The Semi-Professionals

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The Semi-Professionals follows four filmmakers as they talk about the movies you like and the movies you pretend to like in front of your friends. They dip in and out of conjecture, intoxication, and burning Industry bridges. Expect a gem, expect a fire. Light the beacons.

  1. 24/10/2023

    086 - Toy Story 3

    In the last episode of this season we close off the Toy Story trilogy. Logline: Before Andy leaves for college, his toys are mistakenly delivered to a day care centre. Woody convinces the other toys that they were not dumped and leads them on an expedition back home.

    1hr 36min

  2. 16/10/2023

    085 - Toy Story 2

    We are skipping Alphadog and going straight to Toy Story 2 released in 1999 starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack. Logline: When Woody is kidnapped by a greedy toy collector and is nowhere to be found, Buzz and his friends set out to rescue him. However, Woody gets tempted by the idea of becoming immortal in a museum.

    1hr 33min

  3. 09/10/2023

    084 - Toy Story

    We travel back in time to 1995 and watch Toy Story through the eyes of our younger selves. Logline: Andy's favourite toy, Woody, is worried that after Andy receives his birthday gift, a new toy called Buzz Lightyear, his importance may get reduced. He thus hatches a plan to eliminate Buzz.

    1hr 40min

  4. 02/10/2023

    083 - Chinatown

    We god damn near loose our noose on this weeks episode - and we like it, we like smelling with it. Tune into our review of Roman Polanski's Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Logline: Mrs Mulwray hires Detective Jake, who specializes in matrimonial cases, to spy on her husband, the builder of the city's water system. He finds himself in a web of deceit when Mr Mulwray dies.

    1hr 36min

  5. 25/09/2023

    082 - Signs

    M. Fortnight Shyamalan continues! Part 2: Signs starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix and Rory Culkin. Logline: Father Graham Hess and his family migrate to a farmhouse that later becomes the site of strange crop circles that suggest the existence of alien life.

    1hr 46min

  6. 18/09/2023

    081 - The Sixth Sense

    Welcome to what will go down in history as the best miniseries name: M. Fortnight Shyamalan - two weeks of M. Night movies in a row! Part 1: The Sixth Sense Logline: Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.

    1hr 34min

  7. 11/09/2023

    080 - Buffalo 66

    We speeeend or spaahhhhhn some time with Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci this week. Logline: Billy kidnaps a young dancer, Layla, and asks her to pretend to be his wife so that he can please his parents. While Layla is initially hesitant, she falls in love with him.

    1hr 40min

  8. 04/09/2023

    079 - Alien: Covenant

    We set out simply wanting to watch the original Alien movie - 5 weeks later we've burned through the whole saga and have reached the last one. Released in 2017 Alien: Covenant directed Ridley Scott is his final word in the Franchise starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Danny McBride. Logline: The crew of a colony ship, Covenant, receive a radio transmission from a habitable planet. However, they encounter deadly aliens while investigating the planet and try to escape.

    2h 17m
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The Semi-Professionals follows four filmmakers as they talk about the movies you like and the movies you pretend to like in front of your friends. They dip in and out of conjecture, intoxication, and burning Industry bridges. Expect a gem, expect a fire. Light the beacons.

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