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Amonye Bu-onye (Two-Faced) is a movie done in Igbo language but shot and subtitled for everybody’s appreciation and understanding. It is a story that depicts how everything in life happens to be vanity. One can never win it all but always watch your back, your best friend could be your worst enemy An intriguing story…
In the midst of searching for a place to spend her honeymoon, the bride-to-be meets her first and true ex-lover ‘JAY’. In planning the wedding, ‘DESMOND’ the groom was out on a date with his mistress but coincidentally he ended up in the hotel the wife-to-be was booking for their honeymoon. Shattered Romance is now…
CLOSER PICTURES, a film production company dedicated to producing film and TV content that is locally set – and globally appealing, is committed to telling stories as Africans, for Africans both in the continent and in the diaspora while promoting African culture and values to a global audience. The newest production from Closer Pictures, “FALLING“, was produced…
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, facing his most blisteringly impossible mission yet, in “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” the fifth installment in the constantly accelerating action-thriller series. With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, The…
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man”. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym,…
When John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), from a Terminator assassin, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline. Instead of a scared waitress, Sarah is a skilled fighter and has a Terminator…
Tempting Fate is a Nollywood movie about two brothers, one of deep faith and the other buried in a life of crime, whose worlds get torn apart when the wrong one goes to jail and the other commits an unforgivable act. Ramsey stars as Ugo Okoye, an armed robber, in Kevin Nkem Nwankwor‘s “Tempting Fate”. He…
Runs girls probably wouldn’t want this film released! Kobo Productions will be releasing a film that exposes the truth on “runs” in Nigeria…. It’s a very touchy, sensitive film set to catch the attention of most in Nigeria. The anticipated feature’s official teaser is out. Director: Benedict Alli (Kobo Productions) Producers Benedict Alli and Samantha…
Beat 99.9 FM radio personality, Dami Elebe, has broken into television. The OAP scripted a TV series for GTB’s own Ndani TV called Skinny Girl In Transit. Starring Ngozi Nwosu and Kenneth Okolie, Skinny Girl In Transit follows the life of plus-size radio personality Tiwa, played by Abimbola Craig. It shows her struggle with the pressures of wanting to be in a…
After stirring up controversy with a rape scene wedding ritual involving Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) and her monstrous new husband, Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon). The directors of Game of Thrones are in the news again, this time fans watched in horror as Jon Snow (Kit Harington), took stab after stab before finally getting knifed in…
I haven’t been to the cinema in a while now as work has been really crazy but yesterday as i was about to leave the office, the pretty lady walks up to me and hands a flyer and tells me that a cinema has just been opened in the very same building housing my office….
it was reported earlier today that Star Wars actor Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage WWII plane on the Penmar golf course in Venice and his son Ben Ford has been quick to reassure us all that he is doing okay despite being battered. Now the rep for NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), Patrick Jones has released an official statement about…
34 year old Oscar nominated actress Michelle Williams is the cover girl of ELLE UK’s April 2015 issue. Michelle looked incredible in Louis Vuitton and was photographed by Kerry Hallihan. Read excerpts from the cover interview: On Hollywood; ”You truly never know what’s going to happen,’ she says of the unpredictability of theatre (having just ended a run playing…
Actress Margot Robbie is the April 2015 cover girl for Harper’s Bazaar UK, photographed by David Slijper, the blonde in her interview talks about her ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ audition and how she slapped Leonardo DiCaprio. “In my head I was like, ‘You have literally 30 seconds left in this room and if you don’t…
At the Focus movie premier in Hollywood on Tuesday, Feb. 24 actor Will Smith revealed to reporters that his high-profile marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith has experienced its fair share of problems. The 46 year old actor was asked how he divides his time between work and his own personal life: “Now that’s really interesting, Jada and I have struggled…
Although the 87th Annual Academy Awards has come and gone some Oscar moments are definitely here to stay. Check out some backstage moments from the 87th Annual Academy Awards show, the Vanity Fair Oscars after party and the Governor’s ball, enjoy! Picture Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage; Christopher Polk/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
The 87th Annual Academy Awards aired live from L.A. on Sunday, Feb. 22 and now we have the complete winners list! Check it out below to see how your favorite actors and actresses did. Best Picture American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Best Director…
Empire’s Taraji P. Henson is the cover star of Uptown magazine, interviewed by Niki McGloster check out pictures and excerpts from the cover interview below; On bringing her characters to life: ”I played a lot of characters that could’ve been borderline stereotypical women, but my job as an actress is to make the audience understand and…
The NAACP Image Awards honor the best in film, TV, music and literature. The 2015 award receipts include Viola Davis for her work in “How To Get Away With Murder” , the Oscar-nominated film “Selma,” and”Empire’s” Taraji P. Henson taking home the biggest award of the night. Check out the full winner’s list at the 46th NAACP…
Its official people the Captain of the Caribbean actor Johnny Depp and his fiance Amber Heard have officially tied the knot! The couple decided to say “I do” just days before their scheduled ceremony in the Bahamas. An insider tells Us Weekly that the bride and groom married at Depp’s West Hollywood home on Tuesday, February 3…
Selma star David Oyelowo while speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival finally addressed the 87th Academy Award snub of his movie Selma, in his analysis he compared the response/success that 2013 Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave and The Butler got with that of Selma’s and according to him; “No, look, historically — this is truly my feeling; I felt…
Fans of the Fast And Furious movie sequels get excited because a new Fast Furious 7 trailer debuted during the Super Bowl XLIX and we have the scoop! The trailer features Vin Diesel and Paul Walker’s last ride together, Dwayne Johnson and his ”huge guns” also made an appearance. “Watched our new #Furious7 Super Bowl trailer……
Nigerian American Hollywood writer Rick Famuyiwa and director of films such as The Wood, Talk To Me, and Brown Sugar is the man of the moment, his latest effort ”Dope” is one of the most successful films to come out of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, it entered a six-studio bidding war before settling on Open Roads…
The Imitation Game actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been in a fix for a comment he made during an interview, he was discussing racial inequality in the British entertainment industry and its need for more diversity when he said: “As far as colored actors go, it gets really difficult in the U.K.” A charity group called ”Show Racism the…