So it seems that Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp aren’t tripping over themselves to cash-in on the success of District 9 and rush out a sequel. Nikki Finke posted some details up on Deadline saying that it may happen “at some point” but only ‘when the duo “figure out what the story is and organize their respective schedules”.’ The film only just came out for fuck’s sake, forget a sequel, we’ve had enough cake for today. If any more details seep through Hollywood’s pants about this I’m going to be sick, everywhere. And anyway, District 9 should be one of those sci-fi films that stands alone as a triumph, like Blade Runner or…Alien (dammit). Leave Wikus alone!

Entertainment’s current fixation with vampires has left me bored of violent sex, blood-sucking and the smell of burning flesh at sunrise (well, perhaps not entirely). But, putting my doubts aside, I decided that Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst was going to be worthy of my time. Thankfully, it was. Gruesome, charming and beautiful, I felt as intrigued as the first time I watched The Vengeance Trilogy and found myself thanking the Gods of cinema (Buzz and Woody?) that somebody had injected an ounce of sanity into a world so inexplicably enamoured with Twilight. I’ll be adding this to my ‘vampire flicks I can stand’ folder along with The Lost Boys and From Dusk Till Dawn.