Steve Kaycee has been on a tear (especially in 2023, 2024 and 2025) with writing multiple blog entries in a single week and doing so for multiple weeks.
However, he has grown tired of constantly converting fairly new blog entries into non-menu website pages, as he feels that A] Doing so doesn’t give such blog entries the proper exposure that they deserve and B] The constant impromptu pre-writes take their toll on him more and more.
But luckily, the impromptu pre-writes have (and will continue) to dwindle, as will the early non-menu website page conversions. And of course, with the latter being said, this page comes into play once again, as Steve Kaycee has a blog entry that he first started on October 3 and finished on October 4, with it being about him finally deciding to assess Backdraft 2.
You can see it below.
**Note: The following content has adult/controversial wording. Discretion is advised
“Flickasbord, Volume 190”
With all the various types of load-management that I’ve utilized very recently, most of the content that I have amassed for this entry has been very dormant. But now that I have a revised (and totally committed) approach for getting to both 1,355 and 1,377 in The Flickuum Project this month, the time is now to write all of this pending content into existence.
Let’s begin.
First up, I like the cartoony presentation of live-action movies for their posters, as they give vibes of being bonkers fun movies. Movies, such as “Hell Ride” a.k.a. the 136th Flickuum evaluation and “Chastity Bites”, both fall under that category, so that tells me that the cartoony movie poster style works. Now you can add “Naked Singularity” to that category, as both the plot and the presence of Olivia Cooke have turned it from overlooked movie to yet another must-assess movie. Now let’s see if the 2021 movie lives up to expectations or joins “Hacker’s Game” in the group of total letdowns.
While looking for Tier 2-ready movies 10 days ago at my nearest FYE, I noticed a movie called “The Padre” in the drama section and thought that it seemed like an interesting movie. So, of course, with that being said, I made a mental reminder for myself to include it in this entry, as I squandered an opportunity to buy the DVD of it right then and there as a flier movie. Now let’s see if I can find it on a streaming service, or take that physical copy flier on it after all. Stay tuned.
Prior to six somewhat recent speed test runs being very time-consuming, and getting stomach aches that made it very uncomfortable for me to sit up straight for Flickuum evaluations, one of my most recent evaluations was “Backdraft”, a movie with an ending that could have been built on. Well, as it turns out, it was built on via a sequel that came out in 2019, with the main character being Stephen McCaffrey’s son, Sean, as a grown up. Of course, it’s a straight-to-DVD movie, so it won’t outrank its predecessor at all. But the direction that it could go in, along with the returns of both William Baldwin and the late Donald Sutherland as Brian McCaffrey and Ronald Bartel, respectively, could make it a surprise addition to The Project. Stay tuned.
Having seen more than 10 Blumhouse movies in my life, I tend to gravitate towards whatever else they’ve released or are going to release, as theatrical outings with both “M3GAN” and “Five Nights At Freddy’s” have subsequently made me check out their online catalog over and over. Yeah, those outings were totally awesome. But of course, this paragraph isn’t about a Blumhouse theatrical release. Instead, it’s about that company releasing a movie via Apple, entitled “The Lost Bus”. Of course, I didn’t see a trailer for that movie, but A] The plot looks interesting, based on what I read about it and B] Blumhouse’s reputation proceeds itself in my eyes, thus I will assess it to if it will join a group of rankings that currently includes seven of that company’s other movies.
Surfing the Available For Pre-Order section of iTunes, I noticed a new entry in the Body Horror category, with it being the Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson co-led movie “Shell”. Of course, that category has produced two overall guaranteed Flickuum movies in “Love Lies Bleeding” and “The Substance”, so expectations are very high for this one. Plus, it also gives Kaia Gerber a substantial role and the rarity of Elizabeth Berkley appearing in a post-Saved By The Bell project, thus two more reasons that I want to see it.
