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GloriousGbola:

lmaooo oh you even got it in 4K 😩😩... Enjoy 😂.

Btw... How do you have the classic Windows Explorer interface? Is this a custom OS?.👀

Beorn:
I am amongst those waiting for the all episodes to binge-watch like I always do, but I'm not touching this last season makachi. 😂

Don't take my word for it o....indulge first... you fit like am last last 🤭

abduleez1:
Lmao..... I been dey tell Una since S4 say this people done check out, Una think say na play.

I just download the episodes everyday as it releases but I never continue from the first two episodes I stopped but from what I watched, it just reinforced my belief that they don't know where to steer the story to no more. Just meandering. And I noted this observation when y'all where singing praises for the premiere episodes.

I just come here everyday to see you peeps complaining week in week out since ep 4. 😂😂

Brooo...tbf, the first 2 episodes sold me dreams...total dogshît since then...i don tap out 😩😩...na people wey dey wait make all the episodes drop before dem binge i dey pity 😂

Matt Reeves running PR personally for "The Batman II"(2027) through gifs, in the past 2 days has been so wholesome. He might be an unserious filmmaker working with an even more unserious prod. company, because what are you telling me, one film is taking this long to make 😩, but he knows game and understand what's at stakes.

Wallahi, we might eat real good soon 👍🏿

GloriousGbola:
Homelander was already channeling trump in season three

Season 2 was already showing parallels to America with stormfront.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txNdXpIphmE?si=6YmCkE_BjcQybnFv

People love what I have to say, they believe in it. They just don't like the word nazi

They forget it is a Superhero show first, and it thinks itself a "political commentary" show only. The political commentary isn't lost on anyone who has been following the show now for years, but it is been overdone, to a point that is blatantly cringe now, overshadowing every meaningful character development they have done all these years. I don't even know what they are fighting for anymore.

I had to watch 2 filler characters with dogshît powers sniff their butts in the penultimate episode of the series finale mind you!, like what is genuinely the point of this meandering?.

At this point, i have zero care for any of the characters, and i do hope they all kill each other....and no way they land a competent ending next week.... absolutely no way!

OhBritannia:
The drama is a solid 10/10 for me.
This is one of the most interesting movie that i have seen for years.
Whoever thought of the concept and plot of the movie deserves multiple awards.

It isn't just about the movie, the other thing that struked me is how talented Zendaya is, i dare say she is even underrated at the moment.
Her facial expressions, the way her expression tells the current state of her emotions even without her saying a single word.
The movement of her eyes etc.
Nah mehn, she was born to act.

Anyways this movie is one that will spark an intensed debate across all social platforms very soon.
Questions will be asked!!
1) was the man right or wrong to have been worried?
2) Do you really think she is a psychopath?
3) Were her friends too judgemental or being too hypocritical?

This movie centers about True love and a past that literally ruined the relationship but one thing was certain, she kept trying to save the relationship, she did her best and it eventually worked out.
And also, the man might have stood by her, you can call him a coward but then again, can we really blame him?

This movie is one that will arouse your thoughts.
Kudos to each and everyone involved.

The first question. Lmaooo, People have called of weddings for far less...Hello!!...If i had the inkling that, the person i am potentially going to spend the rest of my life with, with almost a week to commuicdo oficial, might be a mass murderer?! Broo best believe, i am bolting as hell 😩😩. The man reacted in the most logical way.

Second question.
Tbf, she was giving off "pyscopath vibes" but i think the film gives enough reasons why she might not be.

Third Question.
With friends like that, who needs enemies?! They just threw her under the bus without a single ounce of benefit of doubt, especially the lady, meanwhile, she actually conceived something far worse and went through with it.

This was such a good good film 👍🏿

"The Drama.” (2026)


“What’s the worst thing you’ve done?”

Black comedies are so hard to land. Balancing genuine laughter with dark humour is difficult, but this film absolutely shines at it, and that’s why I think it’s probably one of my favourite watches this year.

The poster itself is deceptive, and even the trailer doesn’t give much away. I thought I was settling in for a cozy romantic movie, only for it to take a much darker, unexpected turn 😩. Like, imagine discovering that the person you’re about to walk down the aisle with in a week might actually be a mass murderer?! 😩😩. It works brilliantly because of how magnificent the two leads are.

