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 […]
Show Review : How to Ruin Christmas
How to Ruin Christmas is a South African Netflix Dramedy. It is set on the premise of a problematic sister, who somehow manages to ruin two christmas holidays in a row. Consisting of two seasons, the show introduces us to the Sello and Twala families that are about to become one. Beauty Sello and Sbu […]