Here are some movies I found interesting last year, in no particular order.
Definitely my ‘series of the year’. The story of Ross Poldark and George Warleggan as they battle for love and power in ancient Cornwall.
My ‘movie of the year’. Directed by Denzel Washington. Made me weep like a child.
An exciting thriller for lovers of crime movies with unexpected plot twists. Outstanding performance by Anthony Hopkins.
A Northern-Nigeria drama that made for easy relaxation.
If you think you’ve seen the best of love-obsession and weirdo movies, then you’ve not seen baby reindeer yet.
A thriller for lovers of international politics and diplomacy.
When a player gets played in his own game. Quite interesting.
The original 1973 classic by Fredrick Forsyth. I’d seen it several times as a kid. Yet re-watching it half a century since it was first released still kept me at the edge of the seat. Best to watch it before seeing the recently released 2024 re-make.
A movie on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who developed the first nuclear weapon used in World War II. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” (He said this while witnessing the first atomic bomb explosion in Los Alamos, New Mexico on July 16, 1945). Oppenheimer also said, “They wont fear it until they understand it, and they won’t understand it until they have used it”.
The best movie I have seen come out of Nollywood. Simple and relatable, especially for middle-class Nigerians.
A movie on the Anglo-Irish feud.
The shocking reality of the economy of the opioid crisis in America.
A movie on ambition and contentment which begs the question of which matters more, unbridled ambition or contentment often perceived as failure? When do we stop wanting more?
Genius! The story of Alan Turing, the British mathematician who proposed that machines can think and set out to prove it. His invention was crucial to ending the second world war.
Based on a true life story, a woman who was shocked to the bones after discovering the ‘real life’ of her husband following his death.
A perfect ending to a formidable series.
Probably the best Hausa drama out there.
A continuation of Sons of the Caliphate.
What about you?