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Bobby Fischer
This Weekend, a Gallery of Demons at the Movies
In theaters, a criminal sociopath, a paranoid chess champ and a murderous mountain await. At home, two cinematic portraits explore the ups and downs of genius. Designates a Movies for Grownups Editors’ Choice Black Mass Johnny Depp re-emerges as one of our best actors with his exquisitely calibrated performance as James “Whitey” Bulger, the small-time Boston hood who became a big deal with the unwitting help of the FBI. As his G-man handler, Joel Edgerton seems too easily corrupted; we wish …