Just got back from seeing The Departed. If it doesn't win Best Picture I'll be most annoyed.

It's far better than Babel which we saw last weekend.

Of course I should see Letters From Iwo Jima and The Queen before I get too high on my horse and I loved Little Miss Sunshine but since Children of Men didn't get nominated I have a serious axe to grind with the Academy.

Casino Royale. Excellent. I never was a huge fan of Pierce Brosnan as Bond (I still haven't seen Tomorrow Never Dies) and was intrigued when Daniel Craig was cast. Craig is awesome, sexy and mysterious as Bond.

Bond movies are one of my guilty pleasures. I got into them when Duran Duran did the theme song for "A View to a Kill". :)

Also saw Scoop. I rated it as 3 stars (out of five) on Netflix but might change it to two. A Woody Allen satire of madcap British mysteries with Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman. Funny in spots but the dialog seemed to be lacking *something.*

(I would be rude if I didn't mention we saw scoop at the house of misslynn who fed us a lovely dinner beforehand.)

Go see it now. That is all.

edit: (possible spoilerage in the comments)