There was a time, and a much simpler time it was too, when a superhero had what it took to save the world all on his own. 

Avengers Age of Ultron is just arriving in cinemas but as everything is connected in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that means we're starting to hear about films coming down the line in a couple of years.

YouTube had it's 10-year anniversary of the first video uploaded to it's site, Barry Lyttle has received a 13 month suspended sentence for punching his brother which left him in a coma, Jack Grealish feels ’very ashamed’ over his nitrous oxide picture and a volcano in southern Chile has sent huge amounts of ash and toxins into the surround sky. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

The superhero team must fight together to take on a threat to the entire Earth.

Who is the bestest Avenger?

In case you somehow forgot, Avengers: Age of Ultron hits cinemas in a few short weeks.

It’s the movie everyone’s talking about, but the road from page to screen hasn’t been smooth for EL James’ bonkbuster. Susan Griffin probes a little deeper...

Hulkbuster armour is all my inner ten-year-old wanted.

Several members of the Avengers descended on Comic-Con to debut the first footage from the upcoming superhero sequel.

New album and gigs lined up in Glastonbury, Dublin and Mitchelstown-

Warner Bros. and Legendary productions are planning a 'Gozilla' sequel.

This week, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ken Watanabe face a monstrous threat to humanity in the action-packed blockbuster Godzilla, and a sexually repressed young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) struggles to break free from a loveless marriage in ‘In Secret’.

Bryan Cranston thinks Godzilla would be "horrible" at making crystal meth.

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston revealed he hesitated about appearing in Godzilla because he had doubts about the script.

Jennifer Lawrence sparkled at the premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in a backless white Christian Dior dress with multicoloured sequined skirt.

UNUSUALLY early for my interview with Daniel Radcliffe, I am making my way leisurely up the stairs at the BAFTA offices in Piccadilly, when a smartly dressed young man bounds up past me.

From Elizabeth Olsen, to Olivia Wilde - the best and worst of this week's red carpet fashion.

Daniel Radcliffe has really left Harry Potter behind with a startling and explicit Sundance Film Festival role as poet Allen Ginsberg.

MUSIC NEWS: While no Irish dates have been announced yet, the Stone Roses have confirmed they’ll be gigging into next year, and have lined up shows for London’s Finsbury Park on Jun 7-8, and Glasgow Green on Jun 15.

Samuel L Jackson is set to make an appearance in the remake of 'Oldboy'.

Seeing is deceiving. Look beyond the obvious and you might glimpse writer-director Rodrigo Cortes’s sleights of hand in this intriguing thriller, which follows two paranormal investigators as they debunk fraudulent mediums, mind readers and ghost hunters through the appliance of rigorous science.

Josh Brolin wanted to get Park Chan-wook's blessing before he agreed to sign up to the remake of 'Oldboy'.

A treatise on masculinity masquerading as a fairytale love story, The Lucky One (12A) stars Zac Efron as Logan, who finds a picture of a beautiful blonde woman while serving as a Marine in Iraq.

Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) left Mercury in rural Minnesota for the ‘mini-Apple’ of Minneapolis to experience big city life and fulfil her dream of becoming an author.

Glenn Close is tipped for an Oscar nomination for her role as an Irishwoman who dresses as a man to get work, says Helen Barlow

Russell Crowe is thought to be in contention to star in 'The Winter's Tale'.