glad to have you here. >>, joseph gordon-levitt -- next, joseph gordon-levitt. tavis: joseph gordon-levitt is a talented actor with credits like inception and third rock from the sun. next summer you can catch him in the latest installment of the batman series. he stars in the new some "50/50 -- new film "50/50." >> some rare kind of cancer. >> what is it called? >> it means a tumor basically. >> what are your odds? >> it said 50-50 bet that is the internet. so. >> that's not that bad. that is better than i thought. you are going to be fine. celebrities beat cancer. the guy from "dexter," you are going to be fine. 50/50. if you're a casino game you would have the best odds. tavis: one of the things that makes this thing work is the levity that is applied to a serious subject matter. when one is diagnosed with cancer, this is based on a true story. when one is diagnosed in your 20's, a little levity helps. >> more than anything it is inspired by nature story. the guy who wrote the script is named will. when he got better from cancer he decided to write a comedy ab

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joseph gordon levitt is within of my favorite actor working today.onal perform's but also keeping it very comedic. seth rogan plays himself like he does in every movie but he is so funny in this. i laughed out loud at lost a dozen times. >> how many times did you cry? >> i didn't necessarily cry but there are sequences where it is getting very serious. you are like oh, my gosh, what happened to the comedy and than they hit you with the quick witted dialogue. i gave it a four and a half out of five. >> excellent. >> i highly, highly recommend it. >> got about a machine left. this hooks interesting. -- got about a minute left. >> it is a bioflick of sam shoulders who dedicated his entire life to helping out hundred and hundred of children some sudan. the story is so inspirational and it is so good but the movie doesn't live up to the greatness of the story. gerard butler, you know him from king leonides, i like him a lot but that scottish accent in certain scenes of the movie, because he is from pennsylvania, it comes through. that took me out of the m