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Time away to do speed test runs of 145 physical media items (DVDs, VHS Tapes, Blu-ray Discs) that I own, along with both being timely with my assessments/re-assessments and load-managing my weekly blogging, have really recharged my batteries, as I have compiled a robust amount of content for this entry. Plus, given that the resumption of The Flickuum Project will occur early tomorrow afternoon, it’s only fitting that this entry posts today.
Let’s begin.
First up, the roommate of mine who constantly gives me Flickuum candidates, has given me yet another one, with this one being the Eric Bana movie “The Dry”. And as to why I’ve accepted this recommendation, in addition to my roommate being awesome, well A] That movie has a very smartly put together and multi-faceted plot, B] I like movies with their setting being Australia and C] I like the fact it was actually shot in that country. So, given all of that and a potentially great performance by Bana in the lead role, the 2021 movie is expected to punch its ticket into The Project sometime in 2025.
Next up, I’ve pardoned 89 movies from the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page for various reasons and the reasons are so various that I can’t mention them individually in today’s Nog Report. However, I can mention them in four separate charts, as there is no damn way that I’m going to have 89 movies in one chart because that would be an eye sore for anyone (myself included) that is reading this entry. So, without any more ado, here is Chart #1:
| Movie | Why it’s getting one last chance |
| Share? | It can work well in a line-up with “A Most Violent Year”, “Wonder Woman: Bloodlines” and “My Best Friend’s Wife”. Plus, it can give Danielle Campbell a fifth Flickuum movie. |
| Street Fighter ‘94 | This movie is similar to the one that’s listed directly above it, from an open-ended ending standpoint. Plus, it’s the final theatrical movie of the late Raul Julia. |
| SEAL Patrol | The time period jumping isn’t as annoying as initially thought. Plus, it can work in a line-up that has “The Bounce Back”. |
| You Don’t Mess With The Zohan | Emmanuelle Chriqui single-handedly saves this movie just like Justin Baldoni single-handedly saved “It Ends With Us”. |
| Mob Rules | The lines of good and evil are blurred, but that’s completely plausible in this movie. |
| Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind | This movie is Sam Rockwell’s true breakout movie. |
| Bad Company | Shea Whigham’s performance isn’t as stilted as initially thought. |
| J. Edgar | Despite Armie Hammer being somewhat miscast, Leonardo DiCaprio gives a performance that’s worthy of at least a re-assessment. |
| The Losers | The pay-off involving the dynamic between Clay and Aisha is open to interpretation. |
| The Substitute | This could be Maria Celedonio’s only chance at Flickuum lore. |
| The Principal | What’s an assessment/re-assessment roster with a “Substitute”, but no “Principal”? |
| Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams | The wildness of Evelyn Guerrero’s character is worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Things Are Tough All Over | This movie is adjoined at the hip with the movie that’s listed directly above it. |
| Eyes Wide Shut | This movie has the interesting connection to “The Shining” and “A Few Good Men”, with the former being directed by the late Stanley Kubrick, and the latter being co-led by both Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. |
| The Clockwork Girl | Despite the weird “Eyes Wide Shut” mask that Carrie-Anne Moss’ character wears, this movie has a vibe that is similar to “My Life As A Zucchini” and it gets Alexa PenaVega one step closer to having the same amount of Flickuum movies as Camila Belle, her “From Prada To Nada” co-star. |
| Sweet Girl | The petty behavior of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively in “Deadpool & Wolverine” makes me want to re-assess a movie, which has a much more likable Hollywood couple in Jason Mamoa and Adria Arjona. |
| Semper Fi | The fate of Jai Courtney’s character is open to interpretation. |
| At Any Price | This movie could outrank “Hot Summer Nights”, as both movies are Maika Monroe movies. |
| Down Periscope | Kelsey Grammar being a gruff submarine captain was/is a departure from his Frasier Crane character, and that alone makes this movie worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Ron’s Gone Wrong | Something about this movie screams re-assessment to me. |
| Ma | The tone of this movie is similar to both “Get Out” and “Nope”. |
| Ghost In The Shell | This movie can the fill “Lucy/Under The Skin” void in The Project. |
| Date Night | If “The Other Guys” can be re-assessed, then this movie should be as well. |
A handful of times, I have mixed up “Please Stand By” with “Greta”, as I thought they were both Dakota Fanning movies. But I ended up being wrong about that, as Chloe Grace Moretz was/is in the latter. Still, I want to see/assess the latter, as that movie is giving me vibes of the former for some reason, even though the latter is rated R, whereas the former is rated PG-13. Now let’s see how different in tone that the latter is, compared to the former.
