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Seed of Love
It’s almost an inseperable association at this point that all movies with Nuella Njubigbo are directed by Tchidi Chikere and that movies directed by Tchidi Chikere star Nuella Njubigbo. Seed of Love...
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Shoot To Kill
I spent a significant portion of my time, while watching this movie, rehashing the rating for the predictability criteria because that’s how many surprises there were at one point. But before we get...
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COMING SOON: The Inn
Three couples come for a brief rest at the inn of Madam Chambers, and what started out as a well conceived mini-holiday turned chaotic as the hidden agenda of one of the couples clashes with the owner...
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NR’s #2016YearInReview – The Introduction
IN the world of film, one year goes by really quickly for films, actors and directors alike. With the advent of the 140 characters, everyone’s memory span seems to be thinning and in a jumble of movies...
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AMVCA 2017 Nominees List
It’s AMVCA time and voting has begun. Below is the complete list of all the AMVCA 2017 Nominees. Congratulations to all the nominees! Best Soundtrack/Original Score Oloibiri – Rex Ricketts 93 Days –...
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NR’s #2016YearInReview – Top 10 Biggest Hit Nollywood Movies of 2016
I had a dream (no laugh me abeg), where I would do some research and find out what the box office returns of some of our biggest movies this year was, find out what the budget was and what the profit...
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No Strings Attached
It’s dressed up as a romance storyline (if the cover is anything to go by), so you won’t blame me for searching for the love line in the storyline by the time the halfway point came around. Soon enough...
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NR’s #2016YearInReview – Top 5 Biggest Nollywood Actresses of 2016
Still on our #2016YearInReview posts and following the trend from the last post with the numbers, in this post we are looking at the actresses. This post will be looking at the Top 5 Biggest Nollywood...
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NR’s #2016YearInReview: Top 3 Biggest Nollywood Actors of 2016
We are back and we are still on it #2016YearInReview. This one was a bit more difficult to curate than its counterpart but we narrowed it down to 3 actors. The probable reason why could have been that...
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NR Responds to Kunle Afolayan on The Role of Critics in the Industry
I have been reading a lot of articles lately and hearing a lot of things about the place of the movie critic in the industry. Especially on TNS recently (as they celebrate their 2 year anniversary –...
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Not Sure What I Just Watched…. But I Love It!
PLAYTHING (An Animated Short) Stumbled on a link on Twitter today with a quote that said some version of “…and they say Nigerians cannot do animations”. To be fair, most of us have had a bad experience...
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The Wedding Party joins the Naira Century Race with its Opening Weekend Box...
Kemi Adetiba’s “The Wedding Party” seems to be all the rave this season but not just in words but also in returns. The word of mouth has been great and now the numbers are in and it’s currently...
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NR’s #2016YearInReview – Top 5 Webseries of 2016
Because some of us in the diaspora do not have access to the wealth of shows available on TV in Nigeria (i.e. Hush, The Governor, Tinsel, etc), the next item on our #2016YearInReview follows only the...
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Impossible Relationships
There is always a certain degree of excitement for me before I hit play on an English nollywood movie with a big Yoruba movie star in it. This is mostly because I don’t watch too many Yoruba movies so...
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NR’s #2016YearInReview – Our Favorites, Thank You and a How to Win a Free...
It has been a crazy year and it has been a scary year but this is every year. For nollywood as a whole we have seen a lot of changes, some positive and some not so positive. We have seen a lot of...
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Reconciliation
You know those romantic movies where two young people from different social classes fall in love but their family opposes it, and then they run away but they get caught and then the story goes one of...
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Hope, Boredom & Frustration! The Experience of Watching Niyi Akinmolayan’s...
There were 3 main feelings I had while watching the much talked about short film, “Room 315” by Niyi Akinmolayan and they are as follows: hope, boredom and frustration. Part A Against my better...
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2016 Nollywood Box Office Report – Nollywood Grosses Over N1 Billion!
What better way to bring in the new year than with this news of last years numbers. In the year 2016, Nollywood is estimated to have grossed a grand total of 1 BILLION NAIRA at the cinemas. It all...
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Stranger In My Bed
The most striking thing about this movie is not the storyline (which manages originality), it’s not the performances (which manage to be captivating), nor is it the production quality (which is clearly...
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Upcoming Webseries Alert: Watch the Trailer for “Our Best Friend’s Wedding”
Ahah! There were many predictions across the board last month that 2017 would see a new round of webseries and it has started to happen. REDTv and The Naked Convos have collaborated to bring us an...
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