Author name: Akunye Michael

Akunye Michael is Managing Editor of themovietrain.com. He is also a film critic, script writer, director and a digital marketing consultant. He has acquired several years of writing contents for Chaels Media rebranded as The Movie Train as well as providing digital marketing services to firms.

Sharon Ooja disassociates herself from the controversial synopsis of the movie ‘The Modern Woman’.

The movie which features actress Sharon Ooja had it poster released on 3rd July, 2023. The synopsis on the poster got a lot of people talking, calling it problematic and controversial. The original synopsis of the movie reads; “After settling down with the man of her dreams, a young woman rethinks her decision when she […]

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‘Black Harvest’ trailer: Director James Amuta tells the story of the booming organ harvesting business.

The filmmaker has released the trailer for his upcoming movie ‘Black Harvest. The trailer teases what is to come in the full movie. From the trailer, humans are kidnapped and ransoms are demanded from their families. The trailer also touched on how the organ harvesting business is booming. People are kidnapped and their organs harvested

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Crime and Justice: Nairobi Review (season 1): fighting crime in an unjust legal system.

The saying that ‘everyone is equal before the law’ is fast becoming a cliché as justice has become expensive and offered to the highest bidder. In most societies across Africa, the poor are the only people who go to jail for their crimes. The rich who probably commits more heinous crimes walk free. It therefore

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The husband I married is no more there; but I still love him: – Joke Silva.

Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, known professionally as Olu Jacobs has been suffering from dementia since 2021. Wife of Olu Jacobs, Silva Joke has disclosed a few things about her husband’s dementia. Speaking in an interview with Nancy Isime, Joke talked about how challenging her husband’s condition has become. She added that the experience has been difficult

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My Terminator films predicted the future of A.I: Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold Schwarzenegger who has recently been appointed as the Chief Action Officer at Netflix said the concept of A.I “is not any more fantasy or kind of futuristic. It is here today.” Schwarzenegger is famously know for embodying artificial intelligence in his terminator films. The terminator movies by James Cameron and starring Schwarzenegger look at

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‘Indiana Jones 5’ flops in China with an opening of $2.3m at the Box Office.

Although Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had a modest $60 million domestic debut, it completely tanked in China, where moviegoers have little to no emotional ties to the venerable adventure brand. Although there were never high hopes for the Disney and Lucasfilm tentpole in China, its $2.3 million opening weekend is significantly below

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Actor Richard Mofe-Damijo, and other four Nigerian Filmmakers join Oscars Board.

The Nigeria Film Industry popularly know as Nollywood is one of the largest film industries in the world. Nollywood releases about 2000 movies yearly, some of which are streaming on Netflix, and Showmax. Richard Mofe-Damijo, director CJ Obasi, producer Jade Osiberu, and writers Kunle Afolayan and Shola Dada have been chosen to join the Oscars

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The crew was in ‘absolute terror’ as Tom Cruise does the Speed-Flying stunt in Mission: Impossible 7 – Director.

As fans around the world anxiously wait for July 12 to hit the theaters, the crew are recounting their experiences on set. A Tom Cruise movie will be incomplete without one of his signature dangerous stunts. In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part one, director Christopher McQuarrie has described one of Tom Cruise’s stunts as

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Yuji Sakamoto, Cannes Best Screenplay award winner lands a five-year deal with Netflix.

Yuji Sakamoto is a writer and director who started receiving awards as young as 19 years of age. He is know for his work on Monster, which earned him a Best Screenplay award at this year’s Cannes Festival. The 56 years old writer-director in April also received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon. Many

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Black Panther Hero Chadwick Boseman gets a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

Following his fight with colon cancer, the 43-year-old Marvel star passed away in 2020, prompting an outpouring of tributes from the whole entertainment sector and the world at large. Along with other well-known actors, Boseman shares a Walk of Fame star with Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, Wonder Woman actors Gal Gadot and Chris Pine,

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