A number of disparate Californians ((ndash)) several women and one man ((ndash)) start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they work their way through the canon, they find their relationships ((ndash)) both old and new ((ndash)) begin to resemble Austen's novels.

The way viewers describe the characters make them sound like archetypes, as are the characters in an Austen novel. The main characters are: Bernadette, a strong older woman living her own life; Sylvia, Bernadette's friend, who has recently suffered some kind of heartbreak; Sylvia's lesbian daughter Allegra, who joins to support her mother; Jocelyn, a friend of Sylvia's, who brings along a young man with a view to playing matchmaker; Prudie, a strange young married teacher; and Sky, Prudie's irresponsible, aging-hippie mother.

So, does it work? Well, apparently, yes. It's a chick-flick, and fans of Jane Austen's novels will also like it. It has good dialogue, humour, strong characters and good character development. It's rather like a Jane Austen novel, unsurprisingly. That's not to say that it's perfect. One otherwise favourable reviewer squelched on what she considered a few implausible things, but I'm not going to welsh on them. If you want to know, you'll just have to come along and find out! If you liked Love Actually then you'll probably like this too.

Dewey Cox was a man who knew the true meaning of the blues. Losing his brother at a young age to a tragic accident was only one of many painful experiences in his life, but it was the first to turn him to music. In the years that followed Dewey became a music legend but his torturous personal life is what made him a man.

Walk Hard is a razor sharp spoof of musical bio pics, borrowing heavily from the recent Johnny Cash life story Walk the Line. Written, directed and produced by Jake Kasdan (of The Zero Effect and "Freaks and Geeks" fame) and Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad), it's fair to expect more from this movie than you may from the next Scary Movie. Thankfully, Dewey's adventures live up to expectations. Anyone who can appreciate a "spiritual journey" with the Beatles or a kung fu Elvis will get a laugh out of Walk Hard.