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oyaskii:
You have been on an amazing run of oldies, recently maaan...keep at it.👍🏿

Thanks bro. I have had most of them sitting around for over a year or two. Couldn't be much inspired by new films.

Decided to jump on these gems I've so long ignored.

Body Heat (1982)........ 8/10

It may seem this was the template Basic Instinct got the inspiration from to produce one of the greatest Femme Fatale movies of all time.

Quite similar in plotlines that a man somehow gets involved and falls for the charms of a wealthy married woman. Man gets so romantically involved and prolly due to the fact that the p00$$y was so good, man decides to privatise it for himself despite having the gut feeling how dangerous this irresistible beautiful blonde could be.

I could categorically state this is where Basic Instinct got the whole formula before applying a few tweaks cos they're both 10 years apart.

abduleez1:
Lmao.... I've watched Alien before but as a kid and could barely remember a thing.... It's the Predator films I remember vague things of not the earliest Alien. So, I don't really count them as what I've watched.

Similar situation with the Quentin Tarrantino Vampire film Sinners copied from.

Devil's Advocate I maintain isn't a great film.
It's a decent film at best.

lol I always find the argument flawed. A good film is a good film, no matter the era you see it in. I can cite so many examples. The first 2 Star Wars movies set in the 70s and 80s are still the best and most rewatched in the franchise, despite the obvious technological handicaps.

oyaskii:
lol I always find the argument flawed. A good film is a good film, no matter the era you see it in. I can cite so many examples. The first 2 Star Wars movies set in the 70s and 80s are still the best and most rewatched in the franchise, despite the obvious technological handicaps.

Guy, you get it.
The matter just tire me.

A good film is a good film. Whether na 1960 I watch am or 2070.

The only major complaints can be the technical mastery in sound design, visuals and to a lesser extent cinematography.

Everything else is all hinged on storytelling, acting, scriptwriting and directing.

abduleez1:
Guy, you get it.
The matter just tire me.

A good film is a good film. Whether na 1960 I watch am or 2070.

The only major complaints can be the technical mastery in sound design, visuals and to a lesser extent cinematography.

Everything else is all hinged on storytelling, acting, scriptwriting and directing.

A good film is a good film only because the great ikorodu cinephile deems it so🙄. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but saying aliens isn't good enough na heresy!!!

oyaskii:
Brooo..me that used my data to see the filth, i dey para not to talk of going to the cinema to watch it, with actually moola 😩.

I don't even have a problem with AI use in media or in general, my problem is, why are you prompting AI to make slop? 😏😩

My anger doubled at the fake AI yansh not once but twice
This is one of the reason abduleez1 won't like nollywood

oyaskii:
The Invite (2026)

“One should always be in love, ... that's the reason one should never marry.” — Oscar Wilde"

Dark comedies are such a rarity these days, and this movie was like a breath of fresh air in the genre.

An embattled couple invites their new neighbours over for what seems like a normal dinner, but it quickly delves into a swingers’ party, with everything on the table, from pegging to bi-curiosity and whatnot.

The awkwardness of the attempt is where the movie shines. It is relatable, funny, and surprisingly emotional as they soon realise their relationship might be on very thin ice. Because if four people can’t comfortably swing, even when all of them are consenting, then what exactly does that say about the relationship?

The movie is basically one scene with four cast members, so you’d know it’s a heavily dialogue-driven movie, and I can’t stress enough how these kinds of movies are my bread and butter.

Special praise for Seth Rogen. This is the best I’ve seen him act. Like, this is Knocked Up (2007) Seth! Like pre-joint-obsessed Seth. He was genuinely funny, not doing too much, whilst staying grounded in the complexity of the situation.

Olivia Wilde’s career as a filmmaker might have taken off. After the disaster that was Don’t Worry Darling (2022), this was a perfect comeback. Besides directing, she delivered on the acting as a coitus-starved and slightly mentally unstable housewife.

