In recent times, Nigerian filmmakers have often disappointed audiences with sequels that fail to live up to the standard set by their predecessors. Many a time, we, the audience, step into cinema halls or fire up our streaming platforms hoping that the [...]
The first scene of Devil In Agbada is one of its best shot ones. Armed assailants are at the home of Justice Obanor (Kayode Freeman) who refuses to give into their demands even at a threat to his life. His would-be assassin quotes a verse from the bible, [...]
Following right on the heels of the streaming release of To Freedom, “The One for Sarah” is another nollywood movie exploring the impacts of physical and psychological abuse on a woman in a relationship. Interestingly, mirroring its [...]
In When Love Calls, a young Mena (Munachisom Eke) goes to wake up her dad on father’s day only to discover that he has had a heart attack. Two years later, Mena and her mother, Ronke (Uche Montana) are still recovering from the shock and loss, [...]
“The Man for the Job” sets out to explore the Nigerian tech space with promising potential but ultimately falls short of its ambitions. Directed by Niyi Akinmolayan, the film introduces us to Joseph (Uzor Arukwe), an engineer entangled in a [...]
In a movie with many disappointing frames, the biggest let down was not to arrive until after the entire film, when the title card comes up at the end and reveals for the first time the movie’s name and creators. It says Dwindle, and the subtext [...]
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 [...]
Ever had one of those weekends where you have detailed plans for all that you want to get done: all the places you want to go, people you want to see, etc. Then the weekend comes and somewhere between leaving work on Friday and getting back there on [...]
