Miss Fashion/Fashion Parade

From the name I should have stayed away. But on the recommendation of somebody whose ass I will kick when next I see them, I decided to watch this movie, expecting to laugh a lot. Some parts of this movie were amusing, but overall, I found myself staring at the screen waiting for one scene to end, wondering why I was still watching it.
 

The movie recycled most of the cast of Blackberry Babes – Mary Remmy, Oge Okoye, Tonto Dike, Eniola Badmus and Muna Obiekwe – and gave them roles similar to the ones they played in the first movie. The other notable actress was Chike Ike. She yelled and fought her way through this movie and I just wanted to make a soothing cup of tea to calm her down and then enroll her in anger management classes.

As far as I can tell, the movie is about the Miss Fashion competition which Tonto’s character had won before the start of the movie. However, the competition itself doesn’t happen until Fashion Parade 1 or 2 which means that for the 2 or 3 hours before, the movie consisted of these women plotting, forming and fighting amongst themselves for men and “designer” clothes. It is difficult to tell who the lead actress of this movie so I will go with Tonto, Oge and Chike. There were like 3 guys in the entire movie so clearly Muna takes the lead actor position.

The movie is pretty much Blackberry Babes meets Fulton Mansion and it might have been funnier to me if I hadn’t seen either. It has its moments but overall it fell short and the end was not in any way useful or gratifying. Fashion competition ends, movie ends. The acting wasn’t bad considering what they had to work with. Like I said, the characters are similar to the ones many of them have played before. [On a side note, can they please stop casting Tonto and Oge as university students? I’m not sure if they were supposed to be in this movie but they have been before and personally I’m not buying it. I’m interested in seeing Damaged, Tonto’s new movie to see the kind of role she plays. Hopefully, she tries a more challenging role.] 

I sincerely hope that Nollywood writers are not going to make these kinds of movies again, or at least add a little bit of substance to them if they are. I understand they’re supposed to be light hearted fare purely for entertainment. I am not expecting a life lesson but I don’t want to feel like I’ve just wasted my life by the time I’m done. Cut characters, cut scenes, tighten the dialogue and for the love of all things watchable tell better stories.

That is all.

(For some reason, I was unable to find a big enough poster picture, so I used some movie stills some lovely individuals on the internet have done.)

Black Gold: Struggle for the Niger Delta

A while ago, I wanted to do a most anticipated movies post but was only able to come up with Relentless, the movie with Nneka, Gideon Okeke and Jimmy Jean-Louis, and Black Gold: Sturggle for the Niger Delta. I haven't been able to watch any of them as I haven't found them online and have no clue where to buy them where I live. However, as time went on, my interest in Relentless waned a bit while I became more and more excited for the release of Black Gold. I don't know how many times I have watched the preview for it and looked online for information. As far as I know, the movie has been completed, premiered (and won an award) but I have yet to see an official release date. I find that disappointing because I think it is a story that needs to be told and from the trailer at lease, I feel like the movie was executed very well. The movie is based on the on-going struggle in Nigeria's Niger Delta region where the oil is treated with more importance than the people who do not get compensated for the destruction oil spills cause. From the trailer, it seems the movie focuses on the rise of the rebel groups who try to get back their land or get justice of some sort. I don't know how to true to life the story is but that is a problem I may or may not have after I see it. I'm also really interested to see how the movie ends. I'm not 100% sure that the lead actor is Nigerian but somehow I don't mind because I can't think of anyone in the industry right now who would do the role of leader of the rebels justice. I might be wrong and admittedly, my knowledge of Nigerian actors and actresses is limited to the more popular ones, but that is how I feel.

This post isn't to do much more than mention the film and the lack of information regarding it's official release date. Even their facebook page is devoid of substantial info. I am still really interested in seeing this movie so I hope it gets released to the public soon. It has a slew of Hollywood actors including Vivica A. Fox, Eric Roberts, Michael Madsen and Sarah Wayne Callies (formerly known as that girl from Prison Break). The movie is directed by Jeta Amata and also stars Mbong Amata. Here is the trailer for those who haven't seen it or who (like me) just want to watch it continuously until the movie is released:

P.S. Feel free to send any information about this movie my way, please and thank you. 

(pic: movie's official facebook page)

Passion and Pain

Cast: Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Nouah, Emeka Ike, Ashley Nwosu (R.I.P), Desmond Elliot, Uche Iwuji

Story: A beautiful university student (Genevieve Nnaji) gets caught up between two guys fighting for her love. Sorry I can't tell you much more than this cos then I will be telling you the whole story


Pros: the whole movie is in ONE part (I know unbelievable!), I loved who ended up winning her heart :D


Cons: None Really, it was a good movie.


Recommend: Yes

here is the link to the movie: Passion and Pain

• this is the only site I've seen this movie on. Unfortunately, there is no way to maximize the video section, you will have to literally zoom in the webpage.

~Yv

Every Woman

Featuring Van Vicker, Mercy Johnson and a bunch of other women.

Storyline: 

Van can sleep with anything that has a vajayjay as easily as he can breath in air. All the women are dumb as EFF and don't give a crap if he is a walking STD.

Pros:

I managed through part one. At least his sales boys were funny

Cons:

I turned it off after part one #kanyeshrug

Final Verdict:

watch it and then let me know if you think it's worth an actually review!

Part 1

Part 2:

Ok maybe I would give it another go sometime in the future ... until then please occupy your eyes with something better.

