Movie reviews
Movie Review: Afamefuna: An Ode The Igbo People And Their Industrious Spirit
Afamefuna movie review: The Igbo apprenticeship system is a community and commercial enterprise model used by the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria. This approach reflects the Igbos' industrial mentality. The Igbo apprenticeship system, also known unofficially as Igba-Boi, is an…
Movie Review: Anikulapo: The Rise of the Spectre: Falters Due To Lack Of Narrative Cohesion
If 'Anikulapo' (2022) by one of Nollywood's famous filmmakers, Kunle Afolayan, was about Saro cheating death by resurrecting the dead, 'Anikulapo: The Rise of the Spectre,' a 6-part Netflix series sequel, is about our anti-hero cheating death for the second…
Movie Review: Merry Men 3: Nemesis: A Test of Futile Endurance
Franchises are distinguished from other sorts of films by their potential to be memorialised; in the minds of the audience, characters are remembered mostly for the chemistry that exists between them. I can barely remember what happened in a…
“MATI A ZAZZAU,” Review: A Modern Kannywood Cinematic Tour de Force
Netflix recently acquired the Kannywood film "Mati A Zazzau". It is the first Hausa film to be streamed and picked up by a streaming service. This is an admirable accomplishment for Kannywood, a subset of Nollywood in northern Nigeria. Kannywood's…
“Breath of Life,” Review: Refreshing And Delightful to Watch
I don't gush about how good a Nollywood actor is or how criminally underrated an actor is, but ever since I first saw Ademola Adedoyin play Prince Aderopo, a serial killer in Kunle Afolayan's "October 1st" (2014), even as a…
BLOOD VESSEL Review: Slow-paced Crime Drama With Thrilling Effect
Since the discovery of crude oil and petroleum in Nigeria in the late 1950s, the oil-producing states in the south-south have been a hotbed of protests, revolts, and dissent, owing primarily to the negligence of Nigerian federal governments and…
“Ololade,” Review: A Clumsy and Shoddy Family Drama
"Ololade" is a six-part drama series that chronicles the story of two poor friends (in the literal sense) who coincidentally become stupendously rich. The series is produced by TCN Africa, a production company founded by Olawale Adetula, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, and…