Bondage and Nneka the Pretty Serpent. But today’s filmmaking is all about the box office and sequels, pop corn and red carpet premieres. It’s a flashy Nollywood system engineered to keep you returning to the cinemas, even without you realising it. Studios... Read More

Alakada Reloaded, bound, Isoken, Just Before I do, The Wedding Party

Mummy Dearest

Film Review: Mummy Dearest – The Wedding is the sequel you didn’t ask for

Willie Ikedum’s first feature, Mummy Dearest released in 2015 is notable mostly for handing a plum role to Liz Ameye, whose career trajectory lately has been stuck in the comeback mode. Ameye who used to be queen of Nollywood at one time, played Rose Chinda, a mother of five adult children scattered in different cities... Read More

Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog

Daniel K Daniel, Liz Ameye, Mummy Dearest

Oyinkan Braithwaite

[The Film Blog] Working Title is turning Oyinkan Braithwaite’s satirical novel, “My Sister, The Serial Killer” into a feature film

UK production company Working Title has optioned Oyinkan Braithwaite’s slasher satire My Sister, The Serial Killer for film. The novel is Braithwaite’s debut, and follow a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has an inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. The Darkest Hour producer optioned the book and will produce it with Big Talk’s Nira Park... Read More

Oyinkan Braithwaite

David Oyelowo

[The Film Blog] Funny, smart, and a little extra: David Oyelowo brings everything Nigerian in “Gringo”

Years before David Oyelowo became a Hollywood star, his teacher at the City and Islington College had suggested that he should take up acting. Oyelowo was studying theatre studies then, which he finished and later enrolled with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). From working with the Royal Shakespeare Company which started... Read More

David Oyelowo, Gringo

Black Panther

[The Film Blog] Black Panther is the Most Tweeted About Movie of All Time

Black Panther is now the most tweeted about movie of all time! Wakanda forever! With over 35 million tweets about the Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther has destroyed the social media competition. Twitter officially made the announcement on Tuesday, making the film most tweeted about movie ever. It was all revealed on Tuesday that the most... Read More

Black Panther, twitter.

Black Panther

[The Film Blog] Blue Pictures Breaks Box Office with Marvel’s “Black Panther”

Following the hype behind one of the greatest movies of all times, Blue Pictures, West Africa’s leading movie distribution company, has attained a milestone as they break and make new box office records with Black Panther, days after its release in Nigeria. The Marvel superhero film Black Panther was said to have had the biggest... Read More

Black Panther, Blue Pictures

Lala Akindoju

Profile: At long last here’s Lala Akindoju, Uncovered

For the Lagos Theatre Festival, Lala Akindoju decided she was ripe for a one-woman show. One-person shows aren’t the easiest of endeavors to pull off. The burden of single handedly holding an audience’s attention for a period of time isn’t one that every actor cares to take on, but Akindoju, an accomplished stage actress and... Read More

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Lala Akindoju, Wilfred Okiche

200 Million

[The Film Blog] The “200 Million” Trailer Features All Your Favourite Comedians

And Nollywood Comedy Central presents the 200 Million trailer, directed by August Udoh (Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo) and sponsored by the Snow Microfinance Bank. 200 Million is your average, star-driven comedy with actual comic personalities. But I’d like to vent on the star-driven part. Like, can’t Nollwood do a decent comedy without putting half of... Read More

200 Million, Owen Gee

Wakanda Forever

“Wakanda Forever” is peak Asaba Nollywood

First: Why am I not surprised? A fair share of Nollywood films have been made based on the cultural zeitgeist of the past. The 2011 film BlackBerry Babes was the product of a collective obsession with the BlackBerry smartphone and the exclusivity of its messaging service called BBM. Can I please have your PIN? Can... Read More

Wakanda Forever

Gringo

Gringo, Mascara, Black Panther: the movies & shows you should see this weekend

It can be a daunting task trying to sift through the slog of movies and TV shows released in cinemas and streaming platforms. It’s a whole lot. But I have gone through the trouble in compiling this lean, precise list for your weekend entertainment. Whether it’s comedy or Nollywood, these are the movies and TV... Read More

Black Panther, Gringo, Mascara, Mummy Dearest: The Wedding, The Royal Hibiscus Hotel

Sope Aluko

Sope Aluko is coming to the big screen alongside Tom Hardy in “Venom”

Many Nigerians didn’t know who Sope Aluko was until Black Panther, even though she has starred in major studio movies like Pitch Perfect 2 and Identity Thief, and scored recurring roles on television series on Netflix’s Bloodline, NBC’s Law & Order SVU and Parks & Recreation. Nigerian by heritage but raised in the UK, Sope... Read More

Black Panther, Sope Aluko, venom

David, Oyelowo

[The Film Blog] David Oyelowo won’t say no being the next James Bond

The iconic role of James Bond has been up for grabs since Daniel Craig’s Spectre, his penultimate Bond film that will climax with Bond 25 in 2019. Craig’s multi-film contract will be over by then, and the actor will be the happier party given how he said he’d rather slash his wrists than play Bond... Read More

David Oyelowo, Gringo, James Bond

Disguise

Film Review: Disguise is so bad, you will want your time (and money) back

What do men want? What do women want? These two, seemingly innocuous questions have bothered the great thinkers for the longest of times. Unfortunately, not one of them has been able to come up with satisfactory answers. In Disguise, the latest embarrassment to come out of the Desmond Elliot factory of third rate products, Theophilus... Read More

Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog

disguise, The Film Blog, Wilfred Okiche, ynaija

Black Panther

[The Film Blog] Rejoice, Black Panther Fans! Marvel Has Officially Confirmed a Black Panther Sequel

It’s official! Black Panther is getting a sequel! Not that this was any surprise though, given how the first Black Panther film, which hit cinemas almost a month ago, has completely obliterated all expectations. It’s currently looking to win the box office for the fourth consecutive week. Still, despite the massive success, Marvel Studios had... Read More

Black Panther, Kevin Feige, Wakanda

The Eve

[The Film Blog] The best thing about the trailer for “The Eve” is all the male eye candy

Warning: this review will mostly be shallow and will appeal to straight women and gay men. But the rest of you are welcome to stay because where else will you get the sauce? So first, Tosin Igho’s upcoming film The Eve is a romantic comedy that’s unsurprisingly flat on story. Nollywood has made so much... Read More

Dr. Mekam

[The Film Blog] Kalu Ikeagwu Murders the Igbo language in hilarious trailer for “Dr. Mekam”

Dr. Mekam, the upcoming film from Oby Olebara Uzoukwu with Ike Nnaebue as director, is a commentary on the Nigerian political landscape. It’s also a comedy and Dr. Mekam (Kalu Ikeagwu) is the unfortunate subject whose fragile American worldview is crushed by the political realities in Nigeria. He’s a respected, successful doctor who returns home... Read More

Dr. Mekam, Kalu Ikeagwu, Oby Olebara Uzoukwu

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