But sceptics think any change in Russian co-operation with global law enforcement is cosmetic: "Handing over a couple of ageing arms dealers is a small price," says one, noting strong Russian involvement in Colombia in the past, such as building a submarine for cocaine smuggling.It is unclear if Mr Bout will ever reach the dock in America.
Of course nudity features on Neddy's journey – particularly in the Burt Lancaster film version – when he comes across a couple of ageing naturists.
At the centre of the story are a couple of ageing 60s lefties, for whom religion is anathema, and their daughter who becomes a baal tshuva - a sort of born-again Jew.
The team, for better or worse, is also built, with a couple of aging, untradable players.
The Danish mogul Ole Olsen produced a safari documentary by buying a couple of aging lions from the Copenhagen zoo, moving them to an island, and, inter-cutting stock jungle footage, filming them being killed by hired "hunters".
On Feb. 1, Lionsgate is scheduled to expand its distribution of "Stand Up Guys," with a couple of aging heavies played by Al Pacino and Christopher Walken, following a limited release for awards consideration in December.
Even so, in the perfectly meshed characterizations and trouping of the stars, it has two of the most likable Western heroes in many moons a couple of aging, rather seedy and non-too-bright bronco busters.In a leisurely way, the picture lopes along, trimly glued to the two cowboys as they try to make a dollar.
When, a couple of years ago the distinguished versifier Craig Raine (born 1944) and the literary critic Terry Eagleton (born 1943) embarked on one of their regular spats, several newspaper commentators suggested that, really, it was unseemly for a couple of aging literary gentlemen to be trading abuse in this way.
At the risk of lowering the tone, I noted a couple of aging male rockers with ponytails and goatees, standing at the urinals in the restrooms.
Airstrikes by a couple of aging American and British fighter-bombers, flown by Ethiopians, had us pinned down.
Only thing is, it will benefit from another couple years of aging.
