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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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Rotten C	Rotten 40%	Gandhi, My Father (2007)	" promising concept ends up devolving into the ordinary" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 5, 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
Rotten D	Rotten 32%	Glen or Glenda? (1953)	" as insanely bad as this movie is, it retains perverse pleasures that serve it well as a cult icon" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 9, 2007
Rotten C	Fresh 67%	Gay Sex in the 70's (2005)	" creating much more nostalgia than substance" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 2, 2006
Fresh B+	N/A	Grandma's Boy (1922)	" Incorporates the best of the standard Harold Lloyd formula." — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 7, 2006
Fresh B-	Fresh 75%	Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine (2003)	" interesting on a human level since it doesn't dwell on the strategical and analytical aspects of the game" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 3, 2006
Rotten C	Rotten 56%	Glory Road (2006)	" when dealing with the blatant racism depicted here, a film should be held to a higher standard" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 29, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Grass (1925)	" historic documentary and terrific anthropological study of people" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 20, 2006
Fresh B	N/A	Grass - A Nation's Battle for Life (1992)	" historic documentary and terrific anthropological study of people" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 19, 2006
Fresh A-	Fresh 94%	Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005)	" Regular NPR listeners, PBS watchers, and 1950's nostalgia buffs will love George Clooney's tightly constructed ... homage to crusading newscaster pioneer Edward R. Murrow" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 19, 2005
Fresh C+	Fresh 83%	Le Grand Voyage (2004)	" the film's final scenes in Mecca are truly awe-inspiring" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 29, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 85%	Gunner Palace (2005)	" We all can't get to Baghdad to experience their current transition to a new Iraq, but Tucker's documentary remarkably helps put us into their situation" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2005
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 90%	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)	" serves effectively as direct and rational political ad that counters the shameless muckraking of John O'Neill's 'Swift Boat Veterans for Truth'" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Oct 10, 2004
Fresh A+	Fresh 96%	Goodfellas (1990)	" the film that Scorsese was born to make, and will be forever cited among Oscar's most glaring omissions" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 4, 2004
Rotten C	Fresh 89%	Good Bye, Lenin! (2004)	" Becker's meandering project muddies the waters and fails to make suitable impact" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 23, 2004
Rotten C-	Rotten 38%	The Gospel of John (2003)	" Emphasis on maintaining the text 'as is' universally renders the effort into an essentially passionless Bible story" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 15, 2004
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 72%	Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)	" captures the look and feel of Johannes Vermeer's 17th century masterpieces ... but the plot languishes on the screen about as long as it takes Vermeer's oils to dry." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Dec 9, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 77%	Get Real (1999)	" above the usual mundane coming of age genre films" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 19, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 97%	Giant (1956)	" remains an entertaining film for many of its small moments" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 27, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 96%	Gods and Monsters (1998)	" travels far beyond the usual chronological re-telling of highlights" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 27, 2003
Rotten C	Fresh 93%	The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965)	" seen with 2003 eyes, Pasolini's work presents only the letter of the gospel and leaves out its spiritual essence" — Old School Reviews Posted May 30, 2003
Rotten D+	Rotten 39%	The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)	" So call me a blasphemer and a heretic. Producer/director/writer George Stevens' ultimate project simply isn't a very good film." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 13, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 60%	Gerry (2003)	" virtuoso camerawork and a uniquely meditative work" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 7, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 69%	The Grey Zone (2002)	" his [Nelson's] screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma, rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Oct 31, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 90%	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	" What can you say about an animated movie that brings despair and continually makes your eyes well up with tears?" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2002
Fresh B+	Fresh 82%	Good Morning (1959)	" *comparable in spirit to Fellini�s Amarcord* with its love of character, humor, and relentless fart jokes*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Sep 1, 2002
Rotten C	Rotten 0%	G.I. Blues (1960)	" 'Elvis does an adequate job carrying the movie, playing his natural self in a project that was produced solely to capitalize on his return to civilian life.'" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 30, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 75%	General Idi Amin Dada (1974)	" 'Knowing how ruthless and psychotic General Idi Amin Dada is makes Schroeder's documentary all the more compelling." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 19, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 89%	The Graduate (1967)	" ...little more than screwball comedy with some great scenes, a memorably poignant Mrs. Robinson, and some great music videos" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 14, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Grand Illusion (1937)	" Renoir�s continually moving camera makes us forget that the film was released in 1937" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 25, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	The Godfather Part II (1974)	" Director Francis Ford Coppola destroys the rule that says all sequels are vastly inferior to the originals" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 17, 2001
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 56%	The Gift (2001)	" piece of donkey dung" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 26, 2001
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 81%	George Washington (2000)	" Haunts and intrigues at every turn." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 14, 2001
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 54%	Goya in Bordeaux (2000)	Click here to read article — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 7, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 92%	Gates of Heaven (1978)	" *It is Morris' selection of people and their statements that make Gates of Heaven* required viewing for documentary aficionados.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh B	Fresh 88%	Girlfight (2000)	" *The most striking aspect of Girlfight: Michelle Rodriguez." — Old School Reviews* Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten C	Fresh 77%	Gladiator (2000)	" Gladiator can aptly be called a typical summer movie, meaning it is mindless and designed for the lowest common denominator." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 56%	Godzilla 2000 (2000)	Click here to read article — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2000

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