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6 Hours to Christmas

Leave a Comment / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

Sparrow Production presents, Damilola Adegbite (Pebbles), Benny Ashun (Troy), Sena Tsikata (Mansa), Nii Odoi Mensah (Francis), Marian Lempogo (Akos), Chris Attoh (Reggie), Asamani Boateng (David). Writer/Producer/Executive Producer, Shirley Nana Akua Manso; Director of Photography, Kwame Johnson; Editor, Nana Akua Manso; Producer, Creative Director, Chris Attoh. (C) 2010. From my ten or so years reviewing movies, and following, the most popular family movies are farcical. Movies are a mode of entertainment. The rhetoric of film shouldn’t be politically or racially, or ethnically […]

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Chase

Leave a Comment / General, Reviews / By Ali Baylay

Eastsyde Entertainment presents Ramsey Noah (Dennis), Uche Jombo (Anna), Gentle Jack (Terror), Justus Esiri (Harry Dickson), Kelvin Books Ikeduba (Osas), MacMaurice Ndubueze (Chuks), Okey Sino Anagor (Tobi). Story/Screenplay/Director, Moses Inwang; Director of Photography, Tunde Adekoya (C2008) Chase movies are the most exploited themes in the world of film. Hollywood alone has produced over ten such films starting from Buster Keiton’s, The General (1926) to North by Northwest (1959), and the Naked Prey (1966). The Fugitive (1993), and The Hunted (2003), and the list

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Behind a Smile

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OJ Productions presents, Majid Michel (Fred), Adora Uko (Maria), Jim Iyke (Majid), Nadia Buari (Mara), Jibola Dabo (ChiefDajamaji) Gloria Young (Lucy), Omonie Oboli (Stacy), Florence Sunday (Fred’s mother), Screenplay/Director, Frank Raja Arase; Director of Photography, Tunde Adekoya; Executive Producers, Ojiofor Ezanyreche?Obumneke Ezeanyaeche. (C2009) Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend/Smiling faces, smiling faces, is a frown turned upside down/Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof/Beware. Beware of the handshake that hides the snake/I’m tellin’ you beware

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The Meeting

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The Audrey Silver Company presents, Rita Dominic (Clara), Jide Kosoko (Md), Femi Jacobs (Makinde), Lida Ejiofor (Ejura), Kate Henshaw (Mrs. Ikomi), Nse Ekpe Etim (Bolarinwa), Colin Richards (Jolomi). Producer/Director, Mildred Okwo; Producer, Rita Dominic; Cinematography, Jim Bishop; Screenplay, Tunde Babilola. (C) 2012 “…totally Nigerian or African story…,” says Mildred Okwo, the Producer/Director of The Meeting, in a post-production interview. She’s right on the dollar, Mildred is right on the money. Did you bring your lunch pack? Did you bring extra Naira

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’76

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Jim Iyke (Jake), Rita Dominic (Peju), Nikky Samonas (Sophia), Barbara Ukattah (Maggie), Jibola Dabo (Chief Aderibigbe), Joyce Kalu (Mrs. Aderibigbe), Dan Dinovo (Richie). Story, Uchenna Ivo; Screenplay, Jim Iyke; Director of Photography, John Osemeka; Producer, Omar Oyin Bala; Director, Chijoke Okeke Ogano; Editor, Okey Benson. C2017. I was interested in Frederick Leonard’s ’76 which have already 57,000 hits to its name, and I thought this could be a good one to watch and share in the experience; especially when I’m

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The Game

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Hotstar International Presents, Majid Michel (Jason), Martha Ankomah (Zina), Adjety Anang (Dennis), Yvonne Okoro (Etta), John Demelo (Andy), Anthony Nkwoeha (Jim). Story, Pascal Amanfo; Screenplay, Folaki Nissi Amanfo; Director of Photography, Tunde Adekoya; Director, Pascal Amanfo; Producer, Michael Odika. (C2010) In Daddy’s Girl, Martha Ankomah is this little girl who shrewdly plunged her unwitting father into the political limelight, only that the father fell short of becoming a Manchurian Candidate for the political establishment in Ghana. Here in The Game, she’s the femme fatale.

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Mirror Boy

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The Nollywood Factory in collaboration with OH Films, Presents, Genevieve Nnaji (Teema), Osita Iheme (Mirror Boy), Edward Kagutuzi (Tejan), Fatima Jabbe (Queen), Emma Fletcher (Miss Nugent), Peter Halpin (PC Andrew). Director, Obi Emolonye; Producers, Patrick Campbell/Famata Jabbe; Screenplay, Obi Emolonye; Executive Producer, Akim Salami; Narrator, Frazier James; Director of Photography, Clive Norman; Running Time: 84mim. C2011. Mirror Boy costs 250,000 Pound Sterling, or a big 339,263.66 United States dollars. Barely over a quarter of a million dollars, and it could

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BED MATE

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Washington DC and Sons Films, in association with John Ezedonmi Films Presents, Martha Ankomah (Nina), Prince David Osei (Frank), Roselyn Ngissah (Efua), Scot Roberts (Steven), Khareema Aguuir (Cynthia), Gifty Temeng (Agartha). Story/Screenplay, Bob Emmanuel Ansoike; Director of Photography, Fred Ofusu; Editor, Basil Akugre; Producer, Christopher Nwachukwu; Director, John Ezidonmi. (C2011) Honestly, the bedmate here, whose name is Steven (Robert Scot), is a vicious shady entrepreneur, whose line of business didn’t make exposition in this film, but unfortunately, he steals

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Ini Edo-The Crazy Girl

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Presents, Ini Edo (Afi), Tonto Dikeh (Elizera), Enebeli Elebuwa (Chief Henry), Emeka Okoro (Cally), Daniel K. Daniel (Friday). Tchidi Chikere, Director; Ikenna Anumba, Producer; Onoh Chigozie, Director Of Photography. The role played by Ini Edo in this movie is one of the most terrible actors play in films. Samuel L. Jackson, had to go into rehab for drug and alcohol abuse after his role in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991) because he was drunk and high on drugs all the time during the

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A Private Storm

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A Purplepine Production Present, Ramsey Noah (Alex), Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (Jina), John Dumelo (Jason), Peace Awak (Juliet), Ngozi Ezeonu (Mrs. Jibuno), Alex Ayalogu (Mr. Jibuno. Producer, Vivian Ejike; Directors, Lancelot Oduwa Imasueh, Ikechukwu Onyeka. (C2010) You good for nothing bastard, you ingrate! Yells, Mr. Jibuno (Alex Ayalogu) at Alex (Ramsey Noah). Mr. Jibuno to Mrs. Jibuno (Ngozi Ezeonu), so you’re standing between your bastard son and me? (Mr. Jibuno to Mrs.Jibuno). Haven’t I told you not to interfere when am disciplining

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