Actor Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will be charged on Tuesday, January 31 with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Western “Rust” in 2021, a New Mexico prosecutor said. The charges come after 15 months of speculation whether Santa Fe District …
Read More »‘Ijogbon’: Here’s your first look at Kunle Afolayan’s new movie
Written by Tunde Babalola, the coming-of-age film follows four teenagers from a rural village in South-West Nigeria, who stumbles on a bag full of diamonds and conceals it, much to their regret. The two have worked together on several projects including ‘October 1′, ‘Citation‘, ‘The CEO’ and ‘Mokalik.’ Set in …
Read More »‘Dark October’: Parents of slain students call Linda Ikeji and Netflix to suspend movie premiere
Vanguard reports that the families made a statement through a rights group, The Integrity Friends for Truth and Peace, and said the movie was made without their consent. Livingstone Wechie, the organization’s executive director, claimed that the anguish brought on by the terrible deaths of their children has been reawakened …
Read More »Oscar nominations 2023: Angela Bassett, 64, becomes the first actress to be nominated for a Marvel movie with her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Angela Bassett has become the first actress to be nominated for a Marvel movie with her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The 64-year-old received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The historic nod made her the first woman, …
Read More »‘Dark October’: Everything we know about Aluu 4 inspired true-crime movie
Directed by the award-winning Toka McBaror, ‘Dark October’ tells the horrifying story of the four students of the University of Port Harcourt, who were killed on October 5, 2012. After getting accused of theft, four young men (Ugonna Obuzor, Lloyd Toku, Chiadika Biringa, and Tekena Elkanah) find themselves at the …
Read More »Actor, Chidi Mokeme reveals he was away from the movie scene for a while because he was battling Bell’s Palsy (video)
Chidi Mokeme has revealed that he was battling Bell’s Palsy and this made him stay away from the movie scene. The veteran actor explained that the illness caused one side of his face to droop. “It comes like a stroke and sort of affects one side of your face …
Read More »Djokovic destroys de Minaur in ‘horror movie’
Novak Djokovic hit his rivals with a daunting warning on Monday night, tossing Alex de Minaur from the Australian Open in emphatic fashion. De Minaur isn’t a player his opponents take lightly; the Australian is ranked 24th in the world, is a former US Open quarter-finalist and defeated Rafael Nadal …
Read More »‘Avatar 2’: James Cameron is working on 3 and 4 as sequel becomes seventh biggest movie of all time
After only four weeks of release, the sequel is already the highest-grossing film released in 2022, based on worldwide ticket sales. With ‘Avatar 2‘ set to hopefully cross $2 billion worldwide soon, a nearly impossible feat post-COVID, Cameron has announced that he plans to make more sequels. “It looks like …
Read More »‘A Sunday Affair’: EbonyLife’s new movie is headed to Netflix
Two best friends, Uche and Toyin fall in love with Sunday – a charming, yet flawed eligible bachelor caught up in an unenviable dilemma. A love triangle ensues with each woman none the wiser they are dating the same man. However, Sunday has a problem, who does he choose? This …
Read More »The Nigerian movie industry:- A damsel in distress
With the incursion of Netflix into the mainstream, it appears the damsel in distress being unable to help herself may have found a rescue just like the unrequited romantic plot between King Kong and Anne Anne is captured by natives and offered as a delectable sacrifice for Kong but rather …
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