Kemi Adetiba’s To Kill A Monkey is a rocket that loses steam
by Akinwande Jordan Kemi Adetiba has religiously watched The Godfather, Part One. If you are a gambling man, you can bet a million naira that Kemi Adetiba has a worn-out copy of the Mario Puzo novel on her nightstand. Annotated. Missing a page or two. Kemi Adetiba has seen Michael Mann’s HEAT. Kemi Adetiba is […]
A Lagos Love Story review: Ain’t no love in the heart of the city.
by Akinwande Jordan The genius of any romantic drama worth its salt lies in its ability to sell you dreams that can’t happen in real life, whilst flattening whatever cynicism you might have. It’s a formula to fuel delusions ornate with familiar themes. We don’t mind that it’s the stuff of dreams or heterosexual histrionics […]
OGA MIKE BY CHUKWU MARTIN REVIEW — THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE DREADFULLY IMPERMANENT.
by Remi Jordan It’s exceedingly easier to imagine Sisyphus dead. Forgotten by the gods. Consigned to the depths of unreachable oblivions. It is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the ceasing of the Nigerian suffering. Chukwu Martin’s OGA MIKE does not shy away from the torrents of privations. […]
A Weekend to Forget makes for a weekend to remember.
What do you get when How to Get Away with Murder and Knives Out have a baby? Well, you’d get Damola Ademola’s A Weekend to Forget. Or at least some part of it. A Weekend to Forget follows 7 ‘friends’ on a weekend staycation. Things go awry when one friend ends up dead, and the […]
Gangs of Lagos: A Riveting Mix of Violence, Camaraderie and Destiny.
by Johnson, Temiloluwa No one has control over how they are born or where they are born into. Neither does anyone know the exact path destiny has made available for one. It’s fascinating and can also be scary. But one thing is inherent, as one grows up to understand and unravel things connected to their […]
Netflix’s Far From Home is indeed… far from home.
by Remilekun Jordan. The Nigerian audience isn’t unfamiliar with home-based young adult television. Shows like Need to know, Binta and friends and Shuga have lived on our screens for years now, and two of these shows, although long gone from the air, are still considered classics by those who can remember them. With Netflix’s new […]
Elesin Oba, The Soyinka Adaptation And The Wrongness Of Theatre Purists
by Akinwande Jordan Few playwrights are qualitatively verbose and equally capable of creating art that viscerally elevates your consciousness; Prof. Wole Soyinka stands in that circle of fewness. Admittedly to some there is just the verbosity and a supposed unnecessary convolution in his work as it has been said to be overly difficult to replicate […]
Movie Review : Hire a Woman
Hire a woman is a Nigerian Netflix Dramedy film. The plot centres around a shy guy, Jide, who, years after university, is still hung up over his ex, Toyosi. His best friend, Nat, invited him on a group trip to celebrate his engagement with his fiancé. Jide receives the invite at work with his two […]
Who is Tinsel actually for? An analysis of Nigeria’s longest-running soap opera.
by Akinwande Jordan. The highly revered Africa Magic has had a plethora of TV series under its belt since its inception but none has survived cancellations like Tinsel. Created by Yinka Ogun, the show aired its first episode in 2008, showing five days a week. Practically every “new school” and veteran actor has appeared briefly […]