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Where can I watch this Obsession online. I'm in Nigeria now and no single theatre is playing it

oyaskii:
Off Campus S1 (2026).

College romance, really Hot people and good music 👍🏿.

Without "The Boys" and "Invincible" airing, a Prime video sub might seem like a waste, but this got suggested and i kinda liked it.

Again, cheesy storyline, that i may have probably seen once or twice before, but the show is really well done, and the leads were able to hold their own and top tier music selections ngl.

Good watch if you want something casual and fun to see. 👍🏿

7/10

I really liked this show, It wasn't that cheesy too, some plotlines that are normally very easy to predict was not predictable at all

abduleez1:
Lol, me wey dey shame Nollywood most times and have a reputation for that, there's some weeks in a year that I usually do this thing you just said.

Only difference is I ONLY do these comfort watch with a friend. When I visit him that's when I join him watch his Nollywood YouTube marathons or DSTV Africa Magic. It's just fun turn of your brain comfort moments. I enjoy watching them with him even tho sometimes I usually berate the stupidity of some of the storylines.

From purposely watching them just to point out how silly details of the films were to piss off my friend.... The werey has successfully made it tolerable to watch them with him on occasions and these days I actually enjoy some of them.

But you can't catch me watching them alone with myself.

The few ones I manage download for years till now I no fit watch am.

I have reasoned this phenomenon with trying to have a sense of home and cultural connection.
There's some times you watch Hollywood fare so long enough that sometimes they feel disconnected to your reality or culture. And just watching a local movie keeps you grounded to your cultural identity no matter how silly they may seem.

After watching Hollywood for like 11 months in a year..... There's just this one week window where I engage in this Nollywood consumption with my friend like thrice in a year. And those films somehow feel enjoyable. But make I come dey watch am week in week out, I fit murder person.

I usually tell myself I just want to see Brezz and yansh of our latest Naija celebs and keep up with the industry cos I like seeing beautiful women, don't mind if it's from Nollywood...... But on further reflection, it might be this touch of home.

For example...Hollywood film now, you see scenes with a woman sharing the bill with a man, you see a lady from a wealthy family decide to settle with a poor guy etc. it looks normal but deep down you know that shït is out of place in a typical naija setting. All those true love make you no get money no dey resonate here.

And that's why a film like My Father's Shadow that is promoted by the BBC has all the quirks and quality that reminds you it comes from a Nigerian.... An indigenous person. And doesn't feel like a regurgitation of the usual stereotypes Hollywood has of Nigerians with just trying to mimic how we talk or laugh, behave or dress.

You see that subtlety in Nepa taking light, the bar scene with Nigerians praying the country go better till they Kingdom come, the street hawking, fuel scarcity and queues, even the pastor (which was played by the director's brother and writer btw) preaching "repent now for the kingdom is at hand", the omens and the birds circling in various scenes reminding you of our spirituality, owing of salaries for months, the beer parlour gists and old men past their prime reminiscing about the good old days, the agbero guy with the hailing and tax collection....

These things happening at various intervals in a film is what tells you this is Nigerian. They're subtle and you probably wouldn't notice or see the importance in the overarching story.
But these small bits are what makes it original.

And there's this thing of actually seeing people you look like, sound like, talk like and see on screen. Not some white dude and a black guy shouting "Mandem" in a way to mimic a Nigerian all the while sounding like a Southie or Kenyan or Ghanaian.

Na that originality and something you can relate with and understand is why sometimes Naija fare for a moment seems believable, tolerable and even enjoyable to some extent.

This is probably one of the reasons why I'm not really a big fan of American comedy shows. I actually eventually enjoy them when I get myself to watching them but I don't go actively seeking them out, cos I sometimes feel a lack of relatability in culture and values.