Penélope Cruz was the architect of the supposed four-way tàtàtàtà, and she fit the part, perfectly. Her body and face card will never, ever decline!

This eclipses The Drama (2026) as my favourite drama of the year, and quite possibly one of my best films this year.

Top, top-shelf film.

8/10

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Damn, thanks for bringing this up my radar.
I watched the trailer and I think I posted it here a while ago and said to myself this is a must watch. Cos it was so promising and like you say, dialogue heavy storytelling is one of my favourite techniques to filmmaking.

I dunno how it totally disappeared off my sight after that time. I saw a few people praising it few days ago on Twitter, and I couldn't remember it was actually this movie despite the name sounding familiar. I just told myself it's the trend of hyping up films online only to become shite or tolerable when you embark.

And with 2026 presenting drab movies for the high seas lately I've been mostly disinterested in new films except highly anticipated movies— so this one failed to set up alarm bells on my radar.

Until I read your premise I remembered the trailer. Muchas gracias.

samistry:
A good film is a good film only because the great ikorodu cinephile deems it so🙄. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but saying aliens isn't good enough na heresy!!!

6.5 is a good enough rating for me.
Whether you care about Ikorodu cinephile or Los Angeles film critic no concern me, really. 🧐

Rate your own 10/10. 🤷🏽‍♂️

iamoyindamola:
My anger doubled at the fake AI yansh not once but twice
This is one of the reason abdulee won't like nollywood

That industry too dey jonze.
I only just watch it a few times a year to keep up with going ons and a few times appreciate the brezz and generational bunda the likes of Uche Montana gives me.

oyaskii:
Brooo..me that used my data to see the filth, i dey para not to talk of going to the cinema to watch it, with actually moola 😩.

I don't even have a problem with AI use in media or in general, my problem is, why are you prompting AI to make slop? 😏😩

do you watch AI stuffs on tiktok

abduleez1:
Body Heat (1982)........ 8/10

It may seem this was the template Basic Instinct got the inspiration from to produce one of the greatest Femme Fatale movies of all time.

Quite similar in plotlines that a man somehow gets involved and falls for the charms of a wealthy married woman. Man gets so romantically involved and prolly due to the fact that the p00$$y was so good, man decides to privatise it for himself despite having the gut feeling how dangerous this irresistible beautiful blonde could be.

I could categorically state this is where Basic Instinct got the whole formula before applying a few tweaks cos they're both 10 years apart.

i thought you hate oldies. You only post new films

abduleez1:
That industry too dey jonze.
I only just watch it a few times a year to keep up with going ons and a few times appreciate the brezz and generational bunda the likes of Uche Montana gives me.

abduleez1:
6.5 is a good enough rating for me.
Whether you care about Ikorodu cinephile or Los Angeles film critic no concern me, really. 🧐

Rate your own 10/10. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Am but a humble pleb to disagree with the great Roger Ebert reborn.

La Vie en Rose (2007).......8.5/10

Top top biopic documenting the life of French singer Edith Piaf. Played by Marion Cotillard, she delivered an impressive performance of a generational artist. So outstanding she won an Oscar for such impeccable work even amidst the transformation with all that make-up job.

It may seem music artists especially the once that rise into mega stardom all have a bigger-than-life character and have gripping stories to tell replete with controversy.

She lived a full life and one without regrets. Even with the pain of losing loved ones repeatedly, drug use and addiction, and a failing health, she still turned up to deliver what she knows best— sing!!

She'd still be remembered a French icon. And Marion Cotillard didn't disappoint that tradition. And I believe Edith Piaf herself would be proud in such powerful performance bringing her life and struggles to the big screen.

The film did deliver some top tier musical performances and rendition for me.

One of the best narrative storytelling I've watched in a while.

Mecka:
i thought you hate oldies. You only post new films

Lmao.... A grave misunderstanding on your part.

I watch oldies from time to time. And you probably missed the times I've posted them.

I may seem mostly posting new films cos I need to clear new films and keep up with the times and awards race so that I don't get too many backlogs that I can't get back to old films.

