Film and TV

Ritual Killings in Nigeria: Can Any Responsibility Be Attributed to Nollywood?

Nollywood has been accused in the past of being influencers and promoters of crime and…

Juju Stories Review: Surreal 16’s Bold and Artistic Exploration of Nigerian Urban Legends

…Juju Stories is helmed by Surreal16, a collective of three independent, new wave writer-directors, with…

Gidi Blues Review: A Meet-Cute in Idumota

Gidi Blues is real, it shows Lagos at its lowest, taking out exuberant and expensive…

Vaillante Review: The Lives of a Child Bride and a Young Activist Intertwine in UNICEF’s Important Miniseries

Vaillante follows the intertwined stories of two female protagonists and their painful experiences with child…

Rancor Movie Review: An Unfit Piece for the Nigerian Cinema

The problem is not the movie trying to incorporate so many unnecessary acts, but the…

For Maria Ebun Pataki Movie Review: A Remarkable Telling of a Rarely Told Story

This is a film that could easily have become repetitive, going in circles as it…

Tanwa Savage Review: Screenplay Flops Serve as the Ruin on Geshin Salvador’s Tanwa Savage

Besides being cliche and stereotypic, the Tanwa Savage script is not intellectually challenging, possibly as…

Superstar: Nollywood Movie Review: An Enjoyable Celebrity Story With A Little Too Much To Say

Superstar: Nollywood Movie filled with comedy, tragedy, romantic drama, quasi-social issues drama, and everything else…

Binti Movie Review: Tanzanian, Seko Shamte Tells the Story of Womanhood on Netflix

For all that it represents, Binti movie has good material. Women, at least, can find…

The Girl in the Yellow Jumper Movie Review: Ugandan Thriller Thrives on a Story of Improbabilities and Suspense

In “The Girl in the Yellow Jumper”, Ali successfully triggers in viewers the eagerness to…