Diary of a Movie Lover

Image via google.com From the name some think it's a Yoruba film but it's not. Ojukokoro is a Crime-Heist comedy film with an ensemble cast which includes Wale Ojo, Tope Tedela, Charles Etubiebi, Seun Ajayi, Ali Nuhu, Shawn Faqua and Emmanuel Ikubuese. The movie starts with Andrew, (Charles Etubiebi) the manager of a very shady petrol station that sells drugs planning to steal from the drug money because in his own opinion, "If you take from thieves, is it really stealing?".   His voice over narration tells us about his situation and how he plans to solve it by robbing his job. The Director Dare Olaitan brings the characters in this movie together with a simple word Greed. As the movie unfolds, someone is kidnapped, a ransom is paid but the kidnapped person is still killed and because of greed, the kidnapper doesn't take the money to his boss but plans to run away with his family after getting more from the petrol station .  Image via twitter.com/ojukokor...

Image via imdb.com  I n our present day, racism is still a very serious issue especially in certain countries and FOX's new show Shots Fired doesn't walk on egg shells with this issue. Slavery was abolished but racism is still very much alive. Officer Joshua Beck (Tristan Wilds) shoots an unarmed white male in a predominantly black neighborhood, so many black people surround the scene until the officers arrive with their guns and everyone raises their hands in a HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT moment. This gave me goosebumps immediately.  Image via tvseriesfinale.com The Department of Justice sends a young black prosecutor, Preston Terry (Stephan James) and an investigator Ashe Akino (Sanaa Lathab) to North Carolina to help with the case. They start investigating immediately and find out there was a black male, Jesse Campbell, who was killed weeks ago but not investigated by the police. They start wondering where the problem is coming from. The police officers probably hav...

Image via refinery29.com The mid season finale of BET's Being Mary Jane aired on Tuesday, March 21 and Mary Jane finally got the anchor chair she had been hoping to get. Okay, let's have a recap of what went down since the beginning of this season. Mary Jane and her bestie, Kara, moved to New York for their gig at Great Day USA. MJ was promised the anchor chair after the great Ronda (Valerie Pettiford) leaves but she didn't get it, MJ's enemy from CNN Justin (Michael Ealy) gets hired at Great Day USA and she thinks he came to get her fired or just make her life a living hell, but it turned out not being so. MJ has a new boyfriend, Lee (Chike Okonkwo) who has two kids with his lesbian baby mother, Niecy broke up with Dante after she gives back her settlement money and Kara is in love with a former football player who is much younger than her. The mid season finale "Getting It" is all about MJ turning the big 4-0. Justin finds out that Ronda's story abo...

Image via imdb.com I know I'm a few weeks late but I just saw Fifty Shades Darker. I'm a huge fan of the Fifty Shades Trilogy and I was really excited to see the second installment, Fifty Shades Darker. I feel like the movies are for those who read the books, even though the books were way better, I don't think I would have enjoyed the movie that much if I didn't read the books. The first movie ended with Ana breaking up with Christian and 15 minutes into Fifty Shades Darker, she gets back with him. Ana's boss at the Publishing Firm, Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson) tries to get his way with Ana and Christian gets him fired. Elena/Mrs Robinson (Kim Basinger) tells Ana that Christian is not the one for her, but Ana angrily tells her that he has turned over a new leaf. The funniest part about this movie which they totally got wrong was the helicopter scene. It was so obvious that they were in a green room. I laughed so hard after watching that scene. Couldn't they h...

Image via deadline.com This Is Us had a good first season and to be honest I wonder what they'll do next season. I feel like they'll eventually run out of things to do or say. I have never been annoyed that a character did not die, but I felt that way after watching the finale "Moonshadow". Everything the writers did this season built up the audience to prepare for Jack's death, but they surprised everyone by doing something totally different.  This is Us was an emotional roller coaster and I was let down a bit after that finale, I expected more. This season, Randall found his biological father, found out his mother, Rebecca, knew about his father but refused to tell him,  Kevin reunited with his ex wife, Kate got engaged, Randall lost his biological father and quit his job. I cried a few times during this season, especially when it had to do with Randall. Image via Hollywoodreporter.com The fact that his adoptive mother knew about his biological father...

Image via spoilertv.com      The Catch is one of those shows I knew I was going to like before watching it, the first season was really nice and I know for sure the second season is going to be better. The last episode of the Shondaland show ended with Ben turning himself to the FBI to save his fiancée Alice from going to jail. Ben is looking at 10 to 15 years in prison but Agent Dao is able to get him a deal for 3 to 5 years with his FBI supervisor Justine Diaz (Gina Rodriguez) because he handed them the head of the Kensington Firm. Margot is now the head of the crime syndicate, she calls a meeting in L.A. and the lieutenants don't look so enthusiastic to work for Margot. One of them even had the audacity to get up from the table to pick a call, Margot shoots him and this gets everyone's attention.    Alice and Val's firm isn't doing too well since the investigation, the FBI also seized their files and computers. While at the office, Danny g...

Image via imdb.com I never knew anything about Bette Davis and Joan Crawford but I did a little research after watching the trailer and after one episode Ryan Murphy didn't disappoint. These two iconic actresses are played by movie legends, Bette Davis is played by Susan Sarandon while Jessica Lange plays Joan Crawford. These Hollywood icons were not fond of each other but they come together because of the 1962 film " Whatever Happened To Baby Jane ". The eight episode anthology focuses on the backstage battle between the two actresses.  Image via imdb.com The cast is amazing and these two actresses play their parts so well, with the fur and vintage cars, I didn't want the episode to end. I had to do a bit of reading about these two actresses and at that time, they were at the top of their game. But after a while, they weren't getting so much roles so Joan had to search for a project and she picks Bette to co star. This is the beginning of their backs...