I can say about 20% of my download catalogue are films in the early 2000s and below.

Cc Mecka

Evidence choke, you just missed when I posted the reviews.

abduleez1:
Cc Mecka

Evidence choke, you just missed when I posted the reviews.

All these are pretty well known.
Aren't there any pre-1960s Argentinian cinema flicks that caters to your Ikorodu elitist taste?🍸

samistry:
All these are pretty well known.
Aren't there any pre-1960s Argentinian cinema flicks that caters to your Ikorodu elitist taste?🍸

Be like say abdulzeez1 chase you for dream last night

https://x.com/sp5der2005/status/2088261112017891544?s=20

Beyond the Spiderverse 2027 trailer

oyaskii:
Colours of Fire (2025).

Colours of Disaster.!

One of my major rifts with modern Nollywood flicks is how, for all the razz and dazzle they think they are capable of, the stories are still weak, poorly written to a fault, undermining whatever progress they think they are making. I saw the trailer for this last year, and I was on the edge. On paper, it promised a proper mythology and fantasy tale mixed with technical and visual brilliance. After seeing it now, I would like to say: it failed, almost spectacularly, at both.

Let me get this out of the way: I think a large part of this movie, if not 100% of it, was the work of generative AI, which is bad in itself. I probably think they used some non-paywalled, low-tier one.

The plot was simple but logical to some extent. Two tribes, Blue and Red, are divided by myths and fear. When Blue warrior Akinbode is sent to kill a supposed monster, Moremi, he discovers the real enemy is misinformation and the lies sustaining their hatred, with Moremi becoming the bridge between the two worlds.

However, the film was more interested in visual spectacle to an annoying degree that the story was relegated to the background and the characters treated like an afterthought.

As Nollywood begins to gain the attention of global film distributors, their budgets become higher, and they feel they have to flex those budgets by using sophisticated VFX, animation, etc., while still neglecting the core, which is the story. They think a visually pleasing film means Nollywood has finally arrived on the world stage, forgetting that cinema is art first, before anything, and the core of that art is a proper script. Everything else builds from there.

The cast gave a below-par performance, to say the least. And this isn't entirely their fault because the filmmaker basically said, "Hey, the audience is here for the visuals, so just wing it." 😩

I actually think Uzor Arukwe should take a break, go see his family, or better still, touch grass! He blew up from a YT flick, and since then, filmmakers want to put him in every flick, whether he is a fit or not.

Osas Ighodaro as Moremi was a confusing character, which matched the haphazardness of the film. She could be bursting with joy one minute and muted with restraint the next, for no apparent reason. It looked like her first time on set.

For all the technical brilliance this film thinks it achieved, none of it wowed me. I am a motion designer and sometimes shadow as a film/video editor, and there is something called "over-editing," and it shows here. In an attempt to prove a point with the visuals, they over colour graded and over-saturated everything, and the whole thing looked like a mess.

The filmmaker, Niyi Akinmolayan, is an animator, graphics and visual artist whose early works weren't commercially successful, but they showed good glimpses of how VFX in Nollywood might look down the line. But in this film, he forgot all his training and behaved like a man with a huge hammer where everything around him looked like a nail.

It brings me to my most distasteful part of the entire thing: the overuse of generative AI. It's like Niyi's Claude sub had a few days left to run and he wanted to max it out. 😒😒

The beast teased as the main villain was so badly AI-generated, I just burst out laughing. 😩😂 Like, what are we even doing here?! The straw that broke the camel's back was when they infused actual AI-generated visuals with A-roll live-action shots. I will place both screenshots below, and at first glance, you'd think they were from different motion pictures.

It neatly sums up how this movie tried to chase visual spectacle and set a leading legacy for these kinds of films in the industry, but it never seemed to get out of its own way.

They had the audacity to tease a Part 2.

Naahh.