6 hours to Christmas

WARNING: DO NOT WATCH IF YOU HAVE A HEART CONDITION... HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR CARDIAC ARREST MAY OCCUR. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE DECIDING TO WATCH THIS!!!

My lovely ladies and gentlemen readers, it's been a while :) hope everyone has been having a great summer thus far.... I have an unbelievably and unintentionally entertaining movie for y'all to check out.....6 Hours to Christmas ... #TA-DAAAA

A complete Ghallywood movie from the same writer/director as the Perfect Picture and Checkmate (if you haven't seen either of them, you should check them out). Anyway, the picture quality, light and sound were good. There are no popular actors in it {yes and am very glad about that - am so damn tired of the 3 musketeers (Majid, Dumelo and Nadia) #no-hate-intended}.

Storyline = Frustratingly Entertaining and Definitely Unpredictable. 

Basically, it's the day before Christmas and Reggie's girlfriend promises him a beautiful and memorable xmas eve celebration when he comes back from work. Reggie (Chris Attoh) is very excited about the night to come and goes to work in a happy mood. At work he is accosted by a co-worker, Pebbles (Damilola Adegbite), whom he has lusted after for a while and she promises him a very special xmas present - one he finds irresistible. So, as the workday comes to an end, it's 6pm (6 hours to xmas) and Reggie's mind and head are in an estactic realm. Suddenly, what had promised to be an exciting evening soon turns into a bizarre and unintentionally hilarious one that ends with a gun to Reggie's head O____O!

Pros:

The movie is definitely unpredictable. Reggie does exactly the opposite of what every sensible human being (even animal self)  in his predicament would have done. OMFG! No guy is allowed to be that dumb. The movie drives your blood pressure to an overdrive - i.e above normal level and that is exactly why you will persevere to the end LOL. 

Cons:

1) Some scenes were prolonged for no reason so you definitely need your remote. 2) The sex scene was RI_DANG_CU_LOUS because that girl still had her whole bodysuit corset on and him his boxers ...definitely a fail! 3) I swear y'all, this movie is definitely gonna frustrate the hell outta you - you gonna shout, scream, pull your hair, slap your foreheads and finally throw the remote at the tv screen!!! ..... hehe ok am totally exaggerating but forreals y'all gonna get mad at multiple points. Finally, you will have a headache at the end of the movie so pls have your advils, tylenols and paracetamols handy!

Final Verdict:

I recommend the movie so you guys should totally check it out... the whole movie is on arodrive2.com. Here is a preview:

and a direct link: http://www.arodrive2.com/search_result.php?search_id=6+hours+to+christmas

until next time,

xoxo Yv :)

Fundraiser for Kechi Okwuchi

Hi y'all, it's been a minute since I did a random post :D so here goes ... 

"... and he said, the things which are impossible with men are possible with God" (Luke 18:27 )

The young lady above is Miss Kechi Okwuchi - my classmate and friend ... She is one of the two survivors of the devastating Sosoliso plane crash that occurred at Port-Harcourt International Airport, Nigeria on Dec. 10, 2005 (for the full story please visit: www.kechiokwuchifundraiser.com). 

I have noticed that whenever I read about or tell Kechi's story to my friends, I always have the same reaction .... amazement! Her story brings tears to my eyes but not tears of sadness ... rather tears of amazement at how wonderful and marvelous God is. He made this young lady a survivor .... and not just any survivor, but a survivor w/ an undiluted positive spirit and a smile that never fades.  

Kechi's story is an inspirational one and it teaches me (and hope y'all would agree) that  no matter how deem a situation might look at any point in time, with God's love, absolute faith and an optimistic attitude the light at the end of the tunnel shines ever brightly.

With all these said, I would really appreciate it, if y'all can visit this website: http://www.kechiokwuchifundraiser.com/ and support my dear friend. Even if you can't donate at this moment, please spread the word to your friends and families. For those of you in Naija, if you can attend the event or know people who can, please y'all should attend... the point of this post was not to remind y'all of that fateful crash but rather to share with you all my friend's story ... for despite the gory circumstance that gave birth to it, the story inspires and puts a smile on the face of anyone who hears it. 

And Remember

 Philippians 4:19 "And my God shall supply all your need according to His Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.

God bless us all :)

~Yv. 

Memories of My Heart

Wow this was quite a movie guys.....  and yes I loved it, the story was different and it featured my favorite male actor - Ramsey Noah ;) .... Other major casts are Nse Ikpe Etim, Ini Edo, Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, Monalisa Chinda, and Kofi Adjorlolo... Apparently the movie was also directed by Desmond Ellioit (idk why dis dude has to feature himself in any movie he directs *scratches head*)

That aside, this movie tells the story of a young aspiring actress Halle Davis who has attended several auditions without success. She gets convinced by another auditionee to attend one more audition for a movie being produced by Desmond Elliot. As they wait for the auditions to begin, she overhears Desmond discussing with his co-workers that sponsors are dropping out of the project and he is looking for a way of contacting Mr. Bankole Da Silva, the son of a famous oil "magnet", to sponsor the project. Out of desperation to land a role, Halle claims to know Mr. Bankole and that infact Mr. Bankole happens to be her  fiancé. However, she gives them one condition: in order for her to get him to sponsor the project, she has to get the lead role. She is offered the lead role and as days go by, Halle finds herself entangled in a web of lies and deceipt and strugles to untaggle herself from the mess she has created.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the realm, Mr. Bankole has just suffered a car accident and has temporary amnesia (rolls eyes lol). His Doctor, Dammie, nurses him back to health but also falls had for him so she starts an affair with him. Eventually, Dr Dammie comes across a diary in Bankole's house where he wrote down some aspects of his life esp. his love life. She finds out that he has a  fiancée  somewhere but out of selfish desires to keep him as her man, she fails to reveal this piece of information to him. Yes, I know y'all wondering how come his father or friends didn't tell him about his fiancée  and where was said fiancée when all these where happening? .... watch to find your answers :D

