The Blood Covenant starts off with a flashback to the secondary school days of four “scholarship” boys at a fancy/expensive secondary school in Nigeria. Fast-forward to present day, and we see three out of the boys living their regular [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There is a thing to be said about watching movies that were made over a year ago in your current day – expectations change. As time goes by, you see better and the things that would generally have bowled you over once upon a time can barely elicit a [...]
Wives on Strike: The Revolution is the latest installation of the Omoni Oboli’s Wives on Strike movie series. For those who like me have not seen the first movie, the Wives on Strike movies are a Nigerian cinematic retelling of the classical Greek comedy, [...]
You might have heard of this big number Omoni Oboli production last year (2017). Maybe when it was making the waves in our headlines over the jury dispute, or when it was making other waves in the headlines for its festival inclusions. Either way, [...]
Wives on Strike was made in the heat of the #ChildNotBride conversation. On the one hand we were trying to #BringBackOurGirls and on the other hand we were dealing with a senate that was almost outright permitting the marriage of underage girls. In this [...]
Charles Uwagbai’s “Esohe” is a story of undying love, unflinching loyalty, deviously woven intrigues and traditions. It stars Jimmy Jean-Louis, Chris Attoh, Jemima Osunde, Monica Omorodion Swaida, Desmond Elliot, Bimbo Manuel, Toyin Abraham, Misty [...]
