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MAD MEN: SEASON 7, PART 2 DISC of the month: It's time to bid farewell to the team at the New York advertising agency that's

ADAM DRIVER

This tall, brooding, charismatic San Diego- born actor is currently best known as Lena Dunham's self-absorbed boyfriend in HBO hit series Girls , but come December 2015, everyone will know his name. Driver is playing

had as many takeovers, mergers and name changes as hotshot ad man Don Draper has one-night stands. Well, maybe not that many! In the last seven episodes of a split final season, Sterling Cooper & Price are absorbed by global ad giant McCann Erickson, which leaves the core characters – Don, Roger, Peggy, Joan and Pete – at odds with the new office dynamic. Don, in particular, can't abide boardroom pitches by committee and hits the road to find a waitress he's become obsessed with, which ultimately turns into the journey to self-discovery this conflicted guy has needed since we first met him. Jon Hamm finally received a well-deserved and belated Emmy this year for his portrayal of one of TV's most fascinating alpha males, and fittingly, it's Don Draper who is the primary focus of the final episodes. That's not to say the others don't receive a suitable send-off – chain-smoking finally catches up with one of the characters in the form of terminal lung cancer; an unexpected romance blooms; and new and exciting opportunities await some of our favourite employees, all of whom deserve some kind of happiness – including Don. And it's not a spoiler to reveal that the final episode will leave you with a smile on your face, and wanting a Coke. We'll miss the sixties' decor and fashions, the rampant smoking, drinking, sexism, crazy campaigns, silver fox Roger, and Don's womanising ways. But most of all we'll miss one of the most stylish and memorable series on TV.

Girls (2012-2016)

Kylo Ren, the bad guy in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens , a role that will bring worldwide recognition, his own action figure, and sci-fi convention demand. Although muzzled by the cone of silence surrounding the film, Driver has described his induction into the Star Wars universe as "surreal". Driver joined the marines at 18, but a mountain bike injury prevented him from shipping out to Iraq. He received an honourable discharge and pursued acting at Julliard in NewYork, working on the stage prior to securing a regular role in Girls which brought him to the attention of some of Hollywood's heavyweight filmmakers. For a relative newcomer to the biz, he's worked with some prestigious names: Steven Spielberg ( Lincoln ), Clint Eastwood ( J. Edgar ), the Coen Bros. ( Inside Llewyn Davis ), and has just completed a film with Martin Scorsese, Silence , in which he plays a 17th century Jesuit priest. He can also be seen in Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha and recently reunited with the writer-director for While We're Young , as a NewYork hipster who helps Ben Stiller through a midlife crisis. His other film roles include Bluebird , What If , This is Where I Leave You and Tracks , in which he played the photographer who befriends Mia Wasikowska's adventurer in the Australian desert. In addition to Star Wars, he's just completed the sci-fi film Midnight Special , alongside another Aussie: Joel Edgerton. Despite having attracted a legion of female admirers as the frequently shirtless Adam Sackler in Girls , Driver shrugs off the 'heartthrob' tag. "I'm like a sight gag," he says. "I have a really big face... I don't totally get it."

Tracks (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

While We're Young (2014)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

COMING SOON Hitting the JB shelves in December Fantastic Four This dark and downbeat update of Marvel's M:I - Rogue Nation

Southpaw The chameleonic Jake Gyllenhaal bulks up to play a beleaguered boxer in this gritty drama that packs a hefty punch. (Dec 23)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Guy Ritchie switches from gangsters to spies for this stylish adaptation of the '60s cult series. (Dec 16)

Ghost Protocol is a hard act to

fab four didn't win any fans at the cinema. But it deserves a second chance on DVD. (Dec 9)

follow, but this new Mission achieves the impossible. (Dec 10)

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