Reviews

March 15, 2025

Temidayo Makanjuola’s smartly cast action drama — with Ini Dinma Okojie and Doris Uzoamaka Aniunoh shining — is calibrated to today’s social media climate without ceding artistic integrity to it.

March 15, 2025

The rotating narration maintains an emotional scaffold in Bidoun Stephen’s drama of childlessness, but the limited series stutters with plot inconsistencies.

March 15, 2025

Taiwo Egunjobi’s direction keeps this thriller open-ended, and his visual style is solid.

March 15, 2025

Akorede Azeez’s portrait of grief in tough times is grounded by a career-best turn from Doris Uzoamaka Aniunoh.

March 15, 2025

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ biopic of the great activist is almost redeemed by a few scenes and a split in chronology.

August 19, 2024

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ meaty biopic and historical epic about Bashorun Ga’a succeeds in keeping audiences perched on the edge of their seats, aided by good production and Femi Branch’s charisma.

August 19, 2024

With the Igbo culture of stakeholder capitalism as backdrop, Kayode Kasum tells a riveting story of friendship and success, powered by Anyanwu Sandra Adaora’s authentic screenplay and a compelling cast with Stan Nze, Alexx Ekubo, and Kanayo O. Kanayo.

August 19, 2024

A story with significant potential, BB Sasore’s AMVCAs-winning film succeeds in positioning the lives of these two men separated by class, religion, and belief systems, even as it fails to probe the depths of their characters.

July 25, 2024

Centred on his former Ibadan residence, family memories of a young militant Wole Soyinka casts strange light on his increasingly contentious legacy as an activist.

February 28, 2024

Funke Akindele’s dramedy of five brothers who embark on robbery to save their ailing mother, thoughtfully written by Collins Okoh, proves something we already know: Nollywood is at its best when telling authentic stories — which is why this became its first film to make N1 billion.

January 25, 2024

Producer and star Femi Adebayo’s Yoruba-language saga of the clash of two great warriors is a feat of indigenous storytelling and a thoughtful class commentary.

September 18, 2023

The clashes are instant in this interesting, fashionable take on Africa’s largest city, yet the show’s Season 1 is unable to stamp its own identity or manufacture original conflicts.

August 20, 2023

As warring sister chefs, Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson, aided by a tight script, torch each other in an entertaining, and ultimately touching, tale that became Nollywood’s highest-grossing film of all-time.

August 19, 2023

Blossom Chukwujekwu puts in an indelible layered performance as a criminal defined by a deep-seated sense of manhood.

August 17, 2023

A magnetic Femi Adebayo doubles as producer and star of this story about a kingdom caught in ancestral turmoil.

June 8, 2023

In Prime Video’s first Africa Original, Jade Osiberu takes on forceful, compelling ideas to varying results, but most of the cast shine, especially the singer Chike.

June 8, 2023

Aided by Tobi Bakre’s AMVCA Best Drama Actor-winning turn, director Loukman Ali and producer Jade Osiberu’s shot at telling a memorable story prioritizes spectacle over relationships.

May 25, 2023

A strong ensemble including Nse Ikpe-Etim and Nancy Isime, playing off a domineering leading performance by Chidi Mokeme, enhances Netflix’s intense limited series. But its grittiness can veer, avoidably and frustratingly, into violence porn.

March 11, 2023

Despite characters that are not fully realized, and a convenient central dilemma, Dakore Egbuson-Akande and Nse Ikpe-Etim serve the strength of connection between women.

November 20, 2022

Toyin Abraham is a vulnerable seer in Niyi Akinmolayan’s detailed depiction of spirituality and sports betting.

March 15, 2025

Temidayo Makanjuola’s smartly cast action drama — with Ini Dinma Okojie and Doris Uzoamaka Aniunoh shining — is calibrated to today’s social media climate without ceding artistic integrity to it.

March 15, 2025

The rotating narration maintains an emotional scaffold in Bidoun Stephen’s drama of childlessness, but the limited series stutters with plot inconsistencies.

March 15, 2025

Taiwo Egunjobi’s direction keeps this thriller open-ended, and his visual style is solid.

March 15, 2025

Akorede Azeez’s portrait of grief in tough times is grounded by a career-best turn from Doris Uzoamaka Aniunoh.

March 15, 2025

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ biopic of the great activist is almost redeemed by a few scenes and a split in chronology.

August 19, 2024

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ meaty biopic and historical epic about Bashorun Ga’a succeeds in keeping audiences perched on the edge of their seats, aided by good production and Femi Branch’s charisma.

August 19, 2024

With the Igbo culture of stakeholder capitalism as backdrop, Kayode Kasum tells a riveting story of friendship and success, powered by Anyanwu Sandra Adaora’s authentic screenplay and a compelling cast with Stan Nze, Alexx Ekubo, and Kanayo O. Kanayo.

August 19, 2024

A story with significant potential, BB Sasore’s AMVCAs-winning film succeeds in positioning the lives of these two men separated by class, religion, and belief systems, even as it fails to probe the depths of their characters.

July 25, 2024

Centred on his former Ibadan residence, family memories of a young militant Wole Soyinka casts strange light on his increasingly contentious legacy as an activist.

February 28, 2024

Funke Akindele’s dramedy of five brothers who embark on robbery to save their ailing mother, thoughtfully written by Collins Okoh, proves something we already know: Nollywood is at its best when telling authentic stories — which is why this became its first film to make N1 billion.

January 25, 2024

Producer and star Femi Adebayo’s Yoruba-language saga of the clash of two great warriors is a feat of indigenous storytelling and a thoughtful class commentary.

September 18, 2023

The clashes are instant in this interesting, fashionable take on Africa’s largest city, yet the show’s Season 1 is unable to stamp its own identity or manufacture original conflicts.

August 20, 2023

As warring sister chefs, Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson, aided by a tight script, torch each other in an entertaining, and ultimately touching, tale that became Nollywood’s highest-grossing film of all-time.

August 19, 2023

Blossom Chukwujekwu puts in an indelible layered performance as a criminal defined by a deep-seated sense of manhood.

August 17, 2023

A magnetic Femi Adebayo doubles as producer and star of this story about a kingdom caught in ancestral turmoil.

June 8, 2023

In Prime Video’s first Africa Original, Jade Osiberu takes on forceful, compelling ideas to varying results, but most of the cast shine, especially the singer Chike.

June 8, 2023

Aided by Tobi Bakre’s AMVCA Best Drama Actor-winning turn, director Loukman Ali and producer Jade Osiberu’s shot at telling a memorable story prioritizes spectacle over relationships.

May 25, 2023

A strong ensemble including Nse Ikpe-Etim and Nancy Isime, playing off a domineering leading performance by Chidi Mokeme, enhances Netflix’s intense limited series. But its grittiness can veer, avoidably and frustratingly, into violence porn.

March 11, 2023

Despite characters that are not fully realized, and a convenient central dilemma, Dakore Egbuson-Akande and Nse Ikpe-Etim serve the strength of connection between women.

November 20, 2022

Toyin Abraham is a vulnerable seer in Niyi Akinmolayan’s detailed depiction of spirituality and sports betting.

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