Marvel Studios showcased the trailer to their highly anticipated superhero film The Avengers during the Super Bowl ad break earlier this month. It differed from the teaser trailer, which was released at the end of last year, by including previously unseen footage from the film.

Directed and written by Joss Whedon, the creator of TV …

Rockstar Games release Max Payne 3 in May, the latest installment of a video game franchise that has so far sold over 7.5m copies worldwide.

This video, the latest of their design and technology videos, reveals some of the weapons and gameplay that fans can expect to encounter in the new game.

Game Radar describe it as “breathtakingly fluid gunplay”.

Here’s a wonderful talk from Shawn Achor of Good Think Inc, a corporate strategy firm that believes individual happiness and organizational success are inextricably linked.

In this talk Shawn argues that people are more likely to achieve their goals at work if they are happy and positive.

It’s a compelling idea and he delivers it more like a stand-up comedian than an academic.

Iron Sky is a science fiction comedy about Nazis invading the earth from the dark side of the moon, where they’ve been hiding since 1945. You can read the full synopsis here.

Iron Sky’s producers have so far secured €6.3 million of their €7.5 million budget and they’re looking to fund the shortfall through …

Following the success of The War Horse movie and play, The History Channel are broadcasting The Real War Horse, a documentary about the horses that were used by the British army during the First World War.

It’s the story of the million horses, mules and donkeys that were sent to the Western Front.

If you missed the show on TV, the History …

We were all at once absorbed, scared and delighted at the world premiere of The Woman In Black last night, which stars Daniel Radcliffe in a ghost story based on the novel by Susan Hill.

Absorbed by the coupling of a brilliant screenplay by Jane Goldman and the vision of director James …

In cinemas from Friday, The Descendants is about the life of Matt King, a middle aged American man living in Hawaii coming to terms with his wife’s infidelity.

Directed by Alexander Payne and distributed by Fox Searchlight, The Descendants won two awards at the Golden Globes last week for Best Drama …

The proposed SOPA anti-piracy legislation in the US has prompted many sites to ‘black out’ today in protest. Wikipedia is the most high profile site to black out while Google shows it’s support by supporting an anti-SOPA petition.

In a statement, Wikipedia said, “The US Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open internet. For …

Ex England and Arsenal player Martin Keown was doing punditry on ESPN for the FA tie between Arsenal vs Leeds at the Emirates on Monday night when a Leeds player aimed a ball at his head while training.

Keown’s clearly miffed at being hit by the football but carries on with his job without moaning while Leeds supporters in the background …

Later this month, I’ll be attending a roundtable breakfast meeting at the House of Commons with 25 other business people and MPs and peers to reflect on the Hargreaves report, a recent review of the UK’s copyright law. You’ll find a summary of the report here on The Guardian.

The breakfast is hosted by the …

I came to Stuart Lee late, when a friend sent me this, his IRA skit.

At Christmas, while waiting with my family to watch Stick Man at London’s Leicester Square theatre, I saw that he’s doing a residency there, performing his new ‘Carpet Remnant World’ show before he tours the country with it. You can see the full list of dates on …

This film by Gareth Evans, featuring Indonesian martial arts actor Iko Uwais, created a huge buzz at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival . The red band trailer, above,  just hints at how violent (and brilliant) The Raid is.

We had the chance to attend a preview screening last week and walked out exhausted after 100 minutes of full-on action. This …

Sony Pictures Classics have released a documentary about A Tribe Called Quest called Beats, Rhymes & Life.

Directed by Michael Rapaport, it’s been showing at film festivals throughout the year, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

In addition to chronicling the past, …

Azealia Banks is a 20 year old lyricist from Harlem, NYC. She topped the NME Cool List this year and the BBC have nominated her for their Sound of 2012 poll.

She’s a graduate of Manhattan’s LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing arts, whose …