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The Followers

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By Ali Baylay Executive Image Movies and Franco Films Presents: Emeka Ike, Nadia Buari, Chika Ike, Fredo Arico, Emeka Ani; Production Manager: Ben Ayosinti; Producer: Kenneth Okonkwo; Editor: Nnoshiri Charles Brain; Exec. Producer: Kenneth Okonkwo; Director: Ugo Ugbor; Principal Locations: Ghana/Nigeria; 133 mins. c2009. The Followers is a topic that invokes religious connotations as in ‘disciples’, but don’t be fooled brother, this is a film glorifying animism and devil worship with Christian church simply as a front. To a large […]

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Material Girl

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By Ali Baylay A VENUS PRODUCTION, STARRING:Yvonne Nelson, John Dumelo, Kofi Adjorlolo, Amonebea Dodoo, Gavivina Tamaklo, Brenda Osei Bonsu; Production Manager: Loius Saah Acquahman; Story: Abdul Salam Mumuni: Screenplay: Phil Efe Bernard; Continuity: Maxwell Awuni; Editor: Dapo-Ola Daniels; DOP: Adams Umar; Associate Producer: Roger Quartey; Producer/Executive Producer: Abdul Salam Mumini; Director: Frank Raja Arasi; 144 mins. C2009. I believe Material Girl is more like a treatise in philosophy 101, than a simple drama. The movie is replete with the word

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Guilty Pleasures

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By Ali Baylay Starring: Ramsey Nouah, Magid Michel, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Mercy Johnson, Desmond Elliot,Omoni Oboli; Screenplay: Uyai Ikpe-Etim/Bula Aduwo; DOP: Austine Nwaolie/Issac Martins; Executive Producers: Emem Isong, Desmond Elliot; Editor: Uche-Alex Moore; Producers: Emem Isong, Desmond Elliot; Director: Daniel Ademinokan; Assistant Director: Desmond Elliot. c.2009 Guilty Pleasures is one of the few Nollywood productions that’ll surely go into cinematic history as a classic. To a large extent, it has the makeup and flare of Citizen Kane. Terso in Guilty Pleasures

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Unwritten

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By Ali Baylay EXECUTIVE IMAGE MOVIES and FRANCO FILMS. Starring: Olu Jacobs, Larry Koldsweat, Alex Osifo, Saidu Balogun, Francis Duru, Bimbo Akintola; Screenplay/Director: Akinlosotu Femi Despy; Producer: Larry Koldsweat. 145 mins; C 2009. AFTERWARD: Nnamdi marries Sandra, Scorpion marries Iky. The law finally caught up with Sandra and Scorpion and they served two years each, Chairman served 20 years. Nnamdi pays the medical bill of his bad uncle, Iche Okorie, and also pays the university tuition for the uncle’s daughter.

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Koko Babes

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By Ali Baylay EXECUTIVE IMAGE MOVIES & FRANCO FILMS presents Emeka Ike, Uche Jombo, Uche Elendu, Queen Nwokoye, Emeka Enyiocha, Adoara Okoh; Story: Collins Chidebe; Production Manager: Solomon Apeti; Associate Producer: Uche Elendu; Director: Mac-Collins Chidebe;  129 mins. 2008 Screenwriter, Nkem Alu’s use of a clever motif (oversize picture of a naked man placed at a focal point in the primary location of the movie) quite justifies its theme: nestfull of not-too-young-spinsters, whose biological clocks are out of whack,  laying in their nest

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Interview With Ernest Obi

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I DIDN’T IMPREGNATE MY DAUGHTER, SAYS ACTOR OBI Ernest Obi is a household name in Nollywood. As an actor and film director, he has seen the good, the bad and the ugly sides of the film industry and life itself. Being a star, Obi’s life is not devoid of controversy. One of the controversies that have dogged his life is when his ex-wife accused him of impregnating his step-daughter a number of times and subjecting the girl to several bouts

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Ion International Film Fest in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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ION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS CELEBRITIES TO NIGERIA. BY DAVID AJIBOYE Superstar actress Daryl Hannah, Pras, a member of the legendary Grammy Award winning group ‘The Fugees,’ and Gian Carlo Esposito, distinguished star of numerous movies including “Twilight,” “Derailed,”  Spike Lee films, TV and Broadway, joined by Bollywood Stars Nandita Das, Nandana Sen, and filmmaker Madhu Mantena are all bound for Port Harcourt, Nigeria to attend the 6th Annual ION International Film Festival. Each year, ION is held in a

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Left Alone

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By Ali Baylay Production: Busy Brain Entertainment; Cast: Jim Iyke, Omotola Jolade, Emeka Enyiocha; Director: Livinus Nwabueze; Executive Producer: Livinus Nwabueze; 1.15 mins. The plot of gangster movies come straight from the day to day happenings in the society as brought to us in our newspapers and evening news headlines,   and this is a subject that interests not only film makers but even the general public. In the US, gangster movies thrived in the era of the Great Depression, when

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Osuofia Kidnapped!

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The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Mr. Segun Arinze has confirmed the kidnapp of ace comedian and multiple award-winning actor, Nkem Owoh popularly known as Osuofia. Mr. Owoh was kidnapped on Monday along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and his kidnappers are demanding for a ransome of N15million about $100,000. His kidnap came barely few months after the kidnap of veteran actor, Pete Edochie was kidnapped along Afor Nkpor road in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State.

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Tonto Dikeh Dates Fred Nuamah

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BY DAVID AJIBOYE Nollywood’s current hottest, richest and pretty-faced young actress, Tonto Dike, who once dated Nigerian top music producer, Don Jazzy, has found the best rhythm to her heart’s desire in Ghana, African Movie Star has gathered. The light-skinned actress, a close source told this reporter, is having a clandestine love affair with Ghanaian new actor and producer, Fred Nuamah, who also doubles as manager of Ghana’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight champion, Joseph Agbeko and an erstwhile radio

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