Films.

MOTION pictures; GIRLFIGHT (Film); ON the Ropes (Film); CONTENDER, The (Film); KUSAMA, Karyn; RODRIGUEZ, Michelle, 1978-; BRIDGES, Jeff, 1949-; OLDMAN, Gary, 1958-; MOTION picture industry

This article focuses on the motion pictures "Girlfight," "On the Ropes" and "The Contender." Now that Karyn Kusama's much-heralded Girlfight has opened, the author figure it's time to catch up with the 1999 releases and review On the Ropes. The one substantial element of Girlfight is its lead actress, newcomer Michelle Rodriguez, who grabs attention and holds it from the minute she comes onscreen. And now, for a different kind of girlfight, Jeff Bridges and Gary Oldman have so much fun with their roles in The Contender, a new inside-the-Beltway movie.