The Other Side of Love

This is an update on one of the movies from this post: OMG! 3 Movies That Redefine Stupidity!!!

Cast: JJ Bunny, Ramsey Nouah, Pascal Atuma, Rex Otuka

So this is the second movie that I originally couldn't get myself to watch --> out of boredom I decided to give it a chance and here goes:

• am pissed that onlinenigeria would not let me fast forward the movie so I had to mute some scenes and watch something else until those scenes are done -->Yes, it was that frustrating.
• am pissed that i actually decided to give this movie a chance
• am pissed that Ramsey Nouah took part in this tomfoolery called a storyline
• am pissed at the portrayal of Nigerian lawyers in this movie! am not a lawyer but damn am so pissed about the lawyer's role in this movie!
• am pissed at the portrayal of the FBI in this movie! how ludicrous! In fact the FBI should sue the producers for defamation of character! 

Unto the "supposed" true life story:

• basically, the movie is about 4 girlfriends that are supposedly successful except for one who is a housewife with 3 kids (in her misconstrued mind, that isn't success). The latter (Buki) went to nursing school with the successful home health care owner (Stella) but didn't pass her board exam (NCLEX).  Stella's health care center became very successful. Anyway during one of their girlfriend gatherings. Buki became jealous of Stella and set out to destroy her. and what does she do? she calls the FBI and reports Stella for defrauding medicare and IRS via an anonymous tip and the rest of the movie basically involves the FBI investigating Stella and the IRS sending her letters about how much she owes them and medicare trying to sue her and what not. Anyway, Stella goes to see her lawyer (who in my opinonu should be disbarred!) and the yeye lawyer advises her to send money to Nigeria before the federal gov' freezes all her accounts and he connects her to this unknown guy who she would drop the money off with and the guy will then send the money to Nigeria to anyone she wants the money to go to (I haff died of lafta here! that's one helluva trust to bestow unto a total stranger, in this day and age of 419). Anyway, she only communicates with this guy via a safe and secure chat line (na so!) the same chat line that the FBI easily hacked and a 419er also hacked and duped her of her money ... hehehe. I don't want to tell the whole story (not that there is much left to tell) but let me conclude by saying the rest of the plot unraveled on the same day in a park (that is where both the 419er, the legit money transfer guy, the FBI and Stella all collided :D)

My "WTF!" Moment!

• Please if IRS and medicare are investigating you, is it a good idea to suddenly start withdrawing large some of money from your account? (My people biko help me comprendre)
• I don't understand how the FBI was supposedly investigating her and tracking her every move and yet they didn't act on the money withdrawals or even bring her in for questioning about her chat conversation on money transfer (cos recall the FBI could see the chat). By the way, the FBI knew someone else was monitoring the chatline and in every scene, the FBI agent says "track down the other IP address", yet they never did track it down :-S
• Towards the end of the movie, it turns out that her love interest in the movie - Michael (Ramsey Nouah), was the same as the invisible money transfer guy -->  he was actually legit in doing the transfers (because it was a 419er that hacked into her chat line with Michael and duped her of 1mil). Oh and it also turns out that Michael is her on of her bff's brother.
• After the park scene above where the FBI arrested them all, the movie fast forwards 2 yrs later and we see Ramsey and Stella on couch, Buki on the street begging for money and the movie ends (clearly I exaggerated this last summary but that's pretty much it)
• We never did find out what happened to the 419 guy
• Somehow Ramsey survived being shot at the park and didn't go to prison
• Stella who was arrested was somehow released without explanation. what happened with her case with the IRS, medicare etc? did she get back her 1 mil? what  conclusion did the FBI reach in their investigation
• Buki somehow lost her home and husband to beg on the street???? how did that happen? and how did Stella find out it was Buki that reported her to the FBI?

So many hows??? In conclusion this movie is very stupid! They claimed it is a true life story! Na So! This tori no make sense joh! rubbish... 

Here are the links to the movie if anyone still wants to go ahead and watch it (no sa I no warn una shaa) -->

The Other Side of Love 1_1

The Other Side of Love 1_2

The Other Side of Love 2_1

The Other Side of Love 2_2

~Yv

Hiiiyaaa Y'all :))

Helloo my lovely gaija nation :D

I know it's been a while #hidesface# and am so sorry to have abadonned you for so long but school had to come first :( ... So am back (well for now :D)... and I've a bunch of movies to present to you. 1st post will be up shortly (I will try to post each day ... no promises).

Ps: most of these are old movies since I haven't had time (neither have I seen where) to watch the newer movies I really want to watch. Anyway, that's it for now guys.

Njoy
~Yv

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)

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

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 :)

Rihanna's "Te Amo" Dress

Not only do I love this song (best believe am not that much of a Rihanna fan) but the floral maxi dress she rocked in the video took my breath away. I couldn't help but look it up: designed by Mara Hoffman as part of her spring 2010 collection, this Net Back Chiffon Gown is sold out in stores for a whooping price of $1,058 O_O! Too bad I couldn't find any cheaper replica :( maybe when I become rich in future I can get a custom made one, I just love it....here is an image of the dress.

Here is the te amo video:

First random post (yay!) lol back to movies :)