There is a general notion that Nigerians can’t handle anything other than comedy films. Filmmakers often decry exhibitors’ and producers’ penchant for comedy films, which has resulted in a scenario wherein Nollywood films seemingly struggle […]
The depictions of villains on screen can be tricky. When done right, they are memorable. And when written shoddily, even the most skilled actor can’t save them. They end up cartoonish and childish and can’t […]
EXCLUSIVE: It came as a huge surprise seeing Yahoo+ on the list of Nigerian critics’ best Nollywood films of 2022 although I was a huge believer that the film would speak for itself with time. […]
Films will never be mistaken for music videos despite their great songs and scores. They won’t be mistaken for a painting despite their beautiful frames, and neither for literature despite their plot, theme, character and […]
Chima (Timini Egbuson) in a conversation with Jubril (Paul Utomi), out of desperation, describes Nigeria as a sea of sadness, and that is what director Utomi set out to do with Country Hard. This film […]
When I learnt Nigeria was submitting a movie for the 2019 Oscars International Feature Film (IFF) category, I was beyond psyched as this was the second consecutive time, the first being Lionheart (2018). I assumed […]
Ebuka Njoku (Crazy, Lovely, Cool), producer, writer and director of Yahoo+, knew what he was doing when he included the line “This has got to be one of a dream, or maybe a whack film” in his feature debut Yahoo+ because a large part of the film felt like a dream to me, not like a whack film.
Eagle Wings is one of the most exploratory films Nollywood has put out, this time with the support of the Federal government. Nollywood has not enjoyed much investment from non-industry players, including the government. In […]
Everything from the conception of Bel-Air has set it apart from Will Smith’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show doesn’t go down the regular route most classical remakes take, trying to milk the nostalgia […]
The first episode of True Story is titled “The King of Comedy”, the same as the 1983 Martin Scorsese comedy, The King of Comedy. Like Scorsese’s, there is a creepy fan and no Rupert Rupkin, […]
