Darren Mooney
@darrenmooney.bsky.social
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In the Second Season of Fallout, Who Gets to Live Forever? | The Backdrop
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New episode of #TheBackdrop up at @SecondWindGroup.com.
This week, @janjozone.bsky.social and I look at how #Fallout argues that, in this post-apocalyptic hellscape, we’re all just NPCs to the billionaires who think they’re going to live forever.
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This week, @janjozone.bsky.social and I look at how #Fallout argues that, in this post-apocalyptic hellscape, we’re all just NPCs to the billionaires who think they’re going to live forever.
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Get to the...YouTube?
With “Predator: Badlands” on Hulu/Disney+, it’s worth re-sharing this video I made about how Dan Trachtenberg created a grand unified theory of “Predator.”
What is the “Predator” series *about*, and how does “Badlands” engage with it?
One of my favourite things I’ve done.
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What is the “Predator” series *about*, and how does “Badlands” engage with it?
One of my favourite things I’ve done.
youtu.be/Mja7O9gjZ20?...
How Dan Trachtenberg Built a Grand Unified Theory of Predator | The Backdrop
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February 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Get to the...YouTube?
With “Predator: Badlands” on Hulu/Disney+, it’s worth re-sharing this video I made about how Dan Trachtenberg created a grand unified theory of “Predator.”
What is the “Predator” series *about*, and how does “Badlands” engage with it?
One of my favourite things I’ve done.
youtu.be/Mja7O9gjZ20?...
What is the “Predator” series *about*, and how does “Badlands” engage with it?
One of my favourite things I’ve done.
youtu.be/Mja7O9gjZ20?...
How Dan Trachtenberg Built a Grand Unified Theory of Predator | The Backdrop
YouTube video by Second Wind
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February 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
With “Predator: Badlands” on Hulu/Disney+, it’s worth re-sharing this video I made about how Dan Trachtenberg created a grand unified theory of “Predator.”
What is the “Predator” series *about*, and how does “Badlands” engage with it?
One of my favourite things I’ve done.
youtu.be/Mja7O9gjZ20?...
What is the “Predator” series *about*, and how does “Badlands” engage with it?
One of my favourite things I’ve done.
youtu.be/Mja7O9gjZ20?...
I occasionally think a fellow critic once responding to some observation I made by affectionately-but-disbelievingly remarking, “Oh, Darren. You say crazy things all the time, like ‘Saw VI is the best movie about health insurance ever made!’”
I like that *that* stuck with them.
I like that *that* stuck with them.
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February 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I occasionally think a fellow critic once responding to some observation I made by affectionately-but-disbelievingly remarking, “Oh, Darren. You say crazy things all the time, like ‘Saw VI is the best movie about health insurance ever made!’”
I like that *that* stuck with them.
I like that *that* stuck with them.
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The inimitable Darren Mooney, flexing his superpower of putting brains to a brainless movie.
February 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The inimitable Darren Mooney, flexing his superpower of putting brains to a brainless movie.
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If COLD STORAGE is playing anywhere in your area you should check it out.
It's not going to become a horror classic or some misunderstood gem but it is a fun 95 minute romp that has really fun TREMORS vibes and really charming performances from everyone involved!
Good gooey fun!
It's not going to become a horror classic or some misunderstood gem but it is a fun 95 minute romp that has really fun TREMORS vibes and really charming performances from everyone involved!
Good gooey fun!
February 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
If COLD STORAGE is playing anywhere in your area you should check it out.
It's not going to become a horror classic or some misunderstood gem but it is a fun 95 minute romp that has really fun TREMORS vibes and really charming performances from everyone involved!
Good gooey fun!
It's not going to become a horror classic or some misunderstood gem but it is a fun 95 minute romp that has really fun TREMORS vibes and really charming performances from everyone involved!
Good gooey fun!
I had a good time with #ColdStorage, a wry high-concept monster movie that feels like David Koepp satirising the American policy of containment.
It’s a bit shaggy and uneven, moving in fits and starts, but it’s a fun broad creature feature.
Liam Neeson is such a fungi.
It’s a bit shaggy and uneven, moving in fits and starts, but it’s a fun broad creature feature.
Liam Neeson is such a fungi.
February 17, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I had a good time with #ColdStorage, a wry high-concept monster movie that feels like David Koepp satirising the American policy of containment.
