Queen of the Desert is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and is based on the life of British traveller,writer,archaeologist,explorer,cartographer,and political officer Gertrude Bell.
The film follows Bell's life chronologically,from her early twenties till her death.It is Herzog's first feature film in six years after his 2009 film,My Son,My Son,What Have Ye Done?
The film stars Nicole Kidman,James Franco,Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson.After going through many delays and casting problems,production finally took place from December 2013 to March 2014 in Morocco,Jordan and England.
It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and had its premiere on February 6,2015.It had a theatrical release in Germany on september 3,2015.It is scheduled to be released in a limited release and through video on demand on April 14,2017,by IFC Films.
The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and was also a financial disappointment,grossing $2 million against a $36 million production budget.

A true-life drama centering on British explorer Col.Percival Fawcett,who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Spark [known as Spark:A pace Tail in the United States],is a 2016 3D Computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film written and directed by Aaron Woodley,and featuring the voices of Jessica Biel,Hilary Swank,Susan Sarandon,Patrick Stewart,Jace Norman and Alan C.Peterson.The film premiered on April 22,2016,at the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International.It was released on April 14,2017 in the United States by Open Road Films.

Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.It is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe [Mcu].The film is directed by Ryan Coogler,who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole,and stars Chadwick Boseman,as T'Challa/Black Panther alongside Michael B.Jordan,Lupita Nyong'o,Danai Guirira,Martin Freeman,Daniel Kaluuya,Letitia Wright,Winston Duke,Angela Bassett,Forest Whitaker,and Andy Serkis.In Black Panther,T'Challa returns home as king of Wakanda but find his sovereingnty challenged by a long-time adversary,in a conflict with global consequences.
Wesley Snipes expressed interest in working on a Black Panther film in 1992,buth the project did not come to fruition.In September 2005,Marvel Studios announced a Black Panther film as one of ten based on Marvel characters and distributed by Paramount Pictures.Mark Bailey was hired to write a script in January 2011.Black Panther was announced in October 2014,and Boseman made his first appearance as the character in Captain America"Civil War [2016].
By 2016,Cole and Coogler had joined;additional cast joined in May,making Black Panther the first Marvel film with a predominantly black cast.Principal photography took place from January to April 2017,at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in the Atlanta metropolitan area,and Busan,South Korea.
Black Panther premiered in Los Angeles on Jnauary 29,2018,and was released theatrically in the United States on February 16,2018,in 2D,3D,IMAX and premium large formats.It received critical acclaim,with praise directed towards its visuals,screenplay,characters,direction,costume design,action sequences,soundtrack,and performances.Critics considered it as one of the best films set in the MCU and noted its cultural significance.
It has grossed over $209 million wordwide,making it the highest-grossing film of 2018.Its four-day opening weekend gross of $242.1 million in the United States was the second-highest of all time and its three-day gross of $201. million was the fifth highest of all time,as well as the biggest debut by an African American director.

At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.

Atomica is an American science-fiction thriller film directed by Dagen Merrill and starring Dominic Monaghan.
The film was released theatrically on March 17,2017,and was released on VOD on March 21,2017.

The Ottoman Lieutenant is a Turkish-American World War 1 drama film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by Jeff Stockwell.The film stars Michiel Huisman,Hera Hilmar,Josh Harnett and Ben Kingsley.
The film was released for an Oscar-qualifying run in December 2016,and was released widely on March 10,2017.

Personal Shopper is a 2016 supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas,starring Kristen Stewart.
It was selected to compete for the Palme d'or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.At Cannes,Assayas shared the Best Director Award with Cristian Mungiu for his film Graduation.The film was released on 14 December 2016 in France and 10 March 2017 in the United States.

Brimstone is a 2016 western thriller film written and directed by Martin Koolhoven,starring Dakota Fanning,Guy Pearce,Kit Harington,and Carice Van Houten.It is an international production,although mostly Dutch.
It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on September 3,2016.It premiered in the Netherlands on January 12,2017,before being released on March 10 in the United States in selected theaters and video on demand.It received mixed reviews in the US,in contrast to positive reviews in Europe and at festivals.