Alright, so since 89 isn’t divisible by a whole number, I documented 23 pardoned movies in Chart #1, thus leaving the remaining 66 to divvy among the other three charts. So, with that being said, here are the next 22 via Chart #2:
| Movie | Why it’s getting one last chance |
| The Silencing | This movie is a rural slow-burn version of “Magnum Force”. |
| The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest | This movie can work well with anything that has either Nadine Velazquez or Tiffani-Amber Thiessen. |
| A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown | This movie is getting re-assessed, on the basis of it featuring the voice of Victoria Justice. |
| Nixon | Movies set during the Richard Nixon presidency have been done a bit too much, but Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of Tricky Dick is worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Thunderball | Considering the revised ranking of “Goldfinger”, this movie is no longer deemed a letdown. |
| Something New | The ending saves this movie. Plus, it didn’t help that it was assessed one day after “Abigail”. |
| Above The Shadows | The fact that this movie has a fantasy element in it really changes the complexion of whether it makes The Project or not. Plus, Megan Fox’s stock has rapidly risen, thus another reason why this movie will be re-assessed. |
| Critical Condition | This movie has typical frenetic Richard Pryor energy. |
| Wrong | This movie has a quirky vibe, which is similar to “Light Years”. Plus, it features Alexis Dziena. |
| Brewster’s Millions | This movie is totally easy to comprehend, from the standpoint of it takes money to make money. |
| Falling Down | It’s rare to see Michael Douglas play such an unhinged character, thus making this movie totally worthy of a re-assessment. |
| The Tourist | The ending of this movie needs to be re-investigated. |
| Hard Rain | Morgan Freeman’s performance makes this movie worthy of a re-assessment. |
| 47 Ronin | This movie could outrank three of the four “Matrix” movies. |
| Blade Of The 47 Ronin | Go Back To China is Anna Akana’s crowning achievement, but this movie could be one of her successes, post-that movie. |
| The Dead Undead | This could be America Young’s only shot at Flickuum lore. |
| The Dreamers | The rolling of the closing credits isn’t as irritating as initially thought. Plus, this movie set the table for Eva Green’s career, which includes the fourth-ranked Flickuum movie in “Dumbo”. |
| Feel The Noise | This movie could make it, on the basis of the chemistry between Omarion and Zulay Henao. |
| Higher Learning | Omar Epps and Ice Cube feed off each other in this movie. |
| The Burnt Orange Heresy | This is one of two potential Flickuum movies for Elizabeth Debicki in which it’s live-action. |
| Quicksilver | Certain parts of this movie need to be re-investigated. |
| Centurion | The Flickuum chances for this movie hinge on the character of Olga Kurylenko. |
Another movie that that same roommate of mine planted a seed in my head about was this made-for-cable movie, featuring Tim Robbins and Diane Lane, only for me to forget the name of it, as I first learned of it back in April 2021. But it still stood out to me all this time later, to the point that I took some time recently to find out the name of that movie via a Google search. And of course, that search proved that memory correct, as they appeared in such a movie together, entitled “Cinema Verite”. And unlike 2021, that movie will be documented on the assessment/re-assessment roster since Flickuum roster space has expanded from 2,000 to the current (and final) total of 5,000. Now let’s see if regaining the memory of that movie leads to it getting a 50F designation or not.
