Infamous New England mobster James "Whitey" Bulger wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse his 2013 racketeering convictions for his role in 11 murders in the 1970s and '80s, People confirms. In a petition filed August 11 and obtained by People, Bulger's lawyers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the 86-year-old's appeal. Whether the high court takes up Bulger's case remains to be seen. The U.S. Supreme Court generally hears just a fraction of the thousands of cases it is asked to review each year. Five months ago, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Bulger's convictions.
- 8/18/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Infamous New England mobster James "Whitey" Bulger wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse his 2013 racketeering convictions for his role in 11 murders in the 1970s and '80s, People confirms. In a petition filed August 11 and obtained by People, Bulger's lawyers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the 86-year-old's appeal. Whether the high court takes up Bulger's case remains to be seen. The U.S. Supreme Court generally hears just a fraction of the thousands of cases it is asked to review each year. Five months ago, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Bulger's convictions.
- 8/18/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Scott Cooper’s harrowing examination of the tense relationship between the FBI and one of Boston’s most notorious criminal groups, the Winter Hill gang. While being challenged by the New England Mafia the Winter Hill’s leader, James ‘Whitely’ Bulger (played with menacing presence by Johnny Depp) is approached by the FBI to help bring those challenging
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- 10/12/2015
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lawyer for Whitey Bulger, the gangster immortalised on screen by Depp, says actor ‘might as well have been playing the Mad Hatter again’ for all his client’s interest, while enforcer Kevin Weeks questions film’s failure to mention FBI complicity
It’s been hailed as a major return to form for Johnny Depp and a potential contender for the 2016 Oscars. But the two men whose murderous activities form the basis of gangster drama Black Mass have dismissed the film as an inconsequential fantasy.
Whitey Bulger, the brutal mobster and FBI informant portrayed by Depp in Scott Cooper’s critically acclaimed movie, has not seen the festival season smash because he is currently serving back-to-back life sentences for complicity in 11 murders and other criminal activities between 1971 and 1994. The former head of the South Boston Winter Hill gang reportedly refused to discuss his life with the actor, and according to his lawyer Hank Brennan,...
It’s been hailed as a major return to form for Johnny Depp and a potential contender for the 2016 Oscars. But the two men whose murderous activities form the basis of gangster drama Black Mass have dismissed the film as an inconsequential fantasy.
Whitey Bulger, the brutal mobster and FBI informant portrayed by Depp in Scott Cooper’s critically acclaimed movie, has not seen the festival season smash because he is currently serving back-to-back life sentences for complicity in 11 murders and other criminal activities between 1971 and 1994. The former head of the South Boston Winter Hill gang reportedly refused to discuss his life with the actor, and according to his lawyer Hank Brennan,...
- 9/21/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Lawyer for Whitey Bulger, the gangster immortalised on screen by Depp, says actor ‘might as well have been playing the Mad Hatter again’ for all his client’s interest, while enforcer Kevin Weeks questions film’s failure to mention FBI complicity
It’s been hailed as a major return to form for Johnny Depp and a potential contender for the 2016 Oscars. But the two men whose murderous activities form the basis of gangster drama Black Mass have dismissed the film as an inconsequential fantasy.
Whitey Bulger, the brutal mobster and FBI informant portrayed by Depp in Scott Cooper’s critically acclaimed movie, has not seen the festival season smash because he is currently serving back-to-back life sentences for complicity in 11 murders and other criminal activities between 1971 and 1994. The former head of the South Boston Winter Hill gang reportedly refused to discuss his life with the actor, and according to his lawyer Hank Brennan,...
It’s been hailed as a major return to form for Johnny Depp and a potential contender for the 2016 Oscars. But the two men whose murderous activities form the basis of gangster drama Black Mass have dismissed the film as an inconsequential fantasy.
Whitey Bulger, the brutal mobster and FBI informant portrayed by Depp in Scott Cooper’s critically acclaimed movie, has not seen the festival season smash because he is currently serving back-to-back life sentences for complicity in 11 murders and other criminal activities between 1971 and 1994. The former head of the South Boston Winter Hill gang reportedly refused to discuss his life with the actor, and according to his lawyer Hank Brennan,...
- 9/21/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Johnny Depp’s performance as Boston mobster Whitey Bulger has earned rave reviews – but with unreliable narrators and a penchant to place style over substance, what does the film get wrong?
