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  • ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Press Conference

    (L to R) Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Allen White, and Bruce Springsteen attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.
    (L to R) Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Allen White, and Bruce Springsteen attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

    ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere‘ tells the story of famous musician Bruce Springsteen during the time in his life when he was writing the album Nebraska, and struggling to deal with trauma from his past.

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    Moviefone attended an in-person press conference in support of the film, which featured stars Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, musician Bruce Springsteen, and writer/director Scott Cooper. The group shared behind-the-scenes details about the filming of the movie and why now is the right time to tell this story.

    Related Article: Movie Review: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’

    1) Bruce Springsteen Reveals Why Now Is The Right Time For ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’

    Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.
    Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

    Bruce Springsteen is one of the most beloved and well known musicians in the entire world, so of course he has been approached many times by filmmakers who wish to create a biopic telling his life story. During the press conference, Bruce Spingsteen explains why now is the right time, and why this movie is the right one.

    Bruce Springsteen: I like the idea that it really is not quite a music biopic. It’s actually a character-driven drama with some music. So that appealed to me. And also, it’s only a small slice of a period of time in my life when I was 31 and 32 and I was going through some first of some difficult times. And Scott [Cooper] came down and I met Scott along with Warren Zanes, who was the writer of the book, Deliver Me From Nowhere. And we just sat around and talked for an afternoon. I got a feeling from Scott that he knew exactly the kind of picture that he wanted to make. It was very in line with the type of record that Nebraska was. It was a picture that was going to feel, a studio picture that felt like an independent picture. I knew from Scott’s films, which I’d seen, that he had a real talent for capturing blue-collar life, which I was, despite some of the success I’d had, I was still really living in New Jersey and in my community that I grew up in.

    2) Jeremy Allen White & Jeremy Strong Were Thrilled To Get To Work With One Another

    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau have a very good friendship, and have for many years, that is built on trust and support. Jeremy Allen White, who plays Bruce Springsteen, and Jeremy Strong, who plays Jon Landau, were excited to get to work with one another in such close capacity for ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’.

    Jeremy Allen White: I have been an admirer of Jeremy’s for a long time. I might have sent him a message through a mutual friend of ours at one point hoping we would do something together and then when I learned Jeremy was going to do this, I was very excited. But we hadn’t spent time together before we got together to shoot one of the scenes, which was at the diner. Everything fell into place. I trusted Jeremy. I trusted that he had and understanding of the relationship and I trusted that his understanding would be similar to my own because of Scott’s words and also because of the men we have been able to look to and because of the relationship that they have had for so long.

    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.
    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

    Jeremy Strong: I agree. There as an ease to it. I’ve admired the hell out of Jeremy and I think he’s a fearless actor. A bone marrow honest actor. There is a natural affinity between us. I had a sense that he might work in a similar way, approach it in a similar way. I knew he would be committed.

    3) Bruce Springsteen Explains Odessa Young’s Character & What She Means To Him

    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Odessa Young as Faye in 20th Century Studios' Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Odessa Young as Faye in 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    Odessa Young’s character in the film, Faye, is not an actual person from Bruce Springsteen’s life, but rather a combination of several people that impacted his life during this time.

    Bruce Springsteen: I was a guy at the time who, I knew what I was doing for three hours every night. I didn’t have a clue as to what I was doing the other 21. Odessa’s Faye in the film, she symbolizes the potential and the possibilities of those other 21 hours that I was incapable of taking advantage of at the time. But she holds down a very, very important part of the film as she is the symbol of a real life and another life that was waiting for me out there that I wasn’t able to find until much later in my life. And she did such a wonderful job of it. So I thank you.

    4) Jeremy Allen White Had Bruce Springsteen Record Himself Reading Scenes From The Script To Help Him Craft The Character

    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.
    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

    In order to help better understand Bruce Springsteen, and the mental state that he was in during this time in his life, Jeremy Allen White asked him to record himself reading a few different scenes from the script.

    Jeremy Allen White: I’d been listening to his voice. There were a couple interviews from 1980 I had been listening to a lot and his voice is a little bit different. But I really wanted to hear his accent. So, Bruce recorded himself reading a couple of scenes from the movie. I would listen every morning to Bruce’s reading from a couple of these different scenes. Each of the different characters was one with Adele Springsteen, [played by] Gaby Hoffman, and there was one with Jon. I wanted to hear if there was any change in voice with each of the different characters. That was so nice.

    5) Jeremy Allen White Was Thankful Bruce Springsteen Was So Generous With His Time

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    Jeremy Allen White wanted to be able to do this difficult time in Bruce Springsteen’s life justice, so he was thrilled to be able to work closely with him and have him available if he had questions.

