Peter D Crum: The Humble Blog Ninja

The following films are nominated for Best Picture this year.  I hope that  Dune: Part Two  wins, but I'm pretty sure that The Brutalist...

I'll let you in on a secret - there were two movies that I really hated this year; I knew before seeing them that I would hate them, and...

Nickel Boys is the last of the Best Picture nominees that I watched this year, and definitely falls into the category of a movie that I wou...

For those of you keeping score at home,  Emilia Pérez is the third, and last of the movies that I thought was centered around a transgender...

I went to see I'm Still Here last night, at a mostly packed theater in Orlando, filled with people who I assume, like me, were trying t...

Some of you may remember from my review of The Northman , that I walked into that film under the false impression that it was rated PG-13, a...

My brother Nate and I discussed A Complete Unknown a few days ago, and he pointed out that the film isn't meant to be a biography, rath...

I knew that there was one movie this year that centered on a transgender character, but I really didn't remember whether it was Anora , ...

I'm going to do this review in reverse, because it wouldn't be fair to you the reader, to put you through the same bait/switch routi...

Whenever Aravis and I go to Starbucks, and she gets a drink with one of those "sippy cup" lids, and I ask her if it's an Arian...

For certain movies it will be a challenge to follow my current self-imposed guidelines of identifying two (2) elements that I liked, and one...

Starting with this review, and continuing until further notice, I will be writing a series of brief reviews, in which I identify two (2) ele...

The following films are nominated for Best Picture this year.  In my humble opinion, I believe that Oppenheimer should win.  I sure hope th...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,   Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

 David Fincher's The Killer was disappointing on two levels: Netflix is degrading cinema by catering to the viewing sensibilities of the...

Great films fall into one of two categories, there are those that are heavy, and need long periods of reflection between viewings, and there...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,   Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,   Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,   Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,   Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,  Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer q...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film,   Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

  The opening of Bradley Cooper's film, Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer ...

The opening of Bradley Cooper's film, Maestro , is a title card with a quote from Leonard Bernstein:   “A work of art does not answer qu...