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Projection Booth is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Rob Humanick.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
(undefined) Rob Humanick Only in theory does Joe Dante's subversive brand of satire effectively compliment Homecoming's schlocky horror premise.
Posted Apr 29, 2021  Edit critic review
B+
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) Rob Humanick Among the most efficient and exciting of the series since the 1954 original.
Posted May 24, 2019  Edit critic review
A-
Rebels of the Neon God (1993) Rob Humanick One of the great films about modern unrest and the pangs of youth. I can't wait to watch it again.
Posted Jun 12, 2015  Edit critic review
4/4
Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) Rob Humanick "Just as brilliant, beautiful, and entertaining as Romero's first zombie masterpiece."
Posted Sep 30, 2014  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) Rob Humanick Becomes full-on parody without even necessarily recognizing it.
Posted Sep 12, 2014  Edit critic review
2/4
Tokarev (2014) Rob Humanick It's sobering conclusions are heartfelt, but ultimately unearned.
Posted Jul 22, 2014  Edit critic review
3/4
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Rob Humanick If [the film] ultimately resolves without quite plumbing its own depths as much as I'd have preferred, I'm still more than impressed with where it opts to go in the first place.
Posted May 04, 2014  Edit critic review
4/4
Under the Skin (2013) Rob Humanick Under the Skin doesn't just affirm the movies' ability to draw us out of our worldview: it raises the bar. I can't wait to watch it five or six more times, at least.
Posted Apr 30, 2014  Edit critic review
Clear History (2013) Rob Humanick Clear History's shorthanded characterizations and ethical vacuum prove so flaccid that it fails even if one views it as a nihilistic statement.
Posted Aug 10, 2013  Edit critic review
A
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Rob Humanick If the first Hellboy was about the loss of our fathers and the mystery of where we come from, Hellboy II centers on where we are going, and what we do when the mantle passes.
Posted Feb 06, 2013  Edit critic review
C-
Quantum of Solace (2008) Rob Humanick This time around, Bond's biggest adversaries are those behind the camera.
Posted Feb 04, 2013  Edit critic review
B-
Avatar (2009) Rob Humanick This sci-fi epic would be a masterpiece if judged solely on its technical merits.
Posted Feb 03, 2013  Edit critic review
B
Warm Bodies (2013) Rob Humanick The creative production design and earnest script go a long way in elevating so modest a work.
Posted Feb 02, 2013  Edit critic review
B
Mama (2013) Rob Humanick No mere shocker, but a thoughtful rumination on what it means to love, lose, and move on from life's cruel blows.
Posted Feb 01, 2013  Edit critic review
C-
Gangster Squad (2013) Rob Humanick All style and pose devoid of soul.
Posted Jan 31, 2013  Edit critic review
B+
The Last Stand (2013) Rob Humanick If the sequences removed from Sommerton held a little more presence [...] I'd be less hesitant to call The Last Stand anything less than great.
Posted Jan 31, 2013  Edit critic review
D
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) Rob Humanick It would be different if Hansel & Gretel were only stupid; that it's also boring is unforgivable.
Posted Jan 30, 2013  Edit critic review
B
Up (2009) Rob Humanick Quintessential Pixar.
Posted Jan 27, 2013  Edit critic review
B+
The Dark Knight (2008) Rob Humanick Were films judged entirely by the emotive impact of their opening and closing images, The Dark Knight would be a masterpiece.
Posted Jan 24, 2013  Edit critic review
B+
Rambo (2008) Rob Humanick Stallone uses his iconic character here to explore the necessary evils of violence through a brutal pop lens.
Posted Jan 24, 2013  Edit critic review
A+
Night of the Living Dead (1968) Rob Humanick Subjects us to the kind of unrelenting nightmare we only wish we could wake up from.
Posted Jan 23, 2013  Edit critic review
Anna Karenina (2012) Rob Humanick The end result remains quixotically affecting, and more than the sum of its many delirious parts.
Posted Jan 10, 2013  Edit critic review
Life of Pi (2012) Rob Humanick Martel's novel could have yielded a greater film in different hands, but Lee's work remains one to be grateful for.
Posted Jan 10, 2013  Edit critic review
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Rob Humanick Succeeds less on the merits of aesthetics than its willingness to give in to crowd-pleasing effervescence.
Posted Jan 10, 2013  Edit critic review
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Rob Humanick Yearns to find eternal truths under impossible circumstances, and succeeds with flying colors by my watch.
