Some movies leave one with a feeling of glee while some poorly executed flicks makes one want to puke, punch someone and throw a tantrum – all at once.
To help you avoid such a situation that’d leave you fuming out of the cinema in utter disgust, TheCable Lifestyle recommends the following movies.
Synopsis: A story set in the Prohibition Era and centred around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organised crime.
Run time: 128 mins
Synopsis: When 12 mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks, is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.
Run time: 116 mins
Synopsis: A naive girl with dreams of stardom, marries a powerful man, who abuses her while running a foundation that protects abused women.
Run time: 94 mins
Synopsis: The three wise men is a dramatic comedy that humorously presents the follies of three aged men. The comedy satirises the actions and intents of three elderly men in their 60s who struggle to relive their lost youth.
Run time: 100 mins
Synopsis: Set in a fictitious village somewhere in Ibibio land in Akwa Ibom State, Ayamma tells the story of Prince Daraima (Wole Ojo), the fascinating heir to Obong Ikpaisong, who repeatedly dreams of Ihuoma (Adesua Etomi), a poor but radiating maiden whose beauty is matched only by her voice.
Run time: 120 mins
Synopsis: Set in Lagos, Nigeria, ‘The Wedding Party’ is the story of Dunni Coker (Adesua Etomi), a 24-year-old art gallery owner and only daughter of her parents about to marry the love of her life, IT entrepreneur Dozie (Banky W). The couple took a vow of chastity and is looking forward to a ground-breaking first night together as a married couple.
Run time: 105 mins
Synopsis: A handsome warlord, Taari (Tope Tedela), is fast transitioning into a wolf due to the curse of the dogs that has been placed on him. He must immediately find the cure to this curse or be forever damned.
Run time: 115 mins
Synopsis: “Truth or Die” tells a story of a hostage situation, a psychologically troubled Youngman, who got infuriated and became deadly because a pastor refused to step out of his holy cloak to commit adultery which would have saved a life (his sister).
Run time: 98 mins
Synopsis: Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.
Run time: 111 mins
Synopsis: The story is told from two points of view: that of a young pregnant woman, and her husband, a soldier accused of being involved in the 1976 military coup and assassination of Murtala Mohammed, who was then Nigeria’s head of state.
Run time: 118 mins
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