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The Story Of Love Against All Odds With A Supernatural Twist.

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Director: Martyn le Roux

Review Rating: 7 out of 10

On the trail of a rare species of ghost frog in the South African outback, paranormal investigator George Coetzee (Francois Coertze) meets a mysterious woman and discovers a supernatural existence he never dreamed of.

Due to the solitary nature of his job, George is a lonely man. The popularity of his paranormal Ghost Hunter-type show notwithstanding, George likes to challenge himself and prove to him and others that the supernatural really is out there. But his encounter with Samantha (Chantelle Werth) after she saves him in the Tankwa will shake up even his beliefs in the otherly worlds.

Modern stories of doomed love between humans and supernatural creatures, werewolves in particular, are often romanticized to the point of nauseam. Not so with Skinwalker, for while Samantha does save George and is kind if not distant to him, she does everything but take a chunk out of him to get him to stay away from her. This somehow seems to be George’s particular kink, for once he is back in relative civilization, George obsesses for months over finding the beautiful and dangerous woman of the Tankwa who saved his ridiculous life.

However, since George is an investigator and simply can’t seem to help himself, to find Samantha again he enlists the help of a few friends from previous cases – motor-cycle-riding Freddy (Hayley Pieters), who sympathizes with George but warns him against unhealthy obsessions yet again, and Captain Combrink (Wikus De Kock), a disgraced police officer who was in charge of the original case of the deaths of Samanthas entire family.

It seems Samantha’s father Professor Charles Symington was on a dig in South America and got himself into some deep trouble involving skulls, local legends and a nasty what-looked-like animal attack. And like any doting father, he brought his curse home to share with his beloved family.

The story of love against all odds between George and Samantha, a human and a werewolf she states damningly is forever a monster, is by turns charming and beautifully sad. Despite all that Samantha did to make George not love her, and everything George did to desperately stay by her side, in the end they simply could not be together forever. But like all great love tragedies, a legacy is left behind to ensure neither George nor Samantha will ever be truly forgotten.

The cinematography could use a bit of refinement and the CGI for the werewolf transformations left a lot to be desired, but then I’m a purist and would have preferred makeup and practical effects. A breakout performance from South African director Martyn le Roux, whom we hope to see more of in the future!

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The Les Files With John C McGinley

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In the studio today, Les gets to talk to legendary actor John C. McGinley who’s been a force on the stage and the screen. Hollywood has him on speed dial to play certain iconic roles that move the story such as Tom Card in Burn Notice, Brian Kelton on Chicago PD. Now the showrunners of the beloved cop sitcom Brooklyn 99 have brought him in to play Head to the Patrolman’s Union and lover of all things Billy Joel, Frank O’Sullivan. This new character is the antagonist for the final season of Brooklyn 99 and he’s a cross between Archie Bunker and Yosemite Sam.

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Transformers Rise Of The Beast will definitely be a movie I’m going to watch repeatedly.

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This was an epic movie overall. What else can I say without giving spoilers? Not a lot else, unfortunately, but I will try. So the start was interesting as it takes place in 1994, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes the audience on a globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduces a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals –  to join them as allies in the existing battle for Earth. There are quite a few hidden gems to look for. The humor in this one was excellent definitely the 90s were everywhere in this movie.


The action was awesome as a Transformers movie should be and it does have a decent storyline. The film also has Great references to the older Transformer properties as well. As a major fan of the beast war series, it was awesome to see that version of the universe brought to the big screen. However, there were some moments of eh, been done many times. But just a couple despite being another Transformers movie. but this one did give more life to the series for me to be intrigued to see where it goes. The movie is a good 2 hours long so it goes at a good pace.


But with that being the only bad thing, in my opinion, it is a great theater movie. I think it added some freshness to the franchise. That with a nice blend of the 90s nostalgia. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. This is Chris, an honest review writer until the next movie, see you next time.

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Justice League: Warworld Official Trailer

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Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to War World, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.

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