Culture Club
Don’t miss out: our hot list for your leisure pleasure
(includes review of Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict)
FILM
Man du jour James Franco excels as Allen Ginsberg in biopic Howl, focising on the obscenity trial of his legendary poem; Emily Blunt teams up with Matt Damon in romantic thriller The Adjustment Bureau; and sit back for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new sci-fi comedy about adorable alien Paul(Seth Rogen).
TV
Claire Foy (of Little Dorrit fame) stars as an 18-year-old retracing the steps of her grandfather across Israel in The Promise (Channel 4).
MUSIC
Liam Gallagher’s new band Beady Eye’s debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding (Beady Eye Records) is a mix of Beatles-style tunes spliced with his moody vocals.
BOOKS
Laurie Viera Rigler’s Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict (Bloomsbury, ₤7.99) sees a 19th-century Jane in present-day L.A. Expect plenty of modern Mr Darcys and romantic entanglements.”