My Fantasy
By Ali Baylay A DEVINE TOUCH PRODUCTION. Starring: John Dumelo, Tonto Dikeh, Jibola Dabo, Ashley Nwosu; Production Manager: Emeka Ojiafor; Story/Screenplay: Chisom Juliet Okereke; Editor: Okiki David; Continuity: Winning Team; Executive Producers: Kingsley Okereke, Emeka Igwemba; Director: Theodore Anyanji. 130 mins. c2009 Even though My Fantasy is a movie based on phantasma, you’ll ask yourself
AMAA 2010: Malawi’s Flora Suya In Top Race for Best Actress Award
Malawian top actress, Flora Suya, is a top contender in this year’s Best Actress category at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 10, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Suya’s role in the movie, Season of a Life, earned her the nomination, alongside other A-list actresses like Ghanaian
Restore My Love
By Ali Baylay Executive Image Movies &Franco Films: Starring: Emeka Ike, Juliet Ibrahim, Emeka Akolo, Charity Eke, Nora Ugo; Production Manager: Chininso Okoli; Producer/Exec. Producer: Kenneth Okonkwo; Editor: Ilo Collins E.; Director:Emeka Muangwu; Principal Locations: Ghana/Nigeria. 112 mins; c2009. What if God grants you the most wonderful, beautiful, obedient, god-fearing , respectful and hardworking wife and
Show Of Shame At ANTP’S Election
If it were to be in a sane atmosphere, several members of the Association of Nigerian Theater Practitioners (ANTP) will have to adopt several methods to apologize to their numerous fans for their shameless acts during the botched national election of the association held at Ibadan last week. Some members of the association had thrown
The Followers
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
Material Girl
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
Guilty Pleasures
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
Unwritten
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,
Koko Babes
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
Interview With Ernest Obi
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
Ion International Film Fest in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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
Left Alone
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