**Note: The following content has very adult language. Discretion is advised
When three more Flickuum spots open up, more movies emerge to join the assessment/re-assessment roster, as 33 of them have either been A] Pardoned, B] Exempt from Tier 12, C] Exempt from Tier 13, D] Accidentally excluded from the Eastern Bluebird 53 2.0 page or E] Added as assessment newbies. And yes, each of these soon-to-be blogged about movies have a reason why the “pre-Dream Scenario” cap space has changed from 384 to 351.
Let’s begin.
First up, all of the pardoning of Movie-Ocrity/Dishonorable Mention movies is fully out of my system, as 18 particular movies each get one more chance to see if they have what it takes to be in a Project that will resume once “Cliffhanger” becomes present to evaluated. And as to what those 18 particular movies are, well they are listed via the chart below:
| Movie | Why it has been pardoned |
| American Carnage | If “Miller’s Girl” can be re-assessed, then this movie should also be granted that same right, as this movie could be neck-and-neck with that movie in The Project. |
| Tombstone | Having this movie permanently disqualified from The Project just doesn’t seem right, especially given the very recent passing of Val Kilmer. Furthermore, this movie was and always will be one of his most iconic, so don’t be surprised to see it get a 40F designation between now and this coming May 3. |
| Our Idiot Brother | Paul Rudd is reliable to play any type of character, whether it’s an uptight person in “Role Models” or a complete screw-up getting redemption in the “Ant-Man” franchise. Now you can add bearded-hippie screw-up, as that’s his character in this movie and he plays it rather convincingly. |
| Creature From The Black Lagoon | Monster/creature designs have played a big part in the success of “Death Of A Unicorn”, and will most likely lead to unexpected success for “Imaginary”. And if the designs of those two movies can get Project consideration, then The Gill Man can’t be left out. |
| Revenge Of The Creature | See one spot above. |
| The Creature Walks Among Us | See two spots above. |
| Babylon | This movie is both garish and filled with debauchery, but it can be neck-and-neck with a certain Tier 12 exemption, as both movies are Margot Robbie movies. |
| Ghost Town | Some movies have that vibe of being perfect to watch after a day at Barnes-N-Noble. This movie could fall under that category. |
| The Invention Of Lying | If “Ghost Town” can be re-assessed, then this one should be as well, even if Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner seem like a very odd pairing. |
| The Post | If a movie that will be mentioned three paragraphs from now can be re-assessed, then this movie should be as well. |
| Stargate | A family member of mine had me ditch the movie “Three Men And A Baby” for this movie 30 years ago. Now I need to see for a third time if that ditching was worth it all these years later. |
| Wyatt Earp | If “Tombstone” can be re-assessed, then this other Wyatt Earp movie should be re-assessed as well. |
| The Pumpkin Karver | The pay-off for the main character of this movie and the ending both need to be reinvestigated. |
| Parker | Certain aspects of this movie need to be re-investigated. |
| Studio 666 | This movie seems like something that is perfect to watch before a viewing of the Saved By The Bell episode “Isn’t It Romantic?”. |
| American Pastoral | This movie is nicely shot in certain scenes and that aspect alone is worthy of a second re-assessment. |
| Not Okay | I think Zoey Deutch’s character has a better chance of redeeming herself in this movie than Blake Lively does in real life. |
| Jarhead | The issue for this movie was its fictional sequels, thus it shouldn’t be punished for something that’s no fault of its own. |
Alright, so in the last paragraph, I teased another Margot Robbie movie being included in this entry since I feel that “Babylon” has what it takes to be neck-and-neck with it. And as to what that movie is, well it’s “Asteroid City”, a movie that has been unsuccessful in cracking The Project three separate times. However, what could work in its favor this next time around is the design of the alien, along with it being re-assessed right before or near anything that has either Melissa Barrera or Nadine Velazquez, especially since a combined total of three movies for them will be assessed/re-assessed in the foreseeable future. Stay tuned.
Looking at the standings of Tier 13 in between my re-assessment of “The Day Shall Come” and the writing of this entry, I came to the realization that I once again got certain decisions completely wrong, thus coming to the next realization of once again needing to grant exemptions to certain movies, nine of them to be exact. And as to what those nine movies are, well they are 1] A Royal Affair because it can be neck-and-neck with “Firebrand”, and its re-assessment occurred right before Nadine Velazquez and Melissa Barrera exploded all over The Project yet again in late-July 2024, 2] Silk because I feel like it can be neck-and-neck with A Royal Affair, 3] L For Leisure because if Nadine Velazquez can have her very first movie (Biker Boyz) in The Project, then Melissa Barrera deserves to have her very first movie (this one) in The Project as well, 4] The Mask Of Zorro because its assessment happened in between the evaluations of Biker Boyz and the re-assessment of “Two Times You”, 5] The Green Knight because it could be neck-and-neck with A Royal Affair, and the fox in that movie is deserving of Flickuum lore, 6] Cyrano because I’m catching “Chevalier” vibes with that one, 7] Serpico because it looks a little more fleshed out than “Jarhead”, 8] Logan because that movie in its entirety deserves to outrank “Deadpool & Wolverine”, on the basis of Ryan Reynolds’ threequel featuring a very cringy grave-robbing scene and 9] Seven Years In Tibet because I unintentionally fell asleep during its second re-assessment. Now let’s see if all nine of those movies can reward my somewhat blind faith in them.
When it comes to trying to remember undocumented movies, certain movies will be forgotten, such as “Ticker”. And such forgetfulness is completely understandable, but how in the world did I keep forgetting an almost 50-year-old classic in “All The President’s Men”, which is by far the most superior of the four Watergate era movies that I’ve seen thus far in my life. And why have I been so reluctant to give the Alan J. Pakula-directed movie a spot in The Project? Is it because it’s a PG-rated movie that has 12 usages of the word “fuck”, which can only be said exactly four times in a PG-13 rated movie, while it can also be said at least 100 times in an R-Rated movie? I mean if that’s my biggest issue about that movie, well then there are many R-Rated movies that don’t even use that word, such as “Never Let Me Go”. So, since I put it that way, the usage of “fuck” in that Alan J. Pakula movie and the non-usage of it in the Carey Mulligan-led movie kind of balance the movie scales, therefore my reluctance will eventually become a moot point. But the latter of the three movies needs to pass its re-assessment so that 12 usages of “fuck” in a PG-rated can be justified. Stay tuned.
And finally, the 25 movies that have brought in for what will be their final re-assessments have been joined by four newbies on the roster, as the the fatigue after my re-assessment of “Into The Wild”, the boredom that came with my re-assessment of The Day Shall Come and my surfing of the movies section on iTunes, prior to my re-assessment of “Killers”, are all what brought forth the four newbies. And as to what they are, well they are 1] A Cure For Wellness because I wanted to add to the stockpile of Mia Goth movies for the roster, in the hope of finding at least one Project-worthy movie of hers, 2] Necessary Parties because Mark-Paul Gosselaar has become so vital to The Project that three Flickuum movies aren’t enough for him, 3] The Worst Person In The World because it has the indie movie vibe that “Blue Bayou” has and I have high expectations for that movie, and 4] The Fountain Of Youth, due to it basically having an in via the presence of Eiza Gonzalez.
Well, my Willy Wonka mind of constantly thinking up things to write about has been on overdrive for the first third of 2025. And given what volume 155 (two Flickasbord volumes from now) will entail, I got to manufacture something for volume 154. But don’t worry, it will be factual and coherently written unlike Ryan Reynolds’ haphazard motions for wanting out of the Lively v Baldoni case.
Until the next time.