Pros:

I loved that the storyline was new (at least am giving nollywood the benefit of doubt here because am yet to watch another movie with the same story). Is the movie predictable? Well it's a love story, we needed a happy ending lol. I liked that the picture quality, acting and background music flowed well. Also the music didnt tell us the whole story (thank God!). Still not convinced you should watch it? Please do because of Ramsey and Nse, their acting is amazing and they have great chemistry. Besides(regardless of what anyone else has to say), Ramsey Noah is one handsome guy who seems to get hotter with age ;D ... Oh and how can I forget, it only had TWO parts, that's unheard of in Gaijawood.

Cons:

Of course there are some cons lol. Some scenes could have been shorter really (so have your remote handy). I hate how they forgot about the whole Desmond Elliot movie aspect of the story the moment the focus shifted to Bankole's love life. They never did go back to tell us if the movie project was successful and if the movie actually succeeded in launching Halle Davis' acting career. Also, after Dr. Dammie found the diary, she spent days reading it at home. What happened to work? I mean she is a doctor afterall... I would've assumed it was a weekend but Bankole went to work. Other than these, I didn't have much problem with the movie and story.

It's a love story, it's a really good movie, it's short and it has humor to it so y'all will enjoy it i promise.

watch the whole movie on any of these sites:

movies.africanseer.com, videos.onlinenigeria.com, arodrive2.com

~Yv.

Letters to a Stranger

Let me start by apologizing for the overdose of Genevieve Nnaji in all my recent posts. Believe me it is unintentional ;).... Now to the movie: Although it is a relatively old movie, it is one of my favorite Genevieve movies and I decided to review it just because ... lol

Starring Genevieve Nnaji, Yemi Blaq, Joke Silva, and Fred Amata. Letters to a Stranger focuses on a young lady Jemima and her diary lol. Basically, Jemima is engaged to Fred but Fred loves his job more than his woman. So, Jemima keeps a diary addressed to a non-existent stranger were she pours out her heart and frustrations. Shaa one day one day, she  tries to call her sister (or best friend - can't remember who exactly) but mistakely dials a stranger's number. She begins talking to this stranger and they eventually become phone buddies. She eventually meets up with this stranger and they become really close friends. Now, the more time her fiancé dedicates to his job, the more his negligence pushes Jemima closer to mr. stranger. Well, as Nollywood movie would have it, mr. stranger actually knows mr. fiancé (yikes)... Standing at a crossroads between two guys she cares about, y'all have to watch to find out what happens.... lol

Personally I loved this movie.... I thought it was cute (shaa the chemistry between Genny and Yemi was the cute aspect :D)

Pros:

 the picture quality and sound were good and the background music did not summarize the story lol. Though the story was simple, I liked how it deviated from the typical Nollywood love theme. I also liked that they didn't have the actors speaking "shakespeare" and being all cheesy. There weren't that many unnecessary scenes (PHEW!) .... so the whole movie was only two parts (I know that's unheard of in gaijawood ). The ending, though completely unexpected, was great. 

Cons:

This naijachique has no complaints. Well there are complaints but I love the movie too much to actually voice them hehe. If you haven't seen the movie, now is the time to ;)

~Yv

Emerald and Wild Passion (Sequel to Emerald)

Hmmm where to start with this review? I was really excited to see this movie after it was recommended by some people online (nairaland.com). But I have to say am very disappointed with the movie. It had such potential in part 1 (despite my fast forwarding) but it literally went downhill afterwards.

The main characters are Majid Michel (as Maximillan), Genevieve Nnaji (as Emerald), Tonto Dikeh (Becky), Geraldine Ekeocha (Mrs. Davies), Halima Abubakar (Mary), Ladi Tortty (Clarissa) and Ikechukwu Onyeka (Stan).

Basically,  Becky returns from the UK, decides to open an antique shop and asks Emerald (her cousin) for help(Emerald recently graduated with a degree in business admin). One day, they go to an antique dealer to purchase some items and Emerald comes across an emerald ring. An older lady (who appears to be a sales assistant in the store) see her admiring the ring and insists that Emerald buys the ring as it is meant for her. She tells Emerald to pay whatever amount she can afford for the ring; so, Emerald ends up buying it for N5000.  Later at lunch Emerald tells Becky about the ring and Becky tells her that the ring should be worth over 10000 euros. 

Shocked Emerald tells Becky that the older lady sold it to her for only N5000 but Becky did not recall seeing any older lady in the store (which seemed strange). Emerald decides to return the ring because she feels bad about buying it for so cheap. But that night she falls asleep wearing the ring and ends up having a very strange dream. The rest of the movie then revolves around her strange dreams, the emerald ring, and the mysterious old lady who sold her the ring.

Pros:

I really can't think of any pros to this movie. 

