Review stream -unhelpful people in charge

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Have to vent and maybe some people can post their own experiences. I started writing for Reviewstream, and I knew it was going to take a long time to reach the $50 payout, since all my reviews are the kind that get accepted at bulk rate. So, I was fine with that. I wrote reviews, got a fair number accepted. I'm up to $12 dollars now. So far so good. But, I noticed that recently all of my movie reviews are getting rejected. I can't say for sure, but I don't those reviews are any worse quality than any of the accepted reviews. So I wondered if it's because I write mostly about classic movies. I also read that if you keep writing reviews on the same topic (I don't mean the exact same thing over and over, I mean all movie reviews or all books) they eventually start rejecting them. Because I write almost entirely book, movie, and tv reviews. That's the only thing I really know enough about to give an opinion on. Anyway, I sent an email asking about these things. I was given a very confusing answer. I was told they don't want hundreds of reviews on movies or tv shows by one person. Then in the same email, I was told I could write as much as I want on one topic. Those two sentences contradict each other. Either there's a limit of how much one person can write on a topic or you can write as much as you want. You can't have it both ways. Also, I haven't written hundreds of reviews on anything. I know some people have reached payout. Do you write over a wide variety of categories, or do you specialize? Because I'm thinking it will be too hard to reach the $50 if I can't write my book, movie, and tv reviews. It would take a lot of reviews writing on those topics, but I have opinions on a lot of those things. I might be able to crank out one or two reviews on something else a year, but not enough to make pay out. And it's too bad, because even with the high pay out and even with only making .50 cents a review I thought this was something I could do. And one more thing before I stop whining. They seem to allow you to make the same error again and again, and then later on tell you you're doing it wrong. I've been putting quotes around the titles of my reviews and that hasn't been a problem. They accepted most of them. Now, in the email response, I was told I shouldn't be doing that. That should be mentioned after the first review that I did it in, or it should be in the guidelines. Same with needing the titles to mention the type of product you're reviewing. Those are easy. I'm fine with taking the quotes out from my titles and saying when I'm reviewing a book or a film. But, I can't know that upfront unless they say. I'd hate to think possibly reviews are being rejected based on things that can easily be fixed but that I hadn't known were a problem. So has anyone had similar problems? Or good experiences that can help me continue to work at the site and eventually reach pay out? I thought I might even manage $50 a month if I worked really hard, but I think I'll be lucky if I get to pay out one time.