And if you have it, you're likely to achieve more in life

Britain's biggest movie visual-effects (VFX) company made a significant move into quality television yesterday as a direct result of George Osborne's decision to give the sector tax breaks.

Stuart Lancaster's rapid and remarkable ascent from stand-in to supremo in the England set-up was all but confirmed following the announcement of the findings of an independent review into the Twickenham set-up following the national side's poor showing at the 2011 World Cup.

From folding up the streets of Paris in Inception to making a magical world fit for a boy wizard in the Harry Potter series, British special effects designers know how to bewitch cinemagoers.

Capcom debut an all-new action-adventure at Gamescom where knowledge is most definitely power.

The public flocked to see British films last year as UK box-office takings passed £1bn for the first time. The British Film Institute, publishing its 10th annual Statistical Yearbook yesterday, hailed 2011 as a year in which "British film thrived".

Movie hits such as The King's Speech and The Inbetweeners have helped UK box office takings to exceed £1 billion for the first time.

Christian Bale, the British star of the Batman films, visited survivors of the Colorado cinema shooting on Tuesday, and thanked medical staff and police officers who responded to the attack that killed 12 people and injured 58 others.

Treyarch looking to 'redefine storytelling' within the franchise.

A lesbian sex scene helped make ballet thriller Black Swan the most complained-about film last year.

Friday

Mon Dieu, what a fall from grace is here.

A David Cronenberg film about Jung (Michael Fassbender), Freud (Viggo Mortensen), and the strictly therapeutic S&M they have with a troubled young protégée (Keira Knightley) sounds like it should be, well, dangerous.