Entertainment
New Nollywoods Blockbuster Movies Hit Market
New Nollywood’s block
buster movies are now in the vie shops across the country. They are exciting, thrilling and intended to hold movie buffs spell bound. They include:-
KEEPING MY MAN:- This movie is produced by Nollywood’s screen goddess Rukky Sanda and premiered at the wheat baker, Ikoji Lagos. It features Nollywood’s best talents such as Rukky Sanda, the executive producer of the movie, Ini Edo, Monalisa Chinda, Ramsey Nouah etc.
The movie centres around three women, Rukky Sanda, Ini Edo and Monalisa Chinda who strive to keep the sparks in their marriage. Zion (Rukky) and Tokumbo (Ransey) are the extremely perfect couple with excessive public display of affection Maya (Ini Edo) looks up to them, while Tamar (Monalisa) is the free spirited woman who questions the role of African woman in a marriage, but all in all nothing is as it seems.
UNFORGIVEABLE:
Produced by Dayo Amusa, The Suspense, intrigue, imformative and educative movie features Dayo Amusa, Bukky Wright, Fathia Balogun, Bidemi Kosoko, Bimbo Thomas, Iyabo Ojo, Niyi Johnson, Lawal Aisha, Titilayo Shoko etc. It introduces new acts like Ibironke Ashaolu and Wale Alabi.
The movie which gulped close to N9 million, centres on Damola (Mike Ezuruonye), who is blinded by his pride to see and accepts the undiluted love by his wife Sewa (Dayo Amusa) who sacrifices everything to make her marriage work to the detriment of her health with the hope of changing the bad to a good one.
She was so engrossed with marital issues that she neglected her own health which led to uterus cancer. On the other side of the wall is well cultured Richard (Desmond Elliot) who does not have the courage to express his feelings and affection to Sewa. (Dayo Amusa) whom he loves way back in the University.
Unforgivable is a movie that evokes emotion, love and regret, it is about domestic violence, marital issues and uterus cancer. It is a must watch as Mike Ezuruonye and Desmond Elliot put in their best in the award winning movie.
Other movies in the market that are the favourites of movie buffs include: MAAMI: This movie was released in 2012 by Tunde Kelani of mainframe film and television productions. It stars: Funke Akindele,Wale Ojo, Tamilore Kuboye, etc with special appearances by Yinka Davies, Kayode Balogun, Fatai Rolling Dollar and Biodun Kupohuwi
MAAMI is about a single parent, Maami and her young son with a gift of loving heart, enterprising spirit and brave soul.
She is the centre of her son’s world until he longs for the father he has never known, a man with terrible secret.
PHONE SWAP: Phone swap is a romantic comedy, a high grossing movie that cost more than N60 million. It was produced and directed by popular director, Kunle Afolayan and it features Ramsey Nouah, Wale Ojo, Nse Ikpe Etim and Joke Silva. It was premiered in March 2012 at Ekpo Hall, Eko Hotel and suites Victoria Island Lagos and Ghana.
The movie has been nominated for multiple awards by the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). It is about Akin and Mary who met for the first time at an airport where they accidentally bumped into each other and mistakenly swapped their identical Blackberry phones.
This leads to a destination mix up after they receive one another’s text regarding a travel destination consequently, Akin ends up travelling to where Mary is supposed to go and vice versa.
Married But Living Single
The multiple award winning block buster movie was produced by Kalejaiye Adeboye Paul, The much anticipated drama Flick.
Features Joke Siloer, Funee Akindele, Joseph Benjamin, Tina Mba, Fenic Brainard and a host of others. It revolves around women, their carrier and family ties.
The movie which was premiered in Nigeria and London 2012 cost about N30 million. It centres on Joseph Benjamin, an entrepreneur who is happily married to Funke Akindele – who is a creative director of an Advertising agency. She is so much engrossed with her carrier and winning the biggest brand for her company.
Joseph is diagnosed with cancer of the lungs and he needed to go to India for surgery and it was advised that his wife came with him. After Funke aggred. The biggest telecoms company gave her company a juicy brief.
Funke (Kate) is torn in between travelling to help her husband reciperate and winning the biggest account ever for her company, it is indeed a movie to go for.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
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