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The Film Blog Thread: So this is what people are saying about ’10 days in Sun City’

AY Makun’s third instalment of the Akpos franchise opened in Cinemas across Nigeria from the 23rd of June. It’s been two weeks since its release, sufficient time to feel the pulse of the people about Makun’s work. What do Nigerians think about the Sun City? What are they saying? Did AY nail it or did... Read More

10 Days in Sun City, ay makun, nigerian movies, The Film Blog, The Thread

The Film Blog: Comparisons between The Wedding Party and Isoken are misguided – and unnecessary

So yesterday I saw Isoken…not so sure about it, better than The Wedding Party but not quite there yet. End of Review — Dami Ajayi (@JollyPaps1) July 3, 2017 We know the coming of Isoken has given all the guys who low-key hated The Wedding Party (TWP) frenzy, an excuse to finally speak out. We... Read More

Isoken, Movie reviews, nollywood, The Film Blog, The Wedding Party

The Film Blog: We don’t like the fact that Tina Mba doesn’t get the credit she deserves

Tina Mba has been in two recent hit Nollywood movies, Isoken and Okafor’s Law. And in both of them she really outshone almost everyone else, even when she wasn’t lead. There is something about the energy she brings into her roles – always warm, always engaging. And we particularly love the way she integrates Nigerian... Read More

Formidable actresses, Isoken, Movie lovers, nigerian movies, nollywood, Okafor’s Law, Tango With Me, The Film Blog, Tina Mba

The Film Blog: Funke Akindele just proved that she knows the work

He asked: By now jenifa in Jenifa's diary should be able to speak fairly correct English. @funkeakindele @TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic — Bola Adesope, PMP (@bolaadesope) July 2, 2017 She answered: Nope. That's her trademark. By now Mr bean suppose dey talk 😂😜 https://t.co/QPzncS6HqE — Funke Akindele (@funkeakindele) July 2, 2017 That’s how it’s done.

Funke Akindele, Jenifa's Diary, Mr Bean, nollywood, The Film Blog, Twitter Critics

The Film Blog: Everything about Imoh Umoren’s new film looks gorgeous

Imoh Umoren, one of the finest minds you haven’t heard about in Nigerian film and television, is finally ready for his close up. Taking a break from head-scratchingly attacking the #BringBackOurGirls protesters, he reminds us of why exactly those who know respect his brilliance. Just look at the trailer. What he does with the camera,... Read More

Children of Mud, imoh umoren, Liz Benson Aneyo, Matilda Obaseki, Movie lovers, nollywood, The Film Blog

The Film Blog Thread: “Diamond Ring, an edge-of-the-seat winner” | A trip down memory lane to the Nollywood that made actual magic

Have you seen Diamond Ring, Dry leaves or Women’s Cot? If you haven’t, this thread is for you. Welcome to Old Hollywood, where story lines were gripping, dialogue was thoughtful and the acting, “American standard”. This is only a glimpse (the movies tell all) into the star power of RMD, Omotola, Onyeka Owenu, Opa Williams,... Read More

Chude Jideonwo, diamond ring, Kunle Afolayan, nigerian movies, nollywood, rmd, roti, Tade Ogidan, The Thread

The Film Blog: Alakada Reloaded is premiering in the U.K.? Hey God!

We hope we don’t bear responsibility for joining the hype of this film. Actually, calling it a film is a disservice to the world – more a collection of unrelated skits shots by the same person. We liked it because, even though it was an unadulterated mess, it was funny. It was very funny. And... Read More

Alakada Reloded, Movie lovers, movie premieres, nollywood, The Film Blog, Toyin Abraham

The Film Blog: Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Roti’ is an exercise in brilliance – but will Nigerians go to see it?

