The Film Blog

December 14, 2017

[The Film Blog] The Accidental Spy may be the worst thing AY has ever done

Not to be confused with the 2001 Jackie Chan led Hong Kong film, The Accidental Spy, produced by the duo of Darlington Abuda and Nicola Gregory, and directed by Roland Russel, AY’s iteration of the The Accidental Spy is the latest attempt by persons in the diaspora to profit from the rejuvenated film industry back home.... Read More

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Ufuoma McDermott

December 5, 2017

Ufuoma McDermott’s “Christmas is Coming” desperately needs a christmas miracle of its own

Just in time for the festive season, Ufuoma McDermott jumps into the actress/producer/director fray with her first film in at least two of those capacities. To make her entry into the director’s seat, M Dermott, an underutilized actress who has dazzled on television (My Mum and I,) stage (Hear Word,) and screen (Okafor’s Law,) has... Read More

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Celebrity marriage

November 22, 2017

The Film Blog: Celebrity Marriage isn’t as bad as you feared. It is worse.

Someone somewhere in Nollywoodland assumed that pairing Toyin Abraham and Odunlade Adekola would make for sensational viewing. They probably fell back on the duo’s recent box office showings as evidence. And they may be right. Few actors have been as in demand as Abraham has been this year. She has been in good films (Hakkunde),... Read More

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November 14, 2017

Film Review: Forget the title, Couple’s Award is a pleasant surprise

by 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, the film’s makers and distribution team (Blue Pictures) have decided to pass the project off as a Kate Henshaw vehicle. As the biggest and only... Read More

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Celebrity marriage

November 9, 2017

The Film Blog: Jacurb! Tonto Dikeh is back on our screens

There are few Nigerian actresses as iconic as Tonto Dikeh at the peak of her fame. During the early 2010’s, Tonto was at the very forefront of the wave of contemporary Nollywood films that explored cultural taboos like sex and homosexuality, sex work and unconventional relationships. Combined with films that literally flew off the shelves,... Read More

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Lesley Nneka Arimah

November 3, 2017

The Film Blog: Lesley Nneka Arimah’s stories are coming to a big screen near you

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you’re one of those people who don’t ‘like books’, then you’ve probably heard of Lesley Nneka Arimah. The Nigerian-American writer literally took the world by storm with her first short story anthology “What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky” which included Commonwealth Prize winning story... Read More

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October 13, 2017

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

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October 11, 2017

The Film Blog: Hey God! This one that OC Ukeje has released a music video

Calm down, guys! It’s nothing like the type of music the ‘Genevieves’, ‘Omotolas’ and ‘Tontos’ of this world blessed us with years ago. For those who seem confused, OC Ukeje is not a newbie in this music thing so do not be surprised at his professionalism. He features Vector on the track, Potato Potahto which... Read More

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Oscars

October 10, 2017

The Film Blog: 8 African films are contending for the Foreign Language Oscar. Not one is Nigerian

We’re not sure how exactly we feel about this – disappointed, broken-hearted or upbeat about the near future. Yes, the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the Oscars is not without its own controversies and deficiencies but a shot at a nomination in one of its most criticised yet crucial categories would have been a game... Read More

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September 22, 2017

The Film Blog: Turn on the news, you’re likely to catch another episode of domestic violence

It is high time Africans began to have conversations about violence and women’s rights until the messaging starts to sink into our DNA. And it is a simple one really. Women are not property, women should be treated better, women should not be hit for any reason. Sometimes whenever people give excuses for domestic violence,... Read More

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September 18, 2017

Film review: Tatu is visually appealing, structurally handicapped

by Wilfred Okiche As Nollywood productions go, the ELFIKE team (consisting of EbonyLife films, FilmOne distribution, Inkblot and Koga studios) that made the box office champion, The Wedding Party in 2016 is a huge one. As a result, a healthy number of persons have earned for themselves, the right to go to town citing this... Read More

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September 4, 2017

[The Film Blog] These two short films have important messages on inclusion

As the United States of America continues to confront its legacy of racism and inequality, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has its work cut out speaking out against police brutality. It is an uphill task though, with public persons like the disgraced Bill O’Reilly going on record to equate blackness with crime. Statistics have shown these views... Read More

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September 2, 2017

The Film Blog: Sango gets the film treatment with Dawn of Thunder

Komotion Studios with a $400 dollar budget and two weeks of work has helped move Yoruba culture forward for the digital age. Following the successes of American Gods on television and the countless super hero films from the likes of Marvel and DC, a serious case could be made for African folklore getting similar treatment.... Read More

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August 26, 2017

[The Film Blog] It is Reset for Lights Camera Africa film festival

For many years, Nollywood has been plagued with bad movies. Dingy projects filmed in terribly lit rooms, by a cinematographer who is actually a technician or switch flicking guy, a silly story, an undercooked script. Nigerian movies were terrible. These old films have found new life on social media as memes and GIFS uploaded by... Read More

