Here at Art Infliction, we are very structured with things, such as Kaycee And The Forefront and Steve Believes.
However, there will be weeks where Steve Kaycee won’t make the Monday deadline for the former of those two pages, along with the fact that he could have more than one sports entry during a particular week.
But what if Steve could make up for a missed deadline? And what if he had a page to run in tandem with Steve Believes?
Well, the answers are here on this page, as we house both belated assignments and impromptu assignments.
Or in this case, Steve squeezing in a Kaycee And The Forefront entry into this page whenever the aforementioned Kaycee And The Forefront page, along with both The Bonus Round page and Miscellaneous page, are all booked solid.
So now you are most likely wondering, “What is Steve tackling this time?”
Well, he is blogging about finally deciding to assess the High School Musical franchise.
You can check it out via the entry below!
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“Flickasbord, Volume 229”
Back in 46 BCE (Before Common Era), we got the very first leap year, thanks to Julius Caesar. Of course, I had no idea that there was such a thing as a leap year until I was 11 going on 12 in 1996, thanks to my fifth grade teacher. But after having that knowledge dropped on me 30 years ago, I eventually learned that my birth year (1984) was a leap year. And although I wasn’t born on Leap Day (February 29) of that year, February 29 in general had/has moments that stand out to many (if not all) of us, with three of mine being 1] The Shaquille O’Neal-Kobe Bryant-Glen Rice Los Angeles Lakers beating the Portland Trail Blazers, to eventually clinch the number one seed in the Western Conference (and entire NBA) during the 1999-00 regular season, 2] Due Date being the only Flickuum evaluation to occur on a Leap Day thus far, with that particular feat occurring in 2012, and 3] I saw the relentlessly panned “Madame Web” theatrically.
Yes, two of those three standout things are movie related, thus the perfect segue for this entry. And given the likelihood of me scheduling the last major leap towards 1,500 completed Flickuum evaluations next weekend (if not sooner), it’s time to reveal the next round of additions to the assessment/re-assessment roster.
Let’s begin.
First up, the roommate of mine, whom always seems to come up with additions for the roster, mentioned another movie to me back in 2011, due to us agreeing that the late Pete Poslethwaite was a presence in whatever movie that he appeared, i.e. “The Town”. This then led to that roommate mentioning a movie that the late actor appeared in with Daniel Day-Lewis, entitled “In The Name Of The Father”. Of course, it kept getting lost in the shuffle for all these years, but since I have a long (and seemingly everlasting) runway in adding to the amount of 2,646 overall guaranteed Flickuum movies, I’ve added it to the roster, due to its mere mention having staying power in my mind. Now let’s see if that acclaimed movie will join the group that was first started by “Wildcats” and last extended by “Glitch”.
Next up, my memory is hazy when it comes to which movie trailers were played during my many trips to movie rental places, especially since I’m not sure which Heath Ledger movie was being shown in trailer form during the 2000s. I do know that he appeared in two of those fantasy type movies in “The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus” and “The Brothers Grimm”, and I don’t know which of those trailers that I saw during any of those trips, but I did see one of them. Actually, now that I think of it, the trailer was for the latter, as I learned of the former via one of those nighttime entertainment gossip shows. But I didn’t know that the late Heath Ledger appeared in the aforementioned latter until looking it up on IMDB, along with wondering how it got on my list of movies to blog about in this entry. But hey, it’s here and worthy of an assessment, as the aforementioned former is an overall guaranteed Flickuum movie. Now let’s see if both movies end up together in the same ranking group.
Earlier this week, I saw a video about celebrities that were actually dying during the filming of their eventual final film roles and their characters ended up dying in those movies, such as Walter Matthau dying in “Hanging Up”. But the two that really stood out to me were Richard Farnsworth in “The Straight Story” and Jason Robards in “Magnolia”, the latter of which I just added into this entry. And as to why both of those movies were the standouts of that video, in addition to them being in the category of final film roles for dying celebrities, well I like the aesthetic of the first one, while I associate the other one with “Vanilla Sky” since both movies are Tom Cruise movies with psychedelic vibes. Now let’s see if the tugging of heartstrings translates into two more Flickuum additions or not.
