Email Author Gregory Weinkauf

2004 Stories by Gregory Weinkauf

• Diva Down

  published December 23, 2004

  "I know why I hate integrity," moans Jeremy Irons late in Callas Forever. "It's great for the person who has it; it's pure hell for... More >>

• 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 indomitablity of human nature tend to make me want to puke, mainly because they're often created with a palpable... 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 >>

• 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 >>

• Gender Pretender

  published October 21, 2004

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

• Gallo's Pole

  published October 7, 2004

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

• Too Ché

  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 >>

• Rebel, Rebel

  published September 30, 2004

  It's the tenth anniversary of John Duigan's smart, sensual and superb movie Sirens, and I'm reflecting on the comment of a female friend... More >>

• Vile With a Smile

  published September 23, 2004

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

• Days of Future Past

  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 >>

• Future Shock

  published September 9, 2004

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

• Jet Propelled

  published September 2, 2004

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

• Live, Baby, Live

  published August 26, 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 >>

• Banzai Beat

  published August 12, 2004

  Say hello to a pop-cinema masterpiece. This new Japanese import opens with a massive thud not unlike Godzilla's footfall, and its cinematic... 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 >>

• King Artless

  published July 8, 2004

  Behold what is, in theory, the thinking person's ideal summer blockbuster. King Arthur features some of the planet's most beautiful... More >>

• Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

  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 >>

• The World According to Ki-duk

  published April 29, 2004

  Ever evolving, always changing, the universe nonetheless sustains many constants. Hair metal never really goes away. British women inevitably... More >>

• After the Fall

  published April 29, 2004

  Those seeking a spiritual counterpart to the yin of Lynne Ramsay's masterfully moody Morvern Callar will find their yang in David... More >>

• Rites of Spring

  published February 12, 2004

  It is so very nice when a movie completely outstrips the expectations conjured by its trailer, as is the case with The Dreamers. At... More >>

• Triple Your Pleasure

  published January 29, 2004

  Behold a tale of true love (between a boy and a bicycle), of tireless courage (from a bitty grandmother with a clubfoot) and of a very shocking... More >>