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THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021)
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach and Sean Keenan. Directed by Jane Campion.

Wealthy Montana brothers Phil and George Burbank are two sides of one coin. Phil is graceful, brilliant and cruel where George is stolid, fastidious and gentle. Together they are joint owners of the biggest ranch in the Montana valley. It is a place where men are still men, the rapidly modernizing 20th century is kept at bay and where the figure of Bronco Henry, the greatest cowboy Phil ever knew, is revered. When George secretly marries local widow Rose (Dunst), a shocked and angry Phil wages a sadistic, relentless war to destroy her entirely using her effeminate son Peter as a pawn. Jane Campion has written the adaptation of the Thomas Savage 1967 novel of the same name.

REVIEWS The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion returns with a magnificent epic on the human heart

ANTLERS (2021)
Starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Cody Davis, Sawyer Jones and Arlo Hajdu. Directed by Scott Cooper.

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover that a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.

JUNGLE CRUISE (2021)
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Edgar Ramírez, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti, Dani Rovira, Sulem Calderon, Veronica Falcón and Andy Nyman. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

An adventure-filled, rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila - his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities - possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank and their fate - and mankind’s - hangs in the balance.

REVIEWS Jungle Cruise - Sailing into a new Disney classic adventure

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021)
Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Graham Lutes, Martin Sheen, Darrell Britt-Gibson and Dominique Thorne. Directed by Shaka King.

FBI informant William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson. Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commands?

REVIEWS Judas and the Black Messiah - Revolutionary true story of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s

VICE (2018)
Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk and Lisagay Hamilton. Directed by Adam McKay.

The fascinating true story of Vice President Dick Cheney. After being employed by the Bush campaign in 2000 to find the best candidates for vice president, Cheney settles on himself for the role, going on to claim more power than any vice president in history.

REVIEWS Vice - A potentially promising film buried under confusion and noise

GAME NIGHT (2018)
Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Lamorne Morris, Sharon Horgan, Kylie Bunbury and Chelsea Peretti. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein.

A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.

REVIEWS Game Night - A gleefully inventive checkmate comedy caper

AMERICAN MADE (2017)
Starring Tom Cruise, Dohmnall Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Sarah Wright, Domhnall Gleeson, Lola Kirke, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Connor Trinneer and April Billingsley. Directed by Doug Liman.

A pilot recruited by the CIA finds himself in charge of the one of the biggest covert operations in the history of the United States.

THE PROGRAM (2015)
Starring Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman and Elaine Cassidy. Directed by Stephen Frears.

The film charts the thrilling rise of pro-cyclist Lance Armstrong through the ‘90s and early 2000s, battling cancer, as he and his fellow American teammates dominate and change the quintessentially European sport of cycling. Winning the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times, Lance retires as one of the great sporting heroes of our time, and worth millions of dollars. Sports writer David Walsh is at first charmed by Lance’s charisma and talent, but as he probes further, he believes the world is being sold a lie. After speaking out about his concerns, Walsh finds himself ostracised by the cycling community. As a lone voice he perseveres, but it will be several years before Lance is exposed.

REVIEWS The Program - The man, the myth, the legend, the lies

BLACK MASS (2015)
Starring Joel Edgerton, Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Sienna Miller, Dakota Johnson, Rory Cochrane, Julianne Nicholson and Adam Scott. Directed by Scott Cooper.

In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.

REVIEWS Black Mass - Not quite the film it thinks it is
Black Mass - A fascinating yet ultimately unsatisfying crime epic