Joss Whedon is on top of the world right now. He just had a smashing opening weekend at the box office with a little movie called The Avengers; and his horror film The Cabin in the Woods is being hailed as a ‘game changer.’ But despite the recent mainstream success, Whedon knows he could never have done it alone. Today, he posted a lengthy letter thanking fans for their years of support on his many projects. If you’re a fan, you’re going to want to read this.

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This week, the trailer for End of Watch, from Street Kings director and Training Day writer David Ayer, hit the web.  Also, Breaking Bad fans will be happy to know that the series is definitely coming back for a fifth season – we’ve got video to prove it. And finally, to those of you who can’t get enough of Lena Dunham, we’ve got a cool web series you can watch that will feed your obsession. All that and more, below…

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The internet is a huge tool for independent filmmakers, it provides knowledge, helps them make a name for themselves and it even helps them get started. No matter how big or small a project, money is still a huge necessity for independent filmmakers to make a quality movie. There are a number of interesting projects beginning online, and we’ve found one that is worthy of your attention. Producer Curtis Andersen and director Zeke Pinheiro (The Price) have launched a kickstarter campaign in hopes of getting the funds to hire a casting director and a storyboard artist for their next project, which they promise will be a slasher with real scares.

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A great short film can go a long way, and that’s what Courtney Moorehead Balaker is hoping of hers, Cute Couple. She completed the short film a few years, and with that behind her, she now ready and inspired to go bigger. Balaker started the Untitled Jackson Hole Project which is a feature film about a group of thirty-somethings who get together for a mini-reunion. However, the project isn’t just a film project, it also has another goal, one common to many independent filmmakers, and that’s to raise money to actually make the thing. You can get full details below, and even check out her short film Cute Couple, which is very, very entertaining and unique.

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Natalie Portman followed her beautiful Oscar winning performance in Black Swan with the casual Emma in No String Attached. The Ivan Reitman film was a financial success, but didn’t get much love from the critics. In a few weeks, Portman’s costar Mila Kunis is following her work in Black Swan with a Will Gluck romantic comedy titled Friends with Benefits. When the Benefits’ trailer hit the web, we had Deja Vu, but Blind Film Critic went the extra mile and created a trailer mashup to show audiences that Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached are the same film, just made by different studios.

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Having emerged from the center of some controversy when it was revealed Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi will be paid 32 grand by Rutgers University to speak at New Jersey’s largest college, this weekend “Snooki” continued her cultural dominance by appearing at Wrestlemania. The “Jersey Shore” star managed to hold her own in the ring, and was able to do some acrobatics. Take a look…

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Writer/Director Sangmoo Lee teams up with Korea’s current box-office big dog Dong-gun Jang his latest picture, The Warriors Way. This visually compelling martial arts western is packed with elaborate fight sequences and highly impressive special affects. The film also stars Kate Bosworth and is set for a nationwide release Friday, December 3rd.

Find out more about the film below…

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It has been a very strange year in politics, and it’s only going to get stranger on Election Day. Will the ever-polarizing Christine O’Donnel win? Will Sarah Palin join the cast of “Dancing with the Stars”? Will Sean Penn make an extremely controversial statement related to Hugo Chavez and human rights?  All I know is this – if you are planning on watching a movie on Election Day, it should be one of the five listed below:

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Normally we do a video of the day, but today was a little bit harder. There were too many options to choose from, so we simply have a roundup post with a bunch of funny videos and a couple random things we found on the internet. It should kill at least twenty minuets while you are working (not that we encourage that sort of thing — but we do).

Check out the stories and a few videos after the jump…

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