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Love Castle

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 Hope Studios and BFO TV present Femi Adebayo (Chief Balogun), Lateef Ademeji (Chi Jushua), Jide Kosoko (Chief Otun), Halima Abubakar (Show Host), Kahinde Bankole (Adetutu), Zack Orji (Chizutere’s Father), Tubosun Odunsi (Chief Priest), Rachel Oniga (Iya lode), Jumoke Georgwe (Iyaloja), Beatrice Funke Kanyinsade. Director, Desmond Elliot; Writer, Beatrice Funke Ogunmola. © 2021. Love Castle showcases Nollywood’s top talents, including Jide Kosoko, who consistently excels in his roles.  Watch, for instance, his calm and resilient character in The Royal Hibiscus (2017). […]

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Unlucky

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Closer Pictures and Mazzini Pictures present Bimbo Ademoye (Moji), Uzor Arukwe (Lucky), Ose Inebenobor (Laura), Moc Madu (Festus), Pascaline Alex (Philo), and Victory Emuejekaro (Chief). Story, Nwobodo; Executive Producer, Closer Pictures, Mazzini Pictures; Producer, Onyinye Udezeh; Director, Stanley Obi; Director of Photography, Ogbonna Chukwuemeka. © 2023. I first discovered Uzo Arukwe when I reviewed In Line (2017), which is currently trending on Netflix. He was the fall guy in the movie. Uzo had killed his father when the older man

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Split

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Zack Orji (Robert), Shaffy Bello (Davina), Stan Nze (Tom), Uzor Arukwe (Banjamin), Moc Madu (Ebuka), Fred Idenhen (Okon), Ceec (Odera Olivia Orji), Story, Stan Nze, Abdul TJ; Screenplay, Abdul TJ; Director of Photography, Ladipo Abiola; Director, Tope Alake; Associate Producer, Blessing Obassi; Producer, Stanley Ngediegwu; Executive Producer, Element 47Pictures. ©2020.               I like single-word titles, especially when it is a verb, like in Split (doing word). They can be quaint, concise, mysterious, magical. They can be thought-provoking and excellent for

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Catching Feeling

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Derente Films/ Netflix presents Kagiso Lediga (Max), Pearl Thusi (Samkelo), Akin Omotoso (Joel), Andrew Buckland (Heina), Prcious Makagaresta (Lazola), Kandile Tisane (Kabelo), Kate Liquorish (Tabitha), and Tyson Cross (Miles). Screenwriter/Director Kagiso Lediga: Producers, John Vodnik Tomsin Anderson, Kagiso Lediga; Executive Producers, Isaac Moga Jane, Ronnie Apteker, Luke Henkeman; Director of Photography, Motheo Moeng. © 2017.   Tennessee Williams, while writing A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), reveals in his diary “that a man in a crisis, so profoundly

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The Last Straw

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 A3 Studios present Bimbo Ademoye (Morenike), Timini Egbuson (Laolu), Saffy Bello (Regina), Screenplay, Mannie Oiseomaye; Story, Bimbo Ademoye; Director of Photography, Lawrence Morgan; Director, Great Van Edochie; Producer, Grace Onyia. © 2024. It is a popular proverb that, The Last Straw is the straw that breaks the camel’s back. That is so true. It must be heavy, and unbearable; inhuman at its worst, as to break a camel’s back. Camels can bear lots of yoke for their masters. But when

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Caged

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 Living Life Media presents Uche Jombo (Emilia), Chris Akwarandu (Chief Okocha), Harriet Akinola (Mrs. Anayo), Kendra Chi Aninyei (Rose), Micheal O. Ejoor (Jabez), Executive Producer, Awele J. Hansel; Producer, Thelma Chukwunwem; Screenplay, Adaeze Ibechukwu/Awele Hansel; Director, Seun Afolabi; Director of Photography, Ganiyu Anifowose. © 2024. It seems Nollywood is revisiting its old movies and making them anew. So, it is with Abuja Runs (2024), a remake of A Trip to Abuja (2003), pp.105-107 Nollywood Movie Reviews Vol 1. Caged, a

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Abuja Runs

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Ajatel Media present Kanayo O. Kanayo (Minister), Eucharia Anunobi (Sapphire), Sola Sobowale (Ronke), Daniel K. Daniel (Gray), Danrele Odun (Lorenzo), Gloria Young (Emerald), Chineynye (Soma), Browny Igboegwu (Morgan). Screenplay/ Executive Producer, Chidi Umeoji; Director of Photography, Chuks Nwali; Director, Vincent D. Anointed. © 2024. To be frank, Abuja Runs seems like a, what must I call it, Abuja drug run? Abuja Runs is a graduated form of A Trip to Abuja (2003) Nollywood Movie Reviews, pp. 105-107. A Trip to

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Home Coming

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BDaniels Production present, Clinton Joshua (Andrew), Precious K. Charles (Vivian), Ralf Edu (Mr. Johnson), Amara Uwaechi (Mrs. Edu), Ogechukwu Anasor (Beauty), Johnson Y.S (Lawyer), Sydney Dyala (Chief Udenshi). Director, Chidi Anyanwu Chidox; Screenplay, Jemimah Amonachini; Producer/Executive Producer, Bridget Daniels Imasuen; Director of Photography, Onugbor O. Prosper. © 2024                                                                                                 Home Coming sent nostalgic feelings in me. My mind returns to my school chums and the expectations of reuniting with them. The echoes of laughter like yesteryears, from mates you can no

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Two to Tango

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Master Shot Films Productions, Uche Alexmoore Films presents Frederick Leonard (Richard), Onyi Alex (Ivory), Tochi Obika (Bobby), May Ann Obika (Mira). Screenplay, Chinonso Onuoha; Director of Photography, Isaiah Ogunnowo; Director/ Producer, Uche Alexmoore. © 2024. “It takes two to tango,” they say. The characters in Two to Tango are straight from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. We all remember those secondary school literature series, Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Tom Brown’s School Days, in our syllabuses in those days.

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I Dey for You

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NWY presents Rachel Edwards, Oparango Victory, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Story, Pearl Wats; Writer, Blessing Ire; Director of Photography; Executive Producer, Pearl Wats; Director, Okey Ifeanyi. © 2022. The title of this movie is in pidgin English, meaning ‘I am there for you.’ I stumbled on I Dey for You like I did Omo Ghetto: The Saga (2020). The lead characters have rudely built statures, Funke Akindele Bello and Pearl Wats, and are similarly funny. However, I will choose Omo Ghetto over

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