Well, a little over half the pardons have been announced, so let’s get to the three-quarter mark via Chart #3:
| Movie | Why it’s getting one last chance |
| 30 Years To Life | This movie could give Allen Payne an additional Flickuum movie, as his only such movie is “New Jack City”. |
| The Last Airbender | The creatures and visuals could give this movie a fighting chance at rejoining The Project. |
| Sleight | Blood Fest (and possibly the movie listed directly above) could turn Seychelle Gabriel’s Flickuum amount from one (possibly two) to two (possibly three). |
| The Tomorrow War | If the two movies that are listed directly can be re-assessed, then this movie should be as well. |
| The First Wives Club | Given the dramatic ranking change of “Wildcats”, this movie could be Goldie Hawn’s best in The Project. |
| Ghosted | The reunion between “Knives Out” cast mates Ana de Armas and Chris Evans could be just enough to get this movie into The Project. |
| Hunter Killer | This movie had the impossible task of being re-assessed after a viewing of the Saved By The Bell episode “The Prom”, thus it deserves a second re-assessment. |
| The Penthouse | This movie has the potential to be one of the final ones in an increment of 100 Flickuum evaluations. |
| Violet | This movie can work well with a myriad of movies that feature either Nadine Velazquez or Melissa Barrera. |
| The Princess | This movie is a super-charged version of “Your Highness”. |
| Bullet Train | This movie has a tone that is similar to both “Nobody” movies. |
| High Fidelity | This movie is being deemed as John Cusack’s defining post-1980s role. |
| The Brothers Solomon | Despite the occasional vulgarity, this movie does have heart. |
| National Security | If “Restraining Order” doesn’t pass its assessment, then this one could be Mari Morrow’s only Flickuum movie. |
| Black Knight | The dream sequences in this movie are quite entertaining. |
| Friday Foster | The theme song of this movie alone makes it worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Stuck Between Stations | I like the nighttime wandering dynamic between Casper and Rebecca. |
| Dangerous Lies | This movie could be an unlikely jump-starter for The Project. |
| Love After Love | Movies with a quirky indie vibe tend to do well in making The Project, and this movie could fall under that category. |
| The Little Hours | The recent success of “Honey Don’t!” gives this movie another chance, as both movies are Aubrey Plaza movies. |
| War, Inc. | The ending is completely open for interpretation. |
| Mystery Team | Despite Donald Glover being super annoying in this movie, it could outrank the movie that’s listed two spots above it. |
2023 (and newer) movies always seem to emerge as Flickuum candidates, due in large part to my active winning streak of successful theatrical outings extending to 40. So, given that active wave of momentum, five more such movies will be added to the tour, with them being A] Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, because the trailer for that movie looks awesome, B] Bugonia, because that might be the movie that finally gives Yorgos Lanthimos Flickuum lore, C] The Threesome, because there is no such thing as too much Zoey Deutch in The Project and it has “Knocked Up” vibes about it, D] Bone Lake, because it looks like it could be a pleasant surprise like “Tarot”, and E] Rental Family, because it’s got the vibe of being that movie that’s perfect to see on a Monday. Plus, since the former of those five movies is a sequel, its predecessor will also be assessed since I have a rule of first installments being assessed before subsequent installments.
