The London Film Festival kicks off on 17 October with the fantastic thriller Eastern Promises starring Viggo Mortensen, a must for all cinema fans who live within striking distance of the capital. Not that we’re shallow or anything, but we have found ourselves scanning the list of expected guests, and we’re just a little bit excited by the prospect of Tom Cruise (attending alongside Robert Redford and Meryl Streep for their new drama Lions For Lambs), Halle Berry (Things We Lost In The Fire), Sean Penn (director of Into The Wild) and Sienna Miller (Interview). More names to be confirmed, and public booking opens on 29 September. See www.lff.org.uk for more details.