Saturday, March 21st, 2026

‘Silverton Siege’ Review: An Average Hostage Thriller that Fails to Duly Honour the Original Event

On January 25, 1980, three apartheid freedom fighters, Stephen Lakoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela, were on their way to carry out a planned sabotage mission when they realised their cover had been blown. In […]

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‘The Blood Covenant’ Review: Fiyin Gambo-directed Money Ritual Story Arrives Weak and Disappointing

Another high-class optics, Lagos-set story fuelled by greed, bad decisions and money rituals. Four friends Osiano (Shawn Faqua), Jite (Uzor Arukwe), Eddie (Tobi Bakre), and Obi (Alex Ekubo) make a covenant in secondary school to […]

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Trailer: Ini Dima-Okojie, Nancy Isime, Deyemi Okanlawon, Kate Henshaw in Dramatic-Thriller Four-Part Series ‘Blood Sisters’

Since the release of Chief Daddy 2 on new year’s day, Netflix has released a trailer for EbonyLife-produced dramatic crime-thriller, Blood Sisters, a four-part mini-series directed by Biyi Bandele (Half of a Yellow Sun) and […]

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‘Amandla’ Review: Shock Value over Organic Character Development in an Interesting South African Debut from Nerina de Jager

The first twenty-five minutes of Amandla are captivating to say the least— it’s a pity it mostly goes downhill from there. The Nerina De Jager-written and directed movie is set in South Africa during apartheid, […]

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Everything We Know About ‘Anikulapo’, Kunle Afolayan’s Netflix Yoruba-language Epic

   After the 2021 release of time period movie Swallow and the holiday-themed film A Naija Christmas on Netflix, one would think the widely-admired Nigerian filmmaker and actor Kunle Afolayan would take some time before announcing […]

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