Drew McWeeny

Drew McWeeny
Born	May 26, 1970 (1970-05-26) (age 41)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Florida State University
Known for	film critic and editor

Drew McWeeny (born May 26, 1970^[1] ), 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.^[2]

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.

McWeeny, along with partner Scott Swan, has since become a working television writer, writing two episodes in the Masters of Horror series, both directed by John Carpenter. The pair also co-wrote the episode "Skin and Bones" for the NBC horror/suspense anthology television series Fear Itself. In May 2008 it was announced that "Bat Out of Hell", a motion picture written by McWeeny and Swan, would be directed by Joe Dante. He also continues to work as a film critic, though he has been banned from Twentieth Century Fox press screenings.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Cigarette Burns	co-writer	episode of Masters of Horror.
2006	Prolife	co-writer	episode of Masters of Horror
2008	Skin and Bones	co-writer	episode of Fear Itself (TV series).
2008	Race with the Devil	co-writer (unproduced)
2009	Bat Out of Hell	co-writer (unproduced)
2010	Mortal Kombat: Devastation	co-writer (unproduced)

References

1. ^ McWeeny gives his birth date and year in one of his early articles on Aintitcool
2. ^ http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39274 Moriarty Has Seen THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON!!
3. ^ aintitcool.com

External links

• Staff page of AICN
• Drew McWeeny at the Internet Movie Database

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