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 Avatar, Top Gun: Maverick, Scream, Creed III, & the New Sincerity
There is a NEW new sincerity in Hollywood movies, with Avatar 2, Top Gun: Maverick, Scream VI, and Creed III eschewing ironic humor.
Read Article In Barry, Redemption Is a Hollywood Fairy Tale
In Barry, Redemption Is a Hollywood Fairy Tale HBO season 4 hitman acting drama
Read Article Barry, Ted Lasso, and the Value of Letting TV End on Its Own Terms
Succession Barry Ted Lasso value of letting TV show end on its own terms - ending endings are important
Read Article Ted Lasso and the Limits of Niceness
Ted Lasso and the Limits of Niceness in season 3 on Apple TV+ after Big Week episode
Read Article Tetris, Air, and the New On-Brand Biopic
Air Jordans Apple TV+ Tetris on brand biopic movie about product as story / mythology
Read Article In Yellowjackets, Cannibalism Is a Grotesque Form of Intimacy
In season 2, it becomes fully apparent how cannibalism and consuming flesh is the ultimate, grotesque form of intimacy in Yellowjackets on Showtime.
Read Article Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review: A Critical Hit
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves review, directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley and starring Chris Pine, which is out in theaters now.
Read Article Honor Among Thieves Is an Ode to Improv Within Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a high-quality fantasy comedy that appropriately reflects the natural improv of D&D.
Read Article The Grotesque (In)Humanity of Succession
There is a grotesque inhumanity to Succession, especially into season 4, as Logan Roy views people as economic units Darren Mooney out of focus
Read Article The Fascinating Visual Language of Violence in The Last of Us
This week in In the Frame the video series, Darren discusses the visual language of violence in The Last of Us.