Author: Ini-Abasi Jeffrey

Films, and media in general, love to reference the fact they exist outside reality, reminding us of their sometimes fictional nature. We often have characters within a film say, “do you think this is a movie?” Well, yes I do. This meta commentary often exists as a kind of self awareness in a bid to elevate the credibility of the films, they are quick to tell you that they too are in on the joke. This succeeds very few times and fails even more times and one of these times it failed is in Orimz’s Baby Maker. The film follows…

One of the early scenes of Jolly Roger, specifically where the police officers wake up groggy and confused, sets you up to expect a simple revenge story. The anger you feel from the earlier harassment scene has transformed into a deliciously sinister joy, you might even crack a smile when Brume (Daniel Etim Effiong) lands a punch on the officer’s face, but that’s not all the story holds. ‘Here Love Lies’ Review: Tope Oshin’s Romantic-Everything Flounders About in its Many Ideas Official poster for Jolly Roger. Via Netflix. Walter “Waltbanger” Taylaur (of A Sunday Affair infamy) directs this story of…