Prior to last October, I thought that Jennifer Lopez and John Leguizamo were in a live-action movie together and thought so as far back as 2008. But after doing my research on “Bordertown” and the former’s filmography yet again, that thought was immediately debunked. However, the remnants of that initial thought remained, as 1] My evaluations of “John Wick” and “Kick-Ass 2”, 2] My plan to possibly expedite “John Wick: Chapter Two” to Tier 2 and 3] My 29th viewing of “Empire” 12 days ago all kept those remnants alive, thus I went to his filmography to find out which movie that I got mixed up with the aforementioned “Bordertown”. And sure enough, I found the name of that movie last night, with it being “Cronicas”. Of course, I’m still trying to get over my latest “post-Empire hangover”, so I’m still not ready to watch any of his other movies, but it’s been added to the roster and will be assessed before my second (or third) viewing of my favorite 2002 movie this calendar year.
Around this time last year, I added the Mahershala Ali movie “Swan Song” to my Apple TV queue yet totally kept drawing a blank on simply acknowledging it. But every time that I surfed my Apple TV device, I kept noticing it, to the point that I vowed to include it in a Flickasbord entry one of these days. Well, that day is today, as I compiled it into my Flickasbord entry reminders list this week, thus I no longer have a reason to continue letting it slip through the cracks. Now it’s just a matter of when I decide to assess it.
An actress that has amassed six overall guaranteed Flickuum movies, four of which are already enshrined, is Rachel Matthews, and she’s vibrant in anything that she appears in. So, with that being said, I checked her filmography to see if she has anything else for me to assess and sure enough, she does. Two movies to be exact, with them being “Tankhouse” and “Ms. White Light”, the latter of which I’ll need to purchase from Amazon, as that’s the only way that it can be accessible for me to assess.
Every now and then, I end up with a movie on my reminders list and then end up wondering how the hell it ended up there in the first place. The latest example of this is the movie “MexZombies”, which features yet another Latina smoke show in Barbara de Regil, whom was brought to my attention in a still completely unknown way to me. But hey, I’ll take it, as damn, she’s hot and the movie looks bonkers as all get out, thus it has been added to the roster.
The roommate, whom keeps giving me recommendations, was watching two more movies (on separate days) that I caught bits and pieces of. And like most movies that I catch bits and pieces of, those two had staying power in my mind. And as to what those two movies were, well they were the Anthony LaPaglia-Geoffrey Rush movie “Lantana” and the horror comedy “Slaughterhouse Rulez”, the latter of which has an adorable dog (named Mr. Chips) that survives. So, given the presence of Mr. Chips and the fact that those bits and pieces of “Lantana” were caught during the week that “Death Race” was evaluated, it’s a safe bet that both of those movies will join the group that has Jason Statham’s best movie among them.
Evaluating “Camp” nearly seven weeks ago, I wondered why I still hadn’t assessed any of the “High School Musical” movies up to that point, especially since A] Vanessa Hudgens is a presence in whatever she appears in, and B] Each installment has what it takes to outrank Anna Kendrick’s feature film debut. So, with that being said, all three “Zanessa” installments, as well as the Ashley Tisdale-led spin-off film, have been added to the roster. Now let’s see if that franchise can join a movie (In The Heights) that has a main character named Vanessa.
And finally, 2026 has been a perfect year, from the standpoint that every 2026 movie that I’ve assessed is either guaranteed or is going to be guaranteed, with “They Will Kill You” being the most recent one. Of course, we’re barely into the second quarter of this year and the perfect (14-0 currently) record isn’t guaranteed to remain as such. Still, given that possibility, I found three more 2026 movies that have the potential to increase the 2026 win column. And as to what those three movies are, well they are 1] The Drama, because I want to see what the chemistry is like between Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, 2] Backrooms, due to it potentially providing me the experience that I got with “Undertone” and 3] The Mortuary Assistant, as it’s a second “post-Blood In The Water” movie for Willa Holland. Of course, I don’t know when I’ll be assessing each of those movies, but I have a feeling that they won’t be finding themselves in Tier 12 like “Bring Her Back” just did.
Well, progress in amassing Project movies has been very slow this week, as only “The Housemaid” has dual occupancy in Tiers 7 and 14, and that was because it’s a cross between “The Girl On The Train” and both “Simple Favor” movies. But given what I can likely amass this coming weekend, I’m confident that I can improve upon my 17% win rate in assessments/re-assessments.
Until the next time.