Tonto Dikeh

All I Ever Wanted

Ali Baylay Starring: Desmond Elliot, Magid Michel, Tonto Dikeh,Uru Eke, Ejine Okoroafor; Producer: Okey Okonkwo, Director of Photography: Alex Effiong; Production Managers: Ifeanyi Udokwo, Boniface Ogbonna; Executive Producer: Okey Okonkwo; Director: Daniel Ademinokan; Story: Ral Nwankwo. 100 mins. 2009 All I Ever Wanted is a story with voice over narrative told from the point of view of Didi (Sandra Uchemba), the oldest daughter of Eddy (Desmond Elliot). She is not warming up to the girl friend and soon-to-be wife, Binye […]

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Marshals

Leave a Comment / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

By Ali Baylay Cast:Emeka Ike, Van Vicker, Prince Ike, Tonto Dikeh; Produced by Pressing Forward Productions; Black Star Entertainment; Screenplay: Greg Chyke Inawodoh. 145 Minutes. There’re really guys like this: wise guys, fast talking, tough-talking, smooth-talking and confident- building guys who can present before you a heaven on earth. They’re not your 9 to 5 kind of guys. They live by scamming, pilfering, lying, deceiving and robbing, peddling guns and drugs. They’re the best dressed, they hang out with big shots-governors, ministers, bank managers,

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Before The Rain

3 Comments / Reviews / By Ali Baylay

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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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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Tonto Dike

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

By David Ajiboye “I intend to be in Nollywood for a long time,” says actress Tonto Dike. “I’m so sorry for the delay and recourse I have made you go through, sir,” Tonto Dike, the fast rising Nigerian actress, who was one of the first housemates of the Next Movie Star, pleaded as she settled down in her Murano SUV and pleads with the director of the film on which location she was to have this chat with African Movie Star. That the screen siren

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