There’s this thing called the curse of the second half. It’s when a movie starts off great but somewhere around the middle it looses steam so that by the time you get to the end you’ve forgotten your initial love for the movie. Slow [...]
Sugar Rush is that new nollywood formula at its most potent: high tech gadgets plus famous celebrities plus comedy equals blockbuster. At it’s frame, it’s the story of the Sugar sisters, Susie (Adesua Etomi), Sola (Bisola Aiyeola) and Bola [...]
Say what you will but Merry Men 2 was actually a much more palatable film than it’s prequel, “Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons” In this sequel, the merry men have hung up their hats and have been retired to a regular life for a year [...]
Before we even start the review of this movie, let’s get a few things out of the way first. We applaud all the good intentions and the incredible aspirations that gathered together in making this movie. But good intentions don’t always equal [...]
There is nothing I can quite compare to the joy of getting to the end of this movie! And no, it’s not quite what you are thinking. Gold Statue is the story of two friends who, upon hearing of an ancestral undiscovered gold statue in the land of [...]
The Set Up is a story of two young ladies – Chike and Grace – but mostly about Chike. Chike’s father was a killer in his time and after he passed she became a drug dealer. It started off as an attempt to pay back money which she used to [...]
There’s a thing to be said for the effort! The effort at making a beautiful movie, with renowned actors that sends a message, and if possible, lights the fire for a revolution. However, just having the formula down never quite manages to do the [...]
Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons is an hour and forty six minute movie that is an hour and forty six minutes too long. The movie follows a group of rogue bandits in Abuja (or Lagos?) who have taken it upon themselves to be the robin-hoods of their [...]
