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It’s been almost four months since I have written a Flickasbord entry, due to being very heavily committed to app-testing. However, I’m constantly finding out that I’m at my best with that aspect of my career when I divvy up my time towards it, instead of going wall-to-wall with it, thus the writing of this entry. And my goodness, do I have a lot to put towards it or what?
Let’s begin.
First up, movies that I didn’t document at all in the Flickabord series, nor were assessments that predated this series, are now quality depth pieces (since June 3) in The Flickuum Project, as they each proved why they are better than some (possibly most) of the movies that have lost or are about to lose their rights at overall guaranteed Flickuum spots. And as to what those additions (since that day) are, well you can find out via the bold text list below:
- As Above, So Below
- The Monster
- Flight Risk
- Jethica
- The Invite
- The Get Out
- Eighth Grade
- Her Private Hell
- Mid90s
- One Night Only
When it comes to the seeds of certain movies that I plant in my own mind, chances are that they will make an appearance in the next and/or an upcoming Flickasbord entry, case in point “Hanging Up”, which I mentioned briefly in Volume 229. Of course, I completely overlooked that one, in favor of the since assessed “The Straight Story” and the assessment-pending “Magnolia”. But I did make a vow to add it to the assessment/re-assessment roster, especially since that movie was/is the last ever performance in the career of Walter Matthau, whom was best known as playing Oscar Madison. And given that I hold (now posthumously) him in such high regard via his other performances of Mr. Wilson (Dennis The Menace) and Max Goldman (Grumpy Old Man, Grumpier Old Men), I owe it to him to assess his last ever career performance.
A month ago yesterday, I did an impromptu assessment of one of Samara Weaving’s most recent movies in “Carolina Caroline”, and it’s on pace for the number one spot in the first edition of the 95 “post-Dream Scenario spots”. Of course, I had much higher expectations (Tier 4 or 5) for that movie, which really makes her other newer movie “Over Your Dead Body” a “post-Dream Scenario” competitor on arrival, especially since I liked the trailer of the former way more than the trailer of the latter. Yeah, I’ll assess the 2026 SXSW Film Festival release, but I’m not exactly excited about that. Stay tuned.
Holy crap, I’ve been so behind on documenting movies to assess/re-assess, as not too long after assessing “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”, I went through Laia Costa’s filmography via the Apple Store to see what else that she has appeared in. And as it turned/turns out, she has appeared in quite a bit, thus giving me a lot to choose from. But since the assessment/re-assessment roster is the continuous vetting process from hell, I’ll choose one for now, with that one being “Newness”. Now let’s see if she can get a second Flickuum movie with the 2017 Sundance Film Festival release.
Self-reminders via e-mail in my phone have festered for far too long, as ever since late-April, I’ve amassed four self-reminders about movies to add to the roster, along with a whole bunch more that pertain to pardons and/or exemptions. But more on the latter later, as I want to spend this paragraph focusing on the four self-reminders that contain six more unseen movies to add to the roster. And as to what those movies are, well they are 1] 5th Of July, because the beginning of my nostalgia traces all the way back to being entertained by Jaleel White playing Steve Urkel on “Family Matters” during the days of TGIF, 2] Fancy Dance, simply because Lily Gladstone is a far more superior actress than Emma Stone (yeah, that 2024 Best Actress Oscar Award was/still is some bullshit), 3] The Whistler, because there is no such thing as too much Diane Guerrero in The Project, 4] I Used To Be Funny, because there is no such thing as too much Rachel Sennott in The Project, 5] Ghost Story, because the roommate that recommends me movies said that it’s the Fred Astaire movie that I should see, and 6] The Dog Stars, simply because man and man’s best friend trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world really resonates with me. Yeah, it’s quite a hodgepodge of now documented movies, but it’s a hodgepodge that will further tie everything together and I say that with confidence.
It’s rare that I pay any mind to the trailers that are on the DVD or Blu-ray Disc of a movie that I like, yet one on the Blu-ray Disc of “It Follows” stood out to me, due to its gritty vibe. And as to what that movie was, well it was “Heaven Knows What”, which pre-dated The Safdie Brothers foray into the A24 Universe. But honestly, it can pass as an A24 movie, due to the lighting and production value being similar to both “Good Time” and my current top-ranked A24 movie “Uncut Gems”. So, given all of that, the 2014 New York Film Festival release has been placed on the increasingly crowded assessment/re-assessment roster.
