Anybody ever see the spy movie A Dandy in Aspic? Late sixties, starring Laurence Harvey. Last movie directed by Anthony Mann.

Reviews indicate that it doesn't quite succeed but it does have a fantastic premise that seems rich with dramatic tension.

Harvey plays a British agent who is assigned to track down and kill a Russian agent who's been killing off British spies. Problem is: he's a double agent for the Russians and he's been the one killing off the British spies. In essence he's been assigned to kill himself. The man he's assigned to kill is his own handler for the Russians who's been mistakenly identified as the assassin.

Sometimes you just hear a plot outline and think, "Cool...."

I have The Dive from Clausen's Pier playing on Lifetime in the background as I putter around this morning, and I believe the Michelle Tractenberg/Sean Maher sex scene is the squickiest I've watched since The Accused.

First there's the Mutant Enemy actor cognitive dissonance, then the fact that my mental image of Michelle is still 14 (even though I know intellectually that she was 20 when she made this movie), and finally Sean continues to fail in convincing me that any character he plays is heterosexual—including Brian Piccolo.

Did I fail to see the point of Tsotsi? I appreciated being able to "visit" Johannesburg through the eyes of the camera lens but as a story I didn't feel like the film had much to say. Especially compared to Joyeux Noel and Paradise Now, two movies it beat out for the Academy Award. What am I missing?

Just saw Moon and really enjoyed it. I'm wondering what the Buffista theories were for what the deal was about the woman Sam sees near the beginning. Was he simply beginning to go crazy? Or was it a bug (or a feature!) in his "programming"?

I think it was that clone starting to break down. I also think the woman he was seeing was the 15 year old Eve, wasn't it?

Though if it was his daughter, maybe it is a bug/feature of his programming, because otherwise where else would he have even seen her.

I saw Funny People tonight. I really enjoyed it, but I think it could have benefited from some more editing.

Moon:

The missus thought it was Eve as well, but I couldn't figure out how/why for the reason you say.

We saw it too, sj. I totally agree on the length, but I still ended up really liking it. Both Sandler and Rogen gave much better performances than I was expecting.

I agree, Scrappy. I'm glad I didn't know how much of the film focused on Sandler's character because I normally don't like him.