I broke my lifelong rule this weekend and went to a movie by myself for the first time ever. The occasion was The Departed. Freaking awesome. It was a little different from its source material, the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, and I might could have a quibble here and there. But still, it was the best movie I’ve seen in a long time. Damon and DiCaprio were solid, Nicholson will win another Oscar, Sheen was very good. But Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg were my favorites, real icing on the cake. (Baldwin acted as if his character from Glengarry Glen Ross were now a cop. I half-expected to get the “ABC” speech.) It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s very, very good. Highly recommended.