Whether in professional sports or the movie industry, it was and is good to have the name Michael Jordan, as the basketball player has a list of career achievements that make him arguably the greatest of all-time, while the actor won the most recent Best Actor Award at the 2026 Oscars. And while MJ is in my top 5 of all-time favorite NBA players, this paragraph is about the actor, whose middle name is Bakari. You see, he has put out or will put out three assessment-worthy movies, with them being 1] His first foray into movie voice-acting with “Swapped”, 2] His second directorial effort with the third version of “The Thomas Crown Affair”, and 3] His collaboration with Austin Butler for a “Miami Vice” movie that will be set in 1985. Yeah, his “post-Sinners” docket looks very promising, and I have a feeling that he’ll turn nine Flickuum movies into a dozen with that trio.
Writing-wise, I’ve dunked on Blake Lively with about as much subtlety as Shaquille O’Neal breaking a backboard and many times over, due to me finding at least 100 actresses that are totally more appealing than her. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Leslie Sloane. The pipe joke aside, an actress that I may or may not have stated as being totally more appealing than Rugpull is Lily Sullivan, whom has A] Three overall guaranteed Flickuum movies in “I Met A Girl”, “Mental” and the aforementioned “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”, and B] Three movies up for assessment/re-assessment in “Evil Dead Rise”, “Soulm8te” and “Jungle”. And should the latter three pass the assessment/re-assessment protocol, that will give her six overall guaranteed Flickuum movies. Or should I say four in the latter category, as I heard a YouTuber give the opinion that “Monolith” is better than “Undertone” and I like the Nina Kiri-led movie. So, given that opinion and the fact I’ll watch anything that the Australian actress has done or will do, I’ve added the 2023 SXSW Film Festival release to the roster.
Somewhere in my rapidly dwindling Flickasbord entry item reminder list, I had a movie entitled “Baby Teeth” written yet didn’t know what the hell it exactly was. But after discovering that the title is one word and not two, along with it being set in Australia, I assumed that that was the movie that I had written down on that list, thus it’s getting an assessment.
I like computer-animated underwater movies, as both “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory” are among the 1,571 enshrined Flickuum movies, while “The Pout-Pout Fish” could become fully guaranteed at some point this year. And of course, that all bodes well for “The Last Whale Singer”, which reminds me of the latter of the three movies, thus it has been added to the roster.
Despite me not doing an entry in this series since late-April, I blogged about the entire A24 movie catalog across multiple entries back in June. Or so I thought, as two more movies from that company will be released in between “Primetime” and “The Debut”. And as to what those two movies are, well they are “Misty Green” and “Club Kid”. Yeah, I’m still on the kick of wanting to see every A24 movie for the sake of saying that I saw the whole catalog, but I still got a ways to go. Stay tuned.
Surfing iTunes never ends, as that method has resulted in four more additions to the roster, with them being 1] Vampires Of The Velvet Lounge, due to it having Rosa Salazar, 2] Giant, due to it having Pierce Brosnan in the role of a boxing trainer, 3] Driver’s Ed, due to it being a buddy road trip comedy that has an adorable cat along for the ride, and 4] Affection, which is a grittier version of the 1996 movie “Sweet Dreams” and starring Jessica Rothe. Yes, these four movies were teetering on undocumented territory for about three months, but that’s no longer the case, due in part to the ongoing overall nature of this entry.
Passenger isn’t just the name of my favorite song on the Sevendust album “Truth Killer”, as it’s also the name of another potentially entertaining 2026 horror movie. Of course, I never got a chance to see the Jacob Scipio-led movie theatrically, due to too many movies to choose from during its theatrical release month of May. But now that I’ll have plenty of time to narrow down the remaining overall guaranteed Flickuum spots, I’ll assess it either on streaming or when the rental price (currently $14.99 plus Tar Heel State sales tax) eventually goes down.
Two days ago, I was forced to watch every (four) trailer on my “Knife Fight” DVD before evaluating that movie, as there was no way that I could bypass any of them. But that actually worked out perfectly fine for me, as I liked the looks of all four movies, with them being 1] Save The Date, due to it giving off a “5 To 7” vibe, 2] Price Check, due to it somewhat filling the “Party Girl” void since both movies are Parker Posey movies, 3] On The Road, due to the impressive roster of talent for that movie, and 4] Love And Honor, due to it potentially being “post-Beneath The Darkness” redemption for Aimee Teegarden. Yes, the movie that was evaluation 1,565 might be outranked by that entire quartet when The Project is all set and done.
