Diary of a Movie Lover

2016 saw the release of amazing movies in Nollywood, from The CEO to The Arbitration to 93 Days , t he Nigerian movie makers have definitely upped their game and delivered breathtaking movies that broke different records. A handful of them also debuted at International Movie Festivals with great reviews. Here's a list of my top five Nollywood movies in 2016. 1.   THE CEO With Kunle Afolayan directing, I expected nothing short of perfection. The CEO which premiered at the Eko Hotels and Suites is about five top level members of a company who are selected for a retreat where the new CEO of global company would be selected. They all try to out do one another for the position and start dying one after the other. The plot had twists and the mystery left the viewer with so many questions. The cast delivered strong performances and the visuals were top notch. 2. THE WEDDING PARTY  Starring Banky Wellington and Adesua Etomi, The Wedding Party tells the story of a couple try...

Theatrical Release Poster Just less than seven months after taking office as the Head of State of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated along with his Aide-De-Camp (ADC) on February 13, 1976 in an abortive coup. Starring Ramsey Noah and Rita Dominic, 76' is a Historical Fiction surrounding the events that took place after the assassination of Nigerian Head of State General Murtala Muhammad. The focus of the movie is not on General Murtala Mohammed but on Captain Joseph Dewa (Ramsey Noah), a soldier from the Middle East and his pregnant wife Suzy. He is forced to join the coup plotters which he disagrees so they try to stop him and his wife from leaving the barracks. Immediately after the assassination takes places, Captain Dewa gets arrested as part of the coup plotters while trying to get his pregnant wife to the hospital. Suzy looks for every possible way to prove his innocence and she eventually succeeds. Captain Dewa's sister Angela...

Theatrical Release Poster The Wedding Party, directed by the Lord of visuals, Kemi Adetiba follows the story of Dunni Coker ( Adesua Etomi ) and Dozie Onwuka ( Banky Wellington ) and their families on their wedding day. Dunni is the only daughter of her parents Bamidele ( Alibaba Akporobome ) and Tinuade Coker ( Sola Sobowale ) and she's a 24 year old virgin getting married to former playboy Dozie whose parents Felix ( Richard Mofe Damijo ) and Obianuju Onwuka (Ireti Doyle) are not on the same page about the wedding. Obianuju is still bitter after her husband cheated on her years ago and is angry about the fact that her son is getting married to a random girl from Ekiti State.  Image via Bellanaija.com The wedding basically goes through everything, from the bride's veil tearing, the wedding planner Wonu ( Zainab Balogun ) trying to stop guests without invites from getting in and a thief stealing phones and holding the bride's parents and groom's family hos...

Release Poster The Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) directed movie  Passengers stars two of Hollywood's hottest actors, Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as two out of 5,000 passengers on a commercial spacecraft making a 120 year voyage to the new planet Homestead II. Jim Preston played by Chris Pratt wakes up accidentally and realizes that he's the only one awake. He finds out that he would have to be alone for 90 more years and when he finds Aurora Lane's (Jennifer Lawrence) pod, he becomes obsessed, falls in love and struggles with the decision of waking her up which he tells the robot bartender Arthur ( Michael Sheen ). He eventually wakes her up but she thinks her pod malfunctioned. Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence) & Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) Jim tells her he had been alone for a year and had looked for every possible way to go back to sleep and also wake up the crew. They both look for ways to survive on the ship and eventually go on a date...

If you've followed Shameless from the beginning, then you know the writers never disappoint. The seventh season finale which aired on Sunday was proof of why we were all so in love with this dysfunctional family. At the beginning of the episode, Ian is on his way back to Chicago after helping Mickey (who I really miss) escape and we finally see Carl at military school as he gets the information about the death of his mother.   At the hospital, a Doctor informs Fiona, Lip and Debbie that they were not able to revive Monica and that she died after a blood vessel in her brain burst. Fiona goes outside to give Frank the news, telling him he could come in to say goodbye but Frank walks away to a bar without saying a word to Fiona. Back at the house, Fiona, Kev, V, Debbie, Liam and Neil go through Monica's personal belongings which included clothes, jewelry, drugs, a copy of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and a key. Frank shows up late, pukes on the floor and passes ou...