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Sola Sobowale
June 17, 2023
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Have You Watched Battle on Buka Street? Nigerians Can’t Stop Praising This Record-Breaking Film!

Nigeria’s highest-grossing film, “Battle on Buka Street,” has recently made its way onto Prime Video after concluding its successful theatrical run in April. This comedy film, which premiered on December 16, 2022, revolves around the story of two half-sisters who, after a lifetime of rivalry, find themselves running food businesses on the same street. The... Read More
The Film Blog
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June 3, 2023
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The Film Blog: Sola Sobowale, Tobi Bakare, RMD Star in Nollywood-Bollywood Crossover Series ‘Postcards’

Nigerian actress and accomplished film producer, Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, has unveiled an enticing glimpse into her highly anticipated show, “Postcards.” With a captivating storyline that will resonate with audiences worldwide, this series aims to transport viewers to the vibrant landscapes of cosmopolitan Mumbai and Lagos, where the lives of diverse characters intertwine amidst a sequence... Read More
The Film Blog
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August 31, 2021
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What King of Boys has wrought goes beyond film | The art of subtle ad placement

It could be a toast to the story of the century being published, at last. A casual conversation about what is best fitting for the imminently elegant Nse Ikpe-Etim to drink while discussing power-play – the kind that could bring down a country if it so wishes – with the formidable Akin Lewis. The art of product placement... Read More
CifromRED
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August 25, 2021
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African Spirituality winning over every other belief is the main appeal of ‘My Village People’

For most entertainment consumers – we know only of our Nigerian reality understandably, waking up to the news of a movie coming to the cinema, making the decision to walk into a cinema and purchase a ticket to watch it, remains a gamble. One can only trust a few variables – their favourite actors and... Read More
Culture, Non-binary Blog
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June 16, 2020
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How should Mo Abudu cast her forthcoming Netflix films?

by Toluwanimi Onakoya Casting can make or break a movie. The performance and credibility of actors are what make a story believable, and enables audience members to connect to a film. If there’s a woeful cast in a massive budget movie, it sticks out like a sore thumb and ruins the reception of the movie. But... Read More
The Media Blog
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March 7, 2020
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For its #IWD2020 special, Rubbin’ Minds profiles comeback queen Sola Sobowale and elder technocrat Oby Ezekwesili

March 8 is International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social. economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year’s theme – I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights – has begun as a campaign to bring together people of every gender, age, ethnicity, race, religion and country, and to drive actions that will... Read More
The Media Blog
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March 3, 2020
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Filmhouse Group hosts the exclusive screening of Queen Sono, the first original African series by Netflix

West Africa’s leading film-entertainment group, Filmhouse, owners of Filmhouse Cinemas and FilmOne Entertainment, hosted the exclusive screening of the first original African series by Netflix, titled Queen Sono. The screening held at Filmhouse IMAX Lekki on Thursday, February 27th 2020, and was its first public viewing to a selected audience. Queen Sono releases globally on... Read More
Extra
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January 30, 2020
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Don Jazzy, Sola Sobowale, Alibaba, Omotola Jalade, other A-list Nigerian creatives step out for UNDP ‘Create to Develop’

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria held its first in a series of development conversations with the Nigerian creatives dubbed #CreateToDevelop. This is part of the recently launched UNDP Nigeria Development Dialogue series aimed at creating platforms for conversations to constructively inform Nigeria’s development agenda. The #CreateToDevelop dialogue brought together a representation of veterans and young... Read More
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Mohamed Yahya
January 29, 2020
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Mohamed Yahya wants to accelerate development in Africa & he wants Nigeria’s biggest stars to help out

“People tell me I have a high tolerance of risk,” Mohamed Yahya tells me as we sit to have a discussion about the expectations for his tenure as the country representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria. As the youngest country representative from the UNDP to work with Nigeria, Mr. Yahya is... Read More
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Tade Ogidan
May 27, 2019
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Film Review: Tade Ogidan mastered video, but ‘Gold Statue’ movie shows he is yet to find his cinematic voice

When it comes to Nollywood movies, the name Tade Ogidan is about as iconic as it gets. Since he put a helicopter in an audacious chase scene in the 1996 action thriller, Hostages, Tade Ogidan has been synonymous with a certain amount of quality, making ambitious films miles removed from the average Nollywood output of... Read More
Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog
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April 26, 2019
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Tade Ogidan is back with ‘Gold Statue’ and the trailer is giving us ‘Diamond Ring’ vibes

Tade Ogidan is back from an eight-year hiatus since Family on Fire was released in 2012, and his latest offering Gold Statue feels tonally similar to his 1998 classic Diamond Ring. But without avenging ghosts wanting their property back after being robbed. (sorry Liz Benson). Ogidan brings back Richard Mofe-Damijo and Sola Sobowale as a couple –... Read More
The Film Blog
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April 8, 2019
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Ishaya Bako’s ‘4th republic’ holds star-studded premiere in Lagos

Celebrities, personalities and politicians in attendance… One of the most anticipated Nollywood films of 2019, ‘4th Republic’ premiered on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at IMAX, Filmhouse Cinemas, Lekki Lagos. The premiere played out the election theme with PVCs, ballot boxes, and election staff as ushers. With a dress code themed ‘Your Excellency,’ the stars and guests... Read More
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February 11, 2019
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Ireti Doyle is fierce and rebellious in the trailer for ‘1929,’ a movie about the Aba Women’s Riot

