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The Train – The Journey of Faith
The Train is a biopic of popular Nigerian drama evangelist, Mike Bamiloye, founder of Mount Zion Films Productions. It chronicles his struggles as an unruly orphaned child to his struggles as a young adult in ministry up to his “calling” as a drama evangelist on national TV. Mount Zion Film Production Studios is a renowned […]
Who’s The Boss
Inkblot Productions is arguably the biggest movie production company in Nollywood at the moment, well, if you’re responsible for the two highest grossing movies in Nollywood history “The Wedding Party” and “The Wedding Party 2” then you are perhaps the biggest right? For “Who’s The Boss”, you get a sense they weren’t even attempting to […]
Dear Affy
Dear Affy tells an interesting contemporary story with a lot of plot twists and turns. It successfully continues to dribble as you never quite know what or who next would come under the radar of an accidental pregnancy. In the end, a most unexpected person is the father of the unborn child, a totally unexpected […]
Special Jollof
Special Jollof focuses on the story of a Caucasian female journalist who is completely exasperated after finding that her fiance was cheating on her with a Nigerian immigrant. As a journalist she goes undercover to prove that Nigerian immigrants are mostly frauds who’ve overstayed their visa allowance. The entire story then focuses on how she […]
Small Chops
An interesting troupe doesn’t always mean an interesting performance. Small Chops casts an interesting list of actors and then underwhelms. The plot seems like it must’ve been a good idea at conception, the delivery though leaves so much to be desired. If the heaviest theme of the movie is about a dancer making moves in […]
Top 5 Grossing Nollywood Movies of 2019
2019 was definitely one of the best years in Nollywood history. Despite the slow beginnings, the Box Office picked up with the release of “The Bling Lagosians” in June and the last two months of the year pushed the numbers incredibly and 2019 became one of Nollywood’s best performing years. It is really amazing to […]
The Legend of Inikpi
If you’re going to tell a story that is so similar to one of the most popular stories in the world then you really have to have something special and something different with which you can at least make a killing. The legend of Inikpi fails to tell a common story in an uncommon way. […]
Your Excellency
Editor's ChoiceWhile Nollywood movies are generally greatly improving, “Your Excellency” makes a great case for the effort and new creativity coming onto the scene. The movie is a fictional comedy on how the modern era social media craze could mix with political campaigns, it also pits the young generation politicians against the older generation even though […]
Merry Men 2
Merry Men 2 is the sequel to the Merry Men- The Real Yoruba Demons, released in 2018. The first instalment was a very big Nollywood blockbuster movie at the time. It shattered records and created some. It made sense for the team to reassemble and go at creating history again. Merry Men 2- Another Mission […]