Lool the werey really successfully converted you! At least you have someone to share the premium cruise with. Imagine me sitting alone watching these wild storylines and laughing by myself. 💀
But honestly, you made a very solid point about the cultural connection. Sometimes Hollywood is great, but it’s just not home. There’s a specific comfort in seeing people who talk like you and live in your exact reality, even if the movie is just pure popcorn nonsense. And let's be real, keeping up with the gorgeous Naija celebs and their ass is not bad either😂

oyaskii:
Brooo so pained, whipped up Ms word and gave us a whole thesis breakdown why that S5 was a disaster 😩😩😂.

On a serious note, with the Vought Rising trailer yesterday, it is clear why this S5 felt like a disturbing afterthought that they felt obligated to just get over with. They checked out in making it good, like one to two seasons back, and the real braidsmaid were the potential spinoffs Eric Kripke thinks he could spurn and hold on forever to that paycheck based on "The Boys". I will be watching that one still but we are clearly dealing with a mad man 😞

I can understand people who hated it but I think that's the reason it's an awesome show. People have a thousand endings in their head 🙂‍↕️
In my opinion tho, the ending was great

I have a confession to make, and honestly, I’m still trying to process it myself. Lately, I’ve fallen deep into the rabbit hole of Nigerian YouTube movies. If you know me, you know this is absolutely wild because I used to be the biggest critic of these films—I couldn't stand them. But now? I’m officially a secret fan.
There is just something incredibly addictive about them. They are pure, chaotic, unpretentious fun. Between the over-the-top dramatic sound effects, the wild plot twists that make zero sense, and the hilarious dialogue, they’ve become my ultimate comfort viewing. It’s the perfect 'turn your brain off' popcorn entertainment, and I'm not even mad about it anymore.

abduleez1:
Who's obsessed with some box office performance King..... 👀😀


Horror— the gift that keeps giving. 😎

Just watched it yesterday due to girlfriend peer pressure 😂 not bad at all

samistry:
Great watch👍

I love this kind of posts 🥰 introducing me to great shows I've never heard of. Thanks a lot

oyaskii:
"there is no war in ba sing se"

Astaghfirullah for my previous gimmick about not been excited about this.😩😩

They have managed to rope me in again...sat like mad!! 👍🏿

This is so real for me too 😂😂😂 I wasn't excited for the show at all anymore. Now I'm sure I'll watch it

BlackManta:
Homelander with V1 is weaker than regular Homelander.

I think they seriously nerfed him in the finale.

Bro couldn't escape from the office but he was fast enough to keep up with A-train in episode 1.

Also in episode 1 he sliced Kimiko in half with his lasers. But his lasers could only push her back in the finale.

V1 Homelander is just a nothing bugger.

We thought we were getting peak Homelander.

It took Butcher, Kimiko and Ryan just 4 minutes to finish him.

Remember that Butcher and Kimiko couldn't fight Bombsight, a V1 supe.

But he was tossing V1 Homelander like a rag doll.

You're right! It made him weaker not stronger

I absolutely loved the ending of the Boys man! It should have been money and probably butchers death was botched but I totally loved the way homelander died

POV: Trying to get a job in 2026 pic.twitter.com/VWW6nwh8Qx

— Corporate Dudes (@corporatedudes) May 21, 2026

oyaskii:
There is nothing weird here because it is the general feeling about the flick. The only reason people and probably you, are sticking your neck for it, is solely based on the fact that it is a Nolan flick, because going by what we have seen so far, it doesn't bode well.

Like i said, nobody is immune to making a bad flick these days, not even him, so if the flick, eventually does well and prove everyone wrong, i would be the most happiest.