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Black Mass, directed by Scott Cooper, and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, tells the rise and fall of James “Whitey” Bulger, who along with his notorious crew, the Winter Hill Gang, and some help from the FBI, ran the streets of Boston in the 1970s and 80s. The film opens in the Us this weekend and Depp’s performance has already been tipped for an Oscar nod, but does the Boston in the film accurately portray the city and culture Bulger knew?
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This story contains spoilers
Black Mass, directed by Scott Cooper, and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, tells the rise and fall of James “Whitey” Bulger, who along with his notorious crew, the Winter Hill Gang, and some help from the FBI, ran the streets of Boston in the 1970s and 80s. The film opens in the Us this weekend and Depp’s performance has already been tipped for an Oscar nod, but does the Boston in the film accurately portray the city and culture Bulger knew?
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- 9/18/2015
- by Susan Zalkind in Boston
- The Guardian - Film News
Hit the deck! Rat-a-tat-tat!! These are the sounds of a cinema staple, the gangster genre. From the early silent days, “thugs with dirty mugs” were the source of many a “hit” at the box office, of course. Soon after the Brothers Warner began their studio, they quickly became the premiere producers of these “blood and thunder” morality plays, featuring a “murderers’ row” of movie icons headed by James Cagney, Edward G Robertson, and Humphrey Bogart. In the waning years of Hollywood’s Golden Age, these thrillers often merged with the biography genre with the stories of real-life 20’s and 30’s criminals like John Dillinger, Bonnie Parker, and Clyde Barrow, and, the big man himself, “Scarface” Al Capone. With the phenomenal success of The Godfather, these “public enemies” were back in vogue, continuing even to this day. Now the Warners are back in the true tale gangster biz, but they’re...
- 9/18/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
At one point, it seemed rather inevitable that Johnny Depp would one day win an Academy Award. He was a golden boy of sorts, but then Depp fell off the wagon a bit. The allure of playing Captain Jack Sparrow repeatedly and fooling around with Tim Burton in his various flights of fancy more or less, with the exception of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, removed him from the Oscar map. It’s been that way for a while now, but this week, Depp is back in a big way with Black Mass, his first legitimate awards vehicle in years. With that, he’s once again a contender in the Best Actor field. The film is a look at notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and the alliance he had with the FBI, specifically with John Connolly. Depp plays Bulger and Joel Edgerton plays Connolly and we...
- 9/17/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The real life rise and fall of James "Whitey" Bulger already seems the stuff of cinema. He's the gangster who grabbed South Boston by the throat, leading his Winter Hill mob to gain control over much of the city. The fact that he did so while providing information to the FBI, and having a younger brother who was one of the leading politicians in the state, speaks to the strange complexity of his story. Plenty of films have dealt with Bulger, including Martin Scorsese's The Departed, which uses his life in a tangential way to infuse Jack Nicholson's character Frank Costello with a certain degree of authenticity. Joe Berlinger's extraordinary doc Whitey played Sundance in 2014, and it serves as an excellent primer for those...
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- 9/13/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Telluride – For most moviegoers the new drama “Black Mass” will feel inherently familiar, and the reason is obvious. The story of notorious Boston crime lord Whitey Bulger (Johnny Depp) and the FBI agent who essentially protected him, John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), inspired Martin Scorsese’s 2007 Oscar-winning drama ‘The Departed.” The difference between the pictures is that “Mass” notably fleshes the story out with distinct historical detail that film lacked. Yet, with a number of high-profile crime thrillers set in Boston over the past eight years “Mass” has to rely on Johnny Depp’s inspired portrayal of Bulger and a strong ensemble to truly captivate. There are worse problems to have. Set mostly in the ‘70s and ‘80s, “Mass” starts off by attempting to frame Bulger’s rise to prominence through the plea bargained testimony of his notorious Irish-American Winter Hill gang, namely Kevin Weeks (Jesse Plemons) who went from...
- 9/8/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Playing out of competition, today’s Venice Film Festival gala entry Black Mass screened for press at an early call this morning with strong applause at the end — twice. Audiences should be cautioned to stick around as there’s a key footnote at the end of the Scott Cooper-helmed crime drama. Johnny Depp has been getting some career best notices for his chameleon-like turn as James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious leader of Boston’s Winter Hill mob who is now serving two life…...
- 9/4/2015
- Deadline
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