Cons:

OMG where do I start in this category?  First,I couldn't really feel the chemistry between Majid and Genevieve (which was rather disappointing!).
 Tonto Dikeh cannot act as far as am concerned and that is all i have to say for her. Now the storyline of this movie had so much potential but it failed to live up to expectation. From flashback to dream to reality with no form of clarity in between. Gosh I was so confused and the sequel of the movie (Wild Passion) only helped in fueling my confusion and annoyance. 

Genevieve's first dream was about her and Majid and some kind of plantation work. Majid's family were the plantation owners while Genevieve and the other workers were the plantation "slaves" etc. 

My problem with this dream is they never did tie it up with the rest of the movie. Yes in "reality" Genevieve met Majid in a different setting and every major event that happened in her dream also happened in the same sequence except there weren't any plantations involved ... OH WAIT!!! This "reality" turned out to actually be another dream ... 

YES, by the end of Wild Passion 2 (the sequel), we realize that all of Emerald (both parts 1 and 2), and Wild Passion 1 (a complete and useless flashback of Emerald part 1 SMDH!) were all dreams that told the story of what happened in the past. So it's now up to the modern day Emerald to prevent the occurrences in her dreams from happening in real life .

Bikonu how the olden day Emerald (the slave worker) & Maximillan and the modern day Emerald & Maximilan relate to one another is beyond me *scratches head in confusion*. The whole movie revolved around the emerald ring but we never actually got a full story of this ring and how it got past down to generation ... neither did they bother to actually explain what happened to the servant girl who the ring supposedly belonged to. And WHO DA EFF was that old lady? They never even told us her story or explain why only Emerald could see her? *angry face* Not to mention Majid's wife (the wheel chair wife).... did she go scot free after plotting and killing her husband ???? Oh wait maybe that scene was also a dream! ...OMG I was so effing confused and irritated with this movie !!! Honestly this movie made no sense to me and the horrible lighting made watching it extremely hard. I DO NOT recommend it at all. 

the movie is on onlinenigeria.com for those interested:

Emerald 1_1

Emerald 1_2

Emerald 1_3

Emerald 1_4

the sequel (wild passion) is on there too. 

Enjoy 

~Yv

I broke my heart

I can't decide how I feel about this movie. So am gonna classify it as watch at your own risk and as partially recommended. 

Featuring Mike Ezuruonye, Yvonne Okaro and Yvonne Nelson, the movie had the potential to be great. I even persevered till the end of the movie (can't believe I lasted that long) just to give it a chance.

At the end, I just felt like the writers couldn't decide what direction they wanted to go with the story. One minute Mike and his wife are being lovey dovey, next minute they are arguing about careers, next thing they are becoming distant because wife works too much (which makes no sense since she worked at the bank and we all know banks close early mchteeeeww). Mike, on the other hand, works as a movie director/producer but aparently has more time for family than his wife *rolls eyes*. 

Anyway, they are a family of three (mike, wife and one kid) but can't seem to be able to manage their home (oh btw they also have a cook!). One day, wifey runs into her long lost and trusted childhood friend (Yvonne Nelson) and gets the brilliant idea to help 'said friend' out by offering her shelter and a job. So Yvonne Nelson comes to live with her in her matrimonial home as her guest/house help. And talking of house, that their "house" was just ridiculous!!!! Maybe people actually live in a "house" like that but based on this movie it was unrealistic for this family to live in such a house. The producers didn't try at all when they chose that house. 

Back to the story: the good thing is that it didn't go the typical long-lost-friend-comes-into-matrimonial-home -and-steals-husband/gets-preggos-route ... phew! That is not to say that husband didnt start falling in love w/ said long-lost friend ooo (y'all shoulda seen that one coming). Did I mention that wifey had two coniving, lying, backstabbing bitches as best friends? Little did she know that said besties were plotting the downfall of her marriage.  

My problem with this movie is the unrealistic nature of it. How can a family of three - husband, wife and one child not be able to cope even though they have a cook already(they definitely did not need Yvonne Nelson's help in my opinion!) Besides, every normal woman knows better than to invite another grown ass and beautiful woman into her matrimonial home (doesn't matter how much you trust your husband he is still a man!). Also, which bank employee works past 6pm (you ain't the owner of the bank). And my God, that house was ridiculous (yes i still can't get over that one)... can someone say over-exaggeration? And the wife's mother was just useless when it came to advising her daughter smh! Also, what kind of woman doesn't know her friends? Esp. those she calls best friends! Did I mention that towards the end of the movie, the workaholic wifey suddenly had all the time in the world - typical Gaija movie...no coherence! 

I don't know how i feel about this movie. It would have been good if they had at least made it more realistic. Shrugs, y'all can watch it when you don't have anything better to watch. Honestly it's not as bad as Blackberry Babes or Beyonce and Rihanna. And I actually like the two Yvonne's [not because they are my namesakes ;)] and Mike. So give it a shot at your own risk:

Watch the whole movie either at arodrive2.com or at onlinenigeria.com :) 

~Yv

Silent Scandal

Ssshhhhh it's .... a... silent .... scandaLLL! hehehe

My peeps, this is an interesting movie, at least the name goes w/ the storyline lol. It features Genevieve Nnaji (as Jessie), Uche Jombo and Majid Michel (Naeto). Genevieve is a single mum in the movie and her daughter Ella is kind of wayward -- smokes, drinks, parties yada yada yada. Her BF Majid loves her shaa but kind of depends on her for money so Ella even steals from her mum to help him out. Eventually Genevieve gets fed up w/ her daughter's behavior and sends her to the UK to live with her father. After Majid's source of livelihood (Ella) is gone, he decides to get a job and winds up at Genevieve's company where he gets employed as her personal driver.... And as fate would have it..... y'all need to watch it to see what happens :D 

