Email Author Gregory Weinkauf

2004 Stories by Gregory Weinkauf

• Dorkula

  published December 9, 2004

  They walk among us. They resemble people, approximate our words and actions, present themselves more or less as human. And yet they are more--a... More >>

• Boy Meets Whirl

  published December 2, 2004

  Movies pushing the indomitableness of human nature tend to make me puke, mainly because they're often created with a palpable self-congratulatory... More >>

• Call Him Al

  published November 25, 2004

  If you've ever gone line-dancing with a gaggle of amputees on crank and hallucinogens, you know something of the feeling engendered by viewing... More >>

• Peter Panache

  published November 18, 2004

  Oh, that Johnny Depp. Played in some dime-a-dozen rock bands, did some average television, made a few cutesy little movies. Whatever. Yeah, he... More >>

• Gender Pretender

  published October 21, 2004

  Let's just get the term out of the way up front. The term is "fag hag"--and a thousand pardons, sensitive readers, but there is no PC equivalent.... More >>

• Attack of the Clones

  published October 21, 2004

  The Grudge bears the imprimatur of Sam Raimi but, alas, neither his sense of fun nor his smarts. The wunderkind director behind the... More >>

• Picture Imperfect

  published October 14, 2004

  Outside Tinseltown, not everyone may be aware of the Hollywood Forever cemetery, which specializes in memorializing lives via a process the... More >>

• The Importance of Being Ernesto

  published September 30, 2004

  Revolutionary idolatry is an odd business. Just ask unruly pop singer Stew, of the unruly pop group the Negro Problem. On his Naked Dutch... More >>

• Days of Future Passed

  published September 16, 2004

  Fortune smiles on groovy egregiousness. In the case of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, the filmmakers' investment in their... More >>

• Vile With a Smile

  published September 16, 2004

  Essayist. Playwright. Radio personality. Librettist. Actor. Novelist. Now, with Bright Young Things, the inimitable British wit... More >>

• Gallo's Pole

  published September 9, 2004

  Rare is the film that caters to fans of rabbits, motorcycles, Gordon Lightfoot and fellatio, but now, thanks entirely to Vincent Gallo, we have... More >>

• Live Baby Live

  published September 2, 2004

  Some of the people who helped bring you dank, morose amusements such as The Crow, Dark City and The Matrix have a new movie... More >>

• Jet Propelled

  published August 26, 2004

  There's a new movie called Hero. Don't confuse it with that dusty Dustin Hoffman vehicle, nor with the epic Bollywood musical... More >>

• Screenplay Zero

  published August 26, 2004

  You know how fear is scary? Well, director E. Elias Merhige is into that, especially in his new serial-killer thriller Suspect Zero.... More >>

• Future Shock

  published August 19, 2004

  The future is almost here. At least, it is according to screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce (Pandaemonium) and director Michael Winterbottom... More >>

• The Phantom Menace

  published August 12, 2004

  You're not likely to hear this critic utter the phrases "American remake" and "good idea" in the same breath. Godzilla, anyone? La Femme... More >>

• His Guy Friday

  published August 5, 2004

  There is a phrase bandied about that other film industry--"gay for pay"--that means exactly what it says. The queer thing is, this... More >>

• Meow Mixed

  published July 22, 2004

  Without risking much critical credibility, it can be said that Catwoman succeeds on its own feline terms. Much like a cat, the movie... More >>

• I'll Sleep, Period

  published July 22, 2004

  It would be nice to declare, "Fans of Mike Hodges, rejoice!" or some such thing at the arrival of the veteran director's latest film; alas, not... More >>

• Until the Night

  published July 8, 2004

  "Memory is a wonderful thing, if you don't have to deal with the past," declares French Celine (Julie Delpy) to her erstwhile American... More >>

• George of the Bungle

  published June 24, 2004

  A strong toxin requires a strong antidote. In the case of the Bush administration, the cure is being served in significant part by Michael Moore,... More >>

• Frogs Gone Loco

  published June 3, 2004

  It's a sign that a nation may be losing its collective mind when it grants a nutty hack like Quentin Tarantino an exalted title like officer of... More >>

• Blessed Are the Cheeky

  published May 20, 2004

  In 2004 A.D., as the five remaining members of the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe lie in coffins in a Vanity Fair spread to jeer at... More >>

• Monster Smash

  published May 6, 2004

  "We must keep the atmosphere electrified!" announces creepy Igor in reference to an abominable experiment in Van Helsing, but he... More >>

• Teen Spleen

  published April 29, 2004

  One thing few may mention about Mean Girls is that it could have been unrelentingly terrible. It isn't--it's actually pretty... More >>