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Acted in 1985, Commando is an American action film. Directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong in the leading roles, Commando tells the story of John Matrix, a retired Special Forces colonel who goes a tumultuous journey to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate. However, in this article, I will be sharing with you, 7 … Read more
The Movie, “Living in Bondage” was one of the Nigerian movies that were popular in the 90s, it was regarded as one of the movies that had blockbuster success in the 90s. Though it was shot with low technology, the movie was so interesting and it brought some actors to the limelight. “Living in … Read more
Acted in 1978 and directed by Yuen Woo-ping, Drunken Master is a Hong Kong martial arts comedy film. Starring Jackie Chan as the leading actor, Drunken Master tells the story of Wong Fei-Hung, a mischievous yet righteous young man, who is sent to train under his uncle, a wine guzzling master famous for crippling his students. Yearning for running away from this … Read more
The Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood has grown since it conception in the early 90s. Nollywood has managed to become the third largest film industry in the world after Hollywood of America and Bollywood of India. The industry is worth over $55 billion and has become the major export in Nigeria. Nollywood … Read more
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on novels in the series titled The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. Accompanied by the wizard Zedd and mysterious Kahlan, the woodsman Richard Cypher uses his newfound magic powers to help stop a ruthless, power-mad tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil upon the world, in an adaptation … Read more
Apocalypto is an American epic historical adventure movie, it was shot sixteen years ago and was directed by Mel Gibson, now meet the lead actor. The Apocalypto movie’s plot centers on a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter who is captured along with his fellow tribesmen by an invading force, taken on a … Read more
Babatunde Adetomiwa Stafford is a Nigerian actor who was born in Lagos State. He has been featured in different movies but came to limelight after performing the role of Sir Elyan in the television show Merlin. He was born in Lagos State, Nigeria to Olawale Edun and Amy Adwoa. He moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11 … Read more
Anyone born in the ’90s and a few 2000 borns will do well to remember “Karishika Karishika, Queen of Demons, Lucifer Lucifer, Prince of Darkness” the theme song one of the best horror movies during that time titled “Karishika” which was released in 1996. During that period, the video quality and editing of movies were nowhere near what we … Read more
In the late 1990s, the Nigerian film industry produced a lot of intriguing movies, one of which was ‘Nneka The Pretty Serpent’, a horror movie. This movie was so captivating that you could watch it again and again without being bored. Let me refresh your memory in case you’ve forgotten about the movie. The film ‘Nneka … Read more
The 1980s in Nigeria was no doubt, the era of quality Television Programming. In fact, despite the various military interregnums, people still found time to sit and watch very entertaining and interesting TV programmes. Surely, the Nigerian Television Authority, was the number one TV station then, never running shot of brilliant and laughable family programmes. … Read more