**Note: This entry has adult wording in it. Discretion is advised
Between the posting of Flickasbord’s 131st volume and now, there has been no progress on finding more overall guaranteed Flickuum movies, as A] The Tier 7 movies up for re-assessment in “Like A Boss” and “The Edge Of Seventeen” didn’t prove themselves worthy, B] “Krampus” was a waste of an assessment in between my evaluations of “S.W.A.T.: Firefight” and “Mirror Mirror”, C] “I Saw The TV Glow” looks like a horrible Nickelodeon made-for-TV movie, D] “Close” seemed like a very contradictory movie that couldn’t recover from such, and E] “Avatar: The Way Of Water” is as nonsensical as its predecessor, to the point that seeing the police car accidentally enter a women’s locker room during one of the “Naked Gun” intros is far more realistic by comparison.
Yes, the quality depth pieces haven’t been there recently. But I can change that over the next week, as I only have one evaluation to do between now and the wee hours of next Saturday, so there’s ample opportunity to add to the total of 2,358 (51 pending) overall guaranteed Flickuum movies. Plus, I have 13 new additions to the assessment/re-assessment roster, thus adding to the intensity of movies trying to make The Project.
Let’s begin.
First up, Jodie Comer has put forth some excellent work via four movies (Free Guy, England Is Mine, The Last Duel, The Bikeriders) to the point that I’ve completely changed my tune about seeing “28 Years Later”, as A] Her presence makes me want to see that movie and B] This movie’s stock is rising for me like the stock of “A Quiet Place: Day One” did last year. But of course, I have rules about franchises, with one of them being that I have to see the prior installments before the new installment, thus I will also add “28 Days Later” and “28 Weeks Later” to the roster.
Watching YouTube videos for movie recommendations, I remember either Dan Murrell, Sean Chandler or Jeremy Jahns calling a dog the true star of a movie about snow. Of course, I forgot the name of that movie until Cody Leach cited it in his video of the 130 2024 movies that he saw. And as to what that movie was/is, well it was/is “Society Of The Snow”, which I’m hoping doesn’t disappoint me like “The Zone Of Interest” did, as both movies were cited in a Dan Murrell video earlier last year. But the fact that a dog is the star of that movie has me feeling optimistic about the former of the two movies. Plus, a big thank you to Cody Leach for his video helping me refresh my memory.
In five-plus months from now, Sylvester Stallone will be 79 years old, so who knows how much longer that he’ll be making movies. And so, with that being said, I want to check out two of his most recent movies in “Armor” and “Alarum”, with the former allowing him to play the main antagonist and the latter having him as a supporting protagonist to Scott Eastwood, as they both take on the main antagonist, whom is played by another awesome actor in Mike Colter. Here’s to hoping that Sly turns back the clock, although I would be perfectly content with “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2” being his last chronological Flickuum movie. Stay tuned.
It seems like A24 always makes its way into my blog entries, as their catalog has enabled me to choose movies to assess/re-assess. And of course, with that being said, another movie in their catalog is now on the roster, as I have decided to take a flier on the Rachel Zegler movie “Y2K” to see if it will be as strong an A24 2024 movie as the trio of “Love Lies Bleeding”, “Civil War” and “We Live In Time” or a second dud for the actress, following “The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes”. Stay tuned.
When it comes to Leigh Whannell, I find his versatility to be impressive, as he worked seamlessly with Garrett Hedlund in “Death Sentence” as an actor, followed by having the 2020 version of “The Invisible Man” finally grow on me during late-October of last year. And of course, with the latter being said, Cody Leach cited the remake and “Upgrade” as awesome directorial efforts by the Aussie to the point that I’m no longer forgetful about adding the 2018 movie to the roster. Plus, seeing the trailer of it made me catch vibes of “John Wick”, thus another reason to assess it.
There are so many “Star Trek” movies to the point that it’s hard to decipher which ones connect with each other and which ones don’t connect with each other, thus a reason why that I only have the Chris Pine trilogy in The Project. But that could change with “Star Trek: Section 31”, a movie that is both easy to pinpoint where exactly it connects in the “Star Trek” entertainment universe and Humberly Gonzalez’s latest movie. So, for both of those reasons, I have decided to take a flier on it.
Last year’s Sundance Film Festival had a lot of movies make their debut, such as “A Real Pain” and “Your Monster”, the former of which I saw the trailer of before my theatrical assessment for the latter. So, with that being said, I have decided to assess the Jesse Eisenberg-directed movie, as I think it could be the perfect movie to evaluate before what will be Melissa Barrera’s fourth-best Flickuum movie when The Project is all said and done.
As I continue to look for more Flickuum-worthy movies, I have told people that I know to give me input about what I should assess, because the New Year’s Day 2027 deadline is still a ways off. So, with that being said, someone that I know recommended the Spanish movie “Nowhere”, which is a combination of “Hours” and “All Is Lost”. And given that A] The former is an enshrined Flickuum movie and B] The latter will make The Project via its comparison to another enshrined Flickuum movie in “Adrift”, I honestly think that this recommendation will be a home run.
I rarely assess movies that are only available via free trials of an Amazon channel, because they are so hard to obtain via hard copy. However, I have decided to make an exception for the movie “The Portuguese Kid”, as it’s a movie in which Aimee Carrero has a substantial role. Now let’s see if it can follow in the footsteps of “Casa Vita”, another Amazon channel assessment and one that also made The Project.
And finally, Sean Baker is one of the most unflinching filmmakers out there, as he has directed three of the grittiest slice of life movies that I have ever seen in “The Florida Project”, “Starlet” and “Red Rocket”. All three will be/have been enshrined in The Flickuum rankings, but none of them have gotten the acclaim that “Anora” has, as it’s been constantly praised in all of the YouTube videos about 2024 movies that I have seen. Yes, I don’t always conform to what other content creators hype up, but I have a feeling that the Mikey Madison-led movie will be better than those other three movies, thus I have added it to the roster.
Well, here’s hoping that these 13 will be lucky ones for The Project, as I have only amassed five successful assessments/re-assessments in 2025. But these are the growing pains that come with trying to find movies that are worthy of a collection that was both first started by “The Wedding Singer” and very recently extended by “The Place Beyond The Pines”, thus I have to be patient in finding which movie(s) will follow “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” into the overall guaranteed group.
Until the next time.