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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

"Most of the world is without a cinema hall. That will all change! One village, one cinema. Why not?" ~Anthony Tate, Virgina, U.S.A. As much as we appreciate the revival of the movie theatre culture in Nigeria with thanks to the Silverbird Cinemas and Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, we would be happier to use cinemas to break social class barriers and build bridges of unity among communities for the common benefit of the society and not to pander to the aristocratic tastes of the rich minority in Nigeria to the detriment of the poor majority. Cinema has never been an elitist medium of communication. Cinema is a tool for public entertainment and enlightenment and has been very effective and imperative in mass literacy campaigns in developed and developing countries for decades. Cinemas made Hollywood the film capital of the world buoyed by over 38,605 indoor screens in 5,561 sites and 628 Drive-In screens in 381 sites in the US, the largest in the world. Presently in Nigeria movie the...

South Africa's Ster-Kinekor Theatres is the largest cinema chain in Africa, followed by Egypt's Al Arabia International and Nu Metro Cinemas of South Africa. Nigeria's Silverbird Cinemas and Genesis Deluxe Cinemas are also increasing the numbers of their cinemas from Nigeria to Ghana and other countries in Africa. Cinemas are central to the growth of the film industry and Ster-Kinekor Theatres and Nu Metro Cinemas have sustained the growth of the appreciation of cinemas in South Africa and other African countries. Ster Kinekor Theatres is South Africa's largest cinema exhibitor. They offer 31 Ster Kinekor Junction value cinemas and 6 Ster Kinekor Classic cinemas countrywide, totalling more than 400 screens and 60 000 seats. Cinema Nouveau offers 7 cinemas countrywide, where patrons can experience 'art' movies. At The Zone in Rosebank and at the Gateway complex, patrons can also experience films on special 3D screens. The Ster Kinekor Movie Club...

The much awaited Nigerian premiere of Rahman Oladigbolu's award winning film In America: The Story Of The Soul Sisters comes up on Thursday September 8, 2011, at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas at The Palms in Lekki, Lagos. Popular award winning American actor Jimmy Jean-Louis is Tai Ojo in this movie that has been described as one of the best movies by African filmmakers in the Diaspora. Rahman, a graduate of Quincy College and Harvard University is also the author of On Holy Pilgrimage: A Long Journey for Freedom . In America: The Story Of The Soul Sisters won the 2011 seventh Edition of the Annual African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for the Best Film for African Abroad and the Best Emerging Filmmaker's Award at the 2010 Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. "It is a masterpiece that showcases the ignoble sub-culture where illegal immigrants are forced to exist in the US. It chronicles the terrible and dishonorable lifestyle th...