Diary of a Movie Lover

Image via imdb.com Okay guys, as we all know, Winter has finally arrived and I'm sure we're all excited and pumped. The seventh season of HBO's Game of Thrones returns in a few days on July 16th and I know a lot of us must have forgotten a few details from the last season and this is where I come in. I put together a few things we should know before season seven premieres.  JON SNOW Image via metro.com To the excitement of everyone, Jon Snow literally resurrected from the dead with the help of the Red woman. He executes everyone involved in his murder and he was crowned king of the North after defeating Ramsay Bolton and winning back Winterfell. Jon also reunited with Sansa after so many seasons apart. The closing scene of last season revealed Ned Stark's sister Lyanna giving birth to Rhaegar Targaryan's child through Bran's vision. This son, as it seems, turned out to be Jon Snow.  DAENERYS TARGARYEN  Image via wetpaint.com ...

Image via ynaija.com I wasn't really enthusiastic to see AY's latest project because I knew it was going to have a similar concept with his previous works "30 days in Atlanta" and "A Trip to Jamaica" but I saw it anyways mostly because of the main cast which includes Richard Mofe-Damijo and Adesua Etomi. The Comedy Drama follows the life of Bianca (Adesua Etomi), a young girl from Warri who comes to Lagos with her manager Akpos (AY) to pursue greener pastures. She ends up winning a beauty pageant as the Queen of Nigeria and this lands them in the cross hairs of a very powerful and dangerous man, Otunba Williams (RMD) who was ready to do anything just to make sure he had Bianca to himself. According to the producers, this is another Adventure of Akpos and I'll like to point out that in the first film (30 Days in Atlanta), RMD plays the father of Kimberly (Karlie Redd), Richard's (Ramsey Noah) love interest. In that same film, Mercy Johnson plays...

Image via neogaf.com After seeing the trailer for FX's "Snowfall", I knew this was something I had to see, mostly because It's totally different from any story line on TV right now. A lot of TV shows have similar story lines and making something that stands out is always a plus. In most cases, a Pilot can either make or break the show and how its accepted by the audience. This drama focuses on the 1980's rise of crack cocaine in the United States. It's set in Los Angeles, California and follows different characters whose storylines might intertwine in the near future. The characters include drug dealer Franklin Saint, Mexican Wrestler Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata, CIA operative Teddy McDonald and Lucia Villanueva, the daughter of a Mexican Crime Boss. This John Singleton show takes a look at the racial dynamic that took place in the 80's, the pilot sees the major characters heading in different paths but ultimately something (drugs) will bring ...

  Kunle Afolayan never ever disappoints with every movie he writes, produces or directs. After seeing Figurine a few years ago, I never looked back. He's my favorite Nigerian director and I always look forward to seeing what he has in store for his viewers. His directing skills keep getting better each year and I never have a reason not to see any of his movies. It was no different for Roti, a story about a couple (played by Kate Henshaw & Kunle Afolayan) who lose there five year old son after a brief illness. Four years after Roti's death, Diane (Henshaw) sees a little boy who looks exactly like her dead son. The only difference is, the boy has a different family and a different name. This throws her off balance as she struggles with this new found mystery. One thing I felt could have been better with this film was the quality of the visuals which was really really poor for a Kunle Afolayan film. Maybe they were going for a particular vibe but it looked low budget. It...

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JULY 5 SNOWFALL (FX New Drama Series) WILL (TNT, New Drama Series) JULY 11 THE BOLD TYPE (Freeform, New Drama Series) JULY 12 SALVATION (CBS, New Drama Series) SUITS (USA Network, Season 7) JULY 13 HOOTEN & THE LADY (The CW, New Action-Adventure Series) JULY 14 FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE (Netflix, New Comedy Series) JULY 16 GAME OF THRONES (HBO, Season 7) THE STRAIN (FX, Season 4, Final Season) LOADED (AMC, New Dramedy) JULY 18 BEING MARY JANE (BET, Season 4B) SHOOTER  (USA Network, Season 2) JULY 21 OZARK (Netflix, New Drama Series) LAST CHANCE U- (Netflix, Season 2) JULY 23 INSECURE- (HBO, Season 2) BALLERS- (HBO, Season 2) JULY 24 MIDNIGHT, TEXAS (NBC, New Drama Series) SOMEWHERE BETWEEN (ABC, New Drama Series) JULY 28 ROOM 104 (HBO, New Anthology Comedy Series) THE LAST TYCOON (Amazon,...

Poster via imdb.com So far, Michael Bay's Transformers have always gotten bad reviews but this one has seen the worst yet, with a 15% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 159 reviews and 28/100 on Metacritc based on 46 reviews. So here's the plot, about 1600 years, the first transformer on earth gave a wizard, Merlin,  a Staff to defeat evil. In the present day, the wrong set of transformers are trying to get a hold of it to rebuild their planet. It's left to Cade Yeager (Mark Whalberg), Viviane Wembley (Laura Haddock), Edmund Burton (Anthony Hopkins), William Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and his TRF members to save earth. Image via imdb.com The Transformers series has always received bad reviews from the critics but that doesn't stop them from making more. The last Transformers wasn't amazing or fantastic but it was way better than this one. I tried my best to really like this movie because of my love for Mark Wahlberg but this doesn't cut it at all. One thing...