Not true tho 😩 the only reason it's getting hate and this much popularity is because it's a Nolan movie, if it was someone else they won't really care. I honestly don't see anything wrong with what has come out tbh

oyaskii:
‎"The Odyssey" (2026)...The long calm before the storm...
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‎Long read...pardon 🙏🏿
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‎Christopher Nolan is arguably one of the best filmmakers in modern cinema, one of the very few auteurs whose films are instantly recognizable through a common set of traits, but I fear his latest foray might prove to be his undoing.
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‎From Memento (2000) to The Prestige (2006) to TDK (2010) , you always knew what you were getting from his movies...exceptionally high technical filmmaking prowess, so much so that people were genuinely fearing that he was going to use an actual atomic bomb! 😩 in Oppie (2023). All these make for great blockbusters, and yet he has also come under criticism for focusing solely on the technical aspects of filmmaking at the neglect of other areas, particularly dialogue, handling of female characters and emotional nuance.
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‎I personally have noticed that he struggles to deliver emotional subtlety through his characters, often making them feel robotic, mechanical, and devoid of spontaneity. There is a reason why Tenet (2020), which I loved by the way, is many people’s least favourite film of his. People simply could not grasp it. The technicalities of the film overshadowed everything else, coupled with an over-convoluted plot that often felt convoluted for the bare sake of being convoluted, serving no real purpose beyond spectacle. Some people even argued that perhaps he made films this way because he wanted that elusive Oscar.
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‎The elusive Oscar finally came, and he picked "The Odyssey" as his next project and, from what we have seen so far, this appears to be the project where he has decided to relax his usual high technical standards and flex a bit stylistically. But I personally think he could not have picked a worse film to do this with.
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‎The Odyssey is perhaps one of the most important literary works from ancient Greek mythos, and if a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan is adapting it, there should be an air of seriousness and originality to it..nobody should think it is a parody. But the trailer and promotional materials released so far suggest otherwise. From the dull cinematography, to the game-like costumes, to the out-of-place dialogue for a period piece like this, everything feels oddly artificial and so so unlike Nolan.
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‎But perhaps the most obvious blunder so far is some of the casting choices, which scream unnecessary DEI. The elephant in the room is the casting of Lupita Nyong'o in the dual role of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. The argument can be made that the story is fictional and therefore subject to reinterpretation, but I still think the casting choice is wrong for reasons that are obvious enough not to require extensive explanation. And it begs the question..why do black actors continue accepting these obvious “pick-me-up” roles? What purpose does it serve? It certainly does their careers more harm than good.
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‎Misappropriation in casting used to happen far more often than many people realize, but the world has changed so much that you would never see white actors doing the reverse today. Jenny Slate had stepped down from her role on "Big Mouth", because she felt it was out of place for her, a white woman to be voicing a Black character, and it was recast to Ayo Edebiri. Lupita Nyong'o and Paapa Essiedu have only opened themselves up to vile rhetoric from racists. Elon Musk has been on Christopher Nolan’s case for the better part of a week just because of this casting discourse. Imagine such a charlatan speaking ill of the work of a famed film auteur like Nolan.
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‎Now, whether the film will perform well at the box office is not really in question. The IMAX tickets reportedly sold out months in advance, and mind you, this is largely off the strength of the Nolan brand alone. But it should still be said that no filmmaker is above making a bad film, not even him.
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‎I mean, Asghar Farhadi, one of my favourite directors, had seemingly never put a foot wrong, and yet his latest film was met with severe rebuke at Cannes last week and currently sits at an abysmal 18% on Rotten Tomatoes!. But then again, I would be a terrible gambler if I bet against Christopher Nolan. He has proven his mantle over and over again. Still, I hold far more fear for The Odyssey (2026) than excitement.
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‎Has my GOAT sacrificed his career for scraps from the woke table?
‎Only time will tell.
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‎Side note: On the subject of casting misappropriation, if they eventually make a sequel to "Michael" (2026) and cover the period where MJ transitioned to full on white, do they recast him with a white actor, or do they simply keep Jaafar Jackson and “leather him up” with makeup? 👀

This before the movie even gets any reviews is weird ☺️

Kelvinnchucks:
Why this long write up for a 2014 movie.

