Easy A gets top Blu-Ray Review

Easy A got a rare 5 star review from Blu-Ray.com. Check it out here! Below is a screencap from their website.




Meanwhile, critics continue to praise Amanda's work in the movie:

"...one of the years best...[featuring] the thank-goodness-she-unretired Amanda Bynes as a passionate religious instigator." -SheKnows.com

"Tucci and Clarkson aren't the only nice surprise though, there are excellent performances from Thomas Hayden Church [and] Amanda Bynes." -Daily Dischord

Here's hoping she headlines a project in the new year.

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A is Golden

Just a quick update to congratulate Emma Stone on her first ever Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for Easy A! She's up against some stiff competition, but being recognized and nominated is already a win, and dare I say it, an Easy A.

Cheesy jokes aside, don't forget that Easy A is hitting stores on Blu-Ray and DVD Tuesday! This is a chance to have Amanda under your Christmas tree.

Here's a rundown of the features for the DVD and Blu-ray:




Additional Material:

Commentary with Director Will Gluck and Emma Stone
Emma Stone's Webcam Audition Footage
Gag Reel

Blu-Ray Exclusives:

Extra Credit: Pop-Up Trivia Track (BD-exclusive)
The Making of Easy A (BD-exclusive)
The School of Pop Culture: Movies of the Eighties (BD-exclusive)
Vocabulary of Hilarity (BD-exclusive)

Maybe another present would be for Amanda to announce another project and come out of retirement for real!

Thanks for sticking by as always, for reading, leaving comments, and continuing to support Amanda and this blog. Hopefully 2011 will bring more of Amanda. Entertainment needs her, don't you think?

All the best and happy holidays! See you next year.

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Make your holiday shopping Easy

Easy A has been pegged for a release date of December 21 on Blu-ray and DVD, just in time for Christmas!



Additional Material:

Commentary with Director Will Gluck and Emma Stone
Emma Stone's Webcam Audition Footage
Gag Reel

Blu-Ray Exclusives:

Extra Credit: Pop-Up Trivia Track (BD-exclusive)
The Making of Easy A (BD-exclusive)
The School of Pop Culture: Movies of the Eighties (BD-exclusive)
Vocabulary of Hilarity (BD-exclusive)


Since its release this September, Easy A has reeled in over $55 million at the box office.

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Easy A makes the grade at weekend box office

The weekend estimates are in, and Easy A looks to clean up nicely at the box office, coming in at #2 with a 3 day take of just over $18 million. This is a great open for a teen comedy, and it was budgeted at just $8 million. Factor in the generally positive reviews, and Easy A looks like a hit for all involved.



Update (9/20/10): Actuals totalled a little lower than expected (which is normal) so Easy A opened with $17.7 million!

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Amanda after Easy A

Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch blog posted a fantastic article in which they hope Amanda chooses to not retire. Amid the great reviews she's gotten from Easy A, (nearly all of them are positive), the blog author hopes Amanda sticks around because she shows more promise than other performers her age.

I hope [deleting her Twitter] doesn’t mean that she’s un-un-retired. I think that would be a shame.

Especially in this weekend of Yet Another Disappointing Headline Concerning Lindsay Lohan, I find myself respecting the way Bynes has conducted her transition from child star to young adult: no scandals, no arrests, no embarrassing boyfriend drama, just the one Maxim cover (on which she’s practically swaddled in fabric) and a very select smattering of well-played parts. I’m fairly certain she still lives with her parents, which I find adorable. And while it is her right to decide what to do with her own future — especially after nearly two decades of the Hollywood grind life on screen [better, readers? - WP] — I wish she wouldn’t give up on making people laugh. We’ve got waaaaay too many generic ingenues around here already.

Check out the rest of the article here, and don't forget to see Easy A in theaters!

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Easy A is in theaters now!

Almost three years to the day, Amanda Bynes is finally back on the big screen co-starring as uber religious high schooler Marianne Bryant in Sony Pictures' Easy A, also featuring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Cam Gigagnt, Alyson Michalka, Stanley Tucci, Dan Byrd, Patrica Clarkson, and Thomas Hayden Church.



The film revolves around a girl who lies about being promiscious in order to help social outcasts become accepted.

Budgeted at $8 million, the ensemble comedy is predicted to rise to the top of the box office class this weekend.

What the critics are saying:

A strong cast of actors such as Bynes, Lisa Kudrow and Thomas Haden Church portray the witty dialogue of a well-written script by Bert V. Royal in this Will Gluck film....“Easy A” is a must-see movie.
- Collegiate

Marianne [is] played with butt-clenching perfection by Amanda Bynes...
- Variety

Gluck was really fortunate that this cast came together, because they're all so relaxed with each other, all so funny, and they all know exactly what tone to use to play this material. And with the young cast, everyone seems on their game. Speaking of Bynes...she was pitch perfect in "Hairspray," and she pins down a very different character here, making her Marianne a nice example of curdled Christianity.
- Hitflix

Hopefully, the impending success of Easy A will bring Amanda Bynes back out of retirement fully and will lead to more projects.

After you see the movie, leave comments below or Tweet your thoughts!

Welcome back, Amanda!

Catch up on everything Easy A here and check out the official site.

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Easy A likely to top weekend box office

Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider press has released its box office predictions for this weekend and places Easy A at the top of the pack estimating the movie to score in $18 million range:

Teen girls haven’t had something to sink their teeth into since Twilight. And while I’m not even considering comparing Easy A to the vampire juggernaut, I do think this PG-13-rated teen flick does have the ability to spark with its intended demographic. How high it gets is going to be predicated based on how many teenage girls are available for movie-going this weekend. If they love it, which I predict they will, then word-of-mouth could give the Screen Gems flick a hefty opening frame. It would also mean the Sony subsidiary scores its third No. 1 film in three weeks, after Resident Evil and Takers.

The Associated Press predicts the movie to open even higher, in the $30 million range.

Easy A is generating tons of positive reviews and praise for not only Emma Stone, but the entire cast. Will the positive press and a high outcome in receipt totals convince Amanda to come back to acting full time? What do you think?

See if Amanda lives up to the hype in theaters Friday!

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