The Wrong Sacrifice
“They call me a failed man, like my story is over, but who says I can’t rewrite.” Emeka Ike says, in a recent interview, and went on to confess his regret not to have married
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New Love
Simony Production presents Olu Jacobs (Sir Louis), Van Viker (Nick), Jackie Appiah (Louisa), Tonto Dikeh (Biola), Chinozie Okoli (Ebie), Screenplay/Director, Tchidi Chikere (dgn); Director of Photography, Wale Adediran, Producer/Executive Producer, Sylvester Obadigi. © 2018 A scene in this movie reawakened a long shut-off desire to write a novel about my Mallam father’s “self-righteous” character. He always told me that men, especially Islamic believers, don’t cry. I’m soft and usually shed a tear or two in the most pitiful situations. Yet
Wind of Glory
An Annex Merchandise Production presents, Genevieve Nnaji (Juliana), Desmond Elliot (Clark), Yul Edochie (Emeka), Livinus Nnochiri (Dr. Ferdinand) Chukwudi Okoro (Udoka) Ofia ‘Afuluagu Mbaka (Gordian) Walter Anga (Peter) Story, Nwafor Anayo, Screenplay, Tchidi Chikere/Chucks Obiarah, Editor, Okafor Ikechi Augustine. DOP, John Ogemeka; Exec.Producer, Nwafor Anayo; Director/Producer, Tchidi Chikere. C.2007. Tchidi Chikere creates another character that leaves the audience in tears as he would do so in the following year with Beautiful Soul (2008) for which he got nominated by the African
Ini Edo-The Crazy Girl
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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Losing You
PJ Movies Productions, Presents, Van Vicker, Tonto Dikeh, Ifeanyi Ikechukwu, Linda Kurt, Juliet Ibrahim. DOP, Chigozie Onoh; Editor, Bode Akintoye; Screenplay/Director, Tchidi Chikere; Producer, Paul Afube. (C 2015) Losing You, as a title, is a verb (losing) expressing a subject (you). And in fact, it’s like an unfinished wail or cry of someone desperately in love and losing a grip on a loved one to another man, or woman, disease, or to death. Either way, the title of this movie doesn’t connote
Native Son
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