I’m not a fan of stage play style movies, as I found “The Portuguese Kid” to be a very disjointed mess across the board and that’s even with Aimee Carrero as one of its cast members. However, despite all of those misgivings, I’ve decided to give that style of movie another chance, as I want to see Allison Williams’ portrayal of Peter Pan in the stage play movie “Peter Pan Live!”. Yes, The Flickuum Project A] Is going to have a semi-documentary movie in “Sweaty Betty”, B] Is going to have two Saved By The Bell extensions in “Hawaiian Style” and “Wedding In Las Vegas”, C] Has a 65-minute movie (minus six minutes of closing credits) in “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame II” and D] Could have the “El Dorado” miniseries, which is really two movies, so it’s worth a shot to try to get a stage play style movie into The Project as well. Stay tuned.
In more pre-order news, three more movies in that particular iTunes section jumped out at me, with them being 1] Doin’ It, because it’s a Lily Singh movie that reminds me of a cross between “Sex Ed” and “Summer Of 69”, 2] The Glassworker, because I’m catching “Persepolis” vibes with that one and C] Tin Soldier, because I want to see Jamie Foxx in a very expanded antagonist role, as he was a side antagonist in “Baby Driver”. Yes, there seems to be no shortage of Flickuum-worthy movies in the infinite movie pipeline, and those three movies are just three more that I have high expectations for.
Every week, it seems like some movie makes a case for getting pardoned or exempted, whether it was “The Wedding Banquet” not too long ago or “Switchback” three days ago. Now you can add 12 more movies to the very loaded assessment/re-assessment roster, as each such a movie has a case for re-assessment. Find out which ones that they are via the chart below:
| Movie | Why it’s being re-assessed |
| Alvin And The Chipmunks (Pardon) | Is “The Chipmunk Adventure” really that much better than this 2007 movie? |
| Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Pardon) | If a movie (Spirited) in which Aimee Carrero was cast mates with Ryan Reynolds can be re-assessed, then this collaboration between her and Jason Lee deserves that same status. |
| Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Pardon) | This movie was assessed nearly a week before “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, thus a built-in advantage to it passing its re-assessment. |
| Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip (Pardon) | The biggest mistake in the assessment of this movie was that it was assessed right after the re-assessment of “Kickin’ It Old Skool”. |
| Punisher: War Zone (Pardon) | This movie could finish one spot behind the Thomas Jane version, the latter of which has a slightly different title and has no connection whatsoever. Plus, it could be a good complimentary movie to either “Carmen”, “Abigail” or “Your Monster”. |
| All Is Lost (Exemption, Tier 13) | This movie is yet another reason why more respect needs to be put on the name of the late Robert Redford. |
| Coriolanus (Pardon) | This movie is worthy of a re-assessment, simply because Jessica Chastain was cast as Ralph Fiennes on-screen wife. |
| Beasts Of No Nation (Pardon) | This movie got put in the impossible position of being assessed the day after the jot down session for the Saved By The Bell episode “Graduation”. |
| A Million Ways To Die In The West (Pardon) | Christopher Lloyd reprising his Doc Brown role in this movie makes it worthy of a re-assessment. |
| Cast Away (Pardon) | If the aforementioned “All Is Lost” can get a second re-assessment, then this movie should as well. |
| Love Hard (Pardon) | This movie could work as the beginning of an increment of 100 Flickuum evaluations, because it won’t work as something that can be evaluated after movies that will outrank it, such as “Saved By The Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas” and “My Dead Friend Zoe”. |
| Presence (Exemption, Tier 12) | This movie could outrank the officially re-assessed “A Ghost Story”, the latter of which is set to graduate to Tier 5 as early as this coming October 9. |
Earlier this week, I tried to attempt assessing the Felisha Cooper movie “Keys To The City” via the BET app, only to discover that that movie wasn’t available via that app, thus temporarily (for now) rescinding that movie’s spot on the roster. Of course, it remains unknown if or when that movie will be accessible to assess, so I instead decided to put two of her others movies in “King Knight” and “Fiance Killer” on the roster, due to me feeling that those two movies are the best at possibly filling the “Keys To The City” void. Stay tuned.
After really giving a lot of thought to adding “Shell” to the assessment/re-assessment roster, the Elizabeth Banks movie “Skincare” made into my thoughts, as the latter conjures up a bit of an eerie feeling, but not on the level of “The Substance”. But because of the likelihood of those three movies all being compared to one another, I decided to take a flier on the second of those three movies. Soon, I will find out how similar that the Elizabeth Banks-led movie is to the movie that got Demi Moore a Best Actress nomination.
