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Drew McWeeny

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Drew McWeeny (born May 26, 1970), also known by his pseudonym Moriarty, is a film critic, screenwriter, and the former west coast editor of the Ain't It Cool News website. In a December 2008 review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, McWeeny announced that he would be leaving Ain't It Cool News to work for HitFix.com. He attended, but did not graduate from, Florida State University, instead choosing to focus on a career in entertainment in Los Angeles. He has two sons, Toshiro Lucas McWeeny, born in 2005 and Allen Miles McWeeny, born in 2008. McWeeny was the subject of controversy in 1999 when a screenplay he had co-written was favorably reviewed by Harry Knowles on the website "Ain't It Cool News". In reviewing the script, Knowles did not disclose that McWeeny was a regular contributor to the website under the name "Moriarty". Film Threat magazine would later accuse Knowles of lacking journalistic integrity. At the time McWeeny was working as a closed caption editor at VITAC. McWeeny, along with partner Scott Swan, has since become a working television writer, writing two episodes in the Masters of Horror series, both directed by John Carpenter. The pair also co-wrote the episode "Skin and Bones" for the NBC horror/suspense anthology television series Fear Itself. In May 2008 it was announced that "Bat Out of Hell", a motion picture written by McWeeny and Swan, would be directed by Joe Dante. He also continues to work as a film critic, though he has been banned from Twentieth Century Fox press screenings. Description above from the Wikipedia article Drew McWeeny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
May 26, 1970
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie Run Ronnie Run 2002-01-20
Latest Project:
Series Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 2023-07-08
Known For
Poster of Jodorowsky's Dune
Poster of Rewind This!
Poster of Hitchcocked!
Poster of The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
Filmography
Series Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 Self 2023-07-08
Movie The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant Self 2016-09-06
Movie Rewind This! Self 2013-08-27
Movie The Making of Escape from Tomorrow 2013-02-12
Movie Jodorowsky's Dune Self 2013-08-30
Movie The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Self - Film Critic 2012-08-18
Movie Hitchcocked! Self 2006-08-11
Movie Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life Self 2003-01-01
Movie Run Ronnie Run Self 2002-01-20
Movie The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees Self 2002-07-23