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Ghanaian filmmaker-Shirley Frimpong-Manso has succeeded in coalescing two paradoxical stories, of love and chaos, into her latest film-‘Us in Between’. What seems like an obvious departure from her kind of stories still takes with it her years of perfection in romcom—serving chops of comedy and love, alongside recounting the international and local events following the … Read more

Joselyn Dumas Garners Plaudits for Ethereal Performance In Latest Movie ‘Cold Feet’

06/6/2019 12:25 pm

Over the years, Joselyn Dumas has proven what she can do already, either as a screen goddess or a broadcast journalist. However, there’s no question where her strengths lie most; as an actress with unlimited range and undoubted talent. She has played all sorts of roles spanning the entire spectrum of the human experience – … Read more

Game of Thrones Series Finale Review — The Iron Throne Is Gone, But the Game Goes On Forever

05/20/2019 8:10 am

Spoilers follow for the series finale of Game of Thrones, ‘The Iron Throne’.

After 8 long seasons, featuring sometimes outstanding, breathtaking and sometimes mediocre television, the juggernaut known as Game of Thrones, the biggest show ever filmed in terms of scale and one of the best in terms of story, has drawn to a conclusion.

The titular game of thrones, the constant bickering to sit atop the Iron Throne by all the lords and ladies of Westeros, was symbolically drawn to a close by the destruction of the Iron Throne, but the actual game is never going to end so long as ultimate power, the end goal, resides in only one person.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 Review — After the Great War Comes the Last War

05/6/2019 11:29 am

Spoilers follow for those yet to watch Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4, ‘The Last of the Starks’.

For nine long years since Game of Thrones debuted in 2011, this grave threat to the realm posed by the White Walkers had been hanging over the entire show, affecting not only how we watch and interact with the show but how the characters themselves conduct themselves around each other.

‘Winter is Coming’ has not only been the unofficial motto of House Stark, but also of the whole show. We were led to the believe the greatest threat to mankind was the White Walkers marching south, leading all the armies of Westeros and Essos gathered by Jon and Daenerys to take them on in one final battle for the survival of the realm.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 Review — Saved by the Girl

04/29/2019 9:04 am

Spoilers follow for those yet to watch Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3, ‘The Battle of Winterfell’.

Nine long years in the making! Game of Thrones has always been about the mystery of court intrigue and the terrible things men (and women) are willing to do to satisfy their quest for power. It is what drives the show and has made it the biggest television show ever made and one of the best-written tv series of all time.

Yet since the very first episode of the very first season, we have known that a time would come when the mystery and intrigue would have to take a backseat for the great war, the battle for humanity’s very survival against the threat of the White Walkers.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Review — The Beginning of the End (of the World)

04/22/2019 8:57 am

Spoilers follow for those yet to watch Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 — ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’.

For a global behemoth of a show which has left people waiting two years for its grand resolution, Game of Thrones sure is moving really slow towards its endgame. It’s hard being a fan waiting two years for a tv show and then having to wait just a little bit more for the clearly imminent end of the world.

Thrones only had six episodes to tell its remaining story this season. Yet after having watched the first two episodes of season 8, you would be forgiven for thinking they have the same ten episodes every single past season bar 7 had. Of course, episodes are going to be far longer this season (particularly from episode 3, most spanning well over an hour), but that has not stopped the season’s first two episodes feeling a bit like that of a normal ten episode season and not that of a truncated, six episode final season.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 Review — Stilted Reunions Dominate Return of HBO’s Mega Fantasy Drama

04/15/2019 9:58 am

*spoilers follow for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 ‘Winterfell’*

The biggest, most successful and arguably best television show of all time, Game of Thrones, returned Sunday night for its final season run on the cable television network HBO.

Thrones returned from a two-year hiatus with a near hour-long episode which was light on action but featured approximately 10,000 reunions between long-separated characters.

MOVIE REVIEW: Inner Woman – ‘God Is Wicked’

03/11/2019 11:43 am

by Clement Enoku

Just this past Saturday, (2nd March 2019) was the premiere of the much-anticipated movie – Inner Woman – directed and produced by ace Nigerian film producer Destiny Augustine Omon. For a movie that did not drive a lot of conventional publicity prior to its premiering date, the attendance, however, was very impressive.

Having people from all walks of life, immaculately dressed to perfectly suit the occasion, it was somewhat a bit of a hustle for media men getting still shots of individuals we spotted in the crowd. However, we rose to the occasion and have for you our dear readers some pictures we believe you will find amazing.

SHAMPAIGN — Sparrow Productions’ Intriguing, Captivating and Nerve Wracking Political Drama Returns for An Explosive Second Season

02/23/2019 9:14 am

There’s just a gulf of class between almost every production Sparrow Productions puts out there and anything else on tv in Ghana that it seems that they’re not even part of our ailing movie industry.

Shirley Frimpong Manso has long been regarded as one of the best screenwriters in Ghana and every single time you watch a movie (or series) she releases, it’s hard to shake the feeling she is playing in an entirely different league.

CHRIS-VINCENT Writes: Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart—Is That All?

01/13/2019 3:49 pm

I’ve stopped watching African movies, even as a critic—unless I am paid or asked to watch it with incentive. The reason is obvious: almost all of them are a waste of your time and with a stream of films from different parts of the world available online, why waste my limited time watching garbage?

And then came Lionheart. For all this time, I have been reluctant to watch it, over fears of wasting my time, once again.

Potato Potahto Review — An Insightful Look Into What Makes Relationships Tick Which Masterfully Subverts Society’s Black And White Gender Stereotypes

11/14/2017 3:48 pm

Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest masterclass, ‘Potato Potahto’, has been causing waves around the world, winning awards and being met with rave reviews. The movie recently swept the stakes at the Toronto Film Festival, picking up four awards, and watching it one can see the reason why its such a darling and guaranteed to break box … Read more

‘Banana Island Ghost’ Review: Extensively Hilarious—Even When the Name Sounds Puerile

10/21/2017 11:02 am

If you’ve said you wouldn’t watch an African movie that vividly tells you from the title that it revolves around a ghost, that’s a prudent position to take—because, during its infant days, Nollywood took its audience for granted with absurd ghost stories, befitting the Palaeolithic era. But B. Sasore’s ‘Banana Island Ghost’ offers more: it … Read more

ISOKEN Review: Jade Osiberu’s Attempt at Challenging Perennial Social Compulsions On the Back of Romance and Sometimes Vapid Comedy

05/25/2017 11:30 am

Sandwiched between a relationship that seems conventionally desirable and perfect with more enviable prospects—and another that departs from societal expectations and acceptances filled with looming joy and uncertainties, Isoken, played by Dakore Akande had to make an onerous choice in Jade Osiberu’s lead-titled debut film, ISOKEN.

It wasn’t just the huge disparity in the sort of relationships Isoken found herself that burdened her choice, she was also perched against her own contentment and that of society, especially her drama-filled family.

The film starts with the usual Nollywood build up, introducing us to Isoken, a 34-year-old successful single woman and her hysterical single friends, Agnes played by Funke Akindele, Kukua played by Lydia Forson and the married but miscarriage suffering Joke, played by Damilola Adegbite.

‘John And John’ Review – Kofas Media’s Well Scripted, Well Acted And Well Directed Story Of Greed Ticks All The Boxes

04/21/2017 10:15 am