black mass
Example Sentences
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Bulger, the former leader of South Boston's Winter Hill gang, inspired the film Black Mass featuring Johnny Depp, and The Departed, which won the Academy Award for best picture in 2007.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022
Cooper, a former actor, directed Jeff Bridges to an Academy Award in "Crazy Heart" and Johnny Depp to one of his best performances in "Black Mass."
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2017
Despite an Oscar nomination for 2015’s Black Mass, Depp has been plagued by a string of commercial and critical failures, including Mortdecai, Transcendence and The Lone Ranger.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2017
"Black Mass," a book on Bulger's rise to power and eventual flight, was turned into a 2015 film starring Johnny Depp as the gangster.
From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2016
A revolting description of the Black Mass may be found in Huysmans's book Là-bas.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