    Jeremy Allen White: We spent a little bit of time together prior to filming. But because we didn’t know how much Bruce and Jon were going to be around prior to filming, that was the time we had. And then in that first week, I was really excited to have Bruce around, but also, of course, a little bit intimidated. I think what came with it was, I was very head down and I think fragile, trying to just do justice to the story and to Bruce. Bruce being there, for me, there was a lot of permission there. It felt good that he was there as a guide. The whole time I was making this movie, I was really pushing and searching. And it was so wonderful to have Bruce’s support and voice behind me.

    Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.
    Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

    Bruce Springsteen: The truth is, Jeremy’s been very modest about his preparation because he came in fully prepared, maybe asked me one or two questions. I had no idea what his preparation had been. He just, day one came, he went on the set and started his performance. And I just watched in amazement. 

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    What is the plot of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?

    Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past as he makes a raw, haunted acoustic album titled ‘Nebraska.’

    Who is in the cast of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?

  • Movie Review: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    Opening in theaters October 24 is ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,’ written for the screen and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffman, Marc Maron, and David Krumholtz.

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    Initial Thoughts

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    There are so many biopics – musical and otherwise –flying around these days that it’s hard for any single one to stand out from the pack. Scott Cooper’s ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ – about the making of the Boss’ immersive, bleak 1982 lo-fi masterpiece ‘Nebraska’ – manages to make its mark for about half its two-hour running time.

    The part that chronicles Bruce Springsteen’s creative process, as well as the struggle for his manager, his engineers, his label, and finally a depressed Bruce himself to understand what he’s doing, is fascinating and even powerful. The other half of the film – about a pointless romance with a single mom and the now-overdone cliches about the protagonist coming to terms with an abusive, non-loving father – are painful to slog through, especially since they try and fail to tie themselves to the more successful narrative about the album.

    Story and Direction

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    The movie opens in black and white, at Bruce’s childhood home in Freehold, New Jersey in 1957, where we learn in quick succession that his mom and dad fight (which, it’s implied, gets physical), that his dad is a drunk, and that these flashbacks are reappear like commercial breaks. It’s a smash cut from there to the stage of Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum in 1981, where the now-adult Bruce (Jeremy Allen White) finishes off his latest massive tour. Afterward, manager Jon Landau (Jeremy Strong) tells Bruce – and us, in the first of many heavy-handed lumps of expository dialogue that Scott Cooper dumps in Strong’s lap – that they should start thinking about what’s next.

    And Bruce does just that, moving into a secluded house deep in the woods of Colt’s Neck, New Jersey to begin working on new songs. His influences go far and wide – everything from movies like ‘Badlands’ and ‘The Night of the Hunter’ to the stories of Flannery O’Connor to his real-life glimpses of exhausted, dead-eyed working people sitting in diners (Cooper does capture the worn-down milieu of South Jersey in the ‘80s quite well) – and soon coalesce into a collection of haunting, sparse folk songs about the dark underside of American life that eventually becomes ‘Nebraska.’

    That story, as well as the tricky gauntlet that Bruce runs to ultimately convince his manager and his inner circle that he wants to release the songs – recorded on a four-track machine in his bedroom – as is, without the involvement of the E Street Band and without releasing any singles, is the most interesting and lively part of a generally somber movie. But a lot of time is spent on the unresolved, cliched father-son conflict that Cooper tries to staple to the content of ‘Nebraska’ (which stands up quite well without it) and which we’ve seen so many times before that it’s now entered eye-rolling territory (which is not to make light of abusive fathers with substance abuse problems; it’s just that the movie doesn’t do anything new with it).

    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Odessa Young as Faye in 20th Century Studios' Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Odessa Young as Faye in 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    Also wasting our time is the romance with a local Asbury Park waitress (Odessa Young), who tells us – in another example of bad, trite writing – that she knows what she’s getting into with a sulky rock star who tends to disappear for weeks on end and then undermines that by behaving like it’s not what she expected. It’s a thankless character and storyline made even more insulting by the fact that it was made up for the movie, because somebody felt that Springsteen needed a love story.

    The creative and business aspects of the film – Bruce writing the songs (a groanworthy moment or two aside, like when he writes ‘Mansion on the Hill’ after flashing back to his dad taking him to see…guess what), Landau reacting to the songs, Landau politely telling the head of the record label to get stuffed if he has a problem with what Bruce is serving up, and the struggle to master the record so that it sounds exactly as the Boss wants it – are quietly terrific. The rest, including a 10-minute tacked-on coda after the real ending that delves into therapy and borders on ridiculous, is not really worthy of this artist or the masterful album around which the film is constructed.

