Drew McWeeny

Drew McWeeny
Drew McWeeny at the 2015 WonderCon
Born (1970-05-26) May 26, 1970
United States
Nationality American
Other names Moriarty
Alma mater Florida State University
Occupation Film critic, screenwriter, editor
Children 2

Drew McWeeny (born May 26, 1970[1]), 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.[2]

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. He includes his sons in his work on the Motion/Captured blog under the subheading Film Nerd 2.0, chronicling how he introduces them to notable cinema works and individuals.

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.[3]

McWeeny is also a regular competitor on Collider's Movie Trivia Schmoedown and on May 15, 2018 he (along with teammate actor Samm Levine) were crowned the tag team champions after famously beating the ultimate tag team champion's known as "The Patriots".

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Cigarette Burnsco-writerepisode of Masters of Horror
2006Prolifeco-writerepisode of Masters of Horror
2008Skin and Bonesco-writerepisode of Fear Itself (TV series)
2008Race with the Devilco-writer(unproduced)
2009Bat Out of Hellco-writer(unproduced)
2010Mortal Kombat: Devastationco-writer(unproduced)
2013Rewind This!himselfdocumentary
2013Jodorowsky's Dunehimselfdocumentary

References

  1. ↑ McWeeny gives his birth date and year in one of his early articles on Aintitcool
  2. ↑ Moriarty Has Seen THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON!!
  3. ↑ Aintitcool.com Archived June 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.


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