by Marlena Elias
May 27, 2004

(Editor's note: Refer to Ethan's movie review to compare and contrast.)

So many movies; so many differing opinions.

by Marlena Elias
July 31, 2001

The wrong woman got the Oscar for Best Actress. Now don't get me wrong, I adore Julia Roberts and her performance in Erin Brockovich was fabulous! The problem is, I hadn't seen the movie The Contender until well after the Academy Awards. Joan Allen is truly deserving of the Oscar for her performance. I was so completely sold on Julia Roberts winning the best actress Academy Award that I completely forgot that Joan Allen was even in a movie until the night of the Oscars. They showed a clip from Joan Allen's movie The Contender and I almost remembered seeing a preview for it on TV.