    Cast and Performances

    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    (L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    He doesn’t really look like the Boss, but Jeremy Allen White does capture something of his essence – and when the light or camera captures him a certain way, he almost resembles the man himself. But if he’s a little too broody on occasion, White’s rasp/whisper and body language still tell a lot about the inner turmoil and depression that both hinder and drive the artist. It’s an understated, nuanced performance that avoids the showiness of so many biopic marquee roles.

    Equally effective is Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau. Although he’s cursed with some of the movie’s clunkiest dialogue, Strong channels the restrained resolve of one of rock’s most famous managers – gently pushing his client toward what needs to be done to continue their success, but knowing when to pull back and never showing anything but devotion to his client’s needs to the outside world. His warmth and love for Springsteen shine through as well, making their relationship one of the movie’s pillars. It’s also a nice change of pace for Strong after playing the vile Roy Cohn in ‘The Apprentice.’

    The rest of the cast don’t have much to work with but do as well as they can. Odessa Young is very good but her character amounts to little as the woman who must be sacrificed at the altar of art, while Stephen Graham grunts and trudges his way through an essentially one-note character. The best of the supporting cast is Paul Walter Hauser as Bruce’s engineer, Mike Batlan, bringing some much-needed levity to a somber piece.

    Final Thoughts

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    It’s interesting to compare ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ to last year’s brilliant Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown.’ The latter captures Dylan as the symbolic leader of a sea change in culture and music, while remaining an enigma. The former tries to paint Springsteen as a mystery too, but with the focus on him and not the way he changes the world around him, its impact is not nearly as powerful – especially when Scott Cooper brings more shopworn plot devices into the narrative.

    Cringy dialogue like Bruce saying ‘That makes one of us,’ when a car salesman whispers conspiratorially, ‘I know who you are’ only steers this portrait of the Boss dangerously close to self-serving, performative mopiness, although White thankfully pulls it back with the sincerity of his work. If only more of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ were as sincere.

    ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ receives a score of 60 out of 100.

    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    What is the plot of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?

    Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past as he makes a raw, haunted acoustic album titled ‘Nebraska.’

    Who is in the cast of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?

    • Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen
    • Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau
    • Paul Walter Hauser as Mike Batlan
    • Stephen Graham as Douglas Springsteen
    • Odessa Young as Faye Romano
    • Gaby Hoffmann as Adele Springsteen
    • Marc Maron as Chuck Plotkin
    • David Krumholtz as Al Teller
    • Johnny Cannizzaro as Steven Van Zandt
    • Matthew Pellicano Jr. as young Bruce Springsteen

  • Movie Review: ‘The Order’

    Jude Law in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Jude Law in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    Opening in theaters on December 6th, ‘The Order’ finds Jude Law starring in the based-on-truth story of a committed, troubled FBI agent who digs into reports of a white supremacist group changing their tactics and led by charismatic individual.

    We’re not short of stories that have their roots in real life, this one shapes up to be particularly intriguing, partly because, despite its 1980s setting, it has resonance in today’s particularly divided political world.

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    Will ‘The Order’ Command You to Watch it?

    Nicholas Hoult in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Nicholas Hoult in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    Australian director Justin Kerzel has made it something of a specialty bringing based-on-truth movies to screens, though often with a twist. Here, he lets the persuasive, tough real-life story do most of the heavy lifting, casting well and letting all the main players be layered rather than stereotypical examples of, say, white supremacists or FBI agents.

    Yes, there are some expected moments, but for the most part, Kurzel and his creative team keep you engaged with a screenplay that crackles with energy and tension, driven by some stellar acting.

    Script and Direction

    (L to R) Director Justin Kurzel and Jude Law on the set of 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    (L to R) Director Justin Kurzel and Jude Law on the set of ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    The script for ‘The Order’ comes from Zach Baylin (who has had mixed fortunes of late –– solid success with ‘King Richard,’ but he also contributed to recent huge flop ‘The Crow’), here adapting Kevin Flynn’s book ‘The Silent Brotherhood.’

    He finds the right notes to hit following a dogged investigator drawn into something truly malicious in a small town, crafting characters based on the real people who feel like lived-in humans with their foibles intact.

    Jude Law in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Jude Law in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    Kurzel brings that script to life with style and panache, but no little sense of the gritty life some of these people lead, but also relishing the beautiful Pacific Northwest backdrops against which some terrible acts take place. As the plot begins to deepen and twist, he keeps it all on track, getting fine work out of his cast and making sure to stay grounded.