Alright, the final quarter of pardons is finally here, thus you can see Chart #4 in this paragraph:
| Movie | Why it’s getting one last chance |
| Car Wash | A movie featuring two comedic legends, in Richard Pryor and George Carlin, deserves a second re-assessment. |
| The Neon Demon | This movie can work well with either “Chevalier”, “Carmen” or “In The Heights”. |
| The Rules Of Attraction | The presence of Kate Bosworth makes this movie worthy of a re-assessment. |
| The Subject | This move could be a surprisingly good change of pace for Jason Biggs. Plus, it features Anabelle Acosta. |
| Kill Chain | If the movie that’s listed directly above can be re-assessed, then this movie should be as well. |
| This Is The Night | This movie has a vibe that’s similar to “Cruise”, thus it will be re-assessed. |
| Without Ward | It’s another quirky Alexis Dziena movie that deserves a re-assessment. |
| Truth Or Dare | It’s Blumhouse, so that reputation alone earns this movie a re-assessment. |
| Dance Flick | This movie can be a second Flickuum movie for Shawn Wayans. |
| Zola | This might be the trashiest A24 movie and that could be a good thing, thanks to Riley Keough’s performance in another A24 movie, with that one being “American Honey”. |
| Petunia | This movie can work well with “A Perfect Pairing”, “Upgraded” and “Blink Twice” in an evaluation line-up. |
| The Vicious Kind | Brittany Snow’s performance makes this movie worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Natural Born Killers | This movie is a trashy good time, seems to have been somewhat inspired by “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”, and seems to have somewhat inspired both “Trap” and “Your Monster”. |
| Witches In The Woods | The road trip aspect of this movie makes it worthy of a re-assessment. |
| The Last Summer | Both the plot and ending of this movie might be better than originally thought. |
| Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter | For some reason, this movie has a nothing but The Flickuum vibe about it. |
| $5 A Day | This movie falls under the same category as “Violet”. |
| The Giver | I enjoyed reading this book during my eighth grade reading class, so I want to re-assess this movie again. |
| Fat Albert | Despite Bill Cosby making a cameo appearance, this features Dania Ramirez and it has a Monday evaluation vibe about it. |
| World’s Greatest Dad | Despite a really cringy aspect in this movie, it also gives Alexie Gilmore a very substantial role. |
| Boogie Nights | This movie paved the way for “The Big Lebowski”. |
| Three Amigos! | The presence of Steve Martin, and him teaming up with longtime friend Martin Short both make this movie worthy of a re-assessment. |
Usually, I don’t like open-ended endings with ambiguity attached to them. But after researching the plot of “Juror #2” via Google, I’ve decided to re-assess that movie, as my findings have me convinced that one major plot line is more definitive than I had originally thought. And given that I can interpret the ending of that movie in my own way, it will be a Project movie in all likelihood.
Initially, I thought I was done blogging about pardoned movies. But after realizing that there are similarities between “Black Knight” and “A Kid In King Arthur’s Court”, I’ve decided to also pardon the latter, thus bringing the total of pardoned movies up to 90. Yes, I should have made six charts with 15 movies per, but making 11th hour audibles in these types of blog entries is what I do, especially since I was ready to stick to my stipulation of 89 pardons. But of course, childhood nostalgia overruled it in this scenario and 1995 could be represented once more on the Total Flickuum Movies By Release Year page. Stay tuned.
In addition to “Juror #2”, I found two other Tier 12 movies each deserving of a re-assessment, with the first one being “Challengers”, due to both its ending making much more sense in my mind, and the potential of it working well with any Nadine Velazquez or Melissa Barrera movie. And as to what the second one is, well that one is “The Wedding Banquet”, due to both it being heartfelt and having lighting that’s similar to “We Live In Time”. Now let’s see if they both can avoid the arduous battle of trying to clinch two of the final 95 Flickuum spots, which is something that “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain” managed to do three days ago.
This entry is about to get a second helping of Bacon, as a certain movie starring the now 67-year-old actor kept popping up in my Max feed yet it kept getting lost in the shuffle. And as to what that movie was, well it was “Taking Chance”, which looks like another excellent made-for-cable movie. Plus, given that it could also put Mike Colter one step closer to a double digit amount of Flickuum movies, it’s finally been removed from the shuffle and added to the assessment/re-assessment roster.
