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Without doubt or dispute Chineze Anyaene's IJÉ the Journey is the most financially successful Nigerian movie at the local box office and won an award for setting a box office record in Nigeria. The second is Kunle Afolayan's Figurine . But in terms of screenplay and cinematography I rank Faruk Lasaki's Changing Faces above IJÉ . Would IJÉ have been so popular without Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade-Ekeninde? Of course Chineze did the right thing that any smart filmmaker would have done in Hollywood or Bollywood by using the most popular actors and actresses to attract their teeming fans to the cinemas. In fact IJÉ should have made more than $1 million in Nigeria alone if Chineze explored all the opportunities and possibilities by also showing the film in as many halls as possible and charging less than the tickets sold at the Silverbird Cinemas and Genesis Deluxe Cinemas. But she seemed to be satisfied with the amount she made in West Africa and is moving on to the n...

The following are the top ten movies showing now at Genesis Deluxe Cinemas at The Palms on Victoria Island, Lagos. FRI 16 DEC - THURS 22 DEC 2011 1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime Starring:Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Jared Harris Running Time: 2hr 10mins Fri & Sat: 10.10am, 12.45pm, 3.20pm, 5.55pm, 8.30pm, 11.05pm Sun - Thur: 10.10am, 12.45pm, 3.20pm, 5.55p, 8.30pm Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty . 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family Starring:Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney Running Time: 1hr 40mins Fri- Thur: 10.00am, 11.50am, 1.40pm, 3.30pm, 5.20pm Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems . 3. Puss in Boots Genre: Adventure...

British actor Marc Baylis and Alex Lopez in Changing Faces . The first Nigerian movie on the transmission of evil spirits through sex, Changing Faces opens this Weekend December 16, at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas in the Shoprite at The Palms on Victoria Island, Lagos. Nollywood Stars Alex Lopez, Keppy Ekpenyong and others will be there to meet with their fans and give out postcards of their scenes in the movie. Tweet

One of the best actresses in Nigeria's Nollywood is the pretty and sexy Brazilian-Nigerian Alex Lopez, but she does not patronize the local paparazzi, because she is more of a private person than those who play to the gallery of the local tabloids. She was the wife of hot British actor Marc Baylis in Faruk Lasaki's romantic thriller Changing Faces opening at the Silverbird Cinemas, Genesis Deluxe Cinemas and other cinemas on December 16, 201. Tweet

The top three must watch Nollywood movies before the end of this year are the following. 1. Two Brides and A Baby by Teco Benson 2. Changing Faces by Faruk Lasaki. 3. Imala by Andy Amenechi. Two Brides and A Baby is one of best new movies out of Nollywood and done professionally. The thrilling story focuses on keche and Bankole, on what they thought was a perfect union. They planned for a beautiful wedding ceremony and hoped for a blissful life thereafter. , until the unexpected happens. Now they must together fight for what they believe in or forever lose their hope of a happy life together. Changing Faces is the first Nigerian movie dubbed in French to be shown in France and at the Cannes Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Africa Diaspora Film Festival in New York, Ecrans Noirs Film Festival in Cameroon, Zuma Film Festival in Abuja and at the Eko International Film Festival in Lagos. Nollywood diva Alex Lopez as Franca and Marc Baylis as Dale in "Changing Face...

Nollywood Star Alex Lopez’s role in Changing Faces and other movies If Chineze Anyaene’s IJÉ the Journey brought out the best in Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, then Faruk Lasaki’s Changing Faces did the same for Nollywood diva Alex Lopez. But the only difference is that she did not make a big splash over the challenging role she played as Franca the caring Nigerian wife of a brilliant white Architecture whiz kid Dale, a born again Christian whose dignity is accentuated by his fidelity. But Franca’s marriage hit the rocks when Dale met the sexy fun loving, free spirited and lively young reporter Lola at an Architectural conference in a beautiful hill top hotel in Ibadan. Imagine how you would feel if you caught your darling husband having raunchy sex with your housemaid. You can see how the whole drama played out when Changing Faces opens at the Silverbrd Cinemas and other cinemas on December 16, 2011. Many people don’t know that Alex’s father was Brazilian, but her moth...