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August 19, 2017

[The Film Blog] Two Nigerian movies are going to the Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto film festival is one of the best and diverse film festivals in the world. Since its establishment in 1976, the festival has grown and is arguably one of the most Oscar-friendly film festivals, with many movies kicking off their awards seasons campaigns there. Despite the diversity it boasts of, the African showing in... Read More

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August 16, 2017

The Film Blog: AFRIFF and Ford Foundation are helping to increase female participation in Nollywood

On the 9th of August, 20 young filmmakers gathered on the 9th floor of the CBC Towers in Lekki. They were brought together by AFRIFF and Ford Foundation to discuss Cinemafabrique. These filmmakers were going to Lyon, France for six weeks for a training in filmmaking. This is the third year in a row where... Read More

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August 13, 2017

[The Film Blog] My Wife & I is premiering today and Beverly Naya…

Forgive us, we usually don’t use words like ‘slay’ etc. But in this one case, biko try and h-understand. She does, in fact, slay.

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[The Film Blog]: These guys captured the beauty of the music in Banana Island Ghost

They totally capture how we feel about the music. We came out of the cinemas looking for everything. Even Reekado Bank’s ‘Problem’ got new swag! Sugarboy always scores well with ‘Jofunmi’. Other songs that struck: Empty by Cobhams (as performed by Chigul) By my standards, a song used in a movie reaches its peak of... Read More

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[The Film Blog]: Just in case you have not seen the Banana Island Ghost special music video

So, since we watched Banana Island Ghost (BIG) this week and totally adored it, we declare this BIG week. And we found out there is a music video to with it. You’re welcome.

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The Film Blog: Ashey, Frank Donga is on a roll

As per, you should know that ‘ashey’, is the trademark of the Frank Donga persona when he is stuck. He is the lead star of the movie Hakkunde, that everyone who knows film is raving about. And we are just about to get excited for him, when we realize he actually is just getting started.... Read More

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The Film Blog: Please epp… why do movies take so long after premiere to open?

So we have spent hours on Google asking this question, and we lobbed it to some of our people in the film industry. Maybe we have all the wrong friends, but they don’t seem to have any answer that doesn’t involve either stuttering or ambiguity. The question is simple o: Why does it take so... Read More

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The Film Blog: The full video of the interview that got Aunty Ronke mad this morning

This is the headline from Broadway Africa TV that led to Yoruba-movie actress, Ronke Oshodi-Oke’s hysterics this morning: “I Can’t Cook For You If I’m The Breadwinner Of The Family’. Something must have happened because this morning she released the video in our last post, delivering curses to all and sundry. The interviewers had something... Read More

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The Film Blog: We swear, you just have to watch this 5-min video of Ronke Oshodi-Oke

That switch from calm to anger. Was there a director behind the scene? She asked us ‘internet people’ to post it. And so, here we are. You’ve got to love her. After you have finished laughing at the ridiculousness of everything.

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The Lights Camera Africa!!! 2017 Film Festival ‘RESET’

What is becoming one of the continent’s landmark cultural events, the Lights Camera Africa!!! Film Festival is returning in 2017 with the theme “RESET”. The imagined world order that predicted a safe and stable world, that would bind people and cultures for the most prosperous age the human race had yet to witness appears to... Read More

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The Film Blog: Tribute to Adebayo Faleti shows that Yemi Osinbajo has sense

Nigerian poet, journalist, writer and actor Adebayo Faleti is dead. He will be laid to rest on the 8th of September 2017 in Ibadan. He was born on the 26 December 1921 in Oyo, Nigeria and was responsible for translating Nigeria’s National Anthem from English to Yoruba. He also translated speeches being made by military... Read More

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The Film Blog: Is Banana Island Ghost the most anticipated movie after Isoken?

Short answer: yes. Post the lavish premiere two Sundays ago, that’s all anybody can talk about, despite the fact that there has been the premiere of the sure-to-be-impressive Hakkunde just yesterday. Tracking the social media conversation and even old media conversation, everyone is waiting for the movie produced by former Mnet Managing Director, Biola Alabi,... Read More

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The Film Blog: We now have a date for the Lights Camera Africa!!! 2017 Film Festival

29 September to 1 October 2017. Ugoma Adegoke, who is curator of one of the more thoughtful seventh edition of the annual event. It will hold at the Federal Palace Hotels, Victoria Island in Lagos. Even though it is primarily a film festival, it has managed to transcend the barriers without losing its core. “Recognising the... Read More

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The Film Blog: Hakkunde is premiering this weekend. Let’s tell you why we are excited.

The trailer is world class. There is Frank Donga (Kunle Idowu). It is produced by the brilliant AMVCA-winning Oluseyi Asurf, and the impressive Judith Audu, who is production manager, and produced Just Not Married. It’s the first crowd sourced Nigerian film we know. We are truly proud of what young people are doing. https://youtu.be/rfNYveTzveU

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[The Film Blog]: How Isoken is still absolutely killing it at the cinemas

These scenting times are from the Silverbird Cinemas at the Galleria, also known as the most unattractive and least subscribed cinema in Lagos, Nigeria. And yet, Isoken is still going on strong with three screening times a day, more than six weeks after it launched. Including an 8.20pm slot. For the new week that started... Read More

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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

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