Last Night’s TV: The Killing/Channel 4 Candy Bar Girls/Channel 5

Last Night’s TV: The Killing/Channel 4 Candy Bar Girls/Channel 5
I’ve long been of the opinion that subtitles paper over the cracks in a foreign film or television series, making it seem marginally more sophisticated than it really is. That the dialogue was incomprehensible to English-speakers in Forbrydelsen (the original Danish version of The Killing), or in the excellent French crime thriller Spiral, disguised any potential bum notes. I’m convinced this is …
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Charlie Day is good at playing a fool
In ‘Horrible Bosses,’ his naive Dale gets harassed by Jennifer Aniston’s man-eater dentist. It’s just his latest simpleton role. In ‘Horrible Bosses,’ his naive Dale gets harassed by Jennifer Aniston’s man-eater dentist. It’s just his latest simpleton role.
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Mad Men Make AMC Priciest Media Takeover Since 2006: Real M&A
Don Draper and zombies may be enough to entice News Corp. and Walt Disney Co. to chase the most expensive American media takeover in five years.
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