With a title like It Blooms In June, a uniqueness that piques curiosity and suggests originality in its storytelling is emitted. Audiences will feel they’re about to be drawn into a world with depth and complexity, but this coming-of-age story [...]
Nigerian politics meets crime and action in this movie, a description that, by itself, is not sufficient to narrow down what recent Nollywood film you may be referring to. These plot ingredients are beginning to populate in Nollywood, but the final [...]
The Wildflower tells the story of three women who navigate physical and sexual abuse from three different men. The film is directed by Biodun Stephen (A Simple Lie, Breaded Life), produced by Vincent Okonkwo (Passport, Ponzi), and written (primarily) by [...]
LIGHT IN THE DARK is the type of movie that feels like it should screen at a church. It is so morally upright and judicious that it feels like it belongs in a place of worship. In LITD, an intertribal couple overcomes the societal odds against them and [...]
TOKUNBOÂ is a sweet little short film directed and written by Rogba Arimoro and starring Ibrahim Suleiman and Kiki Omeili. It beautifully and succintly follows the story of these two as they do… LIFE! By the end of its 12 minute run-time we were [...]
What do you need to make a good murder mystery? A classic whodunit that has its audience gasping at the end? It involves following a very specific formula. It is basically like making a perfect meal. You must have your charismatic hard nose battle weary [...]
In The Housewife, a husband is worried about his new onset of high blood pressure and goes to the doctor to try and determine the cause. To be honest, I wonder what kind of doctor he went to myself, because instead of the usual questions you would assume [...]
Alright, so let’s get this out of the way immediately. HANDS UP if you saw this movie/the trailer and immediately thought it was a Nollywood remake of Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?” (or should I say another one of [...]
