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Vibrant promotional poster for the African movie "Kiss & Tell" showcasing the lead cast.

Kiss and Tell

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  Royal Art Academy presents, Monalisa Chinde (Delphine), Joseph Benjamin (Iyke), Nse Ikpe Etim (Tena), Eka (Bhaira Mcwizu), Desmond Elliot (Bernard), Uche Jombo (Mimi), Bobby Michaels (David), Mathew H. Brown (Tunde). Director, Desmond Elliot; Producer, Emem Emong, Monalisa Chinde; Screenplay,  Anthony Kahinde Joseph, Uduak Isong Oguamanam, Rita C. Onwurah. (C.2011) “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” they say. A minute into the film, Bernard (Desmond Elliot) and Iyke (Joseph Benjamin) are standing in each other’s face. They’re burnt out […]

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Mafians

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  Magic Movies Productions Presents, Jerry Amilo (Bawayne), Gentle Jack (Okwesilieze), Sam Loco (Baba K), Mitchelle Ogor (Peggy), Abrahim Nwodo (Benson), Ugezu J. Ugezu (Gemande). Screenplay, Ugezu J. Ugezu; Producer, Chioke Nneji; Director, McCollins Chidebe. (2006) The title Mafians throws a chill up my spine. I watched the Godfather movie and saw firsthand how the mafia operates. They can be merciless in pursuing both money and power; the entire system is owned by them, including police officers, bank officers, and

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Majid Rides Okada For A Living!

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Royal Arts Academy Production Presents, Genevive Nnaji (Zara Williams), Majid Michel (Tyron), Desmond Elliot Bernard), Nse Ikpe Etim (Tena), Omoni Oboli (Ini); Story, Emem Isong; Screenplay, Uduak Isong Oguamanam/ Bola Aduwo; Director of Photography, Alex Effiong; Producer, Emem Isong; Directors, Daniel Ademinokan, Desmond Elliot.   I’ve never been so humiliated in my life…I’m tired Zaira, I’m tired of fighting, I’m tired of trying to live to everyone’s expectation, I’m a disappointment to everyone including myself…I have a career going down the

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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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The Princess Of My Life

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By Ali Baylay A Devine Touch Film; Starring: Ini Edo, Desmond Elliot, Tonto Dikeh, Muna Obiekwe, Kofi Adjorlolo, Casandra Odita; Editor: Uche Ike; Producers: Emeka Igwemba, Kinsley Okereke, Ikechukwu Onyeka; Executive Producers: Eriobi Chibuzor, Nwegwu Hinweike; Assitant Director: B.B.C Nwachineke; Director: Ikechukwu Onyeka. 146 mins. c2008 Have you ever been asked by a friend what the book you’re reading is about, and you can’t tell in one sentence unless you tell the whole story? That is how The Princess Of

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Before The Rain

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Before The Rain  Sky Movies Ltd, Presents Van Vicker (Fabian), Chika Ike (Anita), Desmond Elliot (Raymond), Tonto Dikeh (Mercy). Screenplay, Chidi Chijioke. Director: Ikechukwu Onyeke. Sky Movies Ltd. “They are from decent Christian families aspiring to be university graduates but after admission, they find out that it is not all rosy.“ that’s how the sales pitch at the back of the scabbard of the DVD of  Before the Rain goes. While intensely watching this flick of university kids with my twelve years old daughter, she made

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Wicked Intentions

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By Ali Baylay The last time I was ridiculed, confused, and puzzled by a literary genre was when I read Wole Soyinka’s Interpreters. I read it twice with no success at understanding the novel, until an O’level class friend of mine recommended Fourah Bay College Edred Jones’ treatise, Interpreters Interpreted. Even at that, I can’t hardly have intelligent discourse on the Interpreters. In all my movie reviewing experience, Wicked Intentions baffles me the same way Interpreters does, though in the case of Wicked

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