The Unprofessionals

S1E10 Video Games: The state of the industry

Mon, 05 May 2025 07:29:28 GMT

With our final bonus episode of Season 1, we take a little detour to talk about video games.

If you're not into video games, don't worry! We talk about the state of the industry, giving you a thorough summary of what's going o in that world.

We also highlight four of our favourite independent video games of 2024: sci-fi western Wild Bastards, art deco puzzler Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, cyberpunk racer Deathsprint 66, and North Sea horror Still Wakes the Deep.

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S1E9 Review of 2024 (part two)

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:05:00 GMT

The eagerly-awaited second part of our monster review of the entire year! This is 2024 in cinema.

We continue with our month-by-month highlights, September-December, picking up where we left off at the end of part one.

Then we round things off with our individual Top Threes!

Feel free to email us and tell us why we're wrong!

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S1E8 Review of 2024 (part one)

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This episode we undertake the mammoth task of reviewing the entire year 2024 in cinema.

We go through month-by-month with our highlights, in part one we cover January-August.

In part two, we'll finish off the year and end with our individual Top Threes!

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S1E7 Leeds International Film Festival 2024

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This episode, we discuss Leeds International Film Festival 2024.

We've got a few highlights from some of the short film programmes.

And then we've got a top ten countdown of our favourite feature films we caught at the festival.

Thanks to @leedsfilmfest for inviting us! Hope to see you again this year!

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S1E6 Deep Dive: The Curse

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:00:31 GMT

This episode we venture into TV Land for a deep dive into Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdi's uncomfortable and uncompromising The Curse.

In our DTLS section, we discuss the trailers for Venom: The Last Dance, The Penguin and Piece by Piece.

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S1E5 INMFYWTWT: Happiness

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:00:25 GMT

This episode, we present the inaugural It's Not My Fault You Want To Watch This, our format in which we discuss controversial films that might not be for everyone.

Maybe you know these films and rarely hear them discussed, or maybe this is your chance to hear about them mercifully, without actually having to watch them.

This INMFYWTWT is Todd Solondz' 1998 film Happiness.

In our DTLS section, we discuss the trailers for Mufasa, Twisters, The Quiet Place: Day One, and Megalopolis.

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S1E4 The Game of the Film: Silent Hill & Jacob's Ladder

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 05:00:14 GMT

This episode, we discuss the seminal survival horror videogame series Silent Hill (more specifically, Silent Hill 2) and one of its key inspirations, the 1990 horror film Jacob's Ladder.

In our DTLS section, we discuss the trailers for Wicked, Joker: Folie à Deux, MaXXXine and Sasquatch Sunset.

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S1E3 What we've been watching: Medusa Deluxe, Dune: Part Two, The Phantom Menace, Top Gun: Maverick

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:00:38 GMT

This episode, we discuss some recent watches.

Ben's been watching hairdressing whodunnit Medusa Deluxe and the infamous Jar Jar Binks star (Wars) vehicle The Phantom Menace.

Tom's also in space, but has swapped Star Wars for spice wars for Dune: Part Two - and he's seen Tom Cruise getting all high and mighty in Top Gun Maverick.

Our DTLS section features a special blooper take from

We discuss the trailers for Furiosa, Boy Kills World, Borderland and The Crow.

Check out Innuendo Studios' excellent video essay series on Mad Max: Fury Road here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJA_jUddXvY7EjlefWLnxCzLbBHU4Dz6R

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S1E2 Double Bill: Shin Godzilla & Nope

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:00:02 GMT

This episode, we discuss the Japanese kaiju comeback Shin Godzilla (2016) alongside Jordan Peele's extra-terrestrial horror Nope (2022)

Our DTLS section features a special blooper take from The Big Lebowski. We discuss the trailers for Inside Out 2, Knuckles, Monkey Man and the Ministry for Ungentlemanly Warfare.

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S1E1 Double Bill: Bone Tomahawk & Dead Man

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 05:00:31 GMT

This episode, we discuss the violent revisionist Western Bone Tomahawk (2015) alongside Jim Jarmusch's 1990 acid western Dead Man.

Our DTLS section features a special blooper take from Blade Runner. We discuss the trailers for Civil War, Alien Romulus (kinda?), Beverley Hills Cop: Axel F, Love Lies Bleeding and Mean Girls.

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Season 1 Teaser (The Outrun & House)

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:26:04 GMT

Welcome to The Unprofessionals!

This episode is a teaser for Season 1, coming November 2024.

We talk about where we came from and what to expect.

Email us at wearetheunprofessionals@gmail.com

We are Ben Jackson and Tom Lofkin

Show art by Ben Jackson

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