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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: 830
Total QuickRatings: 118

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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Fresh B+	Fresh 65%	Adam (2009)	" metaphor for the inevitable obstacles that lie ahead for any two people who venture into a relationship" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 27, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	At the Death House Door (2008)	" brings to light the personal struggles of a dedicated man who has been facing life and death issues on the front lines" — Old School Reviews Posted May 18, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 75%	American Blackout (2006)	" The phrase 'Apartheid elections' is used more than once, and it certainly strikes a chord" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 25, 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	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 91%	An Autumn Afternoon (1962)	" Once again, some of the most powerful emotions evoked are due to Ozu's minimalist imagery" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2007
Rotten C-	N/A	Altruist (2004)	" The most interesting aspect ... is its Jack Kevorkian premise of uniting suicidal people with serial killers" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 11, 2006
Rotten C-	N/A	Adrift on the Nile (1971)	" plays like a watered down La Dolce Vita in Cairo" — Old School Reviews Posted May 26, 2006
Fresh B	N/A	Andrew Jenks, Room 335 (2006)	" A surprising character study that serves as a warm portrait of an often neglected aspect of humanity." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 11, 2006
Rotten C-	Rotten 36%	Asylum (2005)	" populated by manipulative and unrelatable crazy characters that plod through improbable scenarios to an inevitable nihilistic denouement" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 26, 2005
Fresh A	Fresh 93%	Aparajito (1957)	" each tightly constructed story flows naturally like the Ganges River without artificial contrivances" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 27, 2005
Rotten C-	Rotten 50%	Alexandra's Project (2005)	" nihilistic film covers familiar territory in a fresh new way that is extremely memorable" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2005
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 33%	Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)	" Webber's musical fans will appreciate this version and champion its cause the same way that Americans promote apple pie, Chevrolet, and McDonalds" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 8, 2005
Rotten D+	Rotten 16%	Alexander (2004)	" Alexander the Great will have to wait for another time and another director before justice can fully be achieved" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 21, 2004
Rotten D	Rotten 0%	Alexander the Great (1956)	" would work better as a stage play for high school theatrical productions" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 20, 2004
Fresh B-	Rotten 30%	The Alamo (2004)	" it hits enough true notes to elevate it above the usual patriotic flag waving renditions" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 14, 2004
Rotten D+	Rotten 54%	The Alamo (1960)	" Could Wayne have crafted a better film if he only tried his hand at directing, instead of putting on the hero's mantle as well? Doubtful." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 1, 2004
Fresh A	N/A	The Apu Trilogy (1954)	" Ray�s quiet epic trilogy becomes a refuge against overkill of the senses�a cinematic meditation" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 27, 2004
Fresh 4/5	N/A	American Experience - Seabiscuit (2003)	" a definitive documentary on Seabiscuit that focuses mostly on how the horse and rider together created a truly American story about hope" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Aug 5, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 100%	Accattone (1961)	" presents an even bleaker picture than Rossellini and De Sica" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 12, 2003
Rotten D	Fresh 73%	Ali Zaoua (2000)	" *Like a treadmill, Ali Zaoua* plays out like a film exercise that goes nowhere*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Mar 13, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 82%	Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003)	" well worth examining�far more interesting that reading dry British accounts of those years" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 9, 2003
Rotten C-	Fresh 67%	Amen (2003)	" this production fails to take cinematic advantage of its material" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 14, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 85%	About Schmidt (2002)	" *It's little more than a lightweight satire about the average life of a typical Midwesterner that shows no affection for its characters like Fargo* does*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jan 2, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 78%	ABC Africa (2002)	" Kiarostami profoundly displays Uganda's life and culture through his touristy pictures, as deceptively simple as the alphabet" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 25, 2002
Fresh A-	Fresh 91%	Adaptation (2002)	" But [Kaufman] finds a way to let the audience in on the joke by opening up a portal to his brain ..." — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 25, 2002
Fresh B+	Fresh 83%	All or Nothing (2002)	" Mike Leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 8, 2002
Fresh B-	N/A	Alcatraz Is Not an Island (2001)	" the most thorough documentary treatment ... accurately preserving the Alcatraz occupation's true significance through a number of primary sources." — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 9, 2002
Fresh C+	N/A	American Aristocracy (1916)	" American Aristocracy represents a nostalgic time in American cinema, ruled by silent stars who played themselves in role after role" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 5, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Amadeus (1984)	" *never before have phrases like 'sht marble' been uttered in film, and true genius is presented unpretentiously*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jun 28, 2002
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 60%	Arlington Road (1999)	" ...serves little more than forgettable rental fodder for some evening when you are in the mood for mindless junk food." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 17, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 90%	The Apartment (1960)	" ...it does examine some basic values of the post War years and serves as sociological evidence for the times" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 15, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Amarcord (1974)	" ...for long lasting imagery this nostalgic remembrance is highly entertaining and just may hook a newcomer to foreign film." — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 73%	A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)	" Spielberg fans will be shocked that A.I. doesn�t deliver all the warm fuzzies and easy answers of E.T." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 27, 2002
Rotten C	Fresh 67%	Ali (2001)	" the end to Mann�s plodding film only brings relief that it ends" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 90%	Amelie (2001)	" Sometimes it�s enough to attend the cinema to escape to another world, more innocent and romantic than the one we inhabit" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 20, 2001
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	The Atomic Cafe (1982)	" The Atomic Cafe captures the Atomic Age and the resulting Cold War better than any documentary" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 26, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Annie Hall (1977)	" Not only is it his best film, it comes as close to perfection as any comedy created in the twentieth century." — Old School Reviews Posted May 23, 2001
Fresh B	Fresh 94%	Alexander Nevsky (1938)	" ...qualifies as unabashed propaganda, but it also ranks as a first rate film about war that holds up because of Eisenstein�s film artistry" — Old School Reviews Posted May 15, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Apocalypse Now (1979)	" classic work towers above the other war films" — Old School Reviews Posted May 12, 2001
Fresh B-	Fresh 92%	Amores Perros (2001)	" an impressive film debut" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 23, 2001
Rotten D	Fresh 64%	Alice's Restaurant (1969)	" The movie hasn�t improved any over the years, but fortunately this version has Arlo Guthrie supplying commentary, making the DVD worth some historical value for '60s junkies." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 17, 2001
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 100%	American Experience - The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1995)	" illuminating" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 14, 2001
Fresh B	Fresh 97%	Alien (1979)	" Technically, Scott has consistently demonstrated that he ranks among the best popular film artists. Unfortunately, Scott�s film doesn�t work for me as well in other areas." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A-	Fresh 97%	All About My Mother (1999)	" Almod�var's best to date." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten D	Rotten 42%	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)	" like Natasha tells Boris: 'Face it. We suck.'" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000

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