Ade & Kayode review E58 - CLOSED

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SYNOPSIS

Rough cut version of the Etisalat Prize for Literature short film.

CAST

Seun Ajayi // Juwon

CREW

Directed by // Tolu Ajayi

Cinematography by // Mohammed Atta

VFX // Komotion Studios, Mohammed Atta and Remi Oni

RUNNING TIME

8 min

POSITIVE

- One of the best shorts I've seen from Nigeria

- Great acting, name impressed me sure a lot

- Action leading the story (no dialogue)

- Incredible folly and sound mix

- Beautiful cinematography, grade was fantastic

- Camera work was lovely and drew you in

- Brilliant use of text to augment the story

NEGATIVE

- Just one place where the sound was ahead of action (but I will excuse it)

- Did notice a few shots were greenscreen, but thats only because I do a lot of green screen work myself

VERDICT

Ade // Must Watch

Kayode // Must Watch

AVAILABLE ON // Nollywood Boulevard, YouTube

Ade & Kayode review E57 - WIVES ON STRIKE

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SYNOPSIS

Wives on Strike, is a hilarious comedy about a group of market women who decided to take matters into their own hands against their husbands in a bid to stir them into standing up for a young girl whom they wanted to protect from the wishes of her own father.

CAST

Omoni Oboli // Mama Ngozi

Kenneth Okonkwo // Papa Ngozi

Uche Jombo-Rodriguez // Madam12:30

Julius Agwu // Calostus

Chioma Akpotha // Vera

Kalu Ikeagu // Sensator Isong

Udoka Oyeka // Papa Amina

Ufoma Ejenobor McDermot // Mama Amina

CREW

Directed by // Omoni Oboli

Cinematography by // John Demps

Produced by // Omoni Oboli & Nnamdi Oboli

RUNNING TIME

93 min

POSITIVE

- Good story progression

- Omoni Oboli is as impressive as ever

- Liked the way the film deals with a heavy topic

- This was truly funny

- It felt genuinely Nigerian

NEGETIVE

- Northern family not convincing

- Resolution was a bit wanting

- The film obviously needed a bigger budget to make the national impact more realistic

- Give the actors something to do physically (story vs plot // the plot drives but people follow action)

VERDICT

Ade // Must Watch

Kayode // Must Watch

AVAILABLE ON // IbakaTV

Ade & Kayode review E56 - THREE WISE MEN

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SYNOPSIS

Three wise men is the exciting and chaotic journey of three pensioners, Timi, Irikefe and Tobore, who receive a huge amount of money as their pension. Their new fortune leads them into a profligate Journey.

CAST

Zack Orji // Timi

Richard Mofe-Damijo // Irekefe

Victor Olaotan // Tobore

Tina Mba // Regina

Enter Okaro // Yetunde

CREW

Directed by // Pat Oghre Imobhie

Story by // Opa Williams

Cinematography by // David Wyte

RUNNING TIME

93 min

POSITIVE

- Good to see RMD in a different role

- Tina MBA shears a joy to watch - scene about instinct

NEGETIVE

- Trying too hard to be funny

- Wanted it to be good finding the weight of experience in screen

- Don't understand the benefit of the constant scriptural references

- What is the point of this film?

- Got progressively worse

- The ending is the most bizarre I've seen in any film, and I've been watching films for a long time

VERDICT

Ade // Don't Bother

Kayode // Don't Bother

AVAILABLE ON // IrokoTV, IbakaTV

Ade & Kayode review E55 - THE DEPARTMENT

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SYNOPSIS

A highflying fashion designer meets a notorious area boy when her car breaks down in his gang’s territory. At first their meeting seems like a blessing but it quickly turns into something else when he sets up home outside her shop.

CAST

Majid Michel // Nnamdi

Desmond Elliott // Effiong

O C Ukeje // Segun

Osas Ighodaro Ajibade // Tolu

CREW

Directed by // Remi Vaughn-Richards

Story by // Naz Onuzo

Cinematography // Ayoola Ireyomi

+ve

- Good opening sequence

- Actually liked Desmond in the opening scene

- The tone of the movie was unusual in a good way

- Always love OC and the way he delivers lines

- Director did a good job cause even Majid was good

- Tolu actress (Osas) was brilliant

-ve

- Why were singer of the thief's masked? Never known Nigerian criminals to wear masks

- Inconsistent grade

- No translation when speaking Igbo, really bad

- Suddenly we have text on screen halfway through the film

- Sorry but the Jeremy character was below the other characters performance

- Camera work was iffy

- Naff action sequences

VERDICT

Ade // Nice to watch

Kayode // Must Watch

AVAILABLE ON // Netflix

Ade & Kayode review E54 - PICTURE PERFECT

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SYNOPSIS

A highflying fashion designer meets a notorious area boy when her car breaks down in his gang’s territory. At first their meeting seems like a blessing but it quickly turns into something else when he sets up home outside her shop.

CAST

Mary Remmy Njoku

Bolanle Ninalowo

Abisola Aiyeola

CREW

Screenplay // Biodun Stephen

DOPs // Dickson Godwin & Emmanuel Igbekele

Editor // Emmanuel Igbekele & Adio Solanke

Producer // Biodun Stephen

Director // Tope Alake

+ve

- like the lighting outdoor

- Banter between girls

- Loved Bolani Ninolowo, although a bit over done

- Like the climax scene, I just wished the worked on developing the theme

- was brilliant as Kicksy

-ve

- Scenes dragging (night club + fish place scene)

- Since scenes were unexplained

- Some reveals and turn of events felt contrived

- Don't get the title

VERDICT

Ade // Nice to watch

Kayode // Must Watch

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Ade & Kayode review E53 - MID LIFE BLUES

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SYNOPSIS

A happily married father going through mid life crisis faces temptation of the highest order when a beautiful young model expresses a keen interest in getting to know him on a more intimate level.