Surfing Hulu during late-August 2024, I amassed quite a few additions for the roster, only to forget what most of them were. However, there is one that I remember not amassing, with it being the dark comedy “Villains”. Of course, I don’t remember why I did not add it to the roster, but the background color of its poster has the vibe of fun dark comedy, so to the roster it goes.
Unfortunately, some actresses won’t amass a double-digit amount of Flickuum movies, due in part to how many movies that they decide to appear in. Case in point, Alexa Demie, whom I found to be the true catalyst of the A24 movie “Waves”, thus making it a movie that I think will go down as a Top 3 to 5 A24 production in the rankings when The Project is set and done. And I’ve seen two of her three other movies since then, with them being another A24 movie in the aforementioned “Mid90s” and a Tier 13 movie in “Mainstream”. So, with that last sentence being said, that leaves her third “non-Waves” movie to go, in the form of “Brigsby Bear”, which is one of those indie gems that comes off as a movie that I need to see or else I’ll regret missing out completely, hence the word “gems”. Now let’s see if her record in amassing Flickuum movies will be as successful as Shaquille O’Neal’s record in NBA Finals series during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers.
In eight of this entry’s paragraphs, I’ve mentioned movies that have been or will be released in 2026, most of which will be theatrically. And man, what another cluster fuck that I need to unpack, but here it goes via the first of two charts:
| 2026 Movie | Why it will be assessed |
| The End Of Oak Street | I like David Robert Mitchell’s work via the aforementioned “It Follows”, and this movie turned from a wait for streaming decision into my next theatrical outing. Find out why when I eventually review it. |
| The Wrong Girls | This movie has the vibe of being “Love Lies Bleeding”, “Drive-Away Dolls” and “I Love Boosters” rolled up into one. |
| Mutiny | Possibly the movie that will finish second behind “Death Race”, in terms of Jason Statham movies. |
| The Magic Faraway Tree | This movie is majestic on both a “Wonka” and “Paddington” trilogy level. |
| Coyote Vs. Acme | I enjoyed “The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”, so I totally have to check this one out. |
| Idiots | O’Shea Jackson Jr. was/is hands down my favorite character in “Straight Outta Compton”, and he has amassed a successful run of follow-ups since then. So, based on both his reputation and an appearance by Naya Bradley, this movie could be a part of a theatrical doubleheader with the one that’s listed directly above it. |
| It Ends | This movie looks like something that I could see theatrically during a relaxing day out of the office. Plus, I like that its title subliminally trolls the title of a certain Blake Lively movie. |
| Girls Like Girls | This movie is a dramatic version of “Bottoms”, the latter of which is evaluation 1,033 and the first enshrined 2023 movie. Plus, the outdoor aesthetics remind me of the Megan Park-directed movie “My Old Ass”. |
| By Any Means | The long-awaited Greg Scarpa movie is finally here, and it’s going to provide a badass boost to The Project just like “John Wick” did almost six months ago. |
| Fall 2: Deadpoint | Grace Caroline Currey returns for this movie, as I really liked her performance in the first installment, thus it goes from wait for streaming to possibly the first, second or third September release that I’ll assess theatrically. |
| Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | I saw the trailer for this movie to research it for this chart and wow, what a rush of adrenaline. I’m assessing this one theatrically in October. |
| Hope | This movie could outrank “The Darkest Hour” a.k.a. evaluation 1,563, as I see similarities between the two. |
| Leviticus | I missed the boat of seeing this one theatrically, as I heard that it was a must-see on the big screen. But I can make a list of at least 100 other movies that I wish that I saw on the big screen, and chances are that this one will rank below any/all of them. Plus, I don’t know if it will be a pleasant surprise like “Talk To Me” or strongly-despised like “The Babadook”. |
| I Want Your Sex | This movie is a more frenetic (and better) version of any of those “Fifty Shades” movies. Plus, Charli XCX gets to redeem herself after “The Moment” put itself on the Tier 12 bubble 10 days ago. |
| Not Alone | I like everything that Illumination has put forth, and this movie will get assessed, on the basis of that reputation alone. |
| The Uprising | This movie could outrank “Medieval” when The Project is all set and done. |
| Street Fighter | Based on the trailer, I really like the action sequences. I just hope that it doesn’t do the open-ended shit that the 1994 movie did. |
| How To Rob A Bank | It’s rare that I find out about a movie via an ad during a YouTube video, as I recall that happening to me just twice with “Breaking” and the aforementioned “Medieval”. But now you can add this movie to that category and wow, it looks entertaining on a “Baby Driver” level. And given how of a force that the 2017 movie still is 759 evaluations later, I have very high expectations for David Leitch’s next directorial effort. |
| Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom | I’ve seen the other 10 Aardman movies and 8 of them are already inducted in the rankings. This one will be number 11, and will be competing against “Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget” and “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” for which one will be the 9th Flickuum inductee. |
| Other Mommy | This movie looks like something that I’d assess theatrically on a Wednesday afternoon, which is exactly how I amassed “M3GAN” a.k.a. evaluation 1,210 for The Project. |
| Klara And The Sun | This movie could go down as the best ever in the career of Jenna Ortega. |
| Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender | If the 2010 M. Night Shyamalan movie fails its third re-assessment, well then this movie could fill the void. |
Celebrity Movie Archive has been handy in providing me movies that have extensive eye candy appeal, case in point Emily Blunt via “My Summer Of Love”. And now that continues to apply to Noomi Rapace, as such extensiveness is in her movies “Daisy Diamond”, the 2009 version of “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, “The Girl Who Played With Fire”, “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” and “Passion”. Yeah, kind of a stupid reason to add all five of those movies to the roster, but The Project constantly needs more life injected into it and her extensiveness could fit that specific criteria.
