London Film Festival Prepares For Bond - page 2

27-10-2008 12:30

A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal early success with Telstar, the biggest selling record of its time, before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia forced him into murder and suicide.

A gay, amphetamine addicted, talented but deeply troubled soul, Meek dabbled in the occult. He is already an iconic figure in the world of British pop.

It's the directorial debut for British actor Nick Moran, who also co-wrote the script, and he gets some great performances from James Corden, Carl Barât leading man Con O'Neill and a cameo from Kevin Spacey as Meek's business partner.

Some of the movies to look forward to as the festival draws to a close this week is con man movie Brother Bloom, which it the highly anticipated follow up to Brick by writer-director Rian Johnson, which brings together a high quality cast of Oscar winner Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo.

Tuesdays big films include the new movie from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who brought us Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Synecdoche New York with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton. Another impressive cast of Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristen Scott Thomas and newbie Ben Barnes in witty social comedy Easy Virtue.

Then of course Wednesday is the night than most film fans have been waiting for as the 007 train comes to the Odeon in the West End for the World Premiere of Quantum of Solace, just two days before the film goes on general release.

The festival runs until 30th October

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw