Whitey-Bulger

Film Review: “Black Mass” — Oh, What Could Have Been

September 22, 2015
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Rarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.

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Film Review: A Powerful “Black Mass” — We have our Whitey Bulger Movie

September 19, 2015
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When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.

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Fuse News: “The Boston Phoenix” Goes Down Ugly

April 1, 2013
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The once proudly and authentically counter-cultural paper The Boston Phoenix went out ugly, fawning on mobster Whitey Bulger.

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Book Commentary: The Scam of Mobster Memoirs

May 15, 2006
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Crime memoirs about Irish mobster Whitey Bulger have become a corrupt and pathetic cottage industry.  By Jay Atkinson A large, jowly, humorless man of 49, Kevin Weeks, the one-time go-fer and strong arm for the notorious Boston crime boss, James Whitey Bulger, hurt and maimed people for a living. While his boss ran most of…

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