Mental illness in Nigeria is still a taboo subject, still something that is viewed as caused by ‘those in the village’ and still not talked about or addressed. In Nollywood, filmmakers have taken to the subject sometimes successfully and sometimes not. [...]
The highlight of the entire movie had to be, without a doubt, the ‘electric slide’ dance by the cast and crew. The moment was of course reminiscent of Emem Isong’s “Reloaded” from five years ago. The only difference is that [...]
I give it to Nollywood! We are the only ones who would be able to tarnish a success in cutting down on the number of movies with numerous parts by making a one part movie seem longer than ‘a cry for help’. Stolen Tomorrow is the story of a [...]
I’ve been reviewing Nollywood movies for about 2 years now so you can say that I haven’t watched many Nollywood movies in all that time. Sounds contradictory? But watching a movie and reviewing a movie are two completely different experiences [...]
The revival of cinema culture in Nollywood is one that is much commended, however, am I the only one that was hoping that this would be an avenue that highlights only the best in Nollywood? Thinking a movie went to cinemas, in my opinion, is usually an [...]
We all started sniffing with dabs at our eyes in the middle of this film and then were all out crying at the end. This film wasn’t flashy and it wasn’t big budget, it appeared simple but was able to catch our attention from the get-go which isn’t [...]
Alright! I get the point. I get that initially, when the story was first conceived of, it must have sounded amazing. And maybe, when whoever wrote the script began to write it, it was headed in the right direction. However...
Didn't understand some of the 'things' they had Ini wearing. Can we please look at a person's body type before we straddle them in fabric? Something about good for the goose and not for the gander
