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Written, directed, and starring the buff Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

All twelve movies in one clip. Pretty cool. Further proof of the adage that “even numbered Star Treks don’t suck” can be found in the current movie’s reviews.

Oscar-winner Christopher Waltz was being interviewed live on French TV yesterday when a man fired a starting pistol and rushed the stage claiming to have a grenade. The drama unfolded when the Django Unchained actor was being interviewed for France’s Le Grand Journal at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday (May 17) when gunfire was heard.Speaking to the Daily Mail, …

Deadline reports on the coming Anita Bryant biopic: Uma Thurman will star as controversial anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in Anita, produced by Sex And the City creator Darren Star, Howard Rosenman, Jeffrey Schwarz and Dennis Erdman. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will direct from a screenplay by Chad Hodge. Those filmmakers, who most recently helmed Lovelace, won Oscars for Common …

In a piece written for the New York Times, Angelina Jolie has revealed that she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy. The truth is I carry a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk …

Gothamist explains today’s Google Doodle: Today is Saul Bass’s 93rd birthday. You may not know who Saul Bass is, but you’ve probably seen his work at some point—he designed the opening title sequences and posters for films—like Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest, Psycho and Vertigo—as well as the corporate logos to United Airlines and AT&T. The films referenced in the …

Kristin Wiig, Annette Benning, and Glee’s Darren Criss.

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is a “Summer of Gatsby” goodie bag containing a t-shirt, water bottle, beach bag, mini-poster, and a CD copy of Music from Baz Luhrmann’s Film The Great Gatsby. Opening Friday, May 10, The Great Gatsby is a unique and imaginative retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic story from trailblazing director Baz …

“Best alien-folk-duo sci-fi-action romance-comedy ever.”

Filmmaker Spike Lee, a rabid basketball fan often seen courtside at Madison Square Garden, is battling haters on Twitter after announcing his support for Jason Collins.

Clip recap: “A same-sex couple celebrates their 25th anniversary by getting married in every state they legally can. This is the trailer for an upcoming feature documentary. Starring Pat Dwyer and Stephen Mosher, directed by Allan Pipe.” The film opens in New York City on Friday. 

More on the documentary is here.  It airs on PBS this weekend in some cities. Hit the link to check.

After earning record profits in the last year, Regal Cinemas is facing an enormous customer backlash after it was revealed that the company will be slashing staff hours in order to prevent some employees from being covered under Obamacare. The country’s biggest movie theater chain has stirred a hornets’ nest of controversy after announcing in a company memo that it’s …