Tag: Dare Olaitan

YNaija 11 months

The Film Blog: Dare Olaitan Explains How Famous Actors Opted Out of His Horror Film ‘Ile Owo’

Get ready to be captivated by the terror-inducing masterpiece, "Ile – Owo," directed by the exceptionally talented Dare Olaitan. This Nigerian horror film is set to debut on Netflix this…

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Wilfred Okiche 5 years

Review: Knock Out Blessing delivers more hits than misses

The prodigious Dare Olaitan announced his arrival in audacious form with the 2017 crime drama Ojukokoro (Greed). A welcome breath of fresh air, Ojukokoro was quite unlike anything that had…

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Bernard Dayo 5 years

Here’s when Dare Olaitan’s ‘Knock Out Blessing’ will hit cinemas

In a press statement released last October for Dare Olaitan's forthcoming move Knock Out Blessing, he added this as a footnote, “Imagine Ojukokoro but 10 times bigger and better. I…

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Bernard Dayo 6 years

Here’s your first look at Dare Olaitan’s upcoming movie ‘Knock Out Blessing’

The first teaser for Dare Olaitan's upcoming movie Knock Out Blessing opens in a shrine. A politician running for whatever office has come to seek favour to win, and it's…

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Wilfred Okiche 6 years

Long Read: It’s high time we talked about this year’s AMAA nominees

On the evening of August 3, the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the premier rewarding system for film talent in Nigeria and perhaps all of Africa announced the nominations for…

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Bernard Dayo 6 years

[The Film Blog] Catch the New York Premiere of Dare Olaitan’s Ojukokoro at the Metrograph on April 13

If you will be in New York before April 13 and looking for fun things to do, I suggest you see a movie. But not just anyone: Dare Olaitan's impressive,…

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Editor 7 years

The Media Blog: We really like what the ‘Ojukokoro’ director is doing next

You know we totally adored the film when it came out. And now, Dare Olaitan, director and writer of Ojukokoro is sealing his reputation as the chronicler of the smart,…

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Tolu 7 years

The Film Blog: We have to absolutely disagree with this review – and any other negative review of Ojukokoro

Rhimes’s show is made under the opposite circumstances from Fincher’s: nearly twice as many episodes, ratings pressure, constant threat of cancellation, a ravenous tweeting audience. These forces wreck other network…

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Tolu 7 years

Film Review: Ojukokoro is what happens when a fan of the Coen brothers jumps off a plane without a parachute

by Chi Ibe There were about 14 of us at the cinemas to watch the new film, Ojukokoro yesterday. The 14 included my friend who I had dragged with me,…

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Op-ed Editor 7 years

Today’s Noisemakers: #HurtBae, Dare Olaitan, Olabinjo and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…

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Mazi Emeka 7 years

Watch Hafiz Oyetoro, Somkele Idhalama, Linda Ejiofor, others star in Ojukokoro

Award-winning actors including, Wale Ojo, Ali Nuhu, Tope Tedela, Somkele Idhalama, Linda Ejiofor, Zainab Balogun and Hafiz Oyetoro (Saka) star in a new gripping comedy crime-thriller entitled Ojukokoro (Greed). Written…

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Media Blogger 7 years

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…

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