The casting of this movie is excellent. Everyone is perfect – Kunle Afolayan, Kate Henshaw, Kunle’s mum (who, we hear, is his mum in real life!), Fatiha Balogun, Fathia’s husband. It’s a melting pot of depth and soul. And we are so grateful for their talent. Even the son, brings in talent far and above... Read More

kate henshaw, Kunle Afolayan, Movie lovers, nigerian movies, nollywood, roti, The Flm Blog

The Film Blog: You have to admire the bravery of this TNS review of Isoken

You know, one of us at The Film Blog absolutely insisted that Isoken is formulaic, and nothing special – at all. We shut him down. Not only because we are mostly Jade Osiberu fan boys and girls here, but also because, hey, this is the cool new film of the moment. If you don’t like... Read More

Chris Ihidero, Dakore, Jade Osiberu, Movie reviews, nollywood, The Film Blog, Tina Mba

The Film Blog: Ehen, this is the Kunle Afolayan we knower

The Kunle Afolayan we know stoped playing in 1901, and so we were very surprised by the low-key rollout of his movie, Omugwo, the first of three done in partnership with Africa Magic for 2017. The movie had Patience Ozokowor and yet very few people know it happened. Which is very surprising for Afolayan. But... Read More

kate henshaw, Kunle Afoloyan, Nigerian movies soundtracks, nollywood, roti, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Please, does anybody understand what Shan George is even saying?

Please help us and watch. https://www.instagram.com/p/BV2PGgBlpI_/?taken-by=officialhiptv Meanwhile, is she still in Nollywood?

"Cabality", Cabal, nigerian movies, nollywood, Shan George, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: We are totally loving the trailer for “My Wife & I” – and can’t wait to see Rachel Oniga

We’ve talked about this before. The images, the art, everything is on point. The Inkblot guy’s take themselves very seriously (some will say for its chief executive, Chinaza Onuzo, too seriously) so we are not surprised. This trailer was released yesterday. With lead stars Ramsey Nouah and Omoni Oboli, it also features Jemima Osunde, Seyi Law,... Read More

Freaky Friday, My Wife and I, nigerian movies, nollywood, Omoni Oboli, Ramsey Nouah, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: The crowd of Nollywood stars in Rwanda reminds you that AMAA is not dead

There is an abundance of people so upset at the mediocrity of the Africa Movie Academy Awards that they just want it shut down. You hear it often in film circles, especially with younger people. We chronicled one such angry bird here. Still, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, for all her many flaws, continues to make it happen,... Read More

africa movie academy awards, Bolanle Austen-Peters, nollywood, Olu Jacobs, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: We are feeling one-kain about the fact that Ice Prince is doing a biopic

On the one hand, there is a ‘why not?’ vibe. If he feels he has a story to tell and he wants to tell the story now, and he can afford to tell the story – who are we to say anything to him? But then again, still, on that other hard, there is that... Read More

biopic, Documentary, Ice Prince, ireti doyle, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Omotola gives the perfect answer for every critic and hater in your life

“What they gonna do?” A reporter asked Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde at a press briefing on a Wednesday about her new role in the new movie, Alter Ego – her first, in a while, and one that’s widely anticipated – and the sex scenes that will ensue and above was her answer. “What they gonna do?” “When... Read More

omotola jalade ekeinde, The Alter Ego, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Old Nollywood isn’t going anywhere anytime soon

For every film producer that says Nollywood is neglecting its slapdash storylines, its complete disregard for attention to detail, and its underlying ideology that says, “if you can cut it to an hour and thirty minutes, or two hours then it must be good to go.” There’s another that says, “Bullshit! These kids don’t know... Read More

Iroko TV, new nollywood, old nollywood, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Isoken is hot like fire at the cinemas – for one simple reason

It’s funny. This isn’t our greatest Nigerian movie of all time, but don’t take our word for it, because while we sat in the cinemas, everyone was laughing to death. They were laughing because – It was funny. It was smart. It was beautiful to look at. It had Funke Akindele. It understands comedic timing. Jade... Read More

dakore akande, Funke Akindele, Isoken, Jade Osiberu, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Someone who has brains actually released a DVD of Moji Olaiya’s burial

What won’t we see? Barely a week after the shocking burial of Yoruba-movie actress, Moji Olaiya, a well known film distributor has actually released a movie of her burial for sale to the public. The movie is called ‘Canada to the Grave’. Let the people say, what a wow. The so-called ‘documentary’ is being sold... Read More

Canada to Grave, Gbenga Adewusi, moji olaiya, nigerian movies, nollywood, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Uduak Isong’s ‘Lost in London’, to cut a long story short, is a disgrace

Why do people still do these things? Aren’t you paying attention to all the giant strides Nollywood has been making recently – from Ojukokoro to ’76? This film is a failure of writing, a failure of story telling, and not even the valiant efforts of its young, otherwise impressive director could fill the pot holes... Read More