Voodoo is an 1995 American horror film directed by Rene Eram,and written by Brian Dimuccio and Dino Vindeni.Corey Feldman stars a youth who must contend with a Voodoo cult.Filmed in the United States in the spring of 1995,was released on VHS by A-Pix Entertainment in November 1995,and was first released in the United States on DVD format through Similar Entertainment in 1997.

Rock Dog is a 2016 computer-animated comedy film produced by Mandoo Pictures and Huayi Brothers.The film is directed by Ash Brannon,written by Brannon and Kurt Voelker,based on the Chinese graphic novel Tibetan Rock Dog by Zheng Jun.It stars the voices of Luke Wilson,Eddie Izzard,J.K.Simmons,Lewis Black,Kenan Thompson,Mae Whitman,Jorge Garcia,Matt Dillon,and Sam Elliott.The film follows a young Tibetan mastiff who leaves his home village in the mountains to become a rock musician in the big city after a radio falls from the sky.
It was released on July 8,2016,in China by Huayi Brothers and on February 24,2017,in the United States by Summit Premiere.The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $20.8 million Worldwide.

The Girl With All The Gifts is a 2016 British post-apocalyptic Zombie horror drama film directed by Colm McCarthy and written by M.R.Carey adapted from his novel of the same name.Starring Gemma Arterton,Paddy Considine,Glenn Close,and Sennia Nanua,the film depicts a dystopian future following a breakdown of society after most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection.The plot focuses on the struggle of a scientist,a teacher,and two soldiers who embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

From Nowhere is a 2016 American drama film directed by Matthew Newton and written by Matthew Newton and Kate Ballen.The film stars Julianne Nicholson,Denis O'Hare,J.Mallory McCree,Octavia Chavez-Richmond,Chinasa Ogbuagu,Raquel Castro and Tashiana Washington.The film was released on February 17,2017,by FilmRise.

Irada is a 2017 Bollywood Detective film directed by Aparnaa Singh and produced by Falguni Patel and Prince Soni.The film is written by Aparnaa Singh and Anushika Rajan,and stars Naseerudin Shah,Arshad Warsi,Divya Dutta,Sharad Kelkar,Sagarika Ghagte in lead roles.
The plot is similar to that of the Hollywood Movie Erin Brokovich.

Everybody Loves Somebody is a 2017 Mexican romantic comedy film written and directed by Catalina Aguliar Mastretta,and starring Karla Souza and Jose Maria Yazpik.

The inept cast and crew of a surprise hit reality-Tv show travel deep into the adirondack mountains for their second season to find proof that Bigfoot exists.Any remaining skepticism they have is ripped to pieces.

Resurrection is a 1999 American-Canadian horror thriller film directed by Rusell Mulcahy and starring Christopher Lambert,Leland Orser and Robert Joy.David Cronenberg appears in a cameo as a priest.
Lambert co-wrote the story for the film with Brad Mirman who also wrote the screenplay.
The film was theatrically released in most of Europe,Asia and Australia,but went straight to DVD in the US.It was also occasionally aired/streamed on television.

A FILMMAKER HAS TO RAISE A CHILD BY HIMSELF WHILST LOOKING FOR AN INSPIRATION FOR HIS NEW FILM

Bleep:Return of Xander Cage [released as Bleep:Reactivated in some countries] is a 2017 American action film directed by D.J.Caruso and written by F.Scott Frazier.
The film stars Vin Diesel,Donnie Yen,Deepika Padukone,Kris Wu,Ruby Rose,Tony Jaa,Nina Dobrev,Toni Collette and Samuel L. Jackson.
It is the third installment in the Bleep franchise and a sequel to both Bleep [2002] and Bleep:State of the Union [2005].
Unlike the previous films,which were distributed by Columbia pictures,the film was released by Paramount Pictures on January 20,2017,in 2D,Real3D and IMAX3D.This also marks the first film produced by Revolution Studios in ten years since 2007's The WaterHorse:Legend of the Deep.The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $346 million worldwide against a production budget of $85 million,making it the highest-grossing film of Revolution Studios and in the franchise.

