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Vampires, the pairing of the celebrity on pace to have the most Flickuum movies and my all-time favorite comedian, Antonio Banderas being one of the coolest teachers (on film) ever, Gene Hackman’s second-to-last ever movie and a courtroom movie that is similar to the recently re-assessed “The Lincoln Lawyer”. These are the things that make strong cases for these soon-to-be unveiled additional pending pardons.
Let’s begin.
First up, there are things that made me laugh out loud when it came to the movie adaption of “Dark Shadows” to the point that maybe I was a little too harsh on it back in mid-March 2021. Plus, couple that with the success of the recently re-assessed “The Invitation” and you get yet another vampire movie making a case for another shot at The Project, thus the 2012 movie will join “Widows”, “Seven Samurai” and the original version of “The Magnificent Seven” in the group of movies that are on the indefinite moratorium of joining the assessment/re-assessment roster.
Next up, cringey scenes of adult content involving the late Bernie Mac made a case against “Soul Men” joining the indefinite moratorium. But the pairing of him and Samuel L. Jackson is just way too iconic to deny, thus it will join that indefinite moratorium.
Going from one cast member of “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” to another, Antonio Banderas was the one that put dance movies on the map via him being the lead in “Take The Lead”, which came out four months before the enshrined “Step Up”. Plus, given how much swag that he has in the former of the two movies and the likelihood of it playing a role in the latter being enshrined on March 13, 2020, it will also join that indefinite moratorium and with an excellent chance at re-joining The Project.
Next up, how can I say no to a legal thriller where Gene Hackman plays a jury consultant? I mean it could outrank “The Client” on The Flickuum page and John Cusack is a little more subdued, compared to other performances of his, and that’s a refreshing change for him. Plus, it could be one of the final times that a Joanna Going movie gets evaluated for The Project, as the pickings are slim for movies of hers that aren’t named “Inventing The Abbotts”.
And finally, doing that second re-assessment of “The Lincoln Lawyer” has made me realize that the main plot line of “Criminal Law” isn’t as far-fetched as I had originally thought, especially since Ben (Gary Oldman) was habitual in how he was going to deal with Martin (Kevin Bacon), which I think served as inspiration for how Mickey (Matthew McConaughey) dealt with Louis (Ryan Phillippe) in the latter of the two movies. So, given the similarities of both movies, the former of the two will join that indefinite moratorium as well.
Well, this will be the last ever time that pardons will be contemplated about movies that are on the Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention page, so they better damn well be worth it when their re-assessments finally come up. And given all the further examination of these eight soon-to-be pardoned movies before these eventual decisions were contemplated, I’m very confident that they all will be damn well worth it.
Until the next time.