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 first few minutes of “The Arbitration” the audience is introduced to the central premise of this film – a powerful boss uses his position to coerce an employee into having sex with him. At this point I began to think, “oh [...]
With Before 30 we explore the bourgeois aspect of Nigerian cinema that we all hate to love. This is because we know exactly what it is about before we even hit play but it is hard to stop yourself from indulging in the woes of the rich and the [...]
Before hitting play on this gem, I went back to the coming soon post that we had initially created for it on NR and I reread the synopsis. Somewhere in there, it says something about an “Igbo Christian” falling for an “Hausa [...]
If there's one thing you can rely on about Emem Isong movies, especially the ones that don't go to the cinema, it's their simplicity. They are pretty cut and dry about their intentions from the go. This movie is called glass slippers... Cinderalla... poor [...]
Spotlight follows the lives of a few individuals who enroll in a six week acting academy. First we have Hope James played by Mena Sodje who is a struggling actress. Hope, the average pidgin toting daughter of a Mushin road-side seller, has done everything [...]
When Love Happens is the story of a 28 year old UK returnee in Lagos, Mo. Mo returned home four years ago and started working as an events planner where she is responsible for catering entirely to other people's big days (aka weddings) meanwhile Mo on the [...]
Remember Me is an upcoming thriller from Chime for Art Foundation starring Uru Eke, OC Ukeje, Victor Olaotan, Femi Jacobs, Anthony Monjaro, Chioma ‘Chigul’ Omeruah and Enyinna Nwigwe. The movie, set to release in February 2016, is a story about [...]