A young law student blindly enters into a pact with a man who offers to kill his stepfather,whom he feels is responsible for the accident that sent his mother into coma.

Two cousins,two kind of thinking,and a bakery for saving.

We Are the Flesh is a 2016 Mexican-French horror film that was written and directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter.The film premiered on 2 February 2016 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and will have a limited release in the United States in January 2017.



Plot
An unknown apocalyse has devastated the globe,forcing siblings Lucio and Fauna to forage for food and shelter in a hostile environment.They happen to come across Mariano,a man who offers them both of these things,but at a cost:they must help him turn an abandoned building into a cave/cocoon-esque structure.He also demands that the siblings have sex with one another while he watches with a few other options the two comply,only for this act to be the start of many strange and horrific things they must do in order to survive.


Cast
Noe Hernandez as Mariano
Maria Evoli as Fauna
Diego Gamaliel as Lucio
Gabino Rodriguez as Soldado Mexicano

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American romantic comedy film set in 1929,directed and produced by Bill Wilder starring Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis,and Jack Lemmon.
The supporting cast includes George Raft,Pat O' Brien,Joe E. Brown,Joan Shawlee,and Nehemiah Persoff.The screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Michael Logan from the French Film Fanfar of Love.The film is about two musicians who dress in drag in order to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed commit a crime inspired by the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.
The film was produced in black and white,even though color films was increasing in popularity.
Some Like It Hot opened to largely positive reviews and is today considered to be one of the greatest film comedies of all time.It was voted as the top comedy film by the American Film Institute on their list on AFI'S 100 years.100 laughs is poll in 2000.The film is also notable for featuring cross dressing,and for playing with the idea of homosexuality,which led to its being produced without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code.The Code had been gradually weakening in its scope during the early 1950s due to increasing social tolerance for previously taboo topics in film,but it was still officially enforced.The overwhelming success of Some Like It Hot is considered one of the final nails in the coffin for the Hays Code.

When a law student uncovers chilling secrets and places her life at risk,a bitter,rough-around-the edges detective gets assigned to her case.

A lonely,middle-aged man hires a male prostitute to create a road trip from his past

Railroad Tigers is a 2016 Chinese action comedy film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Jackie Chan.It was released in China on December 23,2016.It is about a railroad worker who leads a team of freedom fighters to oppose the Japanese during the occupation in World War 2.


Plot
In Decmber 1941,Japan expands the occupation of its neighbouring countries to Southeast Asia.The railway from Tianjin to Nanjing in East China became a key military transportation route,heavily guarded by Japanese soldiers.Railroad worker Ma Yuan [Jackie Chan] leads a team of freedom fighters.Using his deep knowledge of the train network,he and his men sabotage it,ambushing Japanese soldiers and stealing Chinese.Although the freedom fighters have no weapons of their own,they employ whatever tools are not hand,including shovels,loose railway track planks and diverted trains.The local Chinese call the unlikely heroes the ''Railroad Tigers''.
The freedom fighters find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks when the Japanese send reinforcements to Shandong.In an act of defiance,Ma Yuan launches his most dangerous mission yet,blowing up a heavily guarded railroad bridge.When the Japanese learn of the crippling plan,which will derail the war effort,the stakes are raised even higher.


