In “Lisabi: the Uprising”, Niyi Akinmolayan and Adedimeji Lateef make the same old stuff from the Yoruba Epic Movie assembly line.
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This crisp action thriller, starring Gideon Okeke as Tokunbo, leaves all sense behind as it drives towards a conclusion.
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Latest Yoruba epic is flawed: its cinematography is mostly banal, its editing is frequently basic, and its direction slack.
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Hamisha Daryani Ahuja’s follow-up to Namaste Wahala is a six-episode series that fails to reward its viewer’s investment.
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Norman Maake’s film is based on an unoriginal concept that its committed acting talents can’t quite improve.
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Nollywood’s young actors and actresses lend this Netflix show its main appeal.
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The show utilizes negative tropes of reality TV as a vehicle to drive its subplots, while making perfunctory gestures towards genuine vulnerability.
