Steven Spielberg’s upcoming remake of Korean revenge flick Oldboy has been cancelled. Or at least, that’s what the internet is telling me. I know it’s sad that we won’t get to see Will Smith slaughter another few hours of screen time, but I think it’s ultimately for the best. Look at it this way, now he can concentrate on getting even more smug for I, Robot 2. I’m kidding, Will Smith is a bad ass, I just wish I could rewind 15 years. Anyway, don’t take this report as gospel, just hope and hope and hope some more; I’ll pray with you brothers and sisters.

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.