Oscar Heman-Ackah, a Ghanaian-Nigerian music executive and creative entrepreneur, makes his feature film directorial debut with a political music drama, Finding Messiah. Finding Messiah revolves around the fictional nation of The Republic of Zambay, [...]
Oh what a monumental waste of resources! In Foreigner’s God, Pepper, an European/American documentarian, journeys to the village of Umuuchu in Eastern Nigeria during colonial times in an effort to do research for a documentary he’s planning on [...]
While the rest of the industry abandons the actors of old, she casts Jemima Osunde right beside Kanayo O. Kanayo. While all the movies in “new nollywood” are not just set in Lagos but in the poshest parts of the island, she sets the film in [...]
It is very rare that I wish a six part movie could go on for longer but I did. Kept looking at the amount of parts left and wishing it was longer. This was a well-crafted, well told and very creative story. Easily going to be in my top ten of the year.
As I keep mentioning, my sister and I are always on the lookout for runs girls’ movies and I have pinned down why. That is the only time the actresses have a natural camaraderie, are allowed to let loose and just joke with their colleagues rather than [...]
Diamond Kingdom is probably one of Frank Artus’ best performances, at least the first part was, and this coming from a staunch anti-Artus advocate – if there’s such a thing. The movie, as summarized by the Igwe character in this movie, [...]
I won't say Ugezu can't act per say because he keeps giving himself the same 'igbotic' roles to play in all his movies so I highly doubt that he's doing much acting versus being himself. Infact, I don't think his acting capacities are being called into [...]
-Story: [4 out of 5] As many know, NR usually only reviews movies made 2007-post 2007 but today is Nigeria’s 52nd Independence day (Happy Independence Day) so an exception has been made. The reason for this time bracket on the reviews is to enable [...]