You guys this is not a new movie (2009).  I actually saw it last year but I couldn't help myself so i saw it again 2days ago and I still loved it. It's a great movie and even though i wish it had a different end, I still liked the end of the movie (Majid is the guy ;0) 

Yes, I totally recommend the movie, the storyline was great. Of course you can't have a naija movie without some flawed and unrealistic scenes. Ella was supposed to have been sent away to the UK to stay with her father but on the way to the airport the grandma decides that Ella could stay with her in Abuja. It made no sense how they managed to conceal that info from Genevieve who believed her daughter was in the UK.  There are other scenes that I could go on and on about but quite frankly I don't have the energy for it .... so i will just say have your remote handy because some scenes simply must be fast forwarded. PS: there is a beautiful scene in the movie that y'all cant miss .... so watch it watch it watch it ;)

Here is a trailer:

watch the full movie @ onlinenigeria.com : http://premiumvideos.onlinenigeria.com/adHF.asp?blurb=5126

Felicima

In all honesty, I wouldn't say this was a great movie because it bored da hell out of me 70% of the time. But I do recommend it because of the beautiful message it carried and that's actually why I watched all of it. The movie revolved around politics, equality, justice and the disabled. The lead characters were Genevieve (Felicima) and the disabled guy (Agu Agidi). 

Basically, Felicima is a  young, confident, beautiful, powerful, no-nonsense, stylish, blah blah blah blah, and successful public relations business woman (exhales loudly, lots of adjectives hehe). She is well known to the public as a female business mogul. One day she drives by a beggar who is reading a newspaper and becomes intrigued by this unusual behaviour. She stops and introduces herself but the beggar already knows who she is since she is all over the newspapers. She talks to him for a while only to realize that this was an educated beggar who could read, write and speak fluently (he even has a class where he teaches other beggars) but his disability makes life unlivable and that's how he ended up on the streets. Y'all have to watch the movie to find out what happens.
The main theme of the movie focuses on how the world (esp. we Africans) treat the disabled and less privileged members of our communities. Genevieve in this movie represented the privileged ones with prospective future endeavors whereas the beggar represented the less and under privileged. 

Pros:

The movie had a great theme and that is a good enough reason to watch it. Both Genevieve and Agu played their roles well and the message of the movie was clear and well delivered.

Cons:

The picture and sound quality were horrible (OMFG ). As expected, they just had to have a ridiculous scene in the movie. The scene were Genevieve's house burned down was the most ludicrous thing I ever saw in a movie [wait that's a lie ... shooting someone and having them cry out "you just shot me, now am about to die"   is actually more ludicrous hehehe (<<< this happened in a different movie lol)]. Of course I already told you I was bored out of my mind most times so please have your remotes next to you while watching this!!!

All the Blackberry Babes movies

I was going to write a review for this movie when it first came out but I never finished it. As I’m writing this, I’m yet to finish BBB 2 but I saw and heard enough of it to figure out what went on. I’m writing this now because 2 more parts were just released last week and provided what I hope is the end of the story. 

For those who don’t know, there are four parts to this movie. Not four videos, four actual parts: Blackberry Babes 1 and 2 and Return of Blackberry Babes 1 and 2. This name was milked for all it’s worth and the filmmaker just decided to prolong the uselessness. Between Tonto’s bendy rollers, the excessive overdo, the fone and the number of times I heard the term Blackberry, this movie was working my last nerve by the end.

There are way too many characters and way too many side stories to begin to explain them without confusion. Just know that the premise of the movie is the addiction to Blackberrys many Nigerian girls apparently have and the foolish lengths some people will go just to show off and the story revolves around a group of frenemies: Vivienne (Tonto Dikeh), Damisa (Oge Okoye), Kim, Keisha aka Geisha (Mary Remmy) and Nichole. There were 2 or 3 other girls in their crew whose names I can’t remember because they did absolutely nothing of worth. Tonto and Oge were at the top of the pack with their 5 to 7 blackberries and all the other girls were killing themselves trying to catch up. Other secondary characters worth mentioning are Apollonia (Eniola Badmus), Muna Ibekwe and Tonto’s uncle because they really are the only ones who were constant through all the movies. There really isn’t much to know other than these girls will do anything for a Blackberry phone and constantly show off.

The producer is the same guy who made Beyonce vs. Rihanna or Beyonce and Rihanna and I am ashamed to say I made it through that joke of a production; I really wasn’t expecting anything from this movie to be honest. For the first two parts, the story was very one dimensional and it suddenly changed in the last two so that it wasn’t really about Blackberrys that much anymore.

Pros:

The movie is funny in parts but then it gets redundant. I think it’s meant to be a satirical look at girls’ obsessions with material things, in this case blackberries, in which case the forming and fonerizing and everything makes sense. Of course they over did it in places, it wouldn’t be a Nigerian film without the girl with one line pouring all her frustrations with her role into that line or without somebody aka Oge Okoye claiming she had an interview with the American Emberssy.’ But I’m trying to be positive by saying that the message of this movie is that too much attachment to trivial things is bad. It's a sad sad situation if this is how it actually is. What else? Not all the acting was horrible. Apollonia, Tonto, the girl who played Kim and I guess Muna and Oge were not that bad compared to others in the movie, fone and tongue biting aside. The girl that played Nicole, her own fone entered a whole other level; it became irritating to listen to her talk after a while. She’s also living proof that jealousy is the ugliest trait.

