Finally had an opportunity to catch "Atonement" last night. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but I will say it didn't disappoint. Visually speaking, it was just exquisite -- lushly atmospheric, deep and lovely, even when the entire landscape was nothing but a faint, charred grey. And the characters felt true to the ones I'd pictured in my head when I was reading the book. The child who played young Briony certainly has a future ahead of her; and James McAvoy was, as usual, a figure from which I find it harder and harder to draw my eyes. Particularly when he's whimpering his arousal against the lips and throat of a film's leading lady. See: Library sex scene.

Next on my list? "There Will Be Blood". I'm thrilled beyond words about this movie. Keep your fingers crossed that one theater in this silly little town actually has the brains to show it.