Written by Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, Vanessa Kanu and Freddie O Anyaegbunam Jr, The Weekend is a suspense movie with dramatic moments. The movie follows an orphan girl, yearning for family, who visits her fiancée’s seemingly idyllic family and [...]
The Wait: A Faith-Based Film with Emotional Precision Faith-based films have struggled commercially in Nollywood, and ‘The Wait’ stirred mixed feelings among movie-lovers, myself included. The trailer hinted at a film about faith and religion, [...]
Nothing hurts a comedy more than obvious attempts to elicit laughs that come across as cringy, and Soole is chock full of them. It is probably good news then that Soole is not really a comedy, at least not after its first act; its plot (if you want to [...]
Before Sugar first appears at the high-brow hair salon where she works, her name is mentioned a number of times. First by Ola (Yvonne Jegede), a regular at the salon who wants only her to do her hair. Next by Ama (Venita Akpofure of BBN), who is a new [...]
For Maria takes on a fairly untouched topic in nollywood, post partum depression. It follows the story of Derin (Meg Otanwa), a 33 year old new mother who struggles to rediscover herself after a difficult birth experience. It’s easiest to look at [...]
Dimeji Ajibola, the director behind the 2012 Nollywood movie “Hoodrush“, returns to bring us what will possibly be Nollywood’s first dystopian action thriller in RATNIK. The upcoming movie is written and directed by Dimeji Ajibola and [...]
From the producers of Ojukokoro (Greed), Knock Out Blessing is an upcoming comedy crime-thriller by Dare Olaitan starring Ade Laoye, Linda Ejiofor, Meg Otanwa , Demola Adedoyin , Tope Tedela, Udoka Oyeka, Gbenga Titiloye, Tony Akposheri, Bucci Franklin, [...]
THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS In Sickness and Health poses as a certain type of movie and delivers as another movie. Maybe not a whole other movie, but way more than you initially expect it to be after seeing the cover or reading the synopsis. The [...]
