Nollywood’s ‘Idia’ and ‘Tare’ are movies TheCable recommends for you to watch in the cinema or on streamers this weekend.
Idia
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Lilian Osifo, Tops Tedala, Mercy Aigbe
Synopsis: The film tells the gripping story of a teenager adopted by a couple, drawing from African urban legends to create a culturally rich and modern retelling reminiscent of myths like Madam KoiKoi.
Regretting You
Running time: 1hr 57mins
Starring: Allison Williams, Kurt Yue, Dave Franco, Scott Eastwood
Synopsis: Centers on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan’s husband Chris’s tragic death, forcing them to navigate life’s challenges together.
Time Hoppers: The Silk Road
Running time: 1hr 55mins
Starring: Maryam Astrolabi, Manda Musa, Ibn Al-Haytham
Synopsis: Four brilliant students from Aqli Academy, Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid, and Layla discover the power to time travel. Thrust into the ancient Silk Road, they must protect legendary scientists from a dark alchemist threatening history itself. To save the future, they must rewrite the past and find their way home.
Tare
Running time: 1hr 46mins
Starring: Toyin Abraham, Nosa Rex, Jide Kene
Synopsis: Tare follows a young mother who abandons her family in pursuit of a better life, leaving her children to fend for themselves. As she drifts from one failed relationship to another, her eldest daughter, Ebiere, is forced to shoulder the burden of caring for her siblings after their father’s death.
Black Phone 2
Running time: 1hr 54mins
Starring: Anna Lore, Mason Thames, Miguel Mora, Arianna Rivas
Synopsis: As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.
The Herd
Running time: 1hr 40min
Starring: Daniel Etim Effiong, Deyemi Okanlawon, Genoveva Umeh
Synopsis: While privately dealing with his wife’s recurrent cancer scare, Gosi joins his friends – Derin and Fola – to celebrate their wedding, the happiest day of their lives. Things take a drastic turn when, on their way back to the hotel, they are ambushed and kidnapped by gunmen disguised as cattle herdsmen.
Tron: Ares
Running time: 1hr 59 mins
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Greta Lee, Hasan Minhaj
Synonyms: A highly sophisticated program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.
The Exco
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Bimbo Akintola, Deyemi Okanlawon, Femi Branch
Synopsis: Exco is a political drama of intrigue about how sthe ystem destroys a good idea of a good politician.
Osamede
Running time: 1hr 56mins
Starring: Lexan Aisosa Peters, Osagie Elegbe, William Benson
Synopsis: It is the story of a young orphaned girl who became the hero of a colonised Benin kingdom using magic.
Almost Perfect
Running time: 1hr 50mins
Starring: Omowunmi Dada, Liquorose, Kate Henshaw
Synonyms: A small-town girl moves to Lagos to pursue her dreams of becoming a fashion designer and must overcome significant odds to achieve her goals. She learns that the biggest obstacle she faces is herself.
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