    If there’s a criticism to be found it is that, like some other recent movies, it occasionally feels flabby, but once the characters are back to figuring each other out, the interest level soon picks back up.

    Performances

    Jude Law as Terry Husk

    Jude Law in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Jude Law in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    Husk is well-named, since when we meet him, he’s on the verge of being a husk of a man; burned out by the job and with his family hanging on by a thread. Yet he’s also devoted and passionate about tracking down the violent criminals at the heart of the film and Law finds the right take-no-BS attitude to bring him to life.

    This is far from a noble knight in shining armor, more a dedicated public servant frustrated by those around him and not afraid to let that show in encounters with cops and fellow agents.

    Nicholas Hoult as Bob Matthews

    Nicholas Hoult in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Nicholas Hoult in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    Hoult’s fresh-faced charisma works well for Matthews, the devious yet charming white supremacist who inspires others to terrible deeds while also carrying out some of his own.

    You won’t sympathize with the man’s ideals, but you will understand while people would be willing to follow him, and Hoult is great at both his violent extremes and the quieter moments he shares with family (and, er lover, who is expecting his child.)

    Tye Sheridan as Jamie Bowen

    Tye Sheridan in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Tye Sheridan in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    The local deputy who has his own reasons for A) loathing the white supremacists who have invaded his town and B) frustrations at the lack of progress in dealing with them before Husk shows up is a great counterpoint to both the FBI agent and Matthews.

    Sheridan pitches him well as both eager but also wary.

    Supporting Cast

    Jurnee Smollett in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    Jurnee Smollett in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    Jurnee Smollett certainly gets her share of standout moments as Joanne Carney, the FBI agent who takes over leading the case and clashes with Husk’s more forceful approach as hers tends to favor a by-the-book approach.

    Likewise Alison Oliver and Odessa Young, who play Matthews’ wife and lover respectively; both have believable chemistry with Hoult and are convincing in their roles. Veteran character Victor Slezak, meanwhile, makes the most of a smaller role as hate-spewing (but less violent-leaning than Matthews church leader Richard Butler, who becomes key to the case on both sides.

    Final Thoughts

    (L to R) Jude Law and Jurnee Smollett in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    (L to R) Jude Law and Jurnee Smollett in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

    It might not be quite up there with Kurzel’s best true-crime offerings, but ‘The Order’ certainly has a lot to recommend it if you’re a fan of tenacious law enforcement officers trying to take down a threat that impacts locally but promises to affect the country as a whole.

    And given the state of the nation, culture and politics in particular, it has a lot to say about how hatred curdles into violence and what we all need to be more careful of spotting in our own communities.

    ‘The Order’ receives 7.5 out of 10 stars.

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    What’s the plot of ‘The Order’?

    In 1983, a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest.

    As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Jude Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe the crimes were not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals but a group of dangerous domestic terrorists, inspired by a radical, charismatic leader (Nicholas Hoult), plotting a devastating war against the federal government of the United States.

    Who stars in ‘The Order?

    (L to R) Jude Law, Jurnee Smollett and Tye Sheridan in 'The Order'. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.
    (L to R) Jude Law, Jurnee Smollett and Tye Sheridan in ‘The Order’. Photo: Amazon MGM Studios.

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  • ‘The Stand’ TV Series Is Getting a New Ending and Adds James Marsden, Amber Heard

    ‘The Stand’ TV Series Is Getting a New Ending and Adds James Marsden, Amber Heard

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    The upcoming limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” is getting a new ending — from the author himself.

    The CBS All-Access project also added four actors to the cast in key roles, including James Marsden and Amber Heard.

    “The Stand” is set in a world decimated after an apocalyptic pandemic and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. But they must contend with a man of unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.

    King will write the show’s finale episode, which will include “a new coda that won’t be found in the book” that will reveal more about what happened to the survivors.

    As for the new cast members, they are led by “Westworld” star Marsden, who will portray Stu Redman, “an ordinary working-class factory man in an extraordinary situation with a damaged quality to him that belies his exterior.”

    “Aquaman” star Heard will play Nadine Cross, “a deeply conflicted woman who feels the consequences of her actions, but is still compelled by her allegiance to Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.”

    Odessa Young (“A Million Little Pieces”) will play Frannie Goldsmith, “a pregnant young woman navigating a strange new world, who also has the foresight to recognize that there is evil lurking beyond the Dark Man.”

    Henry Zaga (“13 Reasons Why”) will portray Nick Andros, “a young deaf and mute man who finds himself in a position of authority when the unthinkable happens. He has a habit of risking his own well-being for the safety of others.”

    No premiere date has been set by CBS All-Access.