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Ever since my re-assessment of “Spring Breakers”, I subsequently assessed/re-assessed five movies, with the result being a 3-2 record, thus some more progress has been made in amassing Project movies. But of course, there is still some more leeway in adding to the roster, as there are 77 pre-Dream Scenario spots up for grabs.
Let’s begin.
First up, the main draw for me when it came to the movie “Summer Of 8” was Shelley Hennig, who is on pace for three (possibly four) Flickuum movies. And after re-assessing that movie this most recent September, the three actresses (Bailey Noble, Rachel DiPillo, Natalie Hall) who were cast as her character’s friends in that movie are just as deserving of Flickuum lore. So, with that being said, each of those actresses will get her own Flickuum movie, although Natalie Hall already has one via “Only The Brave”. But another in “#Lucky Number” will give her a much bigger role, while the Bailey Noble base gets covered with the heart-warming “Hard Sell” and the Rachel DiPello base gets covered with “Hello, My Name Is Frank”. And not only will each of those actresses have their own individual Flickuum movies because in addition, the aforementioned “Summer Of 8” will actually be pardoned for a re-assessment, as I like all four of those actresses together in that movie. So yeah, it looks like that movie will be joining “The Perfection” as a movie awaiting hard copy confirmation, thus a good fallback plan, in the event that those three movies fail their assessments.
Four days ago when I saw “Love Hurts” in the theater, I had five trailers shown to me, with four of those movies (Captain America: Brave New World, Mickey 17, Drop, M3GAN 2.0) already being on the roster. And as for the fifth one, well that one is “Until Dawn”, which looked like another component of horror movie over-saturation. But after seeing that it was a group style version of the “Happy Death Day” movies, I decided to add it to the roster. Plus, it could have the potential to outrank both the overall guaranteed “Night Swim” and “The Strangers: Chapter 1”, the latter of which is assessment-pending.
I don’t know how many more movies are left in the career of veteran actor Ed Harris, but I don’t want his last chronological Flickuum movie to be “Love Lies Bleeding” because he’s way too likable for that feat to happen. And luckily, there is a movie that could follow that one and it’s one that seems a little more upbeat, with it being “My Dead Friend Zoe”. And not only is it a little more upbeat of a movie for him because in addition, it has Natalie Morales, whom is a presence in whatever she appears in. So, with all of that being said, it will be added both to the roster and my 2025 theatrical tour.
Ever since my assessment of “John Wick”, I’ve been big-name movie hunting, with movies such as “Thelma & Louise” and “Ocean’s 11” being among them. Yes, I’ve caught those two movies, along with many others in nearly two years, but there are no doubt more of them out there, with one of them being “Garden State”, which both my mom and sister have favorable opinions about. So, given that and the fact that I want to get more Natalie Portman movies for The Project, I have decided that I want to big-name hunt the 2004 movie.
When it comes to movies where young women are protagonists in thriller/horror movies, well they usually have a strong track record of making The Project, such as “The Roommate”, “M3GAN”, “Tarot”, “The Invitation”, both “Happy Death Day” movies and the two most recent “Scream” movies. And of course, with all of that being said, “F Marry Kill” could be on that list, as Lucy Hale (looking like a smoke show) is on a quest to catch a serial killer that targets women on dating apps. Here’s hoping to her coming out as a successful young woman protagonist like the quartet of Minka Kelly, Allison Williams, Jessica Rothe and Melissa Barrera.
After evaluating “Then Came You” earlier this week, I’ve come away wanting more from Nina Dobrev, as she is always such a soothing and radiant actress. However, her evaluation era is more towards the end, along with the fact that “The Bricklayer” is the only movie of hers on the roster. So, with that being said, I have decided to pardon “Love Hard”, especially since assessing it a little two weeks after the full-on assessment of “Saved By The Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas” didn’t exactly help its cause and that movie needs a much fairer shake than that.
Ever see a movie that both had well-known actors (Jason Bateman) in early roles and marked the first true movie for likable comedians (Sinbad), only to be let down by a whole lot of cringe and ear-polluting theme music? Well, that’s “Necessary Roughness”, which featured those two celebrities and unknown actor in the late Peter Tuiasoposopo, the latter of whom played “Manumana”, my favorite character of that movie. Of course, that role was probably the most substantial of the late actor’s career, but the totality of that movie’s shortcomings are just way too glaring to overlook, thus I went on a mission to find another movie of his in which he has a substantial role. And sure enough, I was able to accomplish that mission via finding out that he was in the movie “12 Rounds”, thus it has been added to the roster. However, the mission will be officially accomplished if that movie can pass its assessment. Stay tuned.
A24 has become the land of second (and sometimes) third chances, as “The Whale”, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, “Talk To Me”, “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On”, “The Florida Project” and “A Most Violent Year” each needed at least one re-assessment to become solid depth pieces for The Project. And of course, with that being said, how about a fourth chance for another one of their movies, as “The Spectacular Now” just has both a very heartfelt vibe about itself and an ending that is comparable to the ending of the Noah Bean-Rachel Boston collaboration “The Pill”. So yes, the fifth-ever movie in the A24 catalog has been pardoned for a third re-assessment.
Late-December 2024 to now has been a tumultuous time for Justin Baldoni, as it seems more and more that Blake Lively is the guilty party in their ongoing conflict. Of course, I’m not surprised about all of the flak that the 37-year-old actress has caught because of A] Her checkered history in Hollywood, and B] Her association with Taylor Swift, the latter of whom has been rumored to be a part of the very likely smear campaign against the “It Ends With Us” director. And let’s not forget that Ryan Reynolds allegedly had a role in this as well, thus bigger-name power has prevailed against Baldoni thus far. But I’m not going to let one confirmed bully (Swift) and two alleged bullies (Lively and Reynolds) deter me from checking out Baldoni’s other acting credits, thus I have added “Unrequited” to the roster.
Movies that barely explore the meaning of their titles often frustrate me to the point that they should have been renamed, with “Scent Of A Woman” falling under that category. However, there’s also a retroactively cool thing about that movie, which is that I assessed it on the day (11/20/98) that Nadine Velazquez turned 20 years old. So, given that that movie has a unique association with the inevitable Flickuum Queen, the Al Pacino-Chris O’Donnell collaboration will get a second re-assessment.
And finally, I saw a hilarious Super Bowl commercial that had Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan reprising their roles from “When Harry Met Sally”, but in a much more wholesome way, compared to the 1989 movie. And of course, the commercial made me laugh to the point that my dad told me that I should check out the aforementioned movie. So, with that being said, another movie will be big-name hunted.
Well, 14 more movies have thrown their hats into The Flickuum ring and each of them has a strong case about why they should be in the group that was both started by “Wildcats” and recently extended by “The Nut Job”. And hopefully, none of those 14 movies end up being the energy-killers that both “The Gorge” and “Bad Genius” were.
Until the next time.