Goblet of Goodness

Mrs. F and I are salivating quite heavily at the prospect of seeing the new Harry Potter flick (though it won't be this weekend). I absolutely loved the last one--Prisoner of Azkaban--directed by Alfonso Cuarón. And from the looks of the reviews coming out, it looks like Mike Newell has added even more depth and, most needed for the Harry Potter books--a sense of Britishness. Here's a bit from the NYTimes review:

If Mr. Cuarón raised the series to a new level with "Azkaban," Mr. Newell, best known for ingratiating mainstream fare like "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and best remembered for the bracing likes of "Donnie Brasco," manages to keep his contribution at a similarly high level of enthrallment. The gloom and doom may be less poetically realized, but the combination of British eccentricity, fatalism and steady-on pluck remains irresistibly intact.

Two of the main actors--Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Rupert Grint (Harry's best mate, Ron)--have celebrity playlists up at the Apple iTunes Music Store. I'm not the biggest fan of the celebrity playlist, but I gotta say that Radcliffe's is very interesting--running the gamut from Arcade Fire and The Futureheads to Weezer and The Buzzcocks(!). Check it out if you've got iTunes loaded up on your machine.