Can't believe bro just watched a timeless movie as interstellar for the first time. That's crazzzyyy. Wish I was him

phr0nesis:
Oga you haven't hit any target this year, and we are already in May

Na wetin I wan talk o 😂😂

abduleez1:
Lol, maybe this would be one of my misses in a long streak of getting box office predictions right.

Still, I'm holding on to my hopes it comes short at $900mn+.

The only key markets missing is Japan, bruv and Russia. It's already opened in 84 markets globally.
There's been no BIG summer movie yet after it's release that's why it's still getting good legs.
Waiting to see how it holds pre Mandalorian and Grogu.

Wish we could bet on it 😂😂😂 it closing off not reaching 900 million is absolutely preposterous. The lowest it can get is 950 million. Projections for Japan are through the roof, there's a high possibility of it doing 150 million in Japan alone😂😂. It's holding so well it's competing with end game and infinity war, just 20-24% recently ☺️. I'm sure it'll get to a billion let's watch and see broski

Baddestguyp:
Nolan is my favorite Hollywood director but i fear he has fumbled with The Odyssey.

Was discussing with some colleagues at work who are also fans of his and no one is holding out any hope for the movie.

I have not seen a single positive thing about the movie. From the trailers to the costumes to the casting...everything feels so wrong and out of place for someone like Nolan.

I don't know if he was pressured or what? But right now I have zero hopes for the movie.
It has all the tellsigns of a terrible movie so far

The same was said about the Matrix, flight club and others. Calm down, I'll be watching a screening in two weeks. People have always underestimated Nolan anytime he was doing something new and he has always clapped back with performance, I honestly don't see anything wrong with the costume, my only problem is the casting

oyaskii:
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‎Side note: On the subject of casting misappropriation, if they eventually make a sequel to "Michael" (2026) and cover the period where MJ transitioned to full on white, do they recast him with a white actor, or do they simply keep Jaafar Jackson and “leather him up” with makeup? 👀

I remember telling abduleez that Michael will make a billion definitely and he said no 😂😂, the movie already has 700 million and it hasn't even opened in some of its key markets yet

oyaskii:
Film Music...My Father's Shadow (2025). A case study

“Music is a character in the film.” — Howard Shore

One of my favourite aspects of a film is always the music behind it. Film is best described as a visual medium, yet one of its most effective storytelling tools is the music. Even before the characters speak or any significant plot movement occurs, you can often tell where the movie is going simply by listening to the score or song. Long after you've seen the movie, you begin to associate its sound not just with the film, but with different emotions and facets of the human condition.

When you hear Hans Zimmer’s Cornfield Chase, you aren't just associating it with Interstellar (2014) anymore, you now associate it with space, ascension, transcendence, interstellar travel. Or when you hear John Williams’s The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme), you instantly think of authority, totalitarianism and menace. Hearing James Horner’s Southampton from Titanic (1996), immediately evokes voyage and longing. I could go on and on, but the point here is that film music is the very heart and soul of cinema.

In Nollywood, the blatant neglect of this important aspect of filmmaking is perhaps why many modern films feel devoid of soul... unnecessarily loud, yet emotionally empty. There is simply nothing connecting you to the story. At least old Nollywood used to try in this regard. They developed scores to give “life” to scenes. There was that particular “gong” sound whenever someone was about to do something sinister, and once you heard Stanley Okorie singing "Why Is the World So Wicked", you instantly knew Nkiru Sylvanus had probably just been orphaned, while Patience Ozokwor, playing the wicked aunty, was somewhere plotting to make her life even worse! 😩

This is perhaps why our pop culture is still dominated by "Old Nollywood". The sound bites, the scores, the dramatic cues content creators still use them today because they remain excellent reference points, instantly recognizable even beyond these shores. But take something like "Behind the Scene" (2025), a supposed student of "New Nollywood"… what exactly is there to reference years from now? What is there to dominate pop culture? Certainly not the story, and most definitely not the music or sound design.