Cast
Jackie Chan as Ma Yuan
Huang Zitao as Da Hai
Wang Kai as Fan Chuan
Darren Wong as Da Guo
Sang Ping
Alan Wu
Yu Fan
Jaycee Chan
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Zhang Lanxin as Yuko
Andy Lau as school teacher [cameo]

Production
The budget of the film was us$50 million.The film had railway sequences shot Diabingshan using a steam trains

Release
On September 1,2016.Well Go Entertaiment announced the acquisition of Railroad Tigers for distribution in English Language territories,including North America,the United Kingdom,Australia and New Zealand.The film is scheduled to open in December to coincide with its release in China.

Bargain hunting took over trading at the stock last week as investors'sentiments turned positive ahead quarter earnings season.Having shed 0.14 percent the previous week,the market rebounded last week to completely reverse the previous week's loss.Nigerian Stock Exchange [nse] All-Share-Index [ASI] appreciated by 2.49 percent to close at 36,320.93 market capitalisation added 285.3 billion to close higher at 12.502 trillion naira.
Market analysis linked the positive performance to investors' moves to take position ahead of announcement of Q3 results.
Apart from the benchmark gauge that gained all other indices finished higher during the week with the exception of NSE iNSURANCE INDEX THAT DEPRECIATED BY 1.21% WHILE THE nse AseM Index closed flat.


Daily Market Performance
Trading opened for the week on a low rate on Tuesday as there was no trading on Monday due public holiday to mark Nigeria's 57th anniversary.
The benchmark index shed 0.38 percent to close lower at 35,306.9,indicating persistent negative investors' sentiments that developed the market the previous week.
A total of 22 stocks depreciated compared with 18 that appreciated.
Unity Bank Plc led the price losers with 5.0 percent,trailed by PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc and United Capital Plc with 4.9 percent apiece.
PZ Cussons yesterday reported its quarter results,where it recorded a loss of 123 million naira,an improvement on the 1.585 million naira in the corresponding period of 2016.
Cadbury Nigeria Plc shed 4.8 percent,just as Sterling Bank Plc,Glaxosmithkline Consumer Nigeria Plc and Jaiz Bank Plc went down by 4. percent,4.5 percent and 4.2 percent in that order.
On the positive side, C and I Leasing Plc recorded the highest price gain of 9.8 percent trailed by Learn Africa Plc with 6.7 percent Caverton and N.E.M. Insurance Plc and Guiness Nigeria Plc added 3.9 percent and 3.6 percent respectively.
Union Bank is currently in the market raising about 50 billion from existing shareholders.The bank is offering 12.1 billion ordinary shares of 50 kobo at 4.10 naira.
Meanwhile,the NSE Consumer Goods Index fell 0.9 percent to lead the sectoral decliners due to the fall in the share prices of Nigerian Breweries Plc and PZ.
Losses in Forte Oil Plc and Oando Plc dragged the NSE Oil and Gas Index 0.3 percent.

The market closed on a negative note yesterday as investors booked profit following days of growth.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange [NSE] All-Share Index depreciated by 0.15 percent to close at 36,776.60 compared with a growth of 1.14 percent the previous day.
Expectations that companies would soon begin to release impressive results for the third quarter ended September 2017,has been leading to more demand for stocks in the past few days.
The development kept the market in the bulls' territory for the last four trading days.
However,the bears returned yesterday as profit taking set in.Consequently,the index closed lower.However,the market ended with 19 price losers and 19 price gainers.But the depreciation recorded in the share prices of Diamond Bank,FBN Holdings,Lafarge Africa,Nigerian Breweries,and Access Bank was namely responsible for the decline recorded in the index.
At the end of trading,investors staked 3.26 billion on 353.19 million shares,up from 3.0 billion invested the previous day.The most actively traded sectors were: Financial Services [309.59 million shares],Consumer Goods [23.20 million shares],and Services [8.28 million shares],while the three most actively traded stocks were:Diamond Bank [215.76 million shares],Fidelity Bank [15 million shares]and FCMB Group [14.59 million shares].
Meanwhile,more companies have informed the NSE of their meeting to consider their nine months results for instance,Zenith Bank Plc said its board will soon meet for that purpose.
Investors are expected impressive performance from the bank given the half year results.
Zenith Bank Plc announced an interim dividend of 7.8 billion for the HI half year ended June 30,2017,which translated to 25 kobo per share.
The bank recorded gross earnings of 380.4 billion naira,up by 77 percent from 214.8 billion period of 2016.Net interest income stood at 138.962 billion as against 127 billion in 2016.
However,impairment charges increased by 196 percent from 14.2 billion naira to 42 billion naira.
But the bank got a boost from trading and other operating income.While trading income,realised foreign exchange,jumped from negative 864 million naira to positive 65.318 billion naira,other operating income similarly soared from 3.567 billion naira to 15.112 billion naira in 2017.
Consequently,Zenith Bank Plc ended the period with profit before tax of 92.183 billion naira compared with 53.905 billion in 2016.PAT rose from 35.465 billion naira to 75.5.317 billion naira,Hence,the directors recommended an interim dividend of 25 kobo per share,just like what was paid in the corresponding period of 2016.
Market analysts said given the high level of profitability,the bank would pay a final dividend higher than the 1.77 naira paid at the end of 2016.

