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 >>

• 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 Bender

  published November 11, 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... More >>

• His Guy Friday

  published October 28, 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 >>

• 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 >>

• Vile With a Smile

  published October 7, 2004

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

• Banzai Beat

  published September 30, 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 >>

• 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 >>

• Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

  published September 23, 2004

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

• Deck Heads

  published August 12, 2004

  Most boys seem to tumble down the assembly line with their main switch factory-preset to Aggression. Toys are for throwing, army men are for... More >>

• Nothing to Fear

  published August 5, 2004

  Deep in the dangerous wasteland of America, far removed from civilization, there exists a community driven by fear, sworn to isolationism. They... 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 is a... More >>

• Until the Night

  published July 15, 2004

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

• George of the Bungle

  published June 24, 2004

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• Frogs Gone Loco

  published June 17, 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 >>

• After the Fall

  published June 10, 2004

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

• After the Fall

  published June 3, 2004

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

• The World According to Kim

  published May 27, 2004

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

• Sour Town

  published May 13, 2004

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