Cons:

There were a lot of things wrong with these movies that were annoying mostly because you could clearly see how they could have been done differently. Scenes that could have been condensed, side stories that should have ended in part 1 and characters who could have been scrapped. The whole idea of fraud they introduced with Muna and Oge and eventually Tonto kind of makes sense to the whole story although I still don’t understand what they were transferring from people’s phones or how none of the people figured out who it was. They mentioned every social networking site, even the ones that people don't use anymore and parts of the movie read like an ad with the characters spelling out all the uses of their phones. The movie was redundant; most of the wardrobe was just something else, the dialogue was cheesy and the ending was rushed and predictable. None of the "bad" characters redeemed themselves at the end, just a lot of humiliation and had I knowns. 

So to conclude this long ass post, this is one of those watch at your own risk kind of movies. Depending on who you watch it with and how good they are at commentary, you will either be very amused or very irritated. This, I know, is a movie I cannot go out of my way to watch twice.

Blackberry Babes part 1 (via youtube):

Private Storm

I actually saw this movie a long time ago...started reviewing it but never quite finished writing up the review until now lol
It's funny that it has taken me this long to publish this particular post because I actually liked this movie. Featuring Omotola J. Ekeinde, Ramsey Nouah, John Dumelo and Ngozi Ezeonu. It is an interesting movie, great story line with enough suspense to make you watch it till the end. 
Briefly:
Ramsey and Omo-T are in love and engaged. But Ramsey has anger/ insecurity issues and beats the hell out of Omo-T with every little provocation. Needless to say, their r/ship eventually goes down the drain (even though it took Omo-T forever to come to her senses and make the right decision for her) ...


My Review:
Despite some fast forwarding and occasional minute irritations with Omotola's Character (whom I really
 wanted to slap more times than I can count), I couldn't bring myself to stop watching it. Recommended?
Definitely YES! If you are looking for a movie, great storyline, beautiful performances by the actors; or just a 
movie with some eye candies ;) this is the movie for you. 

Check out the trailer below: 

(movie is no longer at arodrive2.com but I found the whole movie at afrolynx.com so y'all can watch it there :) ... here is a link: http://afrolynx.com/2010/12/31/a-private-storm-part-1/

Njoy ~Yv

Garden of Love and Tears

It's been a while fellas.... so today, I saw this movie Garden of Love and Tears featuring Ramsey, Tonto Dikeh, Patience Ozokwor and Kofi Adjorlolo.

Here is a short gist of the movie: 

Ramsey is a family man, married to Tonto w/ 2 kids. Tonto is a "psychologist" (and i say that in quotes for a reason)... Anyway, she counsels people going through marriage or r/ship crisis ... and she has a perfect marriage that is admired by most (such a cliché ) ... One day, Tonto comes across Ramsey (who she overly trusts) spoon feeding a lady at lunch (you have to watch the movie to find out who the lady is). All pleas for forgiveness falls on deaf ears because Tonto wanted to teach him a lesson.... As you can predict,  one misunderstanding leads to another and eventually all hell breaks loose leading to the downfall of their marriage.... While all these are going on, the kids are on vacation in the villa with Ramsey's parents Kofi and Patience....OMG these two people are something else i.e. cat and dog. What a  hilarious couple...just picture Patience chasing her husband with a gun roflmao .... Anyway the movie ended nicely and at least there was a message behind it unlike most movies i have seen recently ... this review serves as a little preview of what to expect in the movie as I really don't want to give the whole story away before you watch it (.... but this na naija movie so am sure y'all can already predict the rest of the story lol). 

Pros: 
I loved the fact that Ramsey was in it (y'all know i love that man ). I loved the story behind the movie even though it was an unnecessarily long ass movie (4 freaking parts ... parts 1 and 2 really could have been summarized in 30mins). I also liked how Kofi mixed igbo and ghana language (it was too funny) and of course Patience (one of my fav actresses) she worked her role well well lol...

Cons:
I hated majority of the acting esp. in the beginning when they introduced Ramsey and Tonto's family (too damn cheesy)... and talking of cheesy, Ramsey and his best friend/colleague had the cheesiest convos....
 Example, in one scene Ramsey asks about his best friend's wife-to-be and the guy replies "I can't seem to stop dreaming and thinking about her. She has transported me into another realm"   ... a normal guy would have prob responded with "my guy, this girl don dey make me kolo ooo" or something naija-ish like that... lwkmd for that scene, too funny.
Furthermore, I did not like how Tonto played Jenny's role. Am sorry to say but that girl really can't act. She knows how to roll her eyes (I give her credit for that) but that's about it. She couldn't portray the emotions required of her character (I wish Genevieve or Nse Ikpe had been given her role). Boy oh boy, even her role as a psychologist was a big fail... she should have at least researched the career a bit beforehand smh. 
In some parts of the movie, The background noise and the voices were messed up . 

All in all:
 I really enjoyed this movie. It is not perfect but it was still enjoyable because it made me laugh a couple of times. So, i recommend it....below is a clip (watch the whole movie at arodrive2.com or at onlinenigeria.com)

I hope you guys enjoy the movie, and i hope to be back with another review shortly ~Yv.

OMG! 3 MOVIES THAT REDEFINE STUPIDITY!!!