The combination of watching YouTube videos, surfing streaming services and shopping at FYE have brought forth four more movies that have subsequently slipped through the cracks, only for them to fortunately make my thought process for this entry. And as to what those four movies are, well they are 1] Cats Don’t Dance, which is an animated movie that The Nostalgia Critic spoke positively about, 2] Kimi, a Zoe Kravtiz movie that stood out to me when I was on the Max app earlier this summer, 3] Sex Weather, a movie with a bunch of unfamiliar names yet stood out to me when I was on the Plex app earlier this summer and 4] A Cat In Paris, a 2D-animated movie that stood out to me via its DVD cover art. Now let’s see if their documentations will translate to them joining the group of rankings that was first started by “Wildcats” and last extended by “The 5th Wave”.
The continued expansion of the assessment/re-assessment roster is getting on the level of Homer Simpson getting his weight up to 300 pounds in the Season 7 episode “King-Size Homer”. But thankfully, my decision-making process of eventually trimming it (the roster) down won’t involve liposuction of any kind. So, with that analogy being said, here is the last round of pardons and exemptions via the second chart below:
| Movie | Why it has been pardoned or exempted |
| The Terminator | My cousin that I’m most tight with convinced me to give the entire franchise another chance. |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | See one spot above. |
| Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines | See two spots above. |
| Terminator: Salvation | See three spots above. |
| Terminator: Genisys | See four spots above. |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | See five spots above. |
| True Lies | This movie paved the way for “The Kid & I” a.k.a. evaluation 844, thus I have to re-assess it a third time. |
| Becky (exempted from the Movies That Mega Tat Refuses To See page) | The John Wick style revenge has me going against my better judgment on this one. |
| Orca | This movie didn’t get a fair shot, as I assessed it after my jot down session of the Saved By The Bell episode “Graduation”. |
| The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | This movie is a perfect excuse to see Anne Tremko again in something that isn’t “Uncle Sam”. |
| Paint (Exemption, Tier 12) | This movie might not be disrespectful to the late Bob Ross after all. |
| Frank And Cindy | There is no such thing as too much Fabianne Therse in The Project. |
| Chinese Puzzle | Something about this movie screams re-assessment to me. |
| Rosewood (exempted from the Movies That Mega Tat Refuses To See page) | I’ve seen worse in “Platoon”, despite the destruction being based on a woman’s lie. |
| Land Of Bad (Exemption, Tier 12) | I want to see the action sequences of this movie. |
| Rob Roy | See two spots above, minus the woman lying aspect. |
| Accident Man | There is sequel upside here. |
| I’m Totally Fine | The aspect of learning to let go could help this movie’s Flickuum chances, despite the second version of Natalie Morales’ character being very strangely robotic. |
| The Year Of Spectacular Men | I prefer the Deutch Sisters over the Duff Sisters, so a tandem collaboration involving the former has to be in The Project. |
| Touch (Exemption, Tier 12) | This re-assessment is worth it for the flashback scenes and I feel like it can outrank “It Ends With Us”. |
| Extract | This movie is worthy of a second re-assessment, due to Ben Affleck playing the rebellious bottle plant employee. |
| I Saw The TV Glow (Exemption, Tier 12) | The Alex Garland movie “Men” and its green tones will find itself in The Project, and this purple-tone movie is better than the 2022 theatrical release. |
| Man Of Steel | It would be totally cool to have Laurence Fishburne representing both Marvel and DC Comics in The Project. |
| Justice League | The re-use of an identical scene with Aquaman and Mera from the 2018 movie is the only minor gripe that I have with this one. |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice | This movie builds on the post-credits scene of the movie that’s listed directly above it. |
| Nowhere To Run | The action sequences are awesome, despite the cringy romance aspect between Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rosanna Arquette. |
