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JOHN A. NESBIT

Agrees with the Tomatometer 86% of the time.

Biography: Former teacher on the Navajo reservation who developed a film appreciation course, now seeks happiness in an urban desert setting frequenting Diamondbacks games, the 2 movie arthouses in the area, and travelling whenever possible. Nesbit has written a number of reviews at ToxicUniverse.com and has established his own site at Old School Reviews.

Favorites: Casablanca, Fellini's 8 1/2, Do the Right Thing, Notorious, The 400 Blows, Ikiru

Publications: Old School Reviews, outrate.net, ToxicUniverse.com

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 835
Total QuickRatings: 118

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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Fresh A	Fresh 100%	Man On Wire (2008)	" grasps just what it means to be human and to express it fully" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 11, 2008
Fresh B-	Rotten 20%	Dalai Lama Renaissance (2008)	" It's a simple truth that many know before the film starts, but the Dalai Lama serves as human exemplar for the lesson" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 25, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 96%	Up The Yangtze (2007)	" floats across the screen, leaving indelible metaphoric imagery of China's rapidly changing way of life" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 16, 2008
Fresh B-	Fresh 82%	Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)	" well paced film entertains" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 10, 2008
Rotten C	Rotten 40%	Gandhi, My Father (2007)	" promising concept ends up devolving into the ordinary" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 5, 2008
Fresh A-	Fresh 83%	The Terrorist (1998)	" As visually poetic and slow-paced as Terrence Malick" — Old School Reviews Posted May 31, 2008
Fresh A-	Fresh 92%	Salaam Bombay! (1988)	" honest and haunting portrait" — Old School Reviews Posted May 28, 2008
Rotten C	Rotten 48%	Before the Rains (2008)	" contrived plot and shallow characters just don't hold up long term" — Old School Reviews Posted May 27, 2008
Fresh A	Fresh 80%	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	" tears through the facade" — Old School Reviews Posted May 16, 2008
Fresh B-	Fresh 67%	Google Me (2008)	" Killeen puts a face on a concept that has likely occurred to most of us" — Old School Reviews Posted May 5, 2008
Fresh B-	N/A	The Diane Linkletter Story (1970)	" Bad taste trumps bad cinema any day!" — Old School Reviews Posted May 5, 2008
Fresh B	Rotten 39%	Saawariya (2007)	" Entertaining ... Not all that different from America's love affair with MTV, American idol, and prime time TV offerings" — Old School Reviews Posted May 3, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 90%	I Was Born, But... (1932)	" goes beyond the genre by offering subtle social criticism%u2014a first in Japanese cinema" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 28, 2008
Fresh B-	Fresh 100%	Robinson Crusoe (1952)	" far more provocative than the more literal adaptation's of Defoe's classic" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 13, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 79%	Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007)	" allows us into Carter's life intimately enough to discern his character" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 11, 2008
Fresh B-	Fresh 67%	Little Buddha (1994)	" Excellent introduction to Buddhism--strongest portions are mythical excerpts of Buddha's life." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 4, 2008
Fresh B-	Fresh 88%	El Bruto (1952)	" a Frankenstein variant as the title character is physically as strong as the cattle he slaughters, yet the gentle soul remains vulnerable to the charms of women" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2008
Fresh B-	N/A	Susana (1951)	" doesn't rank with Bu�uel's best work, but students will find enough of his satirical material to wink at" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 83%	The Dragon Painter (1919)	" Hayakawa was like the Asian Valentino of the silent screen" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 22, 2008
Fresh A-	Fresh 94%	No End in Sight (2007)	" a horror show guaranteed to make you mad" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 18, 2008
Fresh B	N/A	Scandal (1950)	" a mustard seed for later masterworks" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 11, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 92%	U2 3D (2008)	" groundbreaking film that effectively uses hi definition to capture the concert experience" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 9, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 83%	One Wonderful Sunday (1947)	" microcosm of the Japanese post-war experience" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 28, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 91%	August Evening (2007)	" Ebbs as leisurely as Gonzales' Guadalupe River." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 23, 2008
Fresh B-	N/A	Caravan/Prague: The Uneasy Road to Change (2007)	" makes the whole experience a lot more human--without having to become Amnesty International poster boys ourselves" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 31, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 79%	Sharkwater (2007)	" ecological alarm clock once again rings in 2007" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 15, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 94%	Lake of Fire (2007)	" definitive documentary on the subject that is so gripping that every thinking person will be forced to confront core issues" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 12, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 98%	Nanking (2007)	" The story of man's inhumanity during wartime is an old one, but this film delivers the message raw unlike anything before" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 10, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 77%	I'm Not There (2007)	" takes us laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the screen with Dylan metaphors and anecdotes" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 8, 2007