Posted Jan 10, 2013  Edit critic review
The Impossible (2012) Rob Humanick What reeks most about The Impossible is that it mistakes adventurous titillation for humanitarian mourning.
Posted Jan 10, 2013  Edit critic review
Texas Chainsaw (2013) Rob Humanick Pardon me while I reassess my stance on the death penalty.
Posted Jan 07, 2013  Edit critic review
Lincoln (2012) Rob Humanick As essential an entry in Spielberg's catalog as his most popular blockbusters and heralded epics.
Posted Jan 05, 2013  Edit critic review
Les Misérables (2012) Rob Humanick Fosse wept.
Posted Dec 31, 2012  Edit critic review
Hitchcock (2012) Rob Humanick Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
Posted Dec 31, 2012  Edit critic review
Flight (2012) Rob Humanick One would be foolish to expect anything less from one of our great humanitarian mainstream artists.
Posted Dec 31, 2012  Edit critic review
Django Unchained (2012) Rob Humanick A work that suggests someone brave or foolish enough (or both) to charge into a hellfire with dynamite strapped to their back.
Posted Dec 31, 2012  Edit critic review
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Rob Humanick Butter spread over too much bread, Bilbo might say.
Posted Dec 17, 2012  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Skyfall (2012) Rob Humanick What propels this grisly chapter is the characters' keen sense of agency.
Posted Nov 08, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Prometheus (2012) Rob Humanick Insulting lip service to 2001 notwithstanding, Prometheus shocks and awes with more than sufficient technical bravura. If only it was as smart as it clearly thinks it is.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Possession (2012) Rob Humanick While frustratingly vague in terms of character and motivation, The Possession is among the more competent of recent studio horror efforts. If only that wasn't the best thing I could say about it.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Lockout (2012) Rob Humanick Lean, fun, smart without overthinking things and always equipped with a one-liner, Lockout is refreshingly free of the bull**** that plagues so many genre films.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Killer Joe (2011) Rob Humanick The humor magnifies the horror, and vice versa. Like the inflammatory Dr. Strangelove, we've sewn these seeds, and we deserve whatever is reaped from them.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2011) Rob Humanick If 2001: A Space Odyssey had an evil twin masquerading as a horror film, this would be it. Beyond the Black Rainbow culls from untold volumes of film history even as it delivers its own uniquely brilliant freak-outs.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Expendables 2 (2012) Rob Humanick Enjoyable, but disappointingly tame compared to its ferocious predecessor. The Expendables 2 is disposable.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2/4
Total Recall (2012) Rob Humanick While far from terrible, this retread forgoes any qualities to justify its existence in the first place. It will be justly forgotten before long.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
3/4
Savages (2012) Rob Humanick Essentially stupid, but stylistically invigorating, like watching a genius muck about with finger paints like a child on a sugar high. And then it throws it back in your face.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Take This Waltz (2011) Rob Humanick Polley's sophomore feature fumbles between reality and fantasy, often insightful but frequently ungrounded. Dig that carnival ride, though.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
4/4
This Is Not a Film (2010) Rob Humanick The truth of what is and isn't lies deep between the lines of this brilliantly elusive meta-commentary, arguably the greatest Iranian film since Abbas Kiarostami's masterpiece Close-Up.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) Rob Humanick I laughed, and frequently. There are also images I can now never forget, and kind of want to. Is this what it was like for all those people I introduced, kicking and screaming, to Aqua Teen Hunger Force?
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
3/4
Your Sister's Sister (2011) Rob Humanick What could have been trite male wish-fulfillment is instead beholden to genuinely messy revelations: life as a tattered, living quilt we sew and wear as one.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
My Life as Abraham Lincoln (2012) Rob Humanick Caught somewhere between an overwrought and interminable student film and an affectionately incompetent Ed Wood production. After two viewings, I don't know entirely how to feel about the experience, and that, to me, says it's an essential one.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Lawless (2012) Rob Humanick Appropriately solemn and violent, yet strangely lifeless. I imagine a better film was lost in the editing room, and will hopefully be found on Blu-ray.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Haywire (2011) Rob Humanick "Don't think of her as a woman. That would be a mistake," says an s.o.b. late in this sexy, jazzy exercise, and he couldn't be more wrong. The action film as a love letter to a lethal goddess.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
3/4
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Rob Humanick There's enough that works in The Dark Knight Rises that I can overlook most of the more glaring flaws, but it remains to date the most disappointing film I've seen from 2012.
Posted Nov 05, 2012  Edit critic review
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