We travel 500 years back in time to Yucatan, Mexico where we watch heads roll down pyramid steps in Mel Gibson's 2008 action-adventure drama Apocalypto.

Logline: Jaguar Paw, a young man, is captured by rulers of the Mayan kingdom. When they decide to sacrifice him, he makes a plan to escape death.

Strapped to our beds and with both legs hobbled, we this week talk about Rob Reiners 1990 thriller "Misery".

Logline: A best-selling novelist is on his way home after completing his latest book when he meets with a car accident. He is rescued by an obsessed fan, only to discover that he is her prisoner.

HOOO-AAAAH! Today we revisit a classic dad flick. Ridley Scotts 2001 action drama "Black Hawk Down"

Logline: Captain Mike Steele leads a team of nearly 100 US Army Rangers who travel to the capital city of Mogadishu to catch the top two lieutenants of a Somali warlord.

We are back for season 3 of The Semi-Professionals and we start things off with a banger! Today we travel to a different part of the world in Ansghar Farhadi's 2011 drama "A Separation"

Logline: Nader and Simin, a married couple, live in Iran with their daughter Termeh. Simin wants to move out of the country, but Nader is reluctant to do so as he wants to take care of his ailing father.

This week we discuss Roger Spottiswoode's 1997 take on a Bond Film in "Tomorrow Never Dies" starring the reason why we find ourselves watching these movies in the first place. Pierce bloody Brosnan himself! And others...

Logline: James Bond, an undercover agent, sets out to prevent a media baron, Elliot Carver, from waging a war between China and the United Kingdom after he gets summoned by the Secret Intelligence Service.

The name is Bond, James Bond! 

Today we pick apart apart Pierce Brosnan's first James Bond flick, which was released back in 1995 and directed by Martin Campbell.

Logline: Agent 007, along with Natalia Simonav, travels to Russia to locate the satellite nuclear weapon stolen by Alec, a former agent, who Bond believed was dead.

Our second ever animated film review is DreamWorks' 2006 smash hit "Over The Hedge" directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick.

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A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating...and learns a lesson about family himself.

This week we take a look at Tony Kaye's 1998 crime drama "American History X" starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong.

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Derek, who has served three years in prison for a hate crime, tries to change the thoughts of his brother, Danny, who is following the same path.