This Lady Called Life, a romance drama written by Toluwani Obayan and Kayode Kasum is proof that Nollywood is getting better. This is not to be confused with the word “Bigger” which has been true for the last ten years at least. Budgets have [...]
Something Special is a three part anthology film with three different stories that take the concept of slice of life and turn into a slice of dessert. Because it is sweet to watch even though the topics aren’t always as sweet. The first story [...]
The stories that stay with us as movie viewers are not necessarily the grandest ones but the ones that pull us in and hold us captive. Breaded Life does just that. Breaded Life is the story of Sunmi (Timini Egbuson) a spoilt twenty something year old [...]
The Good Neighbor is a “made for YouTube” movie (I assume) about a single dad (Kachi Nnochiri) and his daughter (Gabby) who relocate from Abuja to Lagos. Upon arrival, he realizes that his next door neighbor and landlord is someone from his [...]
I hit play on The Therapist expecting to be dragged through two hours of an emotional ordeal about the trials of abused women and the struggle of a newly divorced woman to make her way through society. Thankfully and surprisingly, that’s actually [...]
I actually don’t have a problem with nonsense films. I feel like it is important to mention that. For instance, I personally watched “The Wedding Party” more times than I am comfortable admitting, I loved all Madea movies and I can sit [...]
The movie, Superstar, on paper is uber ambitious. It brings to mind similar storylines like “Fashion” from the Indian movie industry. It has a few of the pieces that make memorable films like the aforementioned, however, it falls short of [...]
Selina is the story of a village food stall owner, Bimbo Ademoye, who struggles to pay off her debts and put her younger brother through school. One day, one of her debtors suggests a job as a live-in cook slash cleaner for her “nephew” Reuben [...]
