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Nigeria FreeTV: What the New Platform Means for Nollywood Distribution and Viewers Across Africa
More than seventeen years and roughly 80 billion naira went into Nigeria's digital television transition before a single nationwide free platform existed, and even then the digital signal had reached … Read more»
Toy Story 5 and the Weight of a Perfect Ending: Why Pixar Went Back to Andy's Toys
Woody stands in the doorway of a stranger's life. The car is packed, Andy is leaving for college, and the cowboy doll he has carried since childhood is sitting in … Read more»
Sadie Sink: From Stranger Things Breakout to Spider-Man
The skating rink at Rink-O-Mania is the wrong place for the bravest moment in modern television, and yet there it was. Max Mayfield, headphones clamped over her ears, Kate Bush's … Read more»
Polygamy on Screen: How Nollywood Has Tackled Polygamist Storylines Across Generations
Few household arrangements have given Nigerian cinema more to work with than the compound where one husband presides over several wives. Walk through any decade of the industry's output, from … Read more»
Daveigh Chase: The Voice of Lilo and the Quiet Light That Dimmed Too Soon
A small girl with a tangle of dark hair stood at a microphone in a Los Angeles recording booth at the end of the 1990s, reading lines as a lonely … Read more»
Jim Carrey May Be Coming Back as the Grinch - and Ron Howard Could Return to Direct
Jim Carrey is reportedly in talks to reprise his iconic role as the Grinch in a sequel to the beloved 2000 holiday classic.
Daniel Etim Effiong: The Quiet Force Reshaping Nollywood Drama
On a film set in South West Nigeria, a director stood behind the monitor watching a kidnapping scene unfold for what must have felt like the hundredth time. The man … Read more»
Shrek 5 and the Nostalgia Economy: Why Animated Franchise Revivals Keep Printing Money
Few business plans in Hollywood are as quietly reliable as handing audiences a character they already love and asking them to fall in love a second time. The swamp, the … Read more»
Why Invincible Is the Animated Superhero Show Nigerian Fans Cannot Stop Talking About
A teenage boy stands in an empty street, blood on his face, listening to his own father explain, calmly, why none of the people they were supposed to protect actually … Read more»