Hey guys, so its been a while. School is closed, I 've graduated (YAY ME :D) and now it's time for movies woot wooot lol

So I saw three movies today --- well technically 2 and a quarter movies cos I didn't go through with one.  my gosh it was pain on top of pain on top of pain and finally a migraine! 

The 1st one was Chelsea! my oh my, idk where to begin. It's a Ghanaian movie with Nadia, Majid and John Dumelo...hmmm what can I say about this movie...oh yea, it is INCREDIBLY STUPID! i can't even tell you the story line cos quite frankly I don't remember lol. Just picture, naked Dumelo squatting in the bathtub, combined with Majid acting creepy and Nadia being foolish and you have yourself a storyline. Yup. Have fun with it lol here is a clip:

The second one was The Other Side of Love.....I really really tried to give it a chance but yea i couldn't take it. It had something to do with girlfriends, successful and hardworking mother, the FBI and Medicare roflmao that's all i can offer. SMH!

The third one....yea brace yourselves guys ..hmmmm..hmmmmm hmmmmm ....hmmmmmm it's called Temptation. Hmmmmmm! Na mehn this one come give me Migraine oooo it's a movie with Majid and some unknown characters. Oh boy, 20mins into the movie and am like what what what? and then the movie begins with a list a characters and am like WTF! and as I still dey try to understand what in the WORLD is going on, part one ends roflmao! ok oooo i say make i continue shaa and then part two (extra confused expression combined with one tablet of Tylenol),and then part three .... my people, eeehhhhh, this movie did not make any sense until the last half of the last part. It should be illegal for movies like this not to have a warning that says: have a bottle of Tylenol or Advil or Paracetamol next to you before you begin because you will lose some brain cells watching this. OMG! Laugh Don Kill Me EEEEE ...here is a clip, proceed with caution and ... Don't forget your Tylenol!

WOW what a day lol African movie won't kill me ~ Yv

Memories of My Heart/ Tango With Me

Ok guys, am so sorry for the lack of movie related posts lately, but I promise that from May, it's gonna be movies, movies, movies....well, at least for the most part ;)

In the meantime, I am set to watch "Memories of My Heart" with Ramsey and Ini Edo and "Tango with Me" with Genevieve - haven't found either of them online yet :( but am sure I would soon *hopeful face*. So check back later for my very candid evaluation :D

Ps: if you find a link for any or both before I do, please let me know...
~xoxo
Yv

Nollywood Has Chosen!

Seems like that N200 million or whatever amount Johnathan allocated to Nollywood is paying off....*eyes rolling* I couldn't help myself lol .... So, Nollywood has Chosen, do y'all approve of their choice? Oh wells, regardless, go cast your votes tomorrow people!
On a side note: even their acting couldn't convince me smh :|

Nigeria, My Nigeria...Oh how much I heart thee *broken heart*

So, I woke up this morning to news that the elections in Nigeria were postponed and according to Jega:


"We cannot proceed with these elections if we want them to be free, fair and credible if there are no result sheets," Jega said. "We cannot bury our heads and say there are no problems. It is regrettable. It is unfortunate. It should not have happened."


Is this guy serious??? *eyes bulging*.... And the icing on the cake:


"Jega said he takes full responsibility for the fiasco but he said a vendor that was supplying results sheets and ballots was unable to deliver them on time. The vendor, said Jega, cited the diversion of planes to carry relief supplies to earthquake-stricken Japan as the reason for the delay." - Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)


Wow!!! Like WOW!


I am not only shocked at this news, I am beyond dismayed! I like to be optimistic in certain situations concerning Nigeria but dang mehn this country keeps making it difficult for people, like me, to remain so! I mean by Friday, April 1st, shouldn't INEC have known that election materials were not ready? How come these materials were not even ready weeks ago? I am sorry but this kind of kickoff to the elections definitely dampens the little faith I have in Nigeria to conduct a free, fair and credible election this year. Thankfully, my fire of hope has not been completely extinguished, at least not yet. I just hope INEC gets its shit together and let have a much brighter finish and with the least amount of mishaps. God bless my country!


~Yv.

Random Post - Devalue the Naira or Deplete our foreign reserves?

So the IMF recently recommended that the naija government should devalue the naira some more, and make the economy more open in order to save the country. That's the only way we would be able to meet our fiscal budget without depleting our foreign reserves.  I personally think that's the worst advise ever! devalue what naira? The naira that currently is at 150/$1? That naira? God forbid! how dare they? They are advising the government - our government - to send our generation and generation of our children and children's children into future slavery? We should be revaluing the naira not devaluing it some more. Screw foreign reserves. I know that a country without foreign reserves is in big trouble because it won't be able to buy factors of production from other countries without selling its own factors for credit and so on. But hey that applies only to countries engaging in international trade. Now I suggest that Nigeria closes its borders to all international trade and rebuild our nation. Yea I know it would be hard considering that we import a lot of things, and we owe foreign countries lots of money but hey there is always a way. We can gradually start cutting down on trade by actually encouraging and working towards the growth of our local industries. Its not hidden knowledge that Nigerians are extremely talented. yea it would take a while but at least we would be working towards something positive. Shaa, It's just my suggestion. So what do y'al think? devalue the naira or deplete foreign reserves?

PS: This is just my suggestion, am not saying its the best suggestion but I figured this is the lesser evil compared to devaluing the naira. Would love to have some interesting opinions from you guys :)

oh yea, this is an old post, i just never published it till now lol

Turn Me On 1 and 2

My first post as a writer for this blog!
I was waiting for a movie that I'd seen that Yv hadn't already reviewed and I found one that I actually really liked.

