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Jessie despairs over her wayward daughter Ella. She steals, drinks, smokes and stays out all night with her boyfriend Naeto without any regard for her mother. She is uncontrollable. Her mother is at her wits end and devastated when one day she has to pick up her young daughter from a police holding cell after being caught shoplifting. This action is the deciding factor in her being sent by her mother to live in the UK to live with her father…

Adesuwa, Nene, Victoria and Grace are group of girls at university live in a house together and fund their studies by doing “runs.” For all those that don’t know Runs is, it is basically prostitution. These girls are patronised by Aristos. In the Nigerian context Aristo refers to rich middle aged to old men who patronise female students. All the girls are involved in runs apart from Grace…

Emerald
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Emerald ~ 2009
Story – Chisom Juliet Okereke
Screenplay – Juliet Chisom Okereke
Director – Ikechukwu Onyeka
Starring:
Genevieve Nnaji – Emerald
Majid Michel – Max
Tonto Dikeh – Becky
Geraldine Ekeocha – Mrs Davies
Halima Abubakar – Mery
Ladi Tortty – Clarissa
Ikechukwu Onyeka – Stan
Andy Ike – Adaeke
Kingsley Uche – Gateman
Chigozie Ibe – Carrier
Themes:
Time Travel
Family Heirloom
Love

My Rating 50%
Becky returns to Nigeria from the UK to open …

Love My Way
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Love My Way ~ 2008
Story – Anthony Nwatu
Screenplay – Kehinde Olurunyomi
Director – Ikechukwu Onyeka
Starring:
Genevieve Nnaji – Kayla
Jim Iyke – Tekena
Tonto Dikeh – Oge
Kalu Ikeagwu – Richard
Nneka Atako – Kemi
Jessy Sahaaf – Florence
Temple Ugo Ikeji – Chiejina
Nwosu Richard – Donye
Malachy Hart – Oly Man
Themes Explored:
Unrequited Love
Family Secrets

My Rating – 77%
Tekena wants to marry Kayla But finds …

Beautiful Soul
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Beautiful Soul
Story – Tchidi Chikere
Screenplay – Tchidi Chikere/ Genevieve Nnaji
Director – Tchidi Chikere

Starring:
Genevieve Nnaji – Olivia
Yul Edochie – Geoffrey
Tchidi Chikere – David
Ali Nuhu – Okon
Nana Ama Agyeman McBrown – Comfort
Livinus Nnochiri – Obi
Chiejina Ephraim – Samson
Lotachi Johnson Oloto – Barbie
Romeo. I. Romeo – Dr Thomas
Nike Anyado – Jonathan
Ndidi Okafor – Romina
Wulford Ajayi – Charles
Mary Umoh – …

Faithful Betrayal
FAITHFUL BETRAYAL
 
Story: Uchenna Mbunabo
Screenplay: Pascal Amanfo & Chinedu Ayanwu
Director: Ikechukwu Onyeka

 
Starring:
Genevieve Nnaji – Clara
Muna Obiekwe – Morgan
Alex Usifo – Obiama
Kofi Adjorlolo – David
Vivienne Achor _ Belinda
Scot Roberts – Uche
Michelle Ikegulu – Susan
Comfort Ogheoke – Maureen
Chosen Udo – Kate

 
 
MY RATING: 45%
 
 
 
 
 
Wow!!! Genny Genny… what a disappointment!
 

Heiwoooooo! Clara marries a man old enough to be her father very much against her …

EMERGENCY WEDDING
Starring:
Genevieve Nnaji – Joy
Tony Umez – Odili
Clarion Chukwurah – Stella
Emanuel France – The Mad Professor
Jennifer Eliogu – Comfort
Jude Ezenwa- Chima
Christy Okonkow – Bridget
THEMES EXPLORED IN THE FILM
Hypocrisy of the “religious”
Gender Roles (The role attached to man as the “provider”)
Stigma of Mental Illness
Stigma attached to unmarried women of a certain age
 
MY RATING – 97% 
 
 
Well… nothing has changed with Tony Umez. …