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 Babylon Is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Coke-Addled Evil Twin
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Read Article Is Netflix the Villain of Glass Onion?
Glass Onion disrupts disruptor commentary on Netflix streamers and billionaire genius Elon Musk myth with Miles Braun
Read Article Willow Gets Lost in the ‘Wildwood’ for Its Weakest Episode So Far
Willow episode 5 review: Wildwood on Disney+ is consumed by sloppy writing and grinds pacing to a halt to deliver plot exposition poorly, a bad episode
Read Article Our Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2022 – The Recap
This week on The Recap podcast, Marty, Darren, and Nick discuss their favorite movies and TV shows from 2022.
Read Article Can the Removed HBO Max Shows Just Disappear?
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Read Article Avatar: The Way of Water Review: Visually Stunning, Narratively Fine
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Read Article The Way of Water Proves 3D Didn’t Fail Studios, Studios Failed 3D
Avatar: The Way of Water 2 shows 3D films work and 3D movies have a reason to exist, but Hollywood abused it for small extra box office returns
Read Article The Last Jedi Is a Story of Optimism in Cynical Times
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Read Article Even a Failed Theatrical Release Is Important for a Streaming Movie
This week on In the Frame the video series, Darren explains how a failed movie with a theatrical release (Encanto, for example) is more valuable on a streaming service than a movie exclusively released for a streaming service like Netflix (The Gray Man) or Disney+ (Turning Red).