The Film Blog

December 27, 2016

The Film Blog: The Wedding Party is only just getting started

One record smashed. Then, another. And now, this. And only a week and a half after release. And the word of mouth is only getting stronger. At this rate, in a matter of weeks, we’ll be looking a record for the highest grossing film in Nollywood history. What a time.

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December 25, 2016

The Film Blog: We’ll be watching EbonyLife’s Fifty tonight

Fifty isn’t a perfect movie. No gainsaying there. But in the annals of Nigerian movie history, its story will be told. Executive Producer Mo Abudu’s commitment to presenting the world with a different image of Africa is no better encapsulated by the film, which tells the story of four Nigerian women in, or about to... Read More

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December 23, 2016

The Film Blog: The Wedding Party smashes another record

Apparently not content with breaking the Nigerian opening weekend gross record, The Wedding Party has gone ahead to break the opening week record, with a gross of 66 million naira. Given that the movie has some of the strongest word of mouth we’ve seen in a long time, we expect it to have strong legs. Take... Read More

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December 22, 2016

The Film Blog: Gbomo Gbomo Express director plots a return with Catcher

Or Catch.er, as stylized on the poster. Not too much is known besides the stars of the movie as revealed by the poster, released by director Walter “Waltbanger” Taylaur’s. Oh, and according to his Instagram, it fits in the crime/murdery mystery genre(s). Not too much of a departure from the crime-comedy of his 2015 feature, Gbomo Gbomo... Read More

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December 21, 2016

The Film Blog: The curious case of the AMVCAs, EbonyLife, and Green White Green

You already know our thoughts on some of the issues we have with this year’s AMVCA nominations. One thing we didn’t mention though, was the conspicuous absence of EbonyLife’s Fifty which was undoubtedly one of last year’s biggest movies. As we said before, awards will always be contentious. And, even though, an awards show which has A Trip... Read More

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December 20, 2016

The Film Blog: From Toyin Tomato to Tinuade Coker, Sola Sobowale is not your mate

There she is, as the money-grubbing, man-eating, Toyin Tomato in Super Story’s ‘Oh Father, Oh Daughter’ series. Who could ever forget? Super Story was an absolutely pivotal show for Nigerian television, with its everyday approach to storytelling, the twists and turns of the plots, and its anthology format – the very thing Hollywood now hails as bold... Read More

Sola Sobowale, Super Story, The Wedding Party, tinuade coker, toyin tomato

December 20, 2016

The Film Blog: Anthill Studios’ ‘Plaything is pretty impressive

Anthill Studios was founded by Niyi Akinmolayan (who also serves as its Creative Director.) They’ve released a new short film, entirely animated, written and directed by Eri Umusu and Nurdin Momodu. With music by Ava Momoh, it tells the story of a boy whose toys come to life. It’s a nice, fun story, but the visual work (also... Read More

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December 19, 2016

The Film Blog: Is The Wedding Party already a hit?

It sure looks like it. A quick glance through Twitter leaves us hard pressed to find a bad word by anyone. Likewise the reviews: The direction is excellent. Adetiba doesn’t let her picture dwadle. The movie kicks off exciting the audience, and moves at a pace that makes it interesting to watch. “The Wedding Party”... Read More

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December 18, 2016

The Film Blog: Room 315 is a solid piece of work

Now that all the controversy has died down, Niyi Akinmolayan’s Room 315 has finally arrived. See for yourself. If you have 27 minutes to spare, please watch. We think it succeeds on many levels, but we’re particularly impressed by (because, this is an area we feel so much of Nollywood flounders these days) with the... Read More

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December 17, 2016

The Film Blog: We hear Mike Ezuruonye’s Brother Jekwu is raking in the cash

Well, at least 20 million naira. In 10 days. And we say ‘we hear’ because the only source for the figure is Linda Ikeji, who we can only assume got the information from Mike Ezuruonye (the producer) himself. And seeing as there are no other sources of box office figures in Nigeria, we’re going to have to take... Read More

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December 16, 2016

The Film Blog: These are Nigeria’s most searched movies and TV shows in 2016

A quick search on google trends reveals the top 10 most searched movies and TV series in Nigeria in 2016. Most noteworthy? Not a single Nollywood movie. It’s slightly disheartening, given that this has been a year with tentpole films like The Wedding Party, The CEO, and yes, even the terrible A Trip To Jamaica. But,... Read More

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December 16, 2016

The Film Blog: On Nigerian awards, we have to agree with Mildred Okwo

Of course, as far as the AMVCAs are concerned, we think they have had more than enough time to figure things out. Or at least to figure out how not to nominate terrible films. But, besides that, nothing left to add.

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December 15, 2016

The Film Blog: Omoni Oboli, you must be joking

First off, we feel it pertinent to mention that we operate separately from YNaija.com. Our focus is different. We do different things. As such, we don’t automatically align ourselves with YNaija reviews. Sometimes we even disagree with them completely. It’s important that we say this. Just to be clear. Because we are clearly dealing with people... Read More

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December 15, 2016

The Film Blog: A Trip To Jamaica? The AMVCAs also need to do some soul searching

Who would have thought that when we were calling out the Best of Nollywood Awards, and praising the AMVCAs in the process, we’d be find cause to do the same thing to the Africa Magic Viewers Choice awards a few days later? The AMVCAs have made some questionable choices over the years, which we won’t get... Read More

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December 15, 2016

The Film Blog: #AMVCA2017 Someone feels snubbed

Skinny girl in transit nom hopefully! https://t.co/75y08ZopYL — C. Soon #DamiBants (@DamiElebe) December 14, 2016 Will AMVCA nominate SGIT this year? We watch. — C. Soon #DamiBants (@DamiElebe) December 14, 2016 Writer of Ndani TV’s webseries, Skinny Girl In Transit. SGIT wasn’t nominated. Oh well. ? — C. Soon #DamiBants (@DamiElebe) December 14, 2016 Poor... Read More

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December 14, 2016

The Film Blog: The AMVCA nominations are here!

