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I’m at a bit of a loss for what to include in this 100th Flickasbord volume, as there are no movies of Top 100 quality that have yet to be blogged about, so I’ll have to go with quantity in this entry. Let’s begin.
First up, one of the newer additions to the “Trolls” franchise in Camila Cabello really stood out via her voice performance as Poppy’s long-time sister, Viva. As a matter of fact, she stood in that movie so much that I have decided to add her live-action movie “Rob Peace” to the roster of assessments/re-assessments. However, it might not make the 2024 theatrical, due to how loaded that it already is. Still, it will beat the New Year’s Day 2026 deadline because it will come to streaming before the calendar turns to 2025.
I’m not typically into the old Hollywood type stuff, due to A) Some of the dialogue not having a certain edge to it, B) The overdramatic music and C) The voice inflections of that era’s actresses not having the zip that I hear in movies that have Nadine Velazquez and Melissa Barrera. However, I’m going to grant a rare exception for “Rear Window”, as I couldn’t stick to re-assess it a little over a year ago. And who knows because it could join “The Wizard Of Oz”, “Stalag 17”, “The African Queen”, “Casablanca”, “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “King Solomon’s Mines” as the only non-Disney old Hollywood movies in The Flickuum Project. Stay tuned.
When it comes to franchises, I often operate under the mindset of installments needing to stick together, as evidenced by the Chili Palmer movies (Get Short, Be Cool) and the Jaws franchise. Of course, there is the rare exception of “The Suicide Squad” not needing “Suicide Squad” to be in The Project and I can mention others when I write movie reviews again. So, with the latter being said, I will take a flier on the movie “MaXXXine”, as I might not need “X” in The Project to have the Mia Goth-led movie be a part of this deep and talented Flickuum group. Actually, let’s change “might not need” to “refuse to have” for the aforementioned “X”, as I enjoyed that movie less during its re-assessment than I did during its assessment. Still, I’ll take a flier on the Mia Goth-led movie because it could be a low expectation movie that ends up being highly thought of.
For every “Tarot”, there is a “The Fog”, meaning that PG-13 horror movies aren’t always cut from the same cloth. This brings me to the 2005 movie “Cursed”, as its plot and the fact that it has Mya, Shannon Elizabeth and Kristina Anapau make it a worthy addition to the assessment/re-assessment roster. And given that this is Mya’s best shot at being a part of Flickuum lore, I feel like this movie will succeed just like the aforementioned “Tarot” did.
Last month, I assessed three Beverley Mitchell movies, in the hope that I could find one for The Project. But that stockpiling strategy went awry, as the trio of “Toxin”, “The Lost Episode” and “Broken: A Musical” were all pitiful during their assessments. Still, I wasn’t going to let any of that discourage me from looking at her filmography to find a movie for The Project, as there are others to choose from. And choose I did, as I added her movies “Blood Pageant” and “Dance Baby Dance” to the roster and I have a feeling that at least one of them will pan out. Stay tuned.
Another new/fairly new/upcoming movie that I have written down in Tier 9 is “The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim” yet I kept overlooking it as a 2024 release, due to being unsure if it was connected to the 1978 animated movie that I reviewed a little over two years ago or the live-action trilogy that I evaluated in November 2022. But after reading that it’s going to be an animated prequel to that aforementioned trilogy, I’ve decided to not option it as a final 100 contender yet I haven’t claimed it as a part of my 2024 theatrical tour, due to initially having no idea when it was going to come out theatrically. I guess I’ll approach it the same way that I’m approaching “Rob Peace”. Stay tuned.
After constant studying of Jessica Chastain’s filmography, which includes an initially hard to comprehend trilogy in “The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby”, I went back to her filmography to see if it was multiple version of “Apocalypse Now” type releasing or if it was indeed a release of three different movies released in a short amount of time. And as to what answer that I got, well it was the latter, but the only way to see two of those installments is to get a physical of the “Them” version of that movie, as those other two installments (Him, Her) are in the special features section of the “Them” version. Regardless, I’m going to check all three versions to see if this type of format is necessary to the crux (Them version) or not.
Four days ago, I did my re-assessment of “Good Boys” and came away remembering Jeremy of CinemaSins calling it a kids version of “Superbad”. And of course, with that being said, I remembered bailing on the assessment of the latter of those two movies, as I found myself not enjoying it, but that was 16 years ago as a 24-year-old. Plus, opinions can (and have) change with time, thus I’m going to see the latter of those two movies in its entirety either before or after I turn 41 years old.
The new pact hasn’t been amended, which means I’m free to hand out at least one more pardon to a movie that is on the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page. Or in this case, two pardons, as I first pardoned “Danny Collins” to Tier 8, as A) It could outrank the 1,129nd out of 1,130 Flickuum movies in “The Best Of Times” and B) It’s not that much of a letdown 16 years after “The Insider”, as both movies teamed up Al Pacino with the late Christopher Plummer. This was then followed by me pardoning “Fighting” to the aforementioned Tier 8, as its really fast ending is comparable to the really fast ending of another Zulay Henao movie in “Takers”, the latter of which is a Tier 3 movie. But after this, I promise that there will be no more pardons.
And finally, a movie that I wanted to see via it featuring Aly Michalka is expected to be released late this calendar or early next year, as scenes are being re-edited and possibly re-shot for “Killing Winston Jones”, due to the producers of that movie wanting to wash themselves of the stench that is Danny Masterson. The only reason that I was anticipating that movie was because of the aforementioned Aly Michalka, so you best believe that I was very pissed off about Danny Masterson’s narcissistic behavior being the cause of her and the rest of that cast being punished via cancellation. But I’m glad the producers are going the “All The Money In The World” route via most likely recasting the role. Now let’s see who gets the role of Ethan Jones, which did belong to Danny “The Pariah” Masterson.
Well, I found 10 items to write about in this 100th volume, so at least the quantity of paragraphs can hopefully deem it as epic, despite the mere mentions of Steven Hyde’s real name. Yes, there is a mixed bag of movies to assess/re-assess, but maybe they can all round into complimentary movies for the ones (The Bounce Back, In The Heights) that are favored to take the top two Flickuum spots when this Project is all said and done.
Until the next time.