September Newsletter: August Review, Return of TV Season and Introducing a Google Film Calendar + Mailing List
Let’s look forward to September together.
Retro Review: ‘Ṣaworoidẹ’ and Timelessness
It would seem an overstatement to term Saworoide the most important political movie in Nollywood’s history. Released in 1999, more than two decades ago, with a portion of its cast either aged or deceased, our […]
Movie Review: Although a Worn Love Story, ‘Loving Rona’ Manages a Few Laughs
This Luke Aire Oyovbaire (We Are Fine, A Break From Reality, Lemonade) Nollywood romantic comedy movie stars Rona Adams (Meg Otanwa) as the main character.
Movie Review: ‘Nneka the Pretty Serpent’ and the Conundrum of Remakes
Play Network Studios is leaving a trail of remakes. It opened with Living in Bondage, then Rattlesnake: the Ahanna Story, and now Nneka the Pretty Serpent.
Movie Review: Who Names Their Kid ‘Beckett’
Ferdinando Cito Filomarino’s latest film, Beckett, is the classic wrong place at the wrong time.
King of Boys (2018) Recap
Starring Sola Sobowale, Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Toni Tones, Adedamola Adedoyin, Paul Sambo and Reminisce, King of Boys, the 2018 movie, went on to become the highest-grossing movie of 2018 and one of the top grossers of all time in Nigerian cinema.
King Of Boys: The Return Of the King Official Trailer Teases Bigger Aspirations and New Foes
What’s better than a King of Boys movie? Any answers? Anyone? A sequel, but this time as a series. Exciting, right? After its box office success in 2018, the Kemi Adetiba-directed political thriller has gone […]
Every Nigerian Song in Non-Nigerian Films
It is very easy for people to argue about who gets to make or adapt African arts while equally using a made-outside-Africa smart device. This recently happened after Wizkid featured Justin Bieber in a remix of Essence. We have compiled a list of some of the times Nigerian songs were used in non-Nigerian films.
Movie Review: “Quam’s Money”
The entirety of Quam’s Money feels like an elongated music video that was badly directed.
In Conversation: Damilola Orimogunje Discusses His Craft, Nollywood Criticism and the Future of Arthouse in Nigeria
Damilola Orimogunje wants his stories to transcend geographical locations, and he won’t let political correctness dictate his craft.