Every time that I have a theatrical outing, I see a trailer for at least one movie that I want to add to the roster. Or in this case, two, as I noticed the trailers of “Roofman” and “The Bride” during yesterday’s theatrical outing of “One Battle After Another”. Well, I did notice “Roofman” before, but wasn’t interested at that time. But for some reason, yesterday was a completely different story, thus I could see it theatrically during the week of Columbus Day. And as for “The Bride”, well I’m going to see it on the Saturday before my birthday next year, as that movie screams opening weekend theatrical outing.
After purchasing the DVD of “The First Time” via eBay two days ago, I surfed that particular seller’s shop to see if any other Project-ready movie was available, to which there wasn’t. However, I noticed the movie “The Seagull” in that seller’s physical media inventory and was intrigued, based on both the DVD cover art and the cast that it boasted. So, with that being said, I decided to add the latter movie to my list of content for this entry. Now let’s see if it soars its way into The Project.
Never in my lifetime did I think that two legends in Samuel L. Jackson and Pierce Brosnan would appear in a movie together. Yet here we are, as “The Unholy Trinity” has made that happen. And given that I want to see both of those awesome actors in that movie together, I have decided to add that movie to the roster.
While doing my research for “Naked Singularity”, I noticed a movie that put career supporting actor Christoph Waltz as number one on the call sheet, with that movie being “Old Guy”. Granted, he had top-billing with Jamie Foxx in “Django Unchained”, but that movie was more of Jamie Foxx’s movie than his. But luckily for him, the 2024 movie gives him the rarity that I alluded to two sentences ago, thus it has been added to the roster for an assessment that will happen sometime down the road. Stay tuned.
Well everyone, we have a third paragraph of movies available for pre-order, as I noticed the Tim Blake Nelson movie “Bang Bang” two weeks ago yesterday via iTunes. Of course, boxing movies have punched their way into The Project, but that sport wasn’t what cinched my decision in wanting to assess this movie. Instead, it was the presence of Daniella Pineda, who is always reliable to make any movie good. Now I just need to find out when I can rent it to see if it will join the likes of both “Glass Jaw” and “Counterpunch” in The Project or not.
Three days after (15 days ago) a fourth Lily James movie (Fast Girls) was enshrined into The Flickuum page rankings, I found out that the talented English actress came out with something that was just released via Hulu, entitled “Swiped”. Of course, she, like many other actresses, will get many assessments/re-assessments, as she won me over with “Baby Driver” and hasn’t disappointed me since. Now let’s see if “Swiped” can extend her amount of overall guaranteed Flickuum movies.
With The Flickuum Project resuming midnight Eastern time Monday and on pace for a major run this month, I’ve decided to pair up a Lorenza Izzo movie (The Green Inferno) with a Keira Knightley movie, as a pairing of movies (Aftershock, Colette) with each actress being in one of them proceeded my two-week run of getting from 949 to 997. Of course, I won’t have to be that bonkers this month, as I just want to get from 1,348 to 1,377 before November 1. But knowing that I’ll need that same type of relentlessness this month, I decided to replicate that pairing, by finding a Keira Knightley movie to assess after “The Green Inferno”, thus I have tabbed her movie “Charlotte”, due to it being something that I overlooked during one of my many Hulu surf sessions. Now let’s see if I can into my fast-approaching evaluation of “Albatross” on a high note.
And finally, after surfing through Lily Singh’s IMDB page to see how many Flickuum movies that she has already amassed, I noticed another movie that she appeared in, entitled “Riverdance: The Animated Adventure”. Of course, I was contemplating it as a piece of content for Volume 191. But after seeing the graphics of that movie via the aforementioned IMDB, I decided to make it the final piece of content for this entry. Now let’s if this other Singh roster addition can dance its way into The Project.
Well, it’s been a very slow-moving process in getting movies that are worthy of dual occupancy in Tiers 7 and 14, as only five movies have such occupancy since exactly a week ago today. But with “The Wood” having its third re-assessment not too long after the posting of the 10-04-25 Nog Report, that number will at least increase to six for certain.
Until the next time.