Ali Baylay

African woman smiling with braided hair and jewelry, showcasing African fashion and culture.

How I Became Famous

  *****presents, Ini Edo (Stephanie Jones, Mike Ezuruonye (Jude), Uche Jombo (Uju); Director, Charles Inojie DGN; Screenplay, Uche Jombo. Producer/Executive Producer, John Nkeiruka Nwatu; Editor, Linus Akubuilo NSC: Assoc. Producer Joe Okoh; DOP, Lucky Eromosele NSC. (C****) The first time I rebelled against my primary school teacher’s mode of composing  an essay of,  “How I Spent My Summer Vacation, ” was when I was forced to start for instance, with: the school closed and we got in our cars and […]

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Hoodlums

Zubysil Productions Present Prince David Osei (Swaggito), Bibi Bright (Naomi), Gloria Safo (Claudia), Vivian Achor (Naomi’s Mom), Amanda Obeye (Babra). Story/Screenplay, Sunshine Olawore; Director of Photography, Titi Jeje Charm; Producer, Kwasi Nyarko Ofei;  Director, Olarwore S. Sunshine (C) 2011 In the hoods of Ghally, there once lived a tall hoodlum named Swaggita (Prince David Osei). He was lawless and brutal, and he once stabbed his neighbor, for a cell phone. Naomi (Bibi Bright) was locked up for twenty years for

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One More Night

  MM Films Production Presents: Nadia Buari (Latifa), Prince David Osei (Phil), Nash Alexi Smith (Greg), Martha Ankomah (Sarah), Franchesca Gray (Ivy), Story/Screenplay, Evans Anaelo; Director  of Photography, Efe Eprairam; Producer, Lucas Edom; Editor, Samuel Owusu Asare; Director, Ken Steve Anuka. (C2013) If I have authority to rate this movie besides reviewing it, I would have given it five stars and a half. This movie would have been appropriately named Entrapped. It has all the ingredients and reasons to be so

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The Power of Buttocks

A Samcivic Production present Khareema Aguiar (Tracy), Rahim Banda (Junior), Nancy Momoh (Stacy),James Gardiner (James) Eddie Coffie (Mr. Jackson) Kofi Adjarolo (Mr. Goodluck). Story/Screenplay/Director, John Izedonmi; DOP, Sefa Ntiamoah; Editors, Basil Awuni Akugre, Isaac Ankamah Bedu, Felix Gyebi; Producer, Emmanuel Uzochukwu.  (C) 2013) The Power of Buttocks is a self-explaining title. More or less, the title seems like a ‘How To’ pamphlet. Whisper this title to an African male and hear him laugh, and fall, and swoon all over, and may

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Cornered

Annex Merchandise Inc. presents Ramsey Noah (Cyprian Idriss/Cross), Genevive Nnaji (Hellen), Nnamdi Eze (Henry) Andy Chukwu (Stephen). Screenplay, Chucks Obiorah; DOP, JonathanGbemuotor; Exe. Producer, Nwafor Anafor; Producer, Nwafor Anayo; Story, Nwafor Anayo; Editor, Andy Chukwu. “A man with a ring on his pinky finger is intelligent, witty and crooked.” My grandfather used to tell me just as he dismissed people with goggles as marijuana smokers, so was his disdain and disapproval for anyone who used a ring on his pinky

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Sexy Crime

A Frank Raja Arase Film, Presents, Melvin (Majid Michel), Laura (Yvonne Okoro), Raymond ( Edie Narty), Paula (Kafue Danker), Kimola (J.J. Bunny), Isabelle (Chi Chi Neblett). DOP, Adams Umar; Producer/Executive Producer, Chidibere Solomon; Director, Frank Raja Arase. ( C2017). Dear reader, if you ever watched the C 2010 Movie 4 Play Reloaded, you must be knowledgeable about the story line for Sexy Crime, only that Sexy Crime is 4 Play Reloaded to the third power. It takes a serious look at the games young married

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Crime Of The Heart

    Production House Missing: Dave (Dave Obgeni), Thelma, Brenda (Nora Clifford). Screenplay, Francis Uzoma Disney (Gerald); DOP, Kenneth Nwabuze; Editor, Frank Douglas; Producer, Nora Clifford; Director, Dave Obgeni. (C2017) When comes Spring, I’m always looking for movies that put me in the mood for love, except this one, this year. In two reviews in a row, Losing You and Crime Of The Heart, I come across movies that leave me with sad and sickening feeling at curtain up. Now, you’ll be

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Losing You

PJ Movies Productions, Presents, Van Vicker, Tonto Dikeh, Ifeanyi Ikechukwu, Linda Kurt, Juliet Ibrahim. DOP, Chigozie Onoh; Editor, Bode Akintoye; Screenplay/Director, Tchidi Chikere; Producer, Paul Afube. (C 2015) Losing You, as a title, is a verb (losing) expressing a subject (you).  And in fact, it’s like an unfinished wail or cry of someone desperately in love and losing a grip on a loved one to another man, or woman, disease, or to death. Either way, the title of this movie doesn’t connote

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Foulton’s Mansion 1-2

Fabulous Production, Nigeria limited, presents, Prince Ikeh (Damian), Chinyere Nwabueze (Clopatra), Ubong Bassey (Maxwell), Anita Joseph (Mandy), Mercy MacJoe (Viola), Cynthia Ezenwanwagu (Mollie), Etinnosa Idemudia (Lavender), Donald Okoye (Richard), Sammy Udiminue (stefan), Ijeoma David (Alexia). Screenplay, Ubong Bassey; Director of Photography, Kehinde Soyebo; Producer, Prince David Ezenwa Nwagu; Editor, Ubani ZionChibuike; Director, Ubong Bassey Nya.  (C2016). Enter Damian (Prince Ikeh) and his Rastafarian sidekick, Stefan (Sammy Udiminue), in a borrowed SUV, fighting over crumbs. Then enters Mollie (Cynthia Ezenwanwagu) shoplifting in a

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Stolen Corpse 1-3

Sylvester Madu, Tammy Opusunju (Mike), Nancy Isime (Angle), Lissy Gold (Vanessa), Mercy MacJoe ( Chelsea), Shasha Donald (Vera) T.T Temple (Chief Maxwell). Screenplay, Sylvester Madu; Director of Photography, Goodnews Eriko Isika; Editor, Samuel David Chinedu; Producer, Eze Osita Onyebuchi; Director, Sylvester Madu. Once in a while, you want to see your favorite actor play a different role, just in case you discover another dimension of his character. In Stolen Corpse, we find Sylvester Madu not against the establishment like he proves in

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