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 Blue Beetle is a Charming, Small-Scale Superhero Throwback… Until It Isn’t
Blue Beetle recalls a simpler time for the superhero genre, when these stories were more intimate in scale and more personal in perspective.
Read Article Arkham Knight is Not Just About the Inevitability of Batman’s Death, But the Necessity of It
Eight years later, Arkham Knight still proves to be a fitting end to Rocksteady's Batman trilogy on several different levels.
Read Article Only Murders in the Building Turned Its Creators Into Content
Read Article Why Transparency is Such a Big Issue for the Strike, and for Streaming
As the WGA and SAG strikes continue, the lack of transparency in the streaming world is becoming impossible to ignore.
Read Article Gran Turismo is an Advertisement Adapted from an Advertisement
The cinematic adaptation of Gran Turismo isn’t actually a film about people, but rather a love letter to corporate synergy.
Read Article In Its Season Finale, Strange New Worlds Doesn’t Offer the Best of Both Worlds
The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 finale reminds us that it is no longer the 1990s, no matter how hard one might wish otherwise.
Read Article Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who Asked What It Meant to be a Good Man
10 years after the announcement that Peter Capaldi would assume the lead role in Doctor Who, we look back at his tenure on the beloved series.
Read Article The Escapist Barbie and Oppenheimer Spoilercast – The Recap
This week on The Recap podcast, Marty, Frost, and Darren go full-spoilers for Barbie and Oppenheimer. You've been warned! It's in the title!
Read Article It’s Okay for Art to Make Us Uncomfortable
The ongoing discourse around Oppenheimer proves once again that it's okay for art to make us feel a bit uncomfortable.
Read Article Mutant Mayhem Emphasizes the Teenage Side of the Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a superhero origin story unashamed of its adolescent sensibility.