Media entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of EbonyLife Group, Mo Abudu, has dismissed allegations that a cabal exists in Nollywood working with cinema owners to deny certain films access to ...
This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...
One of these movies is what you should watch tonight. This weekend's choices include some high-profile biopics, including "The Smashing Machine" and "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere." Need some ...
One of these movies is what you should watch tonight. This weekend's choices include theatrical releases arriving on streaming like "The Running Man" and "Black Phone 2." There are original streaming ...
Iconic Nollywood movies, Wedding Party, '76, Wives on Strike, and more are turning 10 in 2026. Here’s why they are still worth watching today. It was also the year Netflix officially became available ...
Margot Robbie in "Wuthering Heights" (Warner Bros.), "The Mandalorian and Grogu" (Disney) and Ryan Gosling in "Project Hail Mary" (Amazon MGM) New year, new movies. 2026 has arrived, and this year ...
'This Is Not a Nollywood Movie' takes a playful but direct look at the industry, blending action and comedy in a way that sets it apart from the typical December releases. The film looks at Okechukwu, ...
As 2025 comes to a close, the biggest movies of the year are now available to stream from home — quite literally. Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” is available on Disney+ after earning more than $1 billion at ...
Popular Nollywood actress, producer, and filmmaker, Allwell Ademola, has died on Saturday, at the age of 43. The Yoruba actress was pronounced dead at Ancilla Hospital, Agege, Lagos, on Saturday ...
Denzel Washington in 'Highest 2 Lowest' (A25/Apple Original Films) Everyone loves a good thriller, but not everyone can define what a thriller is. There’s a lot of overlap with action and horror ...
Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith.
2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?