Even as it is yet to release any funding for capital expenditure this year,Federal Government yesterday unveiled its plans to spend 9,939,307,110.56 in the 2018 fiscal year.
Minister of Budget and National Planning,Senator Udoma Udo gave indication in Abuja on Thursday during a public consultation with civil sociey organisations,media,organised private sector and general public on 2018-2020 Medium Term Fiscal Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
The consultation started on Tuesday evening with leadership of national assembly and will continue on today [Friday] in Lagos.
Udoma said the document would be presented to Federal Executive Council in a fortnight and submitted to national assembly in October.
He explained that the budget would be based on oil production,volume of 2.30 million barrels per day;budget oil benchmark of $45/barrel;exchange rate of 305 naira/US $ AND INFLATION RATE OF 12.42 PERCENT.
in addition,government is projecting a nominal of 133.975naira,GDP growth rate of 4.8 percent;non-oil GDP of 104.652 trillion and oil GDP of 29.323trillion naira.
According to him,the projection consists of capital expenditure of 2.408 trillion naira exclusive of transfers,fiscal deficit of 2.77trillion naira;gross domestic product of 113.4 trillion naira and debt to GDP ratio of 2.45percent.
Overall,gross federation account inflows of 10.387 is being projected for 2018,which is slightly less than the 10.403 in 2017.
It would be recalled the national assembly had on January 18 approved the 2017/2018 MTEF and Fiscal Strategy Paper [DSP] with a significant mark up in the oil price benchmark to $44.5 per barrel up 4.0 percent from $42.5 percent contained in the original document submitted by the Presidency.

Chelsea are considering a surprise move for Dani Alves after the Premier League champions were made aware of the Juventus right-back's availability,according to reports.
The 34-year-old is currently preparing to take on Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday night but his future in Turin remains unclear.
The Daily Mail claims that Chelsea have been offered international and Antonio Conte is interested in a shock move for the former Barcelona star.
Conte is keen to bolster his squad ahead of next season's campaign in the Champions League,and providing competition for Victor Moses on the right flank is one of the areas the Chelsea manager is looking to strenghten.
But Chelsea will also face competitions from Manchester City and Tottenham as both clubs are also monitoring Alves' situation.
Alves,who turned 34 last month,still has one year remaining on his current contract with the Serie A champions.
Having joined from Barcelona on a free transfer last summer,Alves has made an immediate impact in Italy,helping Juventus win a domestic league and cup double.
And the Brazilian could win the third treble of his career if Juventus that Real Madrid in Saturday's final in Cardiff.

Britain's Kyle Edmond is through to the quarter-finals of the Atlanta open after coming from a set behind to beat Germany's Peter Gojowczyk.
The 22-year-old beat the 2-6 6-4 7-5 after a German rain delay,and will meet either American Jack Sock or Israel's Dudi Sela in the last eight