Easy A (2010)

The past few year Emma Stone has been hard at work making a name for herself in Hollywood. She played in Superbad, Paper Man and Zombieland. With Easy A she gets the chance to show if she has enough talent to carry the weight of a whole movie.
In Easy A she’s Olive Penderghast, a normal girl who spends a lot of time with her friend Rhiannon (Alyson Michalka) and does ok at school. Rhiannon’s parents are a bit weird and when they invite Olive to join them for a weekend in the country she tells Rhiannon that she can’t go as she has a date.

After the weekend Rhiannon ask her about the date and whether or not she slept with the guy. Olive decides to lie about it and confirms that she has. She doesn’t know that Marianne (Amanda Bynes) is listening in and it only takes a few minutes before everyone at school knows about it. It’s the first time that Olive is the center of attention. Continue reading

Paper Man (2009)

Richard Dunn (Jeff Daniels) is a writer who is about to start with his second book. Expectations are high, but he’s suffering from severe writers block. His wife Clair (Lisa Kudrow, who always seem to play the exact same character) has hired a cabin for him so he will be able to work there alone, away from everyday life. You’ll find out quickly that Richard is not alone at all as his imaginary friend, Captain Excellent (played by Ryan Reynolds), who has been with him since he was a boy is also there. It’s not the only thing that’s strange about Richard Dunn. Continue reading