The unnerving storyline of Diiche sets it apart as a Nigerian drama and psychological thriller series guaranteed to get and stay in your head. The toe-curling and popcorn-spilling jumps that…
Read MoreA few days ago, while speaking at a cultural event in Paris, France, prominent Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie got into trouble with the intelligentsia community when her irritable answer…
Read MoreIt is hard to go wrong with a movie that is built around a social message. Especially in conservative societies where signalling is key and it is still difficult for…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche To market Couple’s Award, a surprisingly decent, if linear domestic drama about the toll that the pressures of waiting for that first baby takes on young couples,…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche The film business is such that it welcomes anyone with cash and determination to spare. Every month, a greenhorn producer rises to the surface with their…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche In CaTCH.eR, the latest crime thriller by Walter ‘Waltbanger’ Taylaur, the director returns to the seedy underworld that made his 2015 feature-length debut, Gbomo Gbomo Express,…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Blessing Egbe has built a career on documenting the ups and downs of being female in Nigeria. In the soap opera, Lekki Wives - her signature…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Nollywood starlet, Mary Lazarus joins the ever-expanding list of actresses to take the plunge into film production with Dance To My Beat. She plays it as…
Read MoreNigerian movie writers and production companies are riding high on the wings of the romantic comedy genre. The box office champ, The Wedding Party, changed the game irrevocably. Then the…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Director Asurf Oluseyi has made two shorts,- the AMVCA winning A Day with Death and Hell or Highwater, a sensitive portrayal of being male and gay in…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche The unprecedented triumph of last year’s money printing behemoth, The Wedding Party at the domestic box office points to one thing, that such a success story lends…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche From the stable of Diamond Groove pictures, makers of such forgettable fare as I Come Lagos and Honeymoon Hotel, comes this effort, All About Love, a sexy…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Brenda Jackson (Karen Simpson), an up and coming singer spends her days (and nights) toiling in Canadian bars, hoping to get noticed by someone in a position…
Read MoreAt the closing of NollywoodWeek Paris on the 7th of June, 2015, I saw Stephanie Linus’s Dry, which begins with Zara Robbins receiving an award at an event, where her adopted mother…
Read MoreThe creative union between Frank Rajah Arase, the Nigerian born director and Abdul Salam Mumuni, head of Venus, a production company headquartered in Ghana can be widely credited with reigniting…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Director Obi Emelonye probably earned the right to make ‘Onye ozi’ - translated as The Messenger- , an ultra-low budget independent film in Igbo language after enjoying…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche ‘Dark side’ is a suspense thriller starring Bayo Alawiye, Nobert Young, Joseph Benjamin and Uru Eke. It begins with a supernatural twist as a young man (Bayo…
Read Moreby Nanya Konwea Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Another year, another ‘’Nollywood-Hollywood’ collaboration arrives. And how we’ve come to dread them. A long time ago, film lovers jumped excitedly at the mere thought of Hollywood…
Read Moreby Oris Aigbokhaevbolo The 6th European Film Festival held recently in Abuja. As in previous editions, films from several European countries were screened over two weeks, and at no cost…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche As Nollywood actresses go, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha is pretty big. She’s been around for a while, gone about her business quietly and won an AMAA for…
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