It’s a bit shaggy and uneven, moving in fits and starts, but it’s a fun broad creature feature.
Liam Neeson is such a fungi.
It’s a bit shaggy and uneven, moving in fits and starts, but it’s a fun broad creature feature.
Liam Neeson is such a fungi.
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Also, having rewatched "The Testament of Ann Lee", it is my opinion that more musicals should make a plot point of how annoyed neighbours, authorities, fellow passengers and other extras are by the protagonists spontaneously breaking into song.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Also, having rewatched "The Testament of Ann Lee", it is my opinion that more musicals should make a plot point of how annoyed neighbours, authorities, fellow passengers and other extras are by the protagonists spontaneously breaking into song.
"The Testament of Ann Lee" on 70mm is a rapturous, religious experience.
The best musical since Spielberg's "West Side Story", it's an epic story of faith, devotion and the American Dream, with a score that stirs like a divine heart beat.
Amanda Seyfried is incredible.
The best musical since Spielberg's "West Side Story", it's an epic story of faith, devotion and the American Dream, with a score that stirs like a divine heart beat.
Amanda Seyfried is incredible.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"The Testament of Ann Lee" on 70mm is a rapturous, religious experience.
The best musical since Spielberg's "West Side Story", it's an epic story of faith, devotion and the American Dream, with a score that stirs like a divine heart beat.
Amanda Seyfried is incredible.
The best musical since Spielberg's "West Side Story", it's an epic story of faith, devotion and the American Dream, with a score that stirs like a divine heart beat.
Amanda Seyfried is incredible.
Just saw “The Testament of Ann Lee” on 70mm.
February 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Just saw “The Testament of Ann Lee” on 70mm.
#NowWatching “The Testament of Ann Lee”
February 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
#NowWatching “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Our latest episode is online now, with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @ohdeerdiner.bsky.social joining us to discuss #MartySupreme.
We talk about the magic of making a Great American Movie laser-focused on Gen Z, the Chala-moment, and much more.
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We talk about the magic of making a Great American Movie laser-focused on Gen Z, the Chala-moment, and much more.
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439. Marty Supreme (#249)
Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guests Aoife Barry and Darcie-Jade Faccio, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, a
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February 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Our latest episode is online now, with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @ohdeerdiner.bsky.social joining us to discuss #MartySupreme.
We talk about the magic of making a Great American Movie laser-focused on Gen Z, the Chala-moment, and much more.
www.soundcloud.com/the250/439-m...
We talk about the magic of making a Great American Movie laser-focused on Gen Z, the Chala-moment, and much more.
www.soundcloud.com/the250/439-m...
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Excellent review. "Quick bus ride home thoughts" - hah! - this is a thoughtful analysis of even the subtler themes of an unsubtle film. Addressed, too, is the meta-discourse around the adaptation and Darren - as I knew he would! - draws comparison to comic book movie discourse, which is spot on. A+
February 14, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Excellent review. "Quick bus ride home thoughts" - hah! - this is a thoughtful analysis of even the subtler themes of an unsubtle film. Addressed, too, is the meta-discourse around the adaptation and Darren - as I knew he would! - draws comparison to comic book movie discourse, which is spot on. A+
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They've since replaced it with my professional headshot, but for a while, Comic Vine had the best photo imaginable on my artist profile page.
December 27, 2023 at 9:33 PM
They've since replaced it with my professional headshot, but for a while, Comic Vine had the best photo imaginable on my artist profile page.
“I named him. He is mine.”
I thought #WutheringHeights was fine. A little long, a little indulgent - which is kinda the point.
Like every other adaptation, a loose take on Brontë’s novel, but a fascinatingly feminine “Frankenstein”, casting Heathcliff as a monstrous female id.
I thought #WutheringHeights was fine. A little long, a little indulgent - which is kinda the point.
Like every other adaptation, a loose take on Brontë’s novel, but a fascinatingly feminine “Frankenstein”, casting Heathcliff as a monstrous female id.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“I named him. He is mine.”
I thought #WutheringHeights was fine. A little long, a little indulgent - which is kinda the point.
Like every other adaptation, a loose take on Brontë’s novel, but a fascinatingly feminine “Frankenstein”, casting Heathcliff as a monstrous female id.
I thought #WutheringHeights was fine. A little long, a little indulgent - which is kinda the point.
Like every other adaptation, a loose take on Brontë’s novel, but a fascinatingly feminine “Frankenstein”, casting Heathcliff as a monstrous female id.
