Living in Bondage: Breaking Free star Jidekene Achufusi was the latest celebrity guest on YNaija’s flagship show, Rubbin’ Minds, talking to host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu about his Nollywood journey, especially after finding fame with Ramsey Nouah’s 2019 sequel of occult horror Living in Bondage. But Jidekene’s acting career didn’t begin with that film. The Enugu-born actor... Read More

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September 11, 2020

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Nollywood and a post-pandemic future

At the end of the Living in Bondage sequel premiere last year, the audience erupted in an applause in a packed Lagos cinema. Lights came on, and in minutes revealed celebrities shuffling in goth glam and imperious horrorcore outfits (think Dracula, but a little more DIY-looking). Themes have become a mainstay in Nollywood movie premieres,... Read More

Deep Dive, Editor's Pick

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December 14, 2019

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#YNaija2019Review: 4th Republic, The Delivery Boy, The Set Up… These are the best films of the year

For the annual review, only feature length films that received a wide distribution either on big screens or streaming platforms were considered. Because of the limited options for distribution, documentaries that debuted in the festival circuit or screened privately within the year have also been considered. Mokalik Mokalik is a mildly interesting but far from holistic... Read More

Featured, Rankings

4th Republic, Light in the Dark, Living In Bondage: Breaking Free, Mokalik, The Bling Lagosians, The Delivery Boy, The Ghost and the house of truth, The Journey of an African Colony, The Last Tree, The Set Up

November 6, 2019

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Top 5 movies we are most looking forward to in November

The film world is still churning with the news about the disqualification of Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart from 2020 Oscar race. Lionheart, which entered for the Best International Feature Film category, was made ineligible by the Academy because it’s mostly an ”English film.” Hello, we were colonised by Britain and English is our official language. Frankly,... Read More

Ramsey Nouah is searching for an actor to play Andy Okeke in the ‘Living In Bondage’ sequel

If you didn’t know, there will be a sequel to Living In Bondage, the 1992 horror classic that brought forth the canon of occultic movies, blood money movies, and whatever movie there is with grown men or women in a coven doing witchy things. It is such a unique horror sub-genre that Nollywood became known... Read More

The Film Blog

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