Nowadays, there are not many Nigerian home videos that are appealing. Either it is trying to be too many things at once that it ends up being nothing or it is not trying to be anything and still ends up being nothing. Love and Oil was indeed a pleasant [...]
There’s just something about these family movies. They have a way of keeping you seated for the length of the movie – when done right – even though you knew at the start of the movie exactly how it was going to end, and for some of them [...]
I have been saying for ages that Amanda Ebeye is an undiscovered gem, quietly working behind the recognition of most Nollywood fans and it is perfectly demonstrated here. She has a huge range of acting skills however I will concede that her deserved [...]
Restless Soul is an appealing movie that would have been even more appealing if they knew what they were doing. The movie tells the story of a young boy from a poor home who goes on to become an apprentice for a wealthy man in the city. Whilst there, he [...]
I went into Brothers’ War in search of a family movie, a little feud, a little drama and its over. The fact that it was 40% Igbo was an extra bonus for me because I find that nowadays – and by nowadays I mean June and July 2013 – the [...]
‘Absolute Power’ is yet another royal art academy movie from a debutante director (or at least I think this is his/her first work). The movie addresses a prevalent issue in the Nigerian tertiary education system from a moralistic karma-like [...]
This film was literally agony to get through. Slow, dry, it dragged and some of its plot elements were frankly ridiculous. I still have not watched it to the end because of how annoying it got. Who do you think is to blame when a film misrepresents itself [...]
The eternal prince, Yul Edochie, returns in yet another attempt at a royal love story alongside the relentless Mercy Johnson, the igbotic Charles Okocha, the one and only Mama G and Mr. Clems Ohameze. The movie revolves around an arrogant prince and his [...]