Wingonia Ikpi’s tense debut mixes horrid Nollywood sentiment with fine visual craft.
Victory Hayzard Solum
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Iyanu is a solid international debut for Nigerian animation, but the Cartoon Network show flattens the distinctiveness of Nigerian culture.
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“Ms. Kanyin” Review: Temi Otedola Shows Ability But This Lady Koi-Koi Doesn’t Say Much
Ms. Kanyin is a relatively decent supernatural thriller. But Nollywood’s search for a great Lady Koi-Koi continues.
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With vapid sex scenes and generic power plays, Akay Mason’s Red Circle proves more underwhelming than groundbreaking.
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Taiwo Egunjobi’s The Fire and the Moth shows that a unique vision in Nollywood isn’t a death sentence.
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Yemi “Filmboy” Morafa’s anticipated thriller scores high in many departments but falls short in the central one.
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Saved by its supporting characters, Maurice Muendo’s Showmax Original wobbles towards a moralising end. Efiko Score: 5.5/10
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Landline, the latest time-loop tale from Nollywood, is another exercise in the tradition’s storytelling problem.
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Are films characterised as Nollywood’s Yoruba epics only to be critiqued by reviewers from or intimately familiar with Yoruba culture?
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Jack’enneth Opukeme and Adebayo Tijani’s Farmer’s Bride tells a familiar love story with immense verve.