CAST

Femi Branch

Uche Macauley

Wendy Lawal

Christiana Martin

Asa'ah Samuel

Iyke Michael

CREW

Writer // Yinka Ogun

DOPs // Adeoluwa Owu

Editor // Matanmi Mojeed

Producer // Yinka Ogun

Director // Seun Sonoiki

+ve

- Femi branch is always impressive

- Dialogue witty in some places, sometime overdone.

- The concept worked only to a point

-ve

- Out of place music (something out of 'Last of the Mohicans'), something it's incidentals with mundane dialogue

- Choice of shots, mid to wide with no motivation

- Audio was really poor, with volume levels inconsistent

- Cheap stereotypes

VERDICT

Ade // Nice to watch

Kayode // Don't Bother

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Ade & Kayode review E52 - NAOMI'S DILEMMA

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SYNOPSIS

Naomi, a single mother is overjoyed when her only child comes home to visit from the UK, but when she is introduced to the man that her daughter wants to marry she is reminded of a part of her past she had tried so hard to bury.

CAST

Ramsey Nouah

Bimbo Ademoye

Susan Peters

Chioma Nwosu

CREW

Writer // Rita Onuora

Producer // Desmond Elliot

DOPs // Austine Nwaolie & Wale Adebayo

Directors // Desmond Elliot

+ve

- Mother/Naomi seemed reasonably convincing in role

- Liked Ramsey's charm

- The banter between mother and daughter

-ve

- Camera work in first living room scene almost made me dizzy

- We only got to 10 mins before the shouting started

- House same as another film seen recently (at your service)

- Propagating the weak woman myth as well as the fact all men cheat at the slightest chance

- Why leave a note when you can call or send a text

- Couldn't work out some locations - are they at home or in an office or furniture showroom.

- found the whole premise and idea revolting and disrespectful to women and motherhood

Verdict // Don't bother

VERDICT

Ade // Don't Bother

Kayode // Don't Bother

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Ade & Kayode review E51 - GATEMAN

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SYNOPSIS

The heir to a fortune decides to learn about his company from the bottom up. He catches the attention of a female employee, this makes him the target of harassment from her love interest. The tables turn when his identity is revealed.

CAST

Bolanle Ninolowo

Benedict Johnson

Ruth Kadiri

Jennifer Uzoma

Vivian Pius

Bolanle Ninalowo

Chris Akwarandu

CREW

Writer // Reginald Ebere

Producer // Kingsley Okereke

DOPs // Onyeka Ezejiofor & Wale Adediron

Directors // Reginald Ebere

+ve

- Bolani Ninolowo seems to be in every movie

- Novel idea - had so much potential

- only consistent character is the supervisor

- Ending was corny but I liked it

-ve

- Camera focal length too close and out of focus

- Audio issues again, bad even by Nollywood standards

- Father's character feels forced

- Why the sound effects?

- I don't know where to start with the office dynamics

- Escalation from 0-9

- Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, the y found new depths to sink to

- Is this a thriller, drama, comedy

- Gateman accent fluctuate between American and British accent

VERDICT

Ade // Nice to Watch

Kayode // Don't Bother

AVAILABLE ON // IrokoTV

Ade & Kayode review WHEN LOVE HAPPENS AGAIN Check out more movie reviews - http://nollywoodboulevard.com/the-gist/ SYNOPSIS A budding event planner and her boyfriend see their relationship tested when she travels to America for a job offer, working with a popular Lagos billionaire. Her boyfriend must do everything he can to keep the woman he loves. CAST Weruche Opia Oreka Godis Udoka Oyeka Enyinna Nwigwe CREW Writers// Seyi Babatope, Temitope Bolade DOP // Daniel Ehimen Directors // Seyi Babatope +ve - Love the chemistry between Tobe & Mo. - Lighting great in some scenes but average in others - Love the synced missed calls. - Some of the dialogue us really witty - It worked well into the story. -ve - Too much exposition in dialogue. - Terrible blocking and staging (180 degree rule) - Meeting with Zainab, seriously? - Product placement of 'Jesus Junkie' -at least keep it to one character - Character of Zainab interesting but don't think - Those bangles - No sense of time, it's evening in one scene, morning in another and back to evening on the same day and time zone... - Alhaji not funny and tedious after a while - Phone became an overkill VERDICT Ade // Nice to Watch Kayode // Nice to Watch AVAILABLE ON // IrokoTV

Ade & Kayode review THE INTERVENTION Check out more movie reviews - http://nollywoodboulevard.com/the-gist/ SYNOPSIS An avid baker who aspires to open up her own bakery is offered the opportunity to make enough money to do so by playing girlfriend to her friend’s boss whose parents are coming into town for the weekend, however his arrogance threatens to ruin the whole deal. CAST Chelsea Eze Bolanle Ninolowo Francis Onwochei Valerie Udeh Jennifer Eliogu CREW Screenplay // Remi Ininola DOP // Toyin Odukoya, Tijani Azeez Producer // Remi Ininola Directors // Kabat Esosa Egbon +ve - Film is cute - Liked the idea of the parents -ve - Character vs Characterisation. - What was going on with opening credits? - Few films/stories have the luxury of jumping right in without setup, this is not one of them. - Comedy tune is annoying. - Singapore noodles as delicacy, really? - Audio again... - Aweful scene endings with poor transitions. - Takes her to a special place that happens to be the same restaurant? God help me! VERDICT Ade // Nice to Watch Kayode // Nice to Watch AVAILABLE ON // IrokoTV