Reading Time: 2 minutes A Nollywood Actor, Femi Adebayo, says his new epic movie, titled ‘King of Thieves’ known as Agesinkole, generated over N170 million in its first three weeks premiere at the cinema. Adebayo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin. He said the movie, which cost him several Read More…
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Journalists, actors stand against Gender-Based Violence in new movie “CHATROOM”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Journalists, actors and comedians have joined forces to stand against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to produce a new movie titled “CHATROOM” to be released on Good Friday, April 15. The Producer of the movie, Olapeju Ibekwe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that “CHATROOM is a beautiful mix of comedic thrills Read More…
The Fisherman’s Diary
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Image Credits: Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Review by Chiamaka Nsude The movie “The Fisherman’s Diary” is a story of betrayal, selfishness and greed which present themselves as tools to boycott a young woman’s dream. Set in Cameroon, the 2 hours 22 minutes movie which was released in 2020, chronicles the life of a Read More…
Ikorodu Bois storm Sanwoolu at Alausa
Reading Time: 2 minutes The parody-creating Internet sensation, Ikorodu Bois, were guests of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Government House, Alausa on Monday. They were received following recent global critical acclaim for their creative reenactments of trending music videos, movie scenes and trailers. Their spoofs had received wide coverage by international news operations including Cable News Network (CNN). Read More…
Pandemic-constrained Oscars feature more oratory, less music, comedy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Image Credits: Todd Wawrychuk/A.M.P.A.S./Handout/REUTERS. The Oscars telecast on Sunday, stripped to its bare essentials by constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, exhibited a look and feel like no others – devoid of the usual comedy and musical performances but chock full of lengthy oratory from the winners. As the producers had promised, the 93rd annual Academy Read More…
[Video] Stephanie Linus releases short film ‘The Student’
Reading Time: 3 minutes Image Credits: Del-York Creative Academy/Instagram. Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke-Linus, has released a new short film, “The Student’, which creates awareness against sexual and gender-based violence (GBV). The renowned actress, who frowns at sexual and GBV issues that have become a thing of concern, took to her Instagram handle @stephanielinus in a video clip, to announce Read More…
Everything We Know About the Next James Bond Film, ‘No Time To Die’
Reading Time: 7 minutes Image Credits: MGM. Ahead of its April release, we’ve got the intel on Daniel Craig’s Bond farewell After two delays, we’re only a few of months away from the release of No Time To Die, the 25th official James Bond film and the last in which Daniel Craig will duff up bad lads in the Read More…
Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Grabs $5.5 Million Domestically, Global Total Tops $118 Million
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni. “Wonder Woman 1984” used its lasso of truth to rope in $5.5 million over the New Year’s holiday. The sequel also ensnared another $10.1 million from overseas markets, bringing its global total to $118.5 million. That’s not a disastrous figure given how much coronavirus has upended the movie business, but it Read More…
Theatres look to Bond and Black Widow to spark 2021 moviegoing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: REUTERS/Mark Makela, Epic Games. Movie theatre operators, after a year of dismal ticket sales during the pandemic, are hoping a lineup of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema’s most famous spy will help them stage a comeback in 2021. Roughly two-thirds of theatres remain shut in the United States and Canada, normally the world’s Read More…
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Sputters in China, Grosses $38.5 Million Overseas at the box office
Reading Time: 3 minutes Image Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures. Diana Prince may be able to best Cheetah, but she’s no match for a global pandemic. “Wonder Woman 1984” opened to a less than heroic $18.8 million in China over the weekend and a disappointing $38.5 million overseas. That’s far less than the $38 million that the first “Wonder Woman” Read More…