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I’ve been meaning to write this entry since this most recent Wednesday, only to have a whole slew of Art Infliction updates consume most of my time from that day until the morning of this most recent Friday. But that’s what happens when new team members come aboard, especially when they play a major role in this being the most complete Art Infliction team that I’ve ever been a part of. And since all of the tweaks for quite a few non-Queentet pages have been applied, I can finally add some new content again.
Let’s begin.
First up, exactly a week ago, I was told that this most recent Monday (November 3) was Robert Redford Day, as some channel or streaming app was adverting “Three Days Of The Condor” to imply that that day was indeed for the late actor. Of course, I never saw that movie and told one of my roommates as such, which means that I would have been lobbied to add that movie to the assessment/re-assessment roster. But lobbying wasn’t needed, as I anticipated as such, thus the 50-year-old movie has indeed been added to the roster.
Certain movies that I seemingly permanently banned from The Project, along with two Tier 13 movies that had (prior to this entry) respective Project probability rates of 21% and 19%, have caused me to once again renege on my rule of both no more pardons and no more exemptions, thus a second hate-watch of “Green Lantern” will be in my future. But the attempt of self-deprecating humor aside, 10 pardoned and/or exempted movies have each given themselves a reason for another Flickuum chance. And as to what those 10 movies are, well you can find out via the chart below:
| Movie | Reason for pardon or exemption |
| Godzilla ‘98 | It’s way too unintentionally funny to not be a part of Flickuum lore. Plus, it could be Maria Pitillo’s only shot at that same lore. |
| Resort To Love | The chemistry between Christina Milian and Sinqua Walls makes this movie worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Last Seen Alive | This movie could very well outrank “Breakdown”, the latter of which is up for re-assessment. |
| The Warriors | It’s worthy of a re-assessment, due to the 1970s New York City aesthetic. |
| The Day Shall Come | This movie could work if it’s evaluated/watched in between two episodes of “Saved By The Bell: The College Years”. |
| Flora & Ulysses | Prior to this entry being written, it was the movie that had the 21% Project probability rate. But that squirrel is way too cute to not be a part of Flickuum lore, thus it’s next stop will be in Tier 7 with an HCC designation. |
| Flower | The somewhat incestuous pay-off involving Erica and Luke needs to be re-investigated. |
| Learning To Drive | It has the vibe of fitting in a timeframe with either “The Hurricane Heist”, “The Girl On The Train”, “A Simple Favor” or “Another Simple Favor”. |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | Any movie with “motorcycle” in its title is way too cool to be denied a re-assessment. |
| Twelve | Prior to this entry being written, it was the movie that had the 19% Project probability rate. But a very impactful member of the Art Infliction Team recommended it, so preventing it from getting another chance would be a disservice to that team member. |
I’m not one to have comments about anything political on this website, because I’d be opening a Pandora’s box of controversy, and that’s one of the last things that I want for this website, as well as on my conscience. But what I will acknowledge is that a biopic (Vice) about the recently deceased Dick Cheney was released in 2018, and my younger biological sister said that it was actually a good movie. Of course, I was very hesitant to see/assess that movie for reasons that I will not disclose on this website, but because it has an aesthetic that is similar to “The Big Short”, I’ve decided to add it to the roster.
Earlier this week, I was window-shopping on eBay to find a perfectly functioning physical copy of the Toni Collette movie “Mental” and one at an affordable price. However, window-shopping still hasn’t led to buyer’s commitment, especially now with Mercari as another online retail option for me, so the pursuit of purchasing while that particular supply lasts remains ongoing. But this paragraph isn’t about that movie. Instead, it’s about a Marisol Nichols movie that I noticed on the former of the two websites, entitled “The Princess & The Barrio Boy”. Of course, I first heard about that movie all the way back in 2010, but completely bypassed it, due to the then-limited amount of space that I had for assessments/re-assessments at that time. But now that there is a plentiful amount of “pre-Dream Scenario” Project space, along with the fact that I’m catching “Husband For Hire” vibes about the 2000 movie, I made a note ahead of time to include it in this entry, therefore it is now on the roster.
Back when I was assessing “Capture The Flag” earlier this week, I heard the term “proof of life”, which all of a sudden made me realize that I never truly saw that Russell Crowe-Meg Ryan movie, as I saw glimpses of it via someone else’s portable device during a flight back home in late-April 2001. So, with that being said, this other 2000 movie has been added to the roster for eventual confirmed proof of being assessed.
Kevin Costner has spoken highly of deceased cast mates from past movies, such as Sean Connery (The Untouchables), Ray Liotta (Field Of Dreams) and Gene Hackman (No Way Out, Wyatt Earp). I’ve seen the first half of those movies, to the tune of them being among the 1,361 enshrined Flickuum movies, while the last of those four movies is currently up for re-assessment. Of course, I never saw the third of those four mentioned movies, due to it being yet another one that slipped through the cracks for me. But luckily, it’s another movie that my younger biological sister praised into existence, therefore the memory of that has caused it to join the relentlessly loaded assessment/re-assessment roster.