I always forget Robert Pattinson is actually British lol. He has immersed himself so deeply into Hollywood that hearing him use his natural British accent here felt strange..but in a good way. The palpable fear he feels at the possibility that he might be marrying a monster is cringe, funny, and serious all at once. That’s what a good black comedy script does. Brilliant performance. Coincidentally, he turns 40 today🥳, and he might genuinely be the most bookable actor on the market right now, constantly working and consistently delivering solid performances. Such a gem of an actor.

Zendaya isn’t one of my favourite actresses simply because she often seems limited to a “deadpan” emotional range, but a black comedy requires that exact deadpan energy, and she shines brilliantly here.

This felt like the archetypal A24 flick...the kind they used to make back when they weren’t trying so hard to be mainstream. Brilliant, brilliant watch, as long as you don’t misread the film and you keep your eyes and mind open to what it’s really doing 👏🏿

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 👏🏿

abduleez1:
Thanks man. Great review. You're probably the #1 Nollywood film reviewer in this thread, and I'm glad you delved in-depth into the movie and it's storytelling as well as the technical details instead of giving it a pass as is the usual with Nigerian audiences in relation to the local industry.

Yeah, that fuel station scarcity scene was one of the most enjoyable scenes we shot on set during the film's production. It was fun. I think we shot that scene into the Eid El Fitri holiday that year.

It was a great experience and top exposure.
Yep, just as you put it, it's a Nigerian story in spirit and inspiration, but you could tell the British influence in the way it's detailed compared to our usual Nollywood fare.
I remember arguing with IllusionEffect how improved the industry was looking when we were talking about how film tourism and location permits were easy to get in filmmaking in Lagos. The organisation and smooth sailing of everything could be largely attributed to British influence. Even many crew members could attest to different approach to things cos it was visible.

You won't believe the weeks and months of planning that went into this before principal photography.

One thing I loved about the film was the location hopping we did across Lagos. It was the fun part shooting this. The first few weeks in Ibadan, dem wan use bush finish person. And like you said it is a slow process you digest slowly. It felt the same while shooting it for me too.

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 👍🏿

Nova15:
but i also wondered why the Sith always seem stronger than a Jedi?

They are not necessarily stronger, but they are fueled by stronger emotions such as hate, rage, which would mean faster access to reach full potential, unlike the slow, disciplined approach by Jedis.

My Father's Shadow (2025).

“Dear Father, I will see you in my dreams.”

As a firm and ardent believer in this industry, I have always yearned for stories like this. Stories with depth, connected to a shared, very real and sad reality of being “Nigerian”, and I got exactly that with this. That’s why I think this is such a good good watch.

A story of grief, identity, masculinity, and the notion that the absence of a father is not the absence of a father’s love. Folarin takes his two sons on a bonding trip to Lagos to get his overdue paycheck after they yearn to see him more, set against the backdrop of the 1993 presidential elections, which Folarin and millions of Nigerians at the time hoped would bring in a messiah in MKO, and at least a better future for his boys, only for all hope to be dashed when IBB annulled the polls.

The story is all too familiar... fuel crisis, no electricity, mounting unemployment...all the tropes of the present day and yet this film was set in 1993!.

The storytelling is brilliant. The emotion isn’t forced, it allows tension, fear, and hope to build gradually, and then it hits you. The pacing might feel very slow for some people who ask for constant plot movements, but no, it is the kind of movie that asks for patience, because much of the film’s impact comes more from what is implied than what is directly said. So if you get Moonlight (2016) and Aftersun (2022), then you’d totally get this.

The delivery from the main cast was just brilliant. The two young sons especially, brothers in real life, and I think this is their first time on screen, but you wouldn’t know, as you see Lagos in 1993 through their eyes. There was a certain realism to their dialogue that made the story feel more intimate rather than overly cinematic.

Sope Dirisu, as their father, was top work. He is Nigerian only in name, and his natural accent is British, but his mimicry of the Yoruba accent was brilliant. Even when speaking pidgin, it didn’t feel out of place.

I’d like to call this a “Nollywood flick”, which it is in spirit actually, but in reality, it is mostly a British production, and it clearly shows. The production value was class, clean and crisp. They were able to replicate, to a good extent, the ambience of the period the film was set in. The props were largely on point, except for some details I think they overlooked, but it would be nitpicking to mention them, because they really did a fine job for the most part.

The cinematography was so, so class. The deliberate muting of the colours not only made for so many frameable shots, but also captured beautifully the narrative the film was going for.

