Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Jemima Osunde
Jemima Osunde, popularly known as Laila, burst onto the scene with nothing but her acting skills and a sense of adventure. She started acting in the first year in University after her uncle introduced her to the industry. Ever since she has endeared many to herself with her phenomenal roles especially as Laila on the TV show […]
Video Of The Week: 8 Most Anticipated Nigerian Movies Of December 2019
One of the ways you can spend your “Detty December” is by seeing the latest movies in the cinema. Moreover, December is always packed with the most anticipated movies of the year, which means there is a lot to watch. Read more on other Videos of the week In our video of the week, Adenike […]
Seven: Watch Richard Mofe-Damijo And Daddy Showkey In An Action-Packed Film This Weekend
A rich man and his irresponsible young son. The narrative is older than the Nigerian movie industry, but don’t dismiss this story yet, because it comes with a knockout twist. In Seven, Tosin Igho’s new film, the rich man’s doctors discover a malignant tumor in his brain that they cannot treat. Before his death, he […]
Two Movies You Don’t Want To Miss At The Cinemas This Weekend
Two of the most exciting films to come out of Nollywood in recent times are showing in cinemas this weekend. The Ghost and the House of Truth premiered at the AFRIFF (African International Film Festival) on the 15th of November to a number of positive reviews. The film won three awards at the festival – […]
Video Of The Week: A Movie Review Of Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
Living In Bondage is considered to be the first commercially successful Nollywood movie. It was a revolutionary film that ushered in a new wave of Nollywood blockbusters that have gone on to grab the attention of the world. Now, 20 years after, a sequel to the Nollywood classic has been released and it is just […]
Genevieve and Social Media React as Lionheart is Disqualified from the Oscars
In 2015, Nigeria became eligible to submit one film for consideration in the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars). A Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) was set up and Nigerian films became eligible for consideration in the International Feature Film category. Although we’ve been eligible for some time now, Nigeria submitted its first film […]
Throwback Thursday: Highway To The Grave
This has to be one of the most dramatic titles to ever appear on a Nollywood film. It seems to be inspired by a verse in the Bible, Proverbs 7:27, which says: “Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.” A lot of early Nollywood films were inspired […]
Nollywood of Life! The Set Up
A painful secret, a vengeful woman, a crafty gentleman, and an unsuspecting young woman caught in a web of lies. If you look for a moral in this film, you may not find one easily. New Nollywood films seem to have one thing in common: a moral is hardly emphasized. It can be said, however, […]
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 […]
The Most Exciting Things to Know About AMAA 2019
The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), one of the oldest and most prestigious movie awards on the continent, is in its 15th year. On the 18th of September, the African Academy released an official list of all the African films that are being considered for African Academy Awards. This is the total list of Nigerian […]
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 […]