Watching My Father's Shadow the other day, I was particularly impressed by the score,soundtrack and sound design. It felt so thoughtfully put together and, at times, helped me connect to the story even more deeply than the action unfolding on screen. I quickly went to Apple Music and was pleased to find that the soundtrack had thankfully been digitally released.

I haven’t followed the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards for years because they’ve always had a knack for rewarding mediocrity, but I checked this year and saw that this film won Best Score/Soundtrack, among other notable awards, and I was genuinely so pleased. Very, very deserved 👏🏿

If film music is the heart of the movie, then the screenplay is undoubtedly its skeletal system—the invisible architecture that holds every emotion, beat, and revelation in place.
In the same way that "Old Nollywood" understood the power of a dramatic "gong" to signal impending doom, its writers also understood the power of a singular, driving conflict. In the rush to join "New Nollywood," many modern screenwriters have traded that honesty for hollow "aesthetic" dialogue—scripts that look good on paper but lack the marrow of real human experience.
This is why My Father’s Shadow (2025) feels like such a breath of fresh air. Dthe film doesn't just present a plot; it weaves a "magical and gritty portrait" that feels deeply rooted in the complexities of Nigerian life, much like his previous work Lizard. The writing here is patient—a rarity in a sea of films that feel like they’re shouting to keep your attention.
What struck me most about the writing in My Father’s Shadow was the nuanced handling of intergenerational trauma and memory. The dialogue isn't just there to move us from Point A to Point B; it’s used to explore the "processes of understanding trauma," where the lines between reality and fantasy often blur (Howard, 2026). We aren't just watching a story about a family; we are watching the internal collapse and reconstruction of characters who are trying to find "a workable meaning" for their lives amidst the weight of their lineage.
While many modern Nollywood scripts feel like a collection of social media tropes stitched together, it treats its characters with a level of psychological depth that justifies its recent AMVCA accolades. It’s a script that understands silence. It knows that sometimes the most profound "writing" isn't a witty comeback or a shouted monologue, but the quiet, heavy realization of a character finally seeing their father's flaws for what they truly are—shadows that they no longer have to live within.

abduleez1:
Great night...... Dominance. 🤞🏽😎

I literally had no doubt this would win. It's the most thoughtful and visually compelling movie I've ever seen from a Nigerian. First time I saw it if I can remind you, I wasn't even calling the director a Nigerian or even labeling it as a Nollywood film cos in my opinion it wasn't.... at the time mostly because I worked with mubi for the distribution rights to the film and even knew the editor Omar Castro so I thought it was like Beast of no Nation kind of movie. So I was pleasantly surprised.
So congrats on your movie. You all did fabulously well, hope your name is in the credits

oyaskii:
lol yeah i could easily see the work that went into making this, and it came out beautifully.

Like the discourse we have always have here, Nigeria has such a great history across many facets, that would make for such wonderful period piece motion pictures, but our producers here are so "scared" to indulge, they will rather dance around the same shallow, loud, razz, soulless films because they are safe bets and to claim the title of biggest box office return every year, with no lasting impression. I was having a discourse with someone about ,"Micheal" (2026) , and we joked about how there has never been a "Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti Biopic" , i mean this guy popularize "Afrobeat" which is such a force now worldwide, and there isn't a specific film about him?. I did a little digging, and found out the film is actually in development since 2023, and you guessed right, an American production company secured the rights from his estate. So if it takes foreign inputs to tell our stories, i am all for it tbh.

I care deeply about this industry so so much, unfortunately 😞....i have so many good people around me, invested in it, in someway, you included now lol..
So i really do hope it continues to succeed, like this film has just done 👍🏿

I think I've said this to abduleez before.
We need to have a serious conversation about why a definitive Fela Kuti film or an actually solid Civil War doesn't exist yet. The talent in Nigeria isn't the problem—we have world-class cinematographers, sound designers, and editors who are proving their worth on every new project. The problem is a chronic lack of investment in anything that isn't a guaranteed commercial hit.

