Not long into “Black Mass,” director Scott Cooper’s grim tale of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and his dealings with the FBI, I started trying to guess the fate of each new character as part of a game I called “Whacked or Not Whacked.” Spoiler alert: The result was usually Whacked.
To the surprise of almost no one, M. Night Shyamalan has made 80, maybe 85 percent of an entertaining movie.
For Labor Day weekend, three days when the vast majority of Americans are off work, the only new wide release is “The Transporter Refueled.” With that in mind, here’s a look back at my 10 favorite movies of the summer that you can check out instead.