| Margaux | The presence of Madison Pettis warrants a re-assessment of this movie. |
| Don’t Worry Darling | If “Men” can get re-assessed, then this movie should as well. |
| The Postcard Killings | There is sequel upside. Plus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan returns in that sequel. |
| Nomadland | Maybe I was too harsh about it. |
| Heavy | If the aforementioned “Nomadland” can be re-assessed, then this movie should be as well. |
| WarGames | This movie walked, so that “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” could run. |
| Mayhem | If “The Belko Experiment” can be re-assessed, then this movie should be as well. |
| Reunion (Exemption, Tier 12) | I feel like this movie can outrank “Sick Girl”, the latter of which will be obtained via physical copy later on this month. |
| Wild Wild West | Both the mechanical spider, and the presence of Salma Hayek might put this movie back in The Project after it was ousted back in 2009. |
| Stronghold (Exemption, Tier 12) | I want to see how Bianca A. Santos does as number one on the call sheet. |
| Gamer | Since there is a rumor (and criticism perpetuated by that rumor) about “Free Guy” basically plagiarizing this movie, well then I have to evaluate this one after the August 2021 release. Yeah, it’s going to make The Project. |
| Madea’s Witness Protection | I want to see the dynamic Denise Richards and Danielle Campbell as stepmother and stepdaughter. |
| The Grand Son | It’s strange not having any Danielle Campbell movies to evaluate, thus a perfect excuse to also re-assess this one. |
| Ghost Light | See one spot above. |
| P2 | There is no such thing as too much Rachel Nichols in The Project. |
| Clerks | There is threequel upside. |
| Clerks II | See one spot above. |
| Believe Me | It’s an early role for Sinqua Walls. |
| The Last Voyage Of The Demeter | See 31 spots above, minus the woman lying aspect. |
| Sting | See one spot above. |
| The Wild Geese | See two spots above. |
Accidental expediting happened this past weekend, as I thought that the Zoe Lister-Jones movie “Arranged” became fully guaranteed last December. However, my Pages document of the Evaluation Pool movies did not have it listed, thus reducing the amount (98) of Tier 6 movies by one and on the morning of the 2007 movie’s induction at that. So, to get that quota back up, I moved “The General’s Daughter” to Tier 6, followed by moving “Drunk Bus” from Tier 5 to Tier 4. And that’s not the only three-tier expediting that I’ve done, because in addition, I’ve decided to expedite “Poetic Justice” to Tier 3 since I want it to be evaluated exactly 1,000 evaluations after “Gang Related”, followed by moving “The Invisible Man” to Tier 6 and moving “My Old Ass” from Tier 5 to Tier 4. And once that latter three-tier move gets announced in today’s Nog Report, well there will be a best four-out-of-seven series between “Arranged” and “Poetic Justice”, where the first one to four results in either “The New Romantic” being elevated to Tier 5 or “The Perfect Date” getting an HCC designation in Tier 7. Furthermore, the fate of “The New Romantic” is tied to “Arranged”, while the fate of “The Perfect Date” is tied to “Poetic Justice”, and the winning side will fill the vacated Flickuum spot of “Smoke” in time for tomorrow’s Nog Report, while the losing side has to wait for exactly a week.
And finally, I need to find a way to save Flickuum room for “Burgers”, as “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” is the perfect candidate for being the halfway mark of The Project, due to various episodes of that series proving to be the perfect counterbalance to the various other movies that have been evaluated, assessed and re-assessed, whether directly after or shortly after. Of course, 2,500 is 929 evaluations away, so the 2022 movie is a ways away from being fully guaranteed in The Project. However, I also want to ensure it getting its overall guaranteed Flickuum spot as soon as possible, thus I have the remainder of Season 8 to complete and four more full seasons after that. Looks like a lot of “Burger” marathons are in my future.
Well, what a way to return to Flickasbord. It was intense putting all of this together, but that comes with the territory of being a content creator. I’m sure that there are a lot of entry items for you all to comment on, so I have added a comments section below.
Happy commenting and until the next time!