Dear reader, Happy new year.In 2021, wkMu will expand from being a personal blog to accommodating diverse views and perspectives, operating more as an intensive film and TV site. After an extensive application process that robbed me of my new year’s celebrations (still Ikeade’s voice), we have two new permanent contributors joining the team. These new voices will bring more film and TV knowledge along with them. Luckily for you as a reader, boring y’all with my year-long Netflix tirade/unpaid promo ends on this day. Hopefully, I am able to sneak a few in before this letter ends. How was…
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Following his Netflix debut, Mókálìk, Kunle Afolayan can boast of a new movie on the streaming platform, titled Citation. I looked forward to this one for a couple of reasons. One reason being Temi Otedola’s debut as an actress. Also, I anticipated a more thrilling movie from a known filmmaker who has delivered such in the past. Citation closely follows a young overachieving masters student, Moremi (Temi Otedola), who has to defend her dignity against a charismatic and well-loved visiting lecturer, professor Lucien N’Dyare (Jimmy Jean-Louis), after an ordeal of attempted rape, preceded by unrequited sexual advances. The movie details…
In the spirit of protests and events that have gone down during the last two weeks in my home country against police brutality and bad governance, it felt poetic watching The Trial of the Chicago 7 at the height of the whole situation. Different regions, different motivations, but similar injustice across both movements from two different eras. You can read up on the whole EndSARS movement by clicking on the embedded link, where I found the 2 weeks nicely summarized. Now, let us discuss United States v. David Dellinger et al. of the hippie 60s. Without spoilers, of course. As…
~Spoiler-free review~ I remember typing ‘Nollywood’ into the search box as I subscribed to Netflix for the first time. Only a few options to none were available, most of which were movies from other African countries such as South Africa and a particular movie with a colourful poster and an unusual title which caught my eye, titled, Green White Green (and all the beautiful colours in my mosaic of madness). “Is this really Nollywood”, I asked myself. However, I was reassured on seeing the names of the cast which were Naija-like and I speculated that they were creatives based in diaspora…
Don’t try to understand it, feel itTENET, 2020. ~Spoiler-free review of TENET~ So much has happened between my last post and this latest one. How have we been? (just fine) How many movies have we seen? (tens) How many television episodes have we watched? (tens) How many online classes have we skipped? (a couple) And most importantly, how many hours of sleep have we had? (let’s not go there)After hundred of pandemic days and series of postponements, TENƎꓕ is finally showing in theatres, the way Christopher Nolan envisioned it. It was never going to come directly to home video or VOD,…
Why eleven? Maybe a part of me misses football. What can I say? GLOW: This Netflix series follows the personal and professional lives of female wrestlers in Los Angeles during the 1980s. This was a period when women rarely got such chances and the challenges they face are depicted on screen, which is loosely based on the experiences of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling of the 1980s. It stars Alison Brie (Community) in a leading role, Betty Gilpin and Marc Maron. Available to watch on Netflix with 3 seasons in the bag. It has been renewed for a fourth and…
Popular Manga series, One Punch Man, is being developed into a live-action feature film by Sony. According to Variety, Venom writers, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner are attached to write the live action project after finding success with Venom and the rebooted Jumanji franchise for Sony. One Punch Man tells the story of Saitama, a strong superhero who defeats villains with just a single punch. Over time, however, he grows bored with the absence of a challenging fight. As it is still in early development stage, there are still various twists and turns that the project could face during this…
We are mostly all locked in. Some are starting to get restless. Some like me are still enjoying the God given break and maybe hoping for an extended one under the guise of “let the curve flatten”. While, some are starting to lose their imaginations of what life used to be like. All it takes is the right music, book, movie or TV show to restore our fantasies and keep our minds alive during this challenging period. Master of None, co-created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, depicts an adult man’s quest for connection and love in New York City.…