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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: 834
Total QuickRatings: 118

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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Fresh B+	Fresh 84%	Bright Star (2009)	" should inspire current and future generations to explore Keats and other Romantic poets" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 27, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 98%	Blindsight (2008)	" memorable portrait of some truly courageous individuals and previously unrevealed insights to Tibetan culture" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 25, 2009
Rotten C-	Fresh 64%	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)	" disappoints in the end by settling for stereotypic shmaltz over substance" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 2, 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 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
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	N/A	Brats: Our Journey Home (2006)	" an illuminating portrait of a subculture that most of us never experienced directly" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 8, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 89%	The Burmese Harp (1956)	" most gentle of war dramas" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 28, 2007
Rotten C	Rotten 45%	Bobby (2006)	" does capture the mournful finale well enough to overlook the weaknesses of Estevez's script" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 24, 2007
Fresh B	N/A	The Boat Is Full (1981)	" one of the more credible accounts of the Holocaust" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 19, 2006
Fresh A	Fresh 95%	The Best of Youth (2005)	" a touchstone of Italian cinema" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 20, 2006
Fresh B-	N/A	The Bodyguard (2004)	" packs far more belly laughs into its martial arts driven narrative than Albert Brooks has during the last decade" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 26, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 78%	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005)	" will appeal primarily to literary and artistic mentalities" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 23, 2006
Fresh A	Fresh 86%	Brokeback Mountain (2005)	" explores repressed feelings, loneliness, suffering, and alienation as adroitly as any film in recent memory" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 18, 2005
Fresh A-	Fresh 100%	The Browning Version (1951)	" Crocker-Harris represents the 'Willy Loman' of the educational system" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 6, 2005
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Burden of Dreams (1982)	" not only captures the dramatic moments where Herzog risks life and limb ... , but he includes small details that provide necessary natural respites from Herzog's 'madness'" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 24, 2005
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Born to Fight (2004)	" dispensable characters engaged in 90 minutes of video game action" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 24, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 87%	Broken Flowers (2005)	" won't satisfy mainstream audiences looking for easy resolution, but Jarmusch rightfully refuses to make the films that Hollywood demands" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 13, 2005
Fresh B+	Fresh 76%	Brother to Brother (2004)	" satisfying original journey that is well worth checking out for its sincerity and refreshing honesty" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 9, 2005
Rotten C-	Fresh 73%	Brothers in Arms (2004)	" the talking heads format just doesn't make for compelling film, despite its timeliness" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 19, 2004
Fresh B	Fresh 92%	Broken Wings (2004)	" intelligent script and economical direction make this a rare non-political Israeli work that everyone can relate to" — Old School Reviews Posted May 22, 2004
Rotten C-	Rotten 26%	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)	" Much like the many 'Jesus' movies, the film stays clear of controversy and plays it safe, making the casting of Jim Caviezel even more ironical." — Old School Reviews Posted May 9, 2004
Rotten D	N/A	The Bible...In the Beginning (1966)	" strictly formulaic Biblical work with an all-star cast that ranks as the most embarrassing directing work that John Huston ever undertook" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 31, 2004
Fresh A-	Fresh 100%	Brother's Keeper (1992)	" documentaries truly can be as suspenseful and dramatic as any fictional narrative." — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 11, 2004
Fresh B+	Fresh 96%	Born Into Brothels (2004)	" the film educates as well as inspires, and sincerely represents social activism in the best ways" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 2, 2004
Fresh A	Fresh 99%	Battle of Algiers (1966)	" plays like a mesmerizing action thriller that derives from the best traditions of Hollywood. " — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 23, 2004
Fresh B	Fresh 82%	The Barbarian Invasions (2003)	" represents an artistic ideal of how we'd all like to end things" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 2, 2004
Fresh B-	Fresh 93%	Blood of a Poet (1930)	" Although it may seem as pretentious as the Surrealists claimed back in the 1930's, this represents one of the most sincere efforts to capture the creative process on film" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 30, 2003
Rotten C	Fresh 71%	Buffalo Soldiers (2003)	" a landscape that's been covered before with much more subtlety and humor, but the individual actors deliver the goods" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 12, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 17%	Blue Hawaii (1961)	" amateurishly slung together and telegraphs all its moves well in advance" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 15, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 89%	Beautiful Thing (1996)	" just as it 'takes a village' to raise a child, the 'village' elevates this otherwise ordinary drama" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 27, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 81%	Blue Car (2003)	" borrows heavily from her television soap experience but doesn't collapse totally into the banal" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 27, 2003
Fresh B-	N/A	Black and White in Color (1976)	" biggest chuckles are often reserved for the blundering priests and merchants, as seen by the Ivory Coast natives" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 22, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Barabbas (1961)	" *Lacking the Circus Maximus spectacle of its famous predecessor, Barabbas* compensates with nuanced acting from Anthony Quinn*" — Old School Reviews* Posted May 2, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Blood Simple (1984)	" like watching a classic Hitchcock film with the Master of Suspense tripping on acid" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 8, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 89%	Baran (2002)	" a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 30, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 81%	The Believer (2002)	" this polarizing film deserves a wider audience" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 23, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 90%	Born Free (1966)	" emotionally satisfying for the whole family, as long as you aren't looking for high art or realism" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 10, 2003
Rotten C-	Fresh 74%	Blackboards (2002)	" does paint some memorable images ..., but Makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 9, 2003
Rotten D	Fresh 63%	Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)	" beautiful and nicely framed photography from northern Italy...not enough to overcome an inane script, inept acting, and Donovan's syrupy music" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 6, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 96%	Bowling for Columbine (2002)	" Moore's documentary asks the right questions to jump-start serious dialogue." — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 2, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 92%	Bloody Sunday (2002)	" it's certainly worth riding the rough whirlwind digital camera for insights that U2 can only hint at." — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 28, 2002
N/A	Rotten 57%	The Business of Fancydancing (2002)	" And it's my belief now (I suspected before), but it's my belief now that it's impossible to theatrically release a truly independent film now." — Old School Reviews MISCELLANEOUS Posted Oct 17, 2002
Fresh B-	Rotten 57%	The Business of Fancydancing (2002)	" It won't be the smoothest ride you'll ever take on the cinematic reservation, but those who have traveled the washboards will understand that this film is the 'real deal.'" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 8, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 94%	Belle de Jour (1967)	" But beyond the artistry, this film stands as the most accessible of Bu�uel's work." — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 2, 2002
N/A	Fresh 98%	Bull Durham (1988)	" Literary critic Jacques Barzun once wrote "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball . . ." The top ten baseball movies?" — Old School Reviews ESSAY Posted Sep 1, 2002
Rotten C-	Fresh 78%	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	" Howard�s sappy movie covers some of the material, but is far more concerned with box office and Oscar glory." — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 80%	Before Stonewall (1984)	" Before Stonewall stands as a competent documentary, straight-forward without any great cinematic techniques that stand out" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 91%	Ben-Hur (1959)	" Charlton Heston plays Charlton Heston, but his charismatic macho woodeness carries the film like no other actor of his day." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Aug 23, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 88%	Baraka (1994)	" will appeal greatly to any children of the sixties ... who believe in the common unity of mankind and how we all seek the same universal source'" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 11, 2002

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