It gives me great joy that one of us here was involved in some way in making this. Bro, abduleez1... you guys made a beautiful, beautiful film, and you should be so, so proud.,👏🏿👏🏿🙌🏿

8/10

OhBritannia:

The revolution isn't over yet. The world of LA CASA DE PAPEL continues... pic.twitter.com/2nxNRrYlkw

— Netflix (@netflix) May 9, 2026

Omor they are saying it's a direct continuation of the first series and casts.

I am sat for this i swear!!!!!!

The most obvious money grabbing scheme, this show has lost/exhausted all juice, they literally have nothing of note to show.

Achilles100:
Just watched Man on Fire , I cried oh, I cried oh. I know I won't have the emotional connection I have with this with the Man on Fire series.

Sometimes the walls we put up are shattered in unexpected places , finding the will to live and something to live for.

There were some beautiful quotes in the movie.
The first two pictures together, and the last two likewise.

9/10

Side Note that is completely unrelated: Due to the death of her father, and the mother not able to care for her, Lupita is now in the US doing OnlyFans in the series [b](Margot's got money troubles).
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That's her junior sister.

Randomly dropping a special on a normal Tuesday evening with the finale only a month away...Mannnn This show!....😩😩

pu7pl3:
Solid series
That 2 boots was really getting on my nerves

Broo they were relentless...but Maul was able to hold his own against them tbh, so they had to call in the big gun 😩

Nova15:
I lost my shit immediately Vader showed up. I just knew we are to witness Preakness.

Broooooo....He didn't even speak, just went straight to getting shitt done!!...what a show man! 👏🏿👏🏿

Fro5t:
2 months to go


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI?si=j3-wRHK1jziMRE0U

It's Nolan and i would like to always give him the benefit of doubt, but tbh, this trailer did nothing for me, low key 👀... Visually, it's not giving at all! 😩 and the dialogue looks a mess and all over the place. It looks like a very very modern take on the story, which might not work so well...but again, i just have to trust Nolan knows what he is doing, and judge properly when i see the final product.

‎"Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord Season S1: Strange Allies & The Dark Lord E9 & 10".
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‎"You are no inquisitor....What are You?".
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‎As poetically promised, the final 2 episodes of this gem dropped, yesterday, on Stars Wars day, and what a fitting ending to masterpiece!
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‎With the Empire on the trail of Lord Maul, Devon and the others, it would seem the "inquisitors" couldn't do the job, and the Empire sent someone, more powerful, more darker, more sinister....
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‎Maan, the played the "Darth Vader" theme song and i lost my shitt 😩😩....Lord Maul, knew instantly that this was no ordinary sith and it might be pointless trying to fight...
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‎Again, and i don't say this lightly, this is on the level of "Andor", and these 2 are miles ahead of anything made in the Disney Star Wars Era..
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‎Peak show and i want S2, like right nowww... easiest...easiest recommendation i will make 👍🏿.
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‎9/10.
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abduleez1:
How weird that I've somehow downloaded all at some point in time and haven't watched any.

Matthew McConaughey
Ryan Gosling
Matt Damon
Sandra Bullock

abduleez1:
Hmmm...... I see. Interesting.
I've been downloading the episodes, up till ep 6. Yet to join tho.

Broooooo....it is good...went in with an empty plate this evening, came out with a buffet 🙌🏿🦾

oyaskii:
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (2026).

"She is a Jedi......"

I grabbed the first 2 episodes of this a while back and i have only just around to them now, and dodgy animation aside....By Joe!!, this looks like a serious.. serious show! 👍🏿

So i went right ahead to see, the remaining 6 episodes available so far, and it was just as i suspected!!....This is infact, a serious.... serious show!.😩...so so good thus far.

At the bare risk of exaggerating, Since LucasFilms dance with Disney started, this show looks like the only one, touching "Andor's" level....The final 2 episodes, is out on May 4th....like how poetic is that?... can't waaaait 👍🏿

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (2026).

"She is a Jedi......"

I grabbed the first 2 episodes of this a while back and i have only just around to them now, and dodgy animation aside....By Joe!!, this looks like a serious.. serious show! 👍🏿

abduleez1:
Lmao..... When I dey talk this thing last season and the first two episodes I saw this season, Una dey think say na bad belle.

Na since S4 I don know say nothing dey the tank to release anymore. Na just mindless g0re and action to keep the fans happy. Pristine storytelling has been out the door since S3.

Me I don check out since last season, I just dey watch to finally get closure on the series.

Brooooooooooo....Eric Kripke dey take style soft launch potential spin-offs with this final season and people dey talk about "character development"...they might actually give "Firecracker" a spinoff, just for the hell of it fgs 😩😩.

