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Something about a film following a career criminal makes it impossible to look away, and while “Black Mass” can’t measure up to the likes of “GoodFellas” (1990) or “The Departed” (2006), it manages to be effective in its own right, held...

This decision was a blessing in a lot of ways. I mean, he didn’t drop it completely. “Black Mass” is like a playlist of greatest hits from other, better movies. Because that sort of thing is just getting tiresome at this point. Some of them fare better than others.

Now, on the heels of the news that the film, directed by Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace), will debut at the Venice Film Festival, comes another trailer that nearly feels like a short film in and of itself.