Other than the name which I don't think has anything to do with the movie, Turn Me On was actually really good. It's the story of the Buckman family who have come to share their father's property after he dies. The children Tyler (John Dumelo) the lawyer, Kendell (Jackie Appiah) the fashion designer and Woody some kind of former footballer wannabe musician druggie (I'm not really clear on his job) all come in with their secrets and immediate needs for the money they expect to be getting. Enter Julia, their father's illegitimate child and their plans are thrown into disarray as deception, blackmail and greed take the front seat.

I really liked the pace of this movie; the flashbacks were short and to the point and everything came together at the right time. It was really interesting to see the unexpected plot twists and to find out where all the trouble for the first 3 children was coming from. Other than a few supporting characters, the acting was good. The movie didn't seem too long. I had to watch it in 2 different places so I'm not sure of the length but it really didn't feel like it was dragging on forever. One of my problems with it was that the one sex scene they had, I felt was unnecessary. It was tame compared to some of the other stuff they are bringing out now but I think it would have been better to not have it altogether. I swear I can't listen to another actress moan at nothing. I really liked the story though so I definitely recommend it. It was a really good movie.

Here's the trailer. It gives away a bit more than I think is necessary but you should still watch the movie to find out why exactly the father's estate/company being broke is the ultimate slap in the face. The movie is on arodrive (youtube too but it's not complete there).

Official Name "Breath of Love" ... my name for it "Breath of Lameness"

This is the most stupid movie of all time. No actually I take that back, 4 play/heart of men were d most stupid movies (as far as am concerned) but this right here is just plain foolishness! Don't even waste your time. I am not surprised to see Yvonne Nelson in it - the lady has no taste based on the movies I have seen her in. But the nerve of Ramsey Nouah to be in this foolishness that has no head or tail...smdh! Sorry I can't tell y'all the story line cos 1) It has no story and 2) I only saw 10minutes of it (10 precious minutes of my time wasted *insert angry face*) Literally DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME! yeah that's all I have to say.

Here is a link (if you feel like wasting time that is):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl-UbQ5HDx0

and a preview

Jungle Ride --- Best Naija Movie/ My New First Love

Literally, Oh Emmmm Geee!!! I know I said guilty pleasures was my favorite Nollywood movie, but that's so 2010. This movie right here has ultimately stolen my heart. It was so amazing, I completely forgot I was watching a naija movie #awwww#

It is actually pretty short, only two parts: on youtube it's like 1-1 to 1-5 and 2-1 to 2-5. You guys practically have to see it. By the way, did I ever tell y'all the story of the antelope that preferred the smell of corn? ;) you will understand after you see this movie.

ok rantings over: it features the handsome Joseph Benjamin as Akin, the muscular hypertrophic but still cute Chidi Ukwu as Emeka, the douche-bag (based on his character) Femi Brainard as Efousa and two beautiful ladies Omoni Oboli as Irene and Ashionye Michelle Ugboh as Tola and others of course (these are just the main characters). It also has Ngozi Nwosu (I know her as Jemaima from back in the days lol). She played the secretary. Ps: this was kind of a yoruba movie, I mean they spoke English 95% of the time and it is set in Lagos but there were some minimal Yoruba inserted here and there (but when that happened they put an English caption). I really liked the mixture of English and local dialect, it actually made watching the movie more fun and a true nollywood experience.

 I don't even know how to sumarize the story w/o actually telling it...it's all about people pursuing their dreams, mistaken identity, poverty, building friendships, finding love, and knowing when to secure your destiny. Basically, it's about people struggling to survive in this jungle we call a world. I swear, the movie had no unnecessary parts, like I never fast forwarded once throughout the movie. Everything was straight to the point. And boyyyy did the movie capture my attention from the start and keep it till the end. I know am totally raving about this movie, but for real watch it guys, truly watch it!
here is a link:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3CFx3-PfKQ&feature=related
 and a preview:

Yv :)

Random Post - Ebates

For all who don't know, am a shopping fanatic --nope not a shopaholic but a shopping fanatic ;) so I use this website (Ebates) when I shop. I go on the site and type in the store I wanna shop at, and it shows me discount codes for that store. Plus,when I buy stuff online from that store via Ebates, I get cash back....yup here is a picture of my most recent cash back



So it's real believe me, I have used it for a year now. Just wanted to let you guys in on this plus am aiming to win an ipad (free is always good lol). All I need is 50 friends to join and shop any of their favorite online stores through ebates.com. Remember, you get the most up-to-date coupon codes on your favorite stores and did I mention cash back? yup depending on the store you're shopping at, u get a certain %age of the money you paid back, how cool is that???

follow this link guys:
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=c%2FefUBw%2Fh9KnC7hDBeP2Tg%3D%3D
or just click on the ebates button directly under contributors on the home page.

Yv :)

Totally Random Author's Observation

So, I just realized I never had a welcome page #laughs# isn't that something?

... I, Yv, hereby welcome you all to my blog #drum rolls and clapping# I truly hope you enjoy it

I am gonna try to update as much as I can. I am open to comments, movie suggestions and criticisms...

I am gonna try not to be biased in recommending any movies (even if they have my least favorite actor(s)/tress (es) as lead characters - Oh wait, am prob neva gonna watch a movie that has some1 I dislike in it ...jk) 

... now I that have come to the end of my random post...

 Welcome y'all and really, suggest some movies for me too :)