Before work mode fully sets in on Monday (tomorrow), you still have few hours to relax body and soul with these movies of Hollywood and Nollywood extraction:
1. The Spongebob movie: Search for squarepant
Running time: 1hr 36mins
Starring: Sherry Cola, Tom Kenny, Tom Wilson, Regina Hall
Synopsis: SpongeBob journeys to the ocean’s depths to face the Flying Dutchman’s ghost, encountering challenges and uncovering marine mysteries.
2. Anaconda
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Aimee Bah, Jack Black, Lone Skye, Steve Zahn
Synopsis: Four childhood friends are going through a midlife crisis so they decide to remake their favorite horror movie from the 1990s in the Amazon. When a real giant anaconda shows up, they get more than what they bargain for and their comically chaotic movie making turns into a life-or-death situation.
3. Song Sung Blue
Running time: 2hrs 13mins
Starring: Fisher Stevens, Hugh Jackman, Mustafa Shaker
Synopsis: Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.
4. Colours Of Fire
Running time: 2hrs 5mins
Starring: Osas Ighodaro, Uzor Arukwe, Mercy Aigbe, Ibrahim Chatta
Synopsis: When a warrior is sent out to hunt a beast believed to be unleashed by his clan’s rivals, he uncovers a darker truth and an unexpected connection. Now he must decide, protect his clan’s honor or risk everything for a forbidden love that could unite or doom their worlds.
5. Oversabi Aunty
Running time: 1hr 40mins
Starring: Toyin Abraham, Enioluwa Adeoluwa, Toyin Afolayan, Tana Adelana
Synopsis: Toun, a self-righteous church usher obsessed with “fixing” others, turns family life into a moral battlefield. Her holy overzealousness peaks at a disastrous wedding introduction, forcing her to confront the chaos she’s created.
6. Avatar: Fire and Ash
Running time: 3hrs 15mins
Starring: Bailey Bass, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jack Champion
Synopsis: Jake and Neytiri’s family grapples with grief after Neteyam’s death, encountering a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges.
7. A Very Dirty Christmas
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Femi Branch, IK Ogbonna, Ini Edo, Lateef Adedimeji, Nancy Isime
Synopsis: A veil abruptly descends over the busy Shibuya area amid the bustling Halloween crowds, trapping countless civilians inside. In the aftermath, ten colonies across Japan are transformed into dens of curses.
8. Behind The Scenes
Running time: 2hrs 24mins
Starring: Ini Dima-Okojie, Tobi Bakre, Ibrahim Chatta, Destiny Etiko
Synopsis: Aderonke “Ronky-Fella” Faniran, a mother of two and successful real estate mogul, is loved for her generosity. But as everyone around her grows to expect her kindness, she gives until there’s nothing left, neglecting herself in the process.
9. Warlord: Olori Ogun
Running time: 2hrs 24mins
Starring: Odunlade Adekola, Biola Adebayo, Fathia Williams
Synopsis: When a tyrant bound to a bloodthirsty spirit tightens his grip on the land through slavery, a fearless challenger rises, unleashing a storm of blades, betrayal, and supernatural fury in the fight to reclaim freedom and destiny.
10. This Is Not A Nollywood Movie
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Wale Ojo, Bimbo Akintola, Chidi Mokeme, Olumide Oworu
Synopsis: Okechukwu Nwadibe, a washed-up director from Nnewi, dreams he’s won an Oscar and decides it’s a sign. With his ever-loyal friend Pius Godloves You, he heads to Lagos for a chaotic comeback. One bad decision leads to another until a shady loan from a gangster changes everything.