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RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2015
STUDIO: Warner Bros. Pictures
DIRECTOR: Scott Cooper
MPAA RATING: R
SCREENWRITERS: Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth
STARRING: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, W. Earl Brown, David Harbour, Dakota Johnson, Julianne Nicholson, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Juno Temple
GENRE: Drama, Crime

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The case of Whitey Bulger and the FBI is an interesting tale. An old friend, FBI Special Agent John Connolly, from the neighborhood who looked up to Whitey decides to help him from being taken down by the FBI out of a warped sense of loyalty. This “help” allows Bulger to trade info on his Italian Mafia competition and in return he gets to have the FBI look the other way while he does his business. Sounds crazy, right? Well, it also sounds true because that’s how it went down.

The story is a slowly developing one but, it’s slower pace allows for some of the best parts of the movie. At the beginning, “Whitey” is obviously a bad guy but, the scenes with his family are the few moments that he softens up. In those moments you can see the minute amount of good left in a very very vicious and otherwise cold individual. Bulger has a rotting tooth that as he loses those little bits of decency appears to get darker like a visual metaphor for his soul. The character is interesting and Johnny Depp plays him adeptly using his chameleon like ability to turn in to the person he’s playing. It’s awesome to watch. Joel Edgerton also gives a praise worthy performance as FBI Special Agent John Connolly. His Boston accent is wicked awesome considering his real life Australian accent. Edgerton plays Agent Connolly who has a certain naive code of honor from the “old” neighborhood that he uses in all of his life decisions. This code of loyalty and blinding hero worship are what drag him down until he’s in over his head. The rest of the cast turn in good performances with Kevin Bacon playing Connolly’s apprehensive boss and Benedict Cumberbatch also dropping a distinctive accent to pick up a rather good accent as Boston Senator Billy Bulger (Whitey’s brother).

The performances pulled from this fantastic cast of actors is what will drive away any tedium one may feel during the slow build up of the picture. Depp and Edgerton are encapsulating and you have no choice but to get wrapped up in their scenes. Black Mass will get Oscar consideation whether it be for best or supporting actor, director, etc. is up in the air, but I know it will get many looks.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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