4 Movies To Watch With Your Friends This Weekend
Payday is almost here. It’s a good time to grab some popcorn with a few friends and watch something profound (so that you can argue about it later), or maybe just have a few good laughs. Here’s a list of 4 movies you can watch with your friends this weekend. Love is War Mr & […]
Throwback Thursday: True Confession (1995)
In this Nollywood classic, True Confession, Mabel is ‘a beautiful woman who schemes her way through life.’ But that is not where the story starts. Tessy is a good woman from a poor background. She is married to Chief Moses Umeh, a very wealthy and connected politician who was raised by a single mother. The […]
Throwback Thursday: Violated
Last week we talked about Checkmate, the unforgettable TV series that held the attention of Nigerian viewers in the 90’s. Checkmate was created by the screenwriter and director Amaka Igwe, and it featured an intriguing romance between two lead characters called Ann Haastrope and Segun Kadiri. Ann was played by Ego Boyo, and Segun was […]
Nollywood of Life! #TBT: Glamour Girls
Money rituals, black magic, love, crime, and revenge. These were the themes most Nollywood stories were centred on in the ’90s. At the time, Nollywood movies were called ‘home videos’ and the term ‘Nollywood’ had not yet been coined (it would be coined in 2002). Kenneth Nnebue had just transformed the Nigerian film industry with […]
Nollywood of Life! Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo
Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo is the story of a naive mechanic, Adigun, who moves to Lagos after he gets word that his father has passed away. In Lagos, Adigun meets Taiwo, a sly and cunning man who claims to have been his father’s friend. Taiwo gives Adigun his late father’s taxi and tries to help […]
Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ will Represent Nigeria at the 2020 Oscars
Genevieve Nnaji’s 2018 film, Lionheart, has been selected by the Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee to compete for the Best International Feature Film Award at the Oscars in 2020. This is the first time a Nigerian film will be considered for an Oscar. Foreign films must have an approved selection committee in their home country to […]
Nollywood of Life! King of Boys
King of Boys is a 2018 drama film that was written and directed by Kemi Adetiba. In King of Boys, Sola Sobowale plays the part of Alhaja Eniola Salami, a ruthless business woman who has fought her way to the top of the underworld and is now the King of Boys. Alhaja has plans for […]
What to Watch this Weekend: ‘Love is War’
There is one thing you cannot deny. Nollywood movies tell good stories. This superpower dates back to the earliest times of the Nigerian film industry. Even when Nollywood was not yet Nollywood, when Nigerian films were nothing more than plays by performing travellers, we told good stories. Chinaza Onuzo is one of the best screenwriters […]
A Round Up of Movies To Watch This Weekend
I like options, and there are a lot of good movies to see in cinemas this week. Some movies, like The Lion King, are so good they’ve been showing in cinemas for the past 3 weeks. Some of them have been screening since the beginning of the month, but you certainly haven’t seen them all. […]
Did You Know? Living in Bondage Was Nollywood’s First Commercially Successful Film
In 1992, the director Chris Obi Rapu and screenwriters Kenneth Nnebue and Okechukwu Ogunjiofor put heads together to produce Living in Bondage. Many writers and critics agree that the popularity of this film launched the success of home videos in Nigeria. When Obi Rapu set out to make this film, the Nigerian film industry was […]
Movies to Watch this Weekend: Kasanova
Rainy September is one of the best months to watch a romantic comedy at the cinema with someone special. My recommendation this week is a film that promises to be full of drama, laughter, and love. What is it about? Kasanova is a film about the different ways people experience relationships. It’s about the long […]
Video of The Week: Looking For Baami | Movie Review
Following the success of her 2017 hit movie Picture Perfect, Biodun Stephen has released another flick Looking For Baami which unites the likes of Bimbo Ademoye and Femi Jacobs. The film which has a similar theme with Picture Perfect tells the story of a local pap seller (Ajindeife) who must prove she’s the long lost love child of a […]
Imoh Umoren’s Latest Film: The Herbert Macaulay Affair
A lot of effort goes into finding and sharing the quality of historical information Imoh Umoren offers in his new film, The Herbert Macaulay Affair. The film is what its title implies: a dramatic record of the life of Herbert Macaulay, the legendary Nigerian politician and activist. The inspiration for this film came to Umoren […]
Did You Know? Nollywood Movies are Eligible for Consideration in the Oscars
Nigeria became eligible to submit one film for consideration under the Foreign Language Film Oscar Award in 2015. In that year, a Nigerian Oscars selection Committee was approved by the Academy. This award is also called the Oscar Award for Best International Feature Film. For Chineze Anyaene, producer and director of the 2010 drama film, […]
Netflix Acquires Streaming Rights to 3 Nollywood Films
Filmone made an interesting announcement on its Instagram page two days ago. Film lovers who enjoyed watching King of Boys, The Wedding Party 2, and Merry Men in cinemas can now look forward to seeing all three movies on Netflix very soon. The news is hardly surprising. Since early 2015, Netflix has been adding to […]
Code Wilo has Just Been Released in Cinemas
Film lovers who would like something different from the usual comedy and romance of most Nollywood movies have an answer in Code Wilo. The story is a political thriller which centers on the drama that a chief triggers when he announces his daughter’s intention to run for state governor. The movie explores the harsh realities […]