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Drew McWeeny

Drew McWeeny

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.

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Movies Starring Drew McWeeny (12)

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! (2022)

A remarkable new epic documentary spotlighting the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of that seminal year. ...

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The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant (2016)

A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade after its initial release. ...

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Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; ...

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Rewind This! (2013)

Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape. ...

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The Making of Escape from Tomorrow (2013)

The Making of Escape from Tomorrow, included on the Blu-Ray release. ...

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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012)

A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this productio ...

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Hitchcocked! (2006)

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics. ...

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Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006)

An investigation of the cop movie phenomena with some of Hollywood's most intriguing filmmakers, actors, and personalities. ...

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Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005)

Filmmakers, actors, critics, and pop culture pundits pay tribute to Quentin Tarantino's 1992 classic. ...

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Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life (2003)

Documentary focusing on the history of splatter cinema from the theatre of The Grand Guignol to the cutting edge work of "Final Destination 2." Produced for the "Final Destination 2" DVD. ...

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The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees (2002)

A documentary charting the rise and fall (and inevitable undead rise) of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes in the "video nasty" phenomenon in general. ...

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Run Ronnie Run (2002)

A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program. ...

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Movies Made By Drew McWeeny (3)

Pro-Life (2006)

Angelique, a traumatized fifteen year old, is taken to an abortion clinic to end her pregnancy. However, her deeply religious father and three brothers are out to make sure the baby lives. ...

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Cigarette Burns (2005)

With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane. ...

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Fart: The Movie (1991)

Russell has two passions: watching television and farting! He also loves Heather. Heather HATES farting. The eternal triangle! One day she warns him, "if they ever allow farting on television, you'll never leave the house!" One evening he goes to sleep in ...

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