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THE MOVIE ABOUT notorious Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is making its premiere tonight in his home city.
A private screening of “Black Mass” is scheduled for the Coolidge Corner Theater with star co-stars Johnny Depp and Dakota Johnson expected to attend.
The movie is based on the book of the same name by former Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill.
It follows the life of the former Irish-American crime boss who is currently serving a life sentence in prison for a string of murders in the 1970s and ’80s.
The conclusion of Bulger’s trial brought to a close a case that exposed FBI corruption so deep that many people across the city thought he would never be brought to justice.
‘Black Mass’ made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It’s not the first time Bulger has been given the Hollywood treatment with Jack Nicolson’s character in The Departed, Frank Costello, loosely based on the mobster.
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I’ve been waiting for this movie for ages …I hope it’s up there with good fellas and casino ..only film I’ve looking forward to this year
It’ll do very well to be up there with those two classics.
@ Tony O’Leary
there is more to life than watching human sewage breaking the law
Johnnie depp first good movie in over 10 years.
You’ve seen it ?
Yes I was on set
Ed Wood is his best
Johnny Depp is so over rated. I hate the way they use makeup to make him look like an older man. Were there no good actors who were actually of that age who could play the part? Reminds me of Leo in J Edgar, horrific.
That’s actually what Johnny Depp looks like now. He usually wears make-up and a wig.
You could be right.
Maybe so but with shades on he is frighteningly the spit of Bulger
@ BevinArmageddon
Depp was on the Graham Norton show last night. He was ashamed of himself. One minute he was speaking about helping sick kids by dressing up as jack sparrow.. then minutes later getting a round of applause for playing an animal like Bulger
Read the book about a month ago. Two of my work colleagues have borrowed it off me and agree that it was excellent. looking forward to see if the film does it justice
Looks like a decent film but Depp’s make-up is ridiculous
I disagree I think it looks authentic. And apparently his performance is exceptional.
No ones mentioned this yet so I will. In terms of appearance Johnny Depp could hardly be more miscast if he was playing Nelson Mandela. It’s not only that he’s well outside the correct age range, at at least half Cherokee he’s not even the right race, and it shows.
It’s like a switch around of the time they got John Wayne to play Gengis Kahn, a casting choice that is widely regarded as being one of the worst in Hollywood history.
I’m sorry to say I think I’ll have to give this a miss in the cinema, the makeup they had to use to try to make him look believable would be more a distraction that anything else.
Ah c’mon it’s not that bad. Besides, if the studio finds out you won’t be going to see it, they might decide not to bother releasing the film at all.
I’ve heard the murders in it are staged, absolute rubbish. Won’t be going, that’ll teach Hollywood.
when you’re making a movie about human sewage.. the only way to get the budget is cast a star like Depp
That is some cast.
I think I know what I’m doing this weekend.
Except it is being released yet.
Bugger.
I hope his IRA/SF support and connections are dealt with in this film.
hahahaha god you need help son!!
he really does
IRA movies leave a bad taste in the mouth
Patriot Games
In The Name Of The Father
Some Mothers Son
The Devils Own
Hunger
the trailers look great
Saw them filming around town last year. Deep seemed in his element on Kimmel’s show last week. Avoid Coolidge corner tonight, near the theatre, it will be bonkers for the screening. looking forward to watching this movie.
It looks like it’s trying to hard to be a copy of goodfellas. The reviews of Depps performance have been fantastic but the movies supposedly lacks in tone. I just watch Legends and it was the same. Brilliant performance from lead actor but no meat on the bones and too preoccupied with style
Hardy plays the Krays with no mention of them procuring children for pedophiles
Depp plays Bulger with no mention of his IRA enablement
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