Ime Bishop, Lost in London, Uduak Isong

The Film Blog: Throwback to 2006 when a Nollywood fan was ‘wailing’

This is a reminder of how far we have come – from 2006 when this piece was published in the Guardian. WHERE HAVE ALL THE BLOCKBUSTERS GONE? (OR, THE LAMENTATIONS OF A FORMER NOLLYWOOD FAN) There was a time when I was a Nigerian movie addict, I remember that. I would defend our... Read More

Domitilla, ego boyo, genevieve, kate henshaw, Movie making, movie review, new nollywood, old nollywood, Omotola, rmd, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: This criticism of Nollywood on TheNakedConvos actually proves the point

So, this was a good-intentioned piece. Our problem is this: the problem we have with pieces like this – they don’t reflect the facts. They are lazy. And we need more media people who really understand our cultural space and pay attention. Especially before critique. See what he wrote: “We’ve had “30 days in Atlanta”, “A... Read More

Movie reviews, nigeria, nollywood, The Film Blog, TheNakedConvos

The Film Blog: We remember Niyi Akinmolayan’s tweet storm on AMAA last year

This morning, we asked a question by the way, as to why industry players are essentially ignoring the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). New Nollywood really doesn’t care to be honest. A reader shared this tweet-storm from The Arbitration and The Wedding Party II director, Niyi Akinmolayan. We think it makes the case very strongly.... Read More

africa movie academy awards, AMAA, Niyi Akinmolayan, The Arbitration, The Film Blog, The Wedding Party

The Film Blog: This is the third time the AMAA date has been postponed

What exactly is going on? And why are film enthusiasts and industry players so unconcerned? Is that how far the Africa Movie Academy Awards has fallen? First, it was announced that the date for the event was 20 May. Then we heard that the Lagos government would be hosting it, after Rivers hosted last year.... Read More

Africa Movie Academy Awards 2017, AMAA, nigerian movies, nollywood, Nse Ikpe-Etim, The Film Blog

The Film Blog: Sola Sobowale looks buckwyld and crazy in this film

You already know we are absolutely watching this. Sola is all over the place, exactly as we want to be. Chinwetalu Agu isn’t far away. And then we see cameos by media icons Betty and Soni Irabor. The film, Witness Box is directed by Lukman Abdulrahman. Sadly we have no date for the premiere, which is... Read More

BETTY IRABOR, Chiwetalu Agu, nigerian movies, nollywood, Sola Sobowale, The Film Blog, Witness box

The Film Blog: We don’t know what’s happening in this Ramsey Nouah film, but we LOVE the poster

We love every single thing about the poster for ‘My Wife & I’, a new comedy featuring Ramsey Nouah and Omoni Oboli. The film was directed by BProducer and produced by Inkblot and Agency106. By the way, we see that the producers of The Arbitration have finally given in to the comedy event. Was inevitable.

arbitration, nigerian movies, nollywood, Omoni Oboli, Ramsey Nouah, The Film Blog

Alakada Reloaded, Slow Country make an entry into our top 10 film countdown

Recently released movie, Alakada Reloaded has found its way to our top ten film countdown. The movie produced by Toyin Abraham which is the third instalment of the Alakada series hit the cinemas on May 26 reportedly grossing a whopping N25m in its first week. The movie starring Toyin Abraham, Odunlade Adekola, Lala Akindoju, Ali Baba, Helen... Read More

Featured, The Film Blog

Alakada Reloaded, Slow Country, The Wedding Party, top10film

The Film Blog: Does Tope Tedela use ‘juju’ on all of you?

We’re split on this point at The Film Blog, but today those of us on the ‘Nay side’ get to have our say. And our say is this: we just watched yet another Tope Tedela movie and we have to wonder if the young man uses some voodoo. To cut to the chase, we don’t... Read More

nigerian movies, nollywood, Pulse, The Film Blog, Tope Tedela

The Film Blog: We won’t take credit for the ’10 days in Sun City’ blitz

Because we can’t be conceited enough to think someone took it so personal that the day after we said no one was talking about the film, there was buzz everywhere, ’10 days in Sun City’ is AY Makun’s latest – and third – film. Short in South Africa, it has a June 23 release date... Read More

10 Days in Sun City, Adesua Etomi, ay makun, nigerian movies, nollywood, rmd, The Film Blog

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