When we think of Kayode Kasum (Ponzi, Quam’s Money, Dwindle, The Therapist), it will most likely be in light of his 2019 film, Sugar Rush, a decent action comedy that put him in place as one of the new wave of Nollywood directors. However, in 2018, Kayode Kasum directed a film that feels like a hybrid between his 2020 This Lady Called Life and Sugar Rush. Oga Bolaji is one of Kayode Kasum’s efforts at a serious film. A film yearning for the grittiness of Confusion Na Wa but held back by Kasum’s affinity for the light-hearted. Related: Movie Review:…
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In the beginning, God said, “Let there be chaos,” and there was Progressive Tailors Club’s opening scene—maybe, even, every meeting scene. We are thrown into this gathering of unfunny characters trying too hard to be funny; too hard to the point of obviousness.
Around the one-hour mark in an unspecified future, in the endless desert of Dune, the giant predator sandworm, attracted by vibrations, shoots out from underneath the desert and swallows the spice mining machinery, crawler, in sight. It is the first time there is any absolute sense of danger in the film. It is also the first time Paul (Timothee Chalamet) heir to the Atreides throne, under the influence of spice, has a clear vision about the future. If the reader has absolutely no idea what’s happening in the review up until this point, such a reader is forgiven. Dune (2021)…
Matthew Paige Damon, or the actor popularly known as Matt Damon, has starred in another movie that, although evidence suggests it should be heading for box office success, isn’t doing so well. The Last Duel, directed by swashbuckling British film director, Sir Ridley Scott. Debuting as a young actor in the 1988 film, Mystic Pizza, and in spite of winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe award for best screenplay in 1997, it would have been difficult to imagine he would come so far that to take stock of his success would be insurmountable. But that is what will be…
Gone, apparently, is the pristine place to see Bimbo Ademoye.
Hers, Mine, Ours is a 2021 short film directed by Deji ‘Riley’ Omoloja and written by Akuchinyerem Okonkwo. With a synopsis reminiscent of Tade Ogidan’s 2004 film, Dangerous Twins, Kuchi Chris plays the technical role of portraying the twins, Nwakaego and Nwamaka. Based on the ageless plot structure of sibling rivalry, the short film follows the twins as they resolve this rivalry, violently. The short film opens with Dele (Ajayi Akorede Tega), who is married to one of the twins, on a surprise date with his wife. Familial discussions arise and we find out the ‘other twin’ has gone…
Since the success of The Wedding Party movies, there has been an unhealthy tilt in the industry towards romantic-comedies; an already overpopulated film genre. The formula for these films are well-known; throw the rich at the poor and sprinkle a dash of romantic drama. In this manner, Badboys and Bridesmaids offers nothing new or refreshing.
It sounds preposterous, doesn’t it? A gathering of mourners somewhere in our very own Nigeria are crying and singing hymns and delivering speeches to honour a dog.
Beyond the regular cinephile, there are the readers who were eager to see Swallow because it’s an adaptation of a Sefi Atta novel. And while, even amongst them, the reaction to the film has been polemical, there is a general agreement that the film didn’t explore the entirety of the book.
There are countless successful films based on books all over, and to counterweight that, there are terrible ones as well.