Darren Mooney
Darren Mooney is a pop culture critic at large for The Escapist. He writes the twice-weekly In the Frame column, writes and voices the In the Frame videos, provides film reviews and writes the weekly Out of Focus column. Plus, occasionally he has opinions about other things as well. Darren lives and works in Dublin, Ireland. He also writes for The Irish Independent, the country’s second largest broadsheet, and provides weekly film coverage for radio station Q102. He co-hosts the weekly 250 podcast and he has also written three published books of criticism on The X-Files, Christopher Nolan and Doctor Who. He somehow finds time to watch movies and television on top of that. Ironically, his superpowers are at their strongest when his glasses are on.

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Read Article The Key to a Great Series Finale? The Audience
TV shows like Succession, The Sopranos, and The Leftovers illustrate that the key to a great series finale & ending is trust in the audience.
Read Article What Even Is a Movie These Days?
Half movies like Fast X & Across the Spider-Verse are a new norm in movies, creating a new question of what a movie even is anymore. / Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One
Read Article Strange New Worlds Season 2 Is Caught Between Star Trek’s Past & Present – Review
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Read Article Understanding Michael Bay’s Transformers Films
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Read Article Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review: A New Franchise Low
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Read Article Why Do Blockbuster Climaxes Like Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Look So Bad?
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Read Article I Think You Should Leave Is the Perfect Internet Comedy
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Read Article In Across the Spider-Verse, Parenting Is a Superpower
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Read Article Animation Has Learned a Lot from the Spider-Verse, Why Haven’t Superhero Films?
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse & Across the Spider-Verse have incredibly creative comics-inspired animation: MCU superhero movies do not.
Read Article Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review: A Sweeping Web-Slinging Wonder
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