Of the countless pardons that I’ve handed out since early-January 2020, yet another one that is awaiting re-assessment is “Bad Lieutenant: Port Call Of New Orleans”. Of course, it’s not a sequel nor remake of the 1992 movie “Bad Lieutenant”, but I want to see/assess the Harvey Keitel-led movie before re-assessing the Nicolas Cage-led movie, so that I can do an eventual apples-to-apples comparison of the two, regardless if they become Flickuum movies or not. Stay tuned.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a movie franchise that is totally reliant on live-action in its first two installments, followed by completely abandoning that format to turn its third installment into a completely 2D-animated movie. But that’s a thing, as the third “Stuart Little” movie, entitled “Stuart Little 3: Call Of The Wild” was made in that format and actually has the trio of Michael J. Fox, Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis all reprising their roles. Of course, I was hesitant to see/assess the 2006 movie for the live-action to 2D-animation transition, but since I pardoned both the 1999 and 2002 movies for re-assessment, I’ve decided to take a flier on the threequel, on the basis of franchise continuity.
Next up, when I was looking for where to access “Monster Party” for assessment, I noticed the related title “Starfish”, as both movies are Virginia Gardner movies. Of course, I felt short-changed by her movies “Little Bitches” and “F Marry Kill”, but she’s yet another one of those actresses, whom falls under the category of “no such thing as too many Flickuum movies for her”, thus I have added the second of those four movies to the roster. However, it’s basically a flier movie, as the subject matter might border on “Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World” territory. Stay tuned.
One of our greatest and most reliable actors in Tom Hanks has put forth memorable movie after memorable movie, to the point that I wonder if I missed any “non-Punchline” movies of his or not. And as it turns out, I have, as A] I pondered adding “Bachelor Party” to the roster back in 2021 yet somehow forgot to, and B] I was back and forth about whether to assess “Larry Crowne” or not. But the forgetfulness is no longer applicable to the former, while the latter gives off the vibe of being that perfect movie to watch before going to sleep, therefore I’ll get to see a pair of Tom Hanks movies that I have never seen before. Here’s to hoping that they both make The Project.
After my roommate finished “Last Seen Alive” four days ago via Hulu, I noticed her surfing that app, which to led a potential goldmine for roster addition. And of course, with that being said, another eventual roster addition was found, in the form of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”, which was yet another one of those movies that got lost in the shuffle. But now that it has been written into the Art Infliction Content Universe, I won’t have to worry about forgetting it ever again.
Colleen Hoover strikes again, as a third different book of hers will turn into a film adaptation, with it being “Reminders Of Him” this time around. The movie features Tyriq Withers, the breakout star of the Jordan Peele-produced movie “Him”, so I would like to see how he does in subsequent movies. But just like with “Regretting You”, I’m going to likely wait for streaming to see the upcoming movie, because there’s no way that my 6-2 and 200-pound frame is going solo to a theater to see it during the 2026 theatrical tour. Regardless, I think it will make The Project, on the basis of it only having to clear the very low bar of “It Ends With Us”.
Two months from yesterday, the debut entry of Queentet will post and production for it began this past Wednesday, thanks to Selina a.k.a. the team member, whom recommended me that now exempted movie “Twelve”. Of course, you all might be wondering what does the early production of that entry have to do with this one, right? Well, the first R-rated movie that she ever saw theatrically will be included in that entry and has been added to the roster, because I know that she’d recommend it to me anyways, so you’ll have to wait until January 8, 2026 to find out its title.
An actress, whom I keep noticing in ads on this website, is the Chilean-American actress Cote de Pablo, which begged the question, “Did she appear in any movies or not?” And as it turned out, she did, with one of them being “The 33”. So, given my wonderment about her as an actress, along with that movie having one of my favorite actors (Antonio Banderas) as number one on that particular call sheet, I have decided to add it to the roster.
I’ve used spiral notebooks to write down very long movie titles (Birds Of Prey And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn, Gosnell: The Trial Of America’s Biggest Serial Killer) as reminders of where to place them in The Flickuum rankings, and did so on the continuous basis of saving printing paper, retroactive to early-August 2020. And while I contemplated assessing the latter when movie blogging wasn’t as frequent for me as it is now, followed by assessing the former nearly four months after the Land Of Infusion era had begun, I’ve never written a paragraph in a movie-centric Art Infliction blog entry that pertains to them having very long titles. Well, that’s about to change, as a movie that I kept walking by multiple times at a local Blockbuster Video (now defunct along with most of that business) was “The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford”, a movie that stood out to me both on that title alone and my wonderment of movies about real-life gangsters/outlaws. But just like with other movies in this entry, that one also slipped through the cracks, due to how quickly that Flickuum spots kept getting filled year after year. But now that I still have all this “pre-Dream Scenario” Project space to work with, it’s finally going on the roster and like every other movie that’s on it, it controls its own destiny on whether it makes The Project or not.
And finally, the ongoing pursuit of the physical copy for “Mental” took me back to my research of that movie before adding it to the assessment/re-assessment roster, which included an interesting nugget of trivia. And as to what that interesting nugget was, well it was the fact that that movie was the first time that Toni Collette and director P.J. Hogan had worked together since the 1994 movie “Muriel’s Wedding”. And since I’ve spoken ad nauseam about the former in this entry, I’ve decided to add the latter to the roster to see if they can make it a perfect two-for-two in their collaborations making The Project.
Well, Flickuum progress has been made on two fronts this weekend, as 1] Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie became the latest movie to get an overall guaranteed Flickuum spot, and 2] The 200th Flickuum evaluation of 2025 was wrapped up a few hours ago, in the form of “Can You Keep A Secret?”. Plus, the resumption of “Glass” will kick off a slate of six more Flickuum enshrinements before a three-plus-day designated Flickuum break period begins Tuesday, so let’s see if any of these assessment/re-assessment roster additions have what it takes to join the group that was first started by “Wildcats” and will be extended by “The Way Back” not too long from now.
Until the next time.