Right now, the Nigerian film market is essentially a one-trick pony. The data shows that if it’s not a comedy, and if Funke Akindele isn't on the poster, the money isn't coming. This 'comedy-first' economy is stifling our ability to tell the stories that actually defined us as a nation. A Fela biopic requires the kind of budget, research, and global distribution that usually requires Hollywood involvement. We have the brilliant minds right here in Lagos, but until we bridge the funding gap through strategic international partnerships, our most iconic stories will continue to be told by outsiders or not told at all.

The danger of this current trend isn't just financial; it’s a matter of cultural preservation. When we allow the market to be dictated solely by what is 'easy to sell,' we inadvertently outsource our own history. If Nollywood doesn't find a way to fund these heavy-hitting historical narratives, we will eventually find ourselves watching a Fela biopic produced entirely by a foreign studio, featuring a foreign lead, and told through a foreign lens—simply because they were the ones willing to put up the $50 million required to do it right.

We need an environment where a gritty, historical epic can coexist with a blockbuster comedy. We have already proven we can handle the technical complexity; our colorists and sound engineers are ready for the challenge. Now, the challenge lies with the investors and the government to create the fiscal frameworks—tax rebates, film funds, and co-production treaties—that make 'the big story' a viable investment. It’s like we’re driving a Ferrari in a school zone. We’ve got all this insane horsepower—all this talent and technical skill—but we’ve got nowhere to actually let it run. We’re revving the engine just to crawl at 20mph because nobody wants to take a financial risk on anything that isn't a 'safe' laugh.

We have the 'Ferrari' ready to go; we just need someone to stop treating the industry like a playground and actually give us the open road to tell our real stories.

abduleez1:
Euphoria S3......


I don't know where this new season is taking us to, but so far so good with the first 2 episodes I've watched, I'm liking what I've seen so far.

Somewhat promising even tho I haven't really gotten the central plot yet, there's still a few constants from the show we know.... The need for validation and unspoken competition between Cassie and Maddy.

I'm so hesitant to watch the s3 cos s2 was ass

The fuckn guy who thinks he's Truman in the Truman show is pissing me tf off
from From

Achilles100:
Best theory I have seen about FROM

I'm literally watching From right now from the beginning and I can't understand why they can't just lock all the fckn windows and doors!!! Like padlock them in the night so it won't be so easy for fckn kids to open, they're just fucking dumb asf in my opinion.
No spoilers tho. The show is pissing me off, there are too many people in that town dumb asf people

abduleez1:
Lmao..... Nah, it's not the highest box office opening of this year. That title goes to Super Mario Galaxy.

This one has the highest opening for a biopic tho.
Still, I'm struggling to see that much talked about $1bn+ y'all have been seeing before now.

$200mn+ while it's really good and impressive ain't really a billion dollar player unless it's in December. So jury is still out on this one.

Ok boss, just checked

abduleez1:
Lmao.... Bohemian Jacksody keh?? 😂😂😂

But IGN really ain't a trusted source for getting anything authentic from reviews pertaining to movies.

Remember movies like this are for the audience and the audience loves it! It already has the highest box office opening of the year. 200mn+ already. There's a big chance it gets more than a billion. Like I said last year

3RN3ST:
Are you serious, with those hype online..

It's a great movie

Just watch Michael 😂 and I wonder how this movie has a 27% did we watch the same thing or what 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️, not the best movie if all time but a great watch nonetheless

DieRich5:
First time Prime cancelled a show worth canceling

There was no story to begin with

joseph1832:
I'm curious how Anissa is going to blend in. It shows from my POV, she might turn out to be a man hater. Lol.

Bouta watch Anissa grape the hell outa Mark

abduleez1:
Lmao..... Where $1bn go go like dis?? 😂😂😂

I've also been hearing that the reviews are all bias, it's no where close to 27%