Announced tonight, the 2017 AMVCA nominations are led by 93 Days, 76 and Oloibiri. Clearly the jury was feeling historical/factual narratives below. Check out the full list: Best Actor in a Drama Richard Mofe Damijo – Oloibiri Ramsey Nouah – 76 Sambasa Nzeribe – Slow Country Gregory Ojefua – The Encounter Olu Jacobs – Oloibiri... Read More

December 13, 2016

The Film Blog: The Best of Nollywood Awards need to do some soul searching

The Best Of Nollywood Awards held last weekend. If you’re wondering why you didn’t hear much about it, it’s likely because the ceremony took place in Aba and the celebrities who would otherwise have flooded your instagram feeds with pictures likely decided they had better things to do than make the trip. We can’t say... Read More

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December 10, 2016

The Film Blog: Are Nigerian cinemas embracing the times?

For Nigerian cinemas, at least. A quick glance at the Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja schedule shows that a whopping 5 out of the 10 movies showing are Nigerian. If you haven’t been paying attention over the past few years, this is a feat. Once upon a time the only Nigerian films to touch cinemas were the... Read More

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December 10, 2016

Review: Heartbeat The Musical is promising but it can be better

by Okon Ekpo The end of the calendar year usually comes with it a rash of musicals staged to thrill the ravenous appetites of the Lagos arts scene. Last year had the opening of Bolanle Austen-Peters’ globetrotting Waka as well as the return of the audience fave, Kakadu. This year, Lufodo Productions, the content generating... Read More

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December 8, 2016

The Film Blog: Sadly, we are very disappointed with the movie ’76

You know that sinking feeling in your stomach when you don’t agree with the elite consensus? Yeah we felt that after watching ’76. Because we desperately wanted to like it. Came in excited to like it. We had heard everyone we respect confess to loving it. And then there is our admiration for the grit... Read More

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December 7, 2016

The Film Blog: ‘The Inn’ has our attention

Just yesterday we were talking about stars making a return to the limelight via television shows. Today, we found out about a new movie called The Inn, which stars Ngozi Nwosu and a bunch of other people we can’t be bothered by. Okay, okay, Uti Nwachukwu, Mofe Duncan, IK Ogbonna might not exactly set our... Read More

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December 6, 2016

The Film Blog: Victor Sanchez Aghahowa’s ‘Baking Bread’ is a plus for the industry

On Sunday the 4th of December, somewhere in Ikeja, Victor Sanchez Aghahowa hosted a bunch of young writers (or aspiring writers) to a day-long session. The purpose? To share knowledge, period. Knowledge about the actual craft of screenwriting. Knowledge about the Nigerian film and television industry, and insights necessary for anyone looking to break in. The... Read More

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December 6, 2016

The Film Blog: Is an Ego Boyo resurgence upon us?

Last week we brought you news that director and producer Mildred Okwo was hard at work on set of her new project, a TV series currently titled Bankers NGR. The most interesting tidbit there, (in our opinion, of course) was the presence of Ego Boyo on set. This is important to us because, Ego Boyo is,... Read More

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December 4, 2016

The Film Blog: ‘Salt’ is a pretty good ebola narrative

The thing about big events or tragedies is that there are tons of other smaller, more narrow events taking place within them that tend to go unnoticed or unacknowledged. This is why, despite the fact that 93 Days did such a fine job of telling the story (and stories) of Ebola in Nigeria, both on a... Read More

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December 3, 2016

The Film Blog: Mildred Okwo plots her next move

After wowing audiences with her first film The Meeting (actually, her first film was 30 Days, but so few people got to see it, and even fewer are aware of his existence,) Nollywood director and producer Mildred Okwo returned with another comedy, Surulere. The latter may have seen a somewhat lukewarm reception, but it did the great... Read More

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December 1, 2016

The Film Blog: Omotola is (almost) back

Gird your loins. Director Moses Inwang just released (on Instagram, curiously enough) teasers for his next movie which stars Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. “Alter Ego” which lands next year, sees Omotola in her first role in 3 years. It also appears to be, literally, about an alter ego (or more than one.) “Multiple personalities” are a tricky... Read More

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November 20, 2016

The Film Blog: Somkele Idhalama and Ifeanyi Dike Jr. – 2 on a roll

You know, we’re quite wary of noise. Its very function in many regards is to distract. And so we’re equally wary of contributing to said noise. But sometimes exceptions have to be made. Because sometimes, some people manage to bypass all of the noise and hype. Somehow, they find a way to cut through with actual substance,... Read More

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November 20, 2016

The Film Blog: And the (AFRIFF) winners are…

And after a week of feverish activity, the 2016 edition of the Africa International Film Festival has come to a close. We’ve kept a close eye and this year has seen significant buzz for new hands, in particular Ojukokoro and Green White Green (which we’ve had our eyes on for some time now). The event wrapped... Read More

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November 18, 2016

The Film Blog: Ojukokoro is coming

It’s rare that a Nigerian movie generates what is clearly organic buzz (as opposed to, you know, Nollywood people just getting high on their own supply) but that appears to be the case with Dare Olaitan’s Ojukokoro. Or maybe we’re already biased because we liked the trailer. The movie premiered at AFRIFF last night and... Read More

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November 16, 2016

The Film Blog: Denrele The Groom

We couldn’t be more curious about Denrele’s new film role. “How To Play A Player,” you say? Our eyes are peeled.

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