Finally some movie love for a chick flick.

All week various critics’ groups have been checking in with their top film awards. Two movies have dominated: “No Country for Old Men,” a gruesome crime crime thriller set in Texas and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem, and ”There Will Be Blood,” an epic saga about a crazed oilman starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Not many women’s roles in these macho-driven, violent epics.

But Thursday morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association  announced its Golden Globe nominations for this year’s best and a chick flick, “Atonement,” took the most nominations.

“Atonement,” a romance set against the backdrop of World War II, took a leading seven nominations including Best Drama Picture. This gives the film a boost in its quest to be among the top five films nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. And the boost couldn’t come at a better time, as “Atonement” faces not only “No Country” and “Blood” but also such male-driven flicks as “Michael Clayton,” “American Gangster” and “Into the Wild” in grabbing one of the top slots for the highest film accolade of all.