Rotten D	N/A	Farewell Israel - Bush, Iran, and The Revolt of Islam ()	" a classic 'Death by PowerPoint' phenomenon common to businessmen, who discover the interface for the first time and go overboard" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 2, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Bob Dylan - The Other Side of the Mirror (2007)	" a 'must see' for music fans and a necessary addition to the DVD libraries of all Dylan fans" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 28, 2007
Rotten D+	Rotten 37%	Reservation Road (2007)	" fodder more suitable for a moralistic made-for-TV "after school special"" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 24, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	I Am Cuba (1964)	" *visual impressions that will forever remain embedded in your mind's eye%u2014just as much as Picasso's La Guernica* communicates the horrors of war*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Nov 23, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Killer of Sheep (1977)	" fills the screen with visual poetry that plays like intimate documentary" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 11, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 89%	The Savages (2007)	" Jenkins scripts and directs a warm, heartfelt character study with tons of great little moments" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 8, 2007
Fresh B-	Rotten 37%	Milarepa (2007)	" instructional value and exposure to Tibetan culture and values make this a worthwhile venture" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 4, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 71%	Lust, Caution (2007)	" unfurls at the same pace as a doomed lotus blossom. And just as beautifully with the year's most sensuous cinematography" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 22, 2007
Rotten C+	Fresh 66%	The Kite Runner (2007)	" ... fails to rise above a Dickens-like tale of betrayal and redemption" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 84%	Rocket Science (2007)	" quirky drama is populated with angst ridden high school students" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 18, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 88%	The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)	" captures the street life of Manila's slums like no other film" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 19, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 92%	Journey From The Fall (2007)	" noteworthy film provides unforgettable human faces that bring greater awareness about this under reported history" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007
Fresh B	N/A	Kapurush (1965)	" ...Kapurush has a great deal of charm, most notably in the wordless acting prowess demonstrated by the two lead characters. Through their subtle eye movements and small body gestures, we are able to discern their unspoken turmoil." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B	N/A	Nayak: the Hero (1966)	" Without resorting to a cheap sexual encounter, Ray deftly guides the pair through a sensitive restrained relationship that is quite poignant..." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B+	N/A	The Elephant God (1978)	" Overall, Joi Baba Felunath is very enjoyable and well constructed. For Satyajit Ray fans, its a welcome sight to see him return to the banks of the Ganges--�the same location so prominent in Aparajito." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B	N/A	Andrew Jenks, Room 335 (2006)	" ...Andrew Jenks, Room 335 is no political treatise on assisted living facilities. It's a surprising character study that serves as a warm portrait of an often neglected aspect of humanity." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Tokyo Twilight (1957)	" Appropriately the last black and white Ozu film, Tokyo Twilight maintains his signature style despite its tragic melancholy...Beautifully photographed and framed, the story flows naturally and gently and retains hope." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Rotten C	N/A	Crisis (1946)	" *Bookended with unnecessary off screen narrative descriptions of the idyllic village, Crisis* unfolds as a simplistic morality play with one dimensional cardboard cutout characters.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 83%	Torment (1944)	" The film successfully avoids the trap of creating stereotypical caricatures of its obviously good and evil main characters by fleshing them out sufficiently..." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Rotten C	N/A	The Eyes of Van Gogh (2004)	" Unfortunately, the film is destined for a very limited audience as presently constructed; it plays as a Cliff's Notes visual introduction to the artist's letters to his brother." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B-	N/A	Mistaken Identity: Sikhs in America (2004)	" Given the historical context, Mistaken Identity makes a significant contribution towards tolerance and the importance of increasing our cultural knowledge, strongly reminding us that America's underlying strength lies in its cultural diversity." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007

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