Mike Ezuruonye

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How I Became Famous

Leave a Comment / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

*****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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Jealous Wars

Leave a Comment / General, Reviews / By Ali Baylay

Jealous Wars A Ken Simon Productions presents, Ini Edo, Mike Ezuruonye, Ngozi Ezeonu, Leo Mezie. Director: Iyke Odife. Editor, Okey Benson; Executive Producer, Kenneth Ogbuike; Producer, Kenneth Ogbuike. (c) 2015 Every once in a while, among the myriads of discreditable movies Nollywood, pushes onto the market, there comes one that pleases the critical eye. Jealous Wars is structurally sound as presented. Is it because the producer and the executive producer are one person? Certain elements go into every film production and some are integral

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Native Son

Leave a Comment / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

Native Son Franco Films presents, Ini Edo, Tonto Dikeh, Mike Ezuruonye, Ifeanyi Ikechukwu.Producer, Igboanago Chinedu Nathaniel; Director, Tchidi Chikere; Associate Producer, Tchidi Chikere; Executive Producer, Igboanago Chinedu Nathaniel. Anyone who has ever read Thomas Hardy’s Return of the Native would be reminded of the book at a first glance of the title of this movie, Native Son. And come to watch the Native Son, the story plot is so akin to the classic, Return of the Native, that you’ll predict the

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Strength of Faith & Strength to Strength

1 Comment / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

Strength of Faith… Strength of Faith: Producer: Sunshine Movies Limited, Director: Ikechukwa Onyeka. Cast: Van Vicker, Uche Jombo, Tonto Dikeh. Strength to Strength: Producer: Solomon Apete, Director: Ugezu J. Ugezu, Prod. MGM: Ifeanyi Udoku, Exec. Prod: Ezenwa Collins Chinedu. Cast: Patience Ozorkwo, Mike Ezuruonye, Mercy Johnson, Tonto Dike. I do not know how these two identical titles of movies ended up on my desk but for some reason, they were there, and I kept looking away because the titles in

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Thrills Of The African Film Awards In London

2 Comments / Awards / By David Ajiboye

By David Ajiboye The 13th African film Awards formerly referred to as the Afro Hollywood Awards has come and gone but the memories linger on. The awards came barely eight days after the first African-American won the US presidential election. President-Elect Barack Obama predicated his campaign message on change and hope. According to him, the change we need and the change we believe in are most important constructs that must now move the world forward. Perhaps it was this change element that

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Mike Ezuruonye Explodes

8 Comments / Celebrities, Interviews, Nollywood / By David Ajiboye

By David Ajiboye “…you have to pass through darkness to get to dawn”, Mike Ezuruonye. Top Nollywood actor , Mike Ezuruonye, reveals in this chat with David Ajiboye, for africanmoviestar.com, why he’s a reserved person and why he keeps to himself. Excerpts: Is acting all you wanted to do at the beginning? Let us just say acting chose me. While growing up, I’ve been involved in acting one way or the other. But professionally I was dragged into it by Ruke

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Sins of Rachael

1 Comment / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

Sins of Rachael Director Emeka H. Umeasor takes a close and personal look at Sins of Rachael. You can find it so in the composition of the shots as they interpret on screen. The excessive use of extreme close-ups and medium close-ups bring even viewers closer to the events and characters on screen. Beautiful shots befitting beautiful story. Screenwriter, Andy Nwakalor weaves a beautiful drama here too for our viewing pleasure. He tells the story of Rachael (Joy Torty), a fountainhead character and a straight-faced born-again

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