Nollywood’s ‘Owambe Thieves’ and Hollywood’s ‘Sinners’ are movies TheCable recommends for you to watch in the cinema or on streamers this weekend.
Owambe Thieves
Running time: 1hr 40mins
Starring: Eniola Ajao, Fathia Balogun, Femi Branch
Synopsis: A young Nigerian couple with a newborn child, struggling to make ends meet at the peak of one of the worst recessions in history.
Sinners
Running time: 2hrs 2mins
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Saul Williams
Synopsis: Twin brothers, who are trying to start their lives over, return to their hometown only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
MakeMation
Running time: 2hrs 19mins
Starring: Shaffy Bello, Tomi Ojo, Wumi Toriola
Synopsis: A teenager with big dreams and poor, ailing parents gets admitted into the country’s most reputable tech institute. She must survive the new school terrain, pressure from home and prove herself to achieve anything worthwhile.
Aso Ebi Diaries
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Nancy Isime, Shaffy Bello, Kunle Remi
Synopsis: A girl from a has-been wealthy family uses her fashion sense to maintain her appearance among the Lagos elite. Until everything falls apart.
G20
Running time: 1hr 45mins
Starring: Viola Davies, Anthony Starr, Marsai Martin
Synopsis: A group of cryptocurrency vigilantes holds the G20 summit under siege, and the US president is the prime target. The president, using her military experience, outsmarts the assailants to protect her ideas and her family.
A Working Man
Running time: 1hr 58mins
Starring: Jason Statham, Maximilian Osinski, Merab Ninidze
Synopsis: A retired human hunter is dragged back into his old life after the daughter of his former boss goes missing. His search for the girl will bring him back into the middle of the underground world and threaten his new life.
Snow White
Running time: 1hr 23mins
Starring: Gal Gadot, Jason Kravits, Jeremy Swift
Synopsis: Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
Reel Love
Running time: 1hr 48mins
Starring: Efa Iwara, Funke Akindele, Hermes Iyele
Synopsis: A fake love affair for social media likes and reposts begins to morph into true feelings between the two individuals involved. How do they navigate the landmine of romance while ensuring one party is not using the other?
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The Masked King
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Starring: Daniel Etim Effiong, Shaffy Bello, Uche Montana, Uzor Arukwe
Synopsis: A king betrays his people, and his mother faces an impossible choice to protect her son or change his fate for the good of the kingdom.
Mufasa
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Anika Noni Rose, Billy Eichner
Synopsis: Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
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