Funke Akindele has once again baited me with gimmick 😩 and teased one of these supposed Nollywood blockbusters, out like clockwork in December. And Inshallah, I will still be there, like I have been for the past two years, for her past two blockbusters.

But wallahi, I can't state enough how Nollywood stresses me, mannn.

Like, can they actually get a flawless blockbuster so I can brag?? Fgsss.😩😩😩

4/10

When I watched it I didn't bother to rate it because Nollywood normally Sabi fall hand. It's definitely because uzo went nude partially that was why he won the the movie won best actor and other awards beating to kill a monkey proving this modern Nollywood as a whole never really ready.

Off to a great start.

Beorn:
Off to a great start.

Some of the reviews are saying it's a dark and complex series.

And I'm so ready for that...

I'm tired of family friendly comic book adaptations.

It's about time we had something different.

BlackManta:
Some of the reviews are saying it's a dark and complex series.

And I'm so ready for that...

I'm tired of family friendly comic book adaptations.

It's about time we had something different.

Legion, Agatha All Along, The Boys, Invincible, Watchmen, Penguin etc

There are enough non-family friendly comic book adaptations.

phr0nesis:
Be like say abdulzeez1 chase you for dream last night

😆🤣😂

abduleez1:
..

Damn, thanks for bringing this up my radar.
I watched the trailer and I think I posted it here a while ago and said to myself this is a must watch. Cos it was so promising and like you say, dialogue heavy storytelling is one of my favourite techniques to filmmaking.

I dunno how it totally disappeared off my sight after that time. I saw a few people praising it few days ago on Twitter, and I couldn't remember it was actually this movie despite the name sounding familiar. I just told myself it's the trend of hyping up films online only to become shite or tolerable when you embark.

And with 2026 presenting drab movies for the high seas lately I've been mostly disinterested in new films except highly anticipated movies— so this one failed to set up alarm bells on my radar.

Until I read your premise I remembered the trailer. Muchas gracias.

Tried joining the hype film gimmick and instantly got burnt back to back with Backrooms and Obsession 😩😩...so i took a step back..

Really good films are such a rarity these days, so i always appreciate the few.

Mecka:
do you watch AI stuffs on tiktok

Hell Nahh.

iamL:
When I watched it I didn't bother to rate it because Nollywood normally Sabi fall hand. It's definitely because uzo went nude partially that was why he won the the movie won best actor and other awards beating to kill a monkey proving this modern Nollywood as a whole never really ready.

The nude thing that Nollywood is recently on it totally floors me lool 😂...They clearly know that they are in an ultra conservative country, but yet still want to go bold, so they just half assed the nudity, like do this thing with your full chest fgss

BlackManta:
Some of the reviews are saying it's a dark and complex series.

And I'm so ready for that...

I'm tired of family friendly comic book adaptations.

It's about time we had something different.

That's what HBO dey find before na. That's why they're rejecting new TV shows DC brought to them and forced the show runners to model this show after True Detective.

The werey's at HBO wants everything to be mirrored after their former renowned shows. HBO don't want to make their brand look like the home of campy stuff.

Same reason they were needing The Penguin as it played like The Sopranos.

GracieX3:
Legion, Agatha All Along, The Boys, Invincible, Watchmen, Penguin etc

There are enough non-family friendly comic book adaptations.

Oga, Agatha All Along seems more like a family friendly stuff to me o.
Just a little dark but hardly goes all the way.

"Hell answers to me" 😩😩😩.

They should have just casted another person as Doom for continuity sake, but i would be lying if i say, i wasn't moved!!!....insane motion fgss 😩😩🔥......



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1aFkAkFASk

I like the countdown to the release date concept at the end.

He used to be different.

Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters everywhere December 18. Get your tickets now: https://t.co/J5PUbxvAkc pic.twitter.com/OUutSMZneq

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) August 15, 2026

They will probably go with the old formula where Doom wins this round, then the Avengers try to undo it all, in the next movie but i ain't even complaining..... deeply deeply seated 👍🏿