Drew McWeeny
Drew McWeeny, also known by his pseudonym Moriarty, is a film critic, screenwriter, and the west coast editor of the Ain't It Cool News website.
He attended, but did not graduate from, Florida State University, instead choosing to focus on a career in entertainment in Los Angeles. He has one son, Toshiro Lucas McWeeny, born in 2005.
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 McWeeney was a regular Contributor to the website under the name "Moriarty." Film Threat magazine would later accuse of Knowles of lacking journalist integrity.
McWeeny, along with partner Scott Swan, has since become a working television writer, often working in association with John Carpenter. He also continues to work as a film critic, though he has been banned from Twentieth Century Fox press screenings.1
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 |
Mortal Kombat: Devastation |
co-writer |
|
2008 |
Race with the Devil |
co-writer |
Remake |