I am not even certain they can deliver a competent ending anymore, so make i just dey go with the flow, anything my eyes see at the final episode, i go take am 😞

Calibrator:
Characters development and closure should not be sacrificed at the expense of mindless action especially for a final season.


This season has shown us there is more to most of the characters than previously shown, not everything is white and black with the characters.

I don't know if we are watching the same show sha.

Crazy oxymoron in the bolded. If you have written a proper show, character development shouldn't come in the final season and mind you, there hasn't been a proper "character development" or "closure" that you are even alluding to, so far,because what have they shown in that regard that we didn't know before now, or we haven't got an hint to before? Is it that "Soldier Boy" is a foul mouthed racist h*rny narcissist?, or "Homelander" is an insecure, titty milk loving mfer? or Butcher's only purpose since S1, has been to off "Homelander"?. These aren't character development in the slightest sense, these are plot lines that have come full circle. The only character i would even agree needs closure, is Kimiko, and they have handled it poorly, according to Butcher, "i preferred her ,when she didn't talk" 😩. Now she's just foul mouthed and h*rny all the time, that adds nothing of value to the entire plot line.

Nobody is asking for mindless action, just show competence to give a false hope, at least, that they are heading to a good conclusion because so far, they have just been meandering and wasting everybody's time. 😑

Achilles100:
Is anyone seeing Your Friends and Neighbors S02, how has it been thus far?

I have the first four episodes already downloaded, but no ginger to start it.

It seemed like a one off...one season show to me..if he continues the "steal from the rich" gimmick, i ain't particularly interested 😩

abduleez1:
No worry. You go hear update this night or tomorrow morning. I just downloaded the first two episodes very early this morning.

Ok...i dey wait boss 👀

DieRich5:
sentenced to be a hero 8.5/10
I finally watched it and I love it




Does anyone knows where to ordered manga and send to Nigeria? I don’t like reading books online is boring.

Amazon...but the delivery route is hell is you might as well just get use to reading it online.

abduleez1:

There will be no doubt who the gods have chosen to rule.
#HOTD Season 3 premieres June 21 on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/KugOp3x29M

— Game of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) April 27, 2026

How far "Euphoria S3", bro? Na you be dey ginger 👀, i no come hear from you again...is it something i should be looking at? 😩

This might be the biggest fan revolt in recent cinema history. The critics were screaming and writing think pieces why nobody should see this flick and yet fans are riding hard for it.

There are some talents that only comes once in a generation, that just transcends it all...i mean, this is the "actual King of Pop!", a title so revered, no other artiste has had the talent or the sheer reach to contest it!.

For some uncanny reason, Filmhouse has skipped screening it here, altogether....i mean, your loss...bozos 👍🏿😩

OhBritannia:
Crime 101 is a solid 6/10 for me.
with the Presence of powerful casts on this movie, i must confess i expected more, even more so with the great plot.
The ending wasn't what we all expected but in general it's a great watch.
Just that they could have done better.

I believed it would have made more sense if they had made this project a series.
It had great potentials to just be a single movie .
The Presence of the casts would have sold the series.

I have seen people complain about the ending and i kept wondering why. It might not be the most logical thing to fathom because probably we have been conditioned to a "certain way" how crime cases end, but it is a very plausible ending. When it comes to law enforcement, the line between Good and Evil aren't blurred every time as you might think.

My own issue was with how easy, it was to stick up a Jewellery store lol, might not actually be due to the film's writing, it's just how i think America is set up. You have a millions of $ worth of gems by a store along curb, zero armed security in site, Ormon was able to just walk in and hold them up for minutes with no resistance...This is probably the reason why America has one of the highest insurance claim fraud in the world, because what the actual hell?! 😩.

I totally agree it might have worked better as a series rather than a standalone film...so many plotlines to explore in so little time but the high ratings from critics and audience aren't a joke...This is a serious... serious...film 👍🏿

abduleez1:
The way you people been dey hype the first two episodes sef dey muzz me.
.I watched the first two episodes and I didn't really feel giddy or anything peak. The storytelling and vibe of the show has been on a downward spiral for me. Can't match the heights of Seasons 1&2. From 3? Na all the down.

This season hasn't started badly or anything close but I really don't see the hype.

Really?...well, I found it a great watch tho, i liked that it was more character driven than action.

Mark Maan! He saw that Eve got thick, and his first thought was to take her to pound town immediately 😩😂....What a guy!