Movie 77 of 366:

Black Mass (Scott Cooper, 2015)

Johnny Depp is vicious and nearly unrecognizable in a career high performance.  The film itself is a bit sloppy in its flow, but Depp’s performance is more than enough reason to watch.

Spotlight Performances:

Depp, duh.

Joel Edgerton, ever the lovable hardass

Benedict Cumberbatch plays up the struggle with his relatively straight laced life and his blind-eye loyalty to his criminal brother, and pulls off a decent Boston accent.

Peter Sarsgaard as Brian Halloran, the sympathetic fuck up

Juno Temple is trashy, naive and tragic