Tomorrow, @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @ohdeerdiner.bsky.social join The 250 to discuss “Marty Supreme.”
Desperation, humiliation, vampirism, collateral damage, women in Safdie films, Timothée Chalamet’s derrière, and more besides!
Tune in!
Desperation, humiliation, vampirism, collateral damage, women in Safdie films, Timothée Chalamet’s derrière, and more besides!
Tune in!
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February 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Tomorrow, @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @ohdeerdiner.bsky.social join The 250 to discuss “Marty Supreme.”
Desperation, humiliation, vampirism, collateral damage, women in Safdie films, Timothée Chalamet’s derrière, and more besides!
Tune in!
Desperation, humiliation, vampirism, collateral damage, women in Safdie films, Timothée Chalamet’s derrière, and more besides!
Tune in!
#NowWatching #WutheringHeights
A movie which the internet seems to have perfectly reasonable and even-handed opinions about.
A movie which the internet seems to have perfectly reasonable and even-handed opinions about.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
#NowWatching #WutheringHeights
A movie which the internet seems to have perfectly reasonable and even-handed opinions about.
A movie which the internet seems to have perfectly reasonable and even-handed opinions about.
I liked #Crime101, but I did not love it. Less “Heat”, more “Lukewarm.”
A tale of urban disconnect that is not quite sprawling enough to justify its runtime, there is still some charm in this crime thriller.
A solid cast, some good beats, underlined by an ending a little too neat.
A tale of urban disconnect that is not quite sprawling enough to justify its runtime, there is still some charm in this crime thriller.
A solid cast, some good beats, underlined by an ending a little too neat.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I liked #Crime101, but I did not love it. Less “Heat”, more “Lukewarm.”
A tale of urban disconnect that is not quite sprawling enough to justify its runtime, there is still some charm in this crime thriller.
A solid cast, some good beats, underlined by an ending a little too neat.
A tale of urban disconnect that is not quite sprawling enough to justify its runtime, there is still some charm in this crime thriller.
A solid cast, some good beats, underlined by an ending a little too neat.
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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The fallout of Fallout is carazay!!!
New episode of #TheBackdrop up at @SecondWindGroup.com.
This week, @janjozone.bsky.social and I look at how #Fallout argues that, in this post-apocalyptic hellscape, we’re all just NPCs to the billionaires who think they’re going to live forever.
youtu.be/XeLpO9dGcqU?...
This week, @janjozone.bsky.social and I look at how #Fallout argues that, in this post-apocalyptic hellscape, we’re all just NPCs to the billionaires who think they’re going to live forever.
youtu.be/XeLpO9dGcqU?...
In the Second Season of Fallout, Who Gets to Live Forever? | The Backdrop
YouTube video by Second Wind
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February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The fallout of Fallout is carazay!!!
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In about 20 minutes, Marty, @darrenmooney.bsky.social, and I are back talking The ReWind.
We'll be talking TV shows and Movies, Including Iron Lung.
And for Iron Lung being a "Directed By, Written By, Edited By, Produced By, and Starring" Movie... it's not that bad.
Watch/Listen Here:
We'll be talking TV shows and Movies, Including Iron Lung.
And for Iron Lung being a "Directed By, Written By, Edited By, Produced By, and Starring" Movie... it's not that bad.
Watch/Listen Here:
Our Thoughts on Iron Lung, Fallout Season 2, and Wonder Man | The Rewind Podcast
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February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
In about 20 minutes, Marty, @darrenmooney.bsky.social, and I are back talking The ReWind.
We'll be talking TV shows and Movies, Including Iron Lung.
And for Iron Lung being a "Directed By, Written By, Edited By, Produced By, and Starring" Movie... it's not that bad.
Watch/Listen Here:
We'll be talking TV shows and Movies, Including Iron Lung.
And for Iron Lung being a "Directed By, Written By, Edited By, Produced By, and Starring" Movie... it's not that bad.
Watch/Listen Here:
New 250 episode on Saturday.
And the Saturday after that. And the Saturday after that.
One Saturday After Another.
And the Saturday after that. And the Saturday after that.
One Saturday After Another.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
New 250 episode on Saturday.
And the Saturday after that. And the Saturday after that.
One Saturday After Another.
And the Saturday after that. And the Saturday after that.
One Saturday After Another.