Forget the new crop of actresses that have waltzed into Nollywood, Ireti Doyle is still a boss. If you need some proof in the context of how she embodies character, check out this DStv campaign ad that was released last year where she smashes things with a mallet. In the trailer for Moses Eskor’s upcoming... Read More
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King of boys
November 7, 2018
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King of Boys: An unvarnished look into the seedy underbelly of the Lagos elite

Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys is a coming of age film and a departure from the mundane theme of comedy prevalent in Nigeria’s movie space. King of Boys is a movie of grit, dialogue and character, laced with auteur brilliance intent on making a strong statement in Nollywood. The movie begins with a party scene... Read More
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King of boys
October 29, 2018
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Film Review: ‘King of Boys’ is everything and nothing you expect

Director Kemi Adetiba is one of Nigeria’s experimental auteurs. That much was made clear from the scene that played out at the Sunday night premiere of her hotly anticipated King of Boys. The version that screened to a crowd of industry people- most seeing the film for the first time- came in at over three hours..... Read More
Featured, Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog
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September 5, 2018
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Why the ‘King of Boys’ trailer takes the spot as the best trailer of the year

Nollywood movie trailers are inherently hard to understand. You know I’m right. Go to YouTube and see for yourself; it’s all there, embarrassing. It’s pathetic that in 2018, most filmmakers in Nollywood don’t know how to execute a trailer, preferring to assaulting viewers with loud noise and disorienting drama. Often, they come with high energy... Read More
Featured, The Film Blog
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August 10, 2018
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You guys, the trailer for Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” is here and it will make your heart race

First of all, take a bow, Kemi Adetiba. The official trailer for her sophomore film project King of Boys has been released – and it looks good. The movie’s press cycle started back in May, with an opaque, psychedelic teaser that had Sola Sobowale seated on a chair and staring creepily at us. The teaser... Read More
Featured, The Film Blog
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May 23, 2018
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We now know what Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” is all about

The press rollout for Kemi Adetiba’s upcoming movie King of Boys has been reliant on the element of suspense. Take, for example, the film’s official teaser, which is as opaque and inscrutable as staring at a blank canvass. Kemi Adetiba herself has been knowingly tight-lipped about her sophomore project; her Instagram is dotted with promotional... Read More
The Film Blog
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Wives on strike
January 10, 2018
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Film Review: Familiar, repetitive… The new Wives on Strike isn’t a revolution

It 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 filmmakers and journalists alike to talk about movies without mentioning the lessons viewers can take away. Award handing bodies and critics are likely to be... Read More
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October 13, 2017
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The Film Blog: Sola Sobowale and Rita Dominic are cooking something, In case of Incasity

If nothing, the title has us in stitches already. In case of Incasity is another movie that centres on the lives of Nigerians struggling “in the abroad” but this one is going to be as hilarious as it can get. How do we know? The producer, Kola Munis was part of the team that brought... Read More
The Film Blog
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August 6, 2017
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The Film Blog: We can’t sit still… Tade Ogidan is coming BACK!

We have racked our brains in an out, sideways and on the ball, wondering why the real king of Nigerian filmmaking, Tade Ogidan just fell off the radar. It didn’t make sense. No new work, no interviews, no branching out. Just poof. This is the brilliance that gave us Hostages, Out of Bounds, Dangerous Twins,... Read More
The Film Blog
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June 9, 2017
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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
The Film Blog
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June 1, 2017
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The Film Blog: This photo from The Wedding Party II just gives us too much joy

Ireti Doyle. And Patience Ozokwor. And Richard More-Damijo. Not forgetting of course, as we can never tire of saying, that this same film has Chinwetalu Agu, Sola Sobowale, Seyi Law and Chigurl. Why can’t December just be next month already?
The Film Blog
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May 9, 2017
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Patience Ozokwor to feature in ‘The Wedding Party 2’

Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor will feature in the movie ‘Wedding Party 2’. Actor Enyinna Nwigwe shared a group photo of the cast which included the veteran actress. The first edition of the movie reportedly raked in the highest amount from a single project in the Nigerian movie industry. It featured music star, Banky W,... Read More
The News Blog
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January 9, 2017
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Wilfred Okiche: Sola Sobowale, Ramsey, Bimbo… My 10 favourite film performances of 2016 [NEW VOICES]

by Wilfred Okiche These ones deserve the Oscar. Or AMAA. Or AMVCA. Somebody hand it to them, please. Nkem Owoh (Ghana Must Go) It is hard to see where Tunde Babalola’s screenplay ends and Nkem Owoh’s natural freestyle antics begin but as the boisterous, polygamous Mazi Okoro who takes Ghana with a vengeance, Mr Owoh... Read More
Featured
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December 31, 2016
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LONG READ: How The Wedding Party became the biggest critical and commercial Nollywood success story

by Wilfred Okiche On Boxing Day, Hafiz, 32, felt like a visit to the movies with his fiancé. They headed to the Silverbird Cinemas at the Ikeja City Mall. They both wanted to see The Wedding Party, the star-studded Nollywood romantic comedy directed by Kemi Adetiba. Apparently so did everybody else. Hafiz and fiancé braved... Read More
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December 20, 2016
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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
The Film Blog
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November 12, 2016
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Movie review: ‘The Wedding Party’ is all the Nigerian weddings you’ve been to and some

The Wedding Party is the much anticipated Nollywood romcom directed by (up until now) music-video director, Kemi Adetiba. The result of a collaboration between EbonyLife Films, FilmOne Distribution, Koga Studios and Inkblot Productions (Elfikke Collective), The Wedding Party stars Banky W (Dozie Onwuka) and Adesua Etomi (Dunni Coker) as the movie’s love interests; Atunyota Akpobome [Alibaba]... Read More
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