**Note: Most of this entry was written before the afternoon of February 7, 2024, therefore it’s a little outdated
Now that the domino of “Christopher Robin” has finally fallen, the movies that are slated for official overall guaranteed Flickuum spots 2,101 through 2,170 are finally ready to go and will be allocated to the next three Flickuum selection protocols. But more on that starting Leap Day, as this entry is a somewhat rehashed and more definitive version of “Catching The Rest Of The 22-Hundred”, via it focusing on the 30 movies that have the right to get spots 2,171 through 2,200 of The Project. And not only will this entry focus on those 30 movies because in addition, those 30 movies (plus four others) will be divided into four categories, with them being “Surefire New Year’s Day 2025 Deadline Beaters”, “Fringe New Year’s Day 2025 Deadline Beaters”, “Doomed To Fail” and “100 Stand Pending”. Furthermore, all 34 movies are ranked, with number one being the one that I’m most confident in and number thirty four being the one that I’m least confident in, and they can be seen via the list below:
- Despicable Me 2
- Arthur The King
- Ballerina
- Bad Boys 4
- Inside Out 2
- The Garfield Movie
- IF
- Abigail
- The Fall Guy
- The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- Monkey Man
- Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
- Kung Fu Panda 4
- Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Drive-Away Dolls
- Imaginary
- Argylle
- Deadpool 3
- Lisa Frankenstein
- Your Monster
- Juror #2
- Joker: Folie A Deux
- Beetlejuice 2
- Bob Marley: One Love
- The Hill
- Sound Of Freedom
- See You On Venus
- Challengers
- The Retirement Plan
- Past Lives
- Napoleon
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
- Night Swim
Alright, so there are some key things that I want to point out about my color-coded list, with the first one being that numbers 21 through 24 are highlighted in grey, due to the combination of A] No known non-Sundance Film Festival accessibility for “Your Monster”, B] No United States wide release date for “Juror #2” and C] The question of when pre-order listings will be made known for both “Beetlejuice 2” and “Joker: Folie A Deux”. Otherwise, those four movies would all probably be in between “Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes” and “Love Lies Bleeding”. Second, some of the movies on the list above are 2023 releases, as there’s somewhat of a shortage of 2024 movies that can potentially beat the deadline. Third, numbers 31 through 34 are the alternative options to numbers 21 through 24 and could be assessed in place of them before the aforementioned deadline. Fourth, “Gladiator 2”, “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” and “Mufasa: The Lion King” are all noticeably absent from the list above because their pre-order listings might come after the aforementioned deadline, therefore they are most likely ineligible for March Madness style tournament play. And fifth, movies such as “All The World Is Sleeping” and “The Charnel House” each have a chance to get into the 2,171 through 2,200 group this week, due to four movies in the 25 through 30 range currently being accessible to assess. However, one of those two movies (All The World Is Sleeping, The Charnel House) could get their spot as early as tomorrow if Argylle doesn’t wow in its assessment.
Tune into the 02-08-24 Nog Report to find out if Matthew Vaughn’s latest directorial effort becomes The Flickuum’s second chronologically successful 2024 movie, following “The Beekeeper”, or not.