Watching Felisha Cooper’s interview with Kjersti Flaa, I noticed her saying that she hated working with Isaiah Washington, which caused me to hesitate about assessing the movie (Keys To The City) that they did together. But given that A] It’s a movie that gives her a very substantial role, and B] There are other long-lasting grudges between people working in Hollywood, I’ve decided to take a flier on that movie.
Since I kept amending the reminders of what to add in this entry, I took that opportunity between the beginning of the writing process and today to acknowledge two more roommate recommendations, with them being “Intolerable Cruelty” and “Peggy Sue Got Married”. Yes, the recommendations are an onslaught, but they’re not overwhelming at all, especially when there’s an abundance of Flickuum cap space. Now let’s see if those two movies each have what it takes to be two of the 5,000.
The maximum of 95 movies in Tier 13 has changed yet again, as “The Lost City” has been sent to Tier 8, on the basis of it being one of the two (Bullet Train is the other) 2022 movies featuring both Sandra Bullock and Brad Pitt, while the latter tier has also received “The Journey Of Natty Gann”, due to its ties to “Husband For Hire”. And going in their places in the former tier are “Ali G Indahouse” and “Ex Machina”, as it’s much simpler to fully maintain that tier with two eventual Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention movies than try to find two 2022 (or older) movies on such short notice for it. Now let’s see when the latter two movies will be permanently disqualified from Flickuum contention.
The Ursela Corbero movie (Kill The Jockey) that I most wanted to assess yet couldn’t, due to the stupidity of customs charges for ordering a DVD from a different country, is now available for pre-order via both Apple and Vudu, thus it will soon be accessible to assess via an additional avenue. Of course, I almost became resigned to the possibility of never being able to assess it, but accessibility avenues (for specific movies) work in mysterious ways, thus making that specific doubt a moot point. Now let’s see if that movie will be worth all of that rhubarb or not.
During the conclusion of my speed test runs, my re-assessment of “Thanksgiving” and my third re-assessment of “Little Giants”, I amassed 10 more pardons, as various reasons have caused me to grant them. And as to what those 10 additional movies are, well they are 1] Bird Box, because it deserves the same chance that “The Lost City” is getting, 2] Yoga Hosers, because it has both line-up versatility and Genesis Rodriguez, 3] Nurse, because I’m catching “Girls Against Boys” vibes with that movie, 4] A Novel Romance, because it could be Milena Govich’s only chance at Flickuum lore, 5] Necessary Roughness, because it has similarities to the aforementioned “Little Giants”, 6] The American President, because it was/is a change of pace for Shawna Waldron, 7] I, Robot, because it just has a nothing but The Flickuum vibe about it, 8] A Mouthful Of Air, because I want to see how different it is from another Amanda Seyfried movie in “Jennifer’s Body”, 9] Next Gen, because it’s a conjoined twin of “Ron’s Gone Wrong”, and 10] Your Sister’s Sister, because the ending needs to be re-investigated. Alright, now I’m really done handing out pardons for movies that are on the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page.
And finally, when a movie goes on the Movies That Mega Tat Refuses To See page, it stays there unless it’s “Song Of The South”, but that movie ended up being a pointless assessment. And while I remain ironclad in denying the other movies that are on that page, the fact that I’m granting “J. Edgar” and the weirdness of Armie Hammer playing Clyde another chance has caused me to decide to take a flier on “Call Me By Your Name” to see how that career move of his compares to his portrayal of the aforementioned Clyde. Yes, a second movie will be pardoned from that page, so we shall see if this pardon will succeed unlike the aforementioned “Song Of The South”.
Well, between the last Art Infliction website update (last Monday) and today, I’ve amassed nine more movies for the sixth varsity vs. jayvee style Flickuum battle and I’m relieved about that, as it’s been a struggle in recent weeks to have this many favorable outcomes, let alone getting this many in a single week. And hopefully, all of these now documented movies have the same exact outcomes.
Until the next time.