Sin City
Several readers have asked my opinion of Sin City. I liked the look of the film and thought Mickey Rourke was remarkable as Marv. But, on the whole, I found the movie less than compelling. It was too stylized to be emotionally gripping, and that's just as well because it was all about torturing depraved, evil people. I liked Kill Bill, but I have my limits.
For another point of view, see this review, done in Sin City's graphic style. (Via Design Observer.)
In related news, the best theory for my unknown teen idol photo comes from reader Diana Day, who writes:
The unidentified "celeb" in the last photo is Matt Czuchry, who plays the love interest of Alexis Bledel (Becky in the movie) on the TV show Gilmore Girls. I don't know who his girlfriend is in real life; it's embarassing enough that I can identify him.
There did seem to be a lot of Gilmore Girls fans in the crowd at the premiere, prompting a middle-aged woman--i.e., someone like me--to comment that she had no idea who these people are because she's too old for that show.