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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 90%	Iron Monkey (1993)	" some of the finest martial arts displays imaginable, and it doesn't take itself seriously" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 25, 2009
Fresh B	N/A	It's Winter (2006)	" Pitts' melancholy film paints a wintry portrait of life." — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 2, 2009
Fresh A	Fresh 91%	I.O.U.S.A. (2008)	" as essential viewing as any common sense advice you've received from parents/grandparents about living within your means" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 1, 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 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
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 89%	Into Great Silence (2007)	" More visual meditation than documentary" — Old School Reviews Posted May 5, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 84%	I Confess (1953)	" *The biggest crime surrounding I Confess* is the generally indifferent reception that the film has received over the years*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jan 28, 2007
Rotten C-	Fresh 71%	Infamous (2006)	" comes across as a soulless extended sketch" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 12, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	It (1927)	" This film alone serves as ample explanation for why Clara Bow will forever remain a Hollywood legend." — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 27, 2006
Rotten C	Fresh 74%	The Illusionist (2006)	" little more than a fairy tale" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 13, 2006
Rotten D	Rotten 32%	Imagine Me & You (2006)	" cinematic mush" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 2, 2006
Fresh B+	Rotten 55%	Immortal Beloved (1994)	" real coup is the perfect casting of consummate chameleon actor Gary Oldman as Beethoven." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 23, 2004
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	I Vitelloni (1953)	" *stands alongside Amarcord* as an earlier reminiscence of Fellini's life in Rimini*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Dec 8, 2003
Rotten D+	Fresh 84%	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)	" *stilted attempts to soften Doom's gloom only create a sense of manipulative phoniness" — Old School Reviews* Posted Nov 1, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 67%	Indiscretion of An American Wife (1953)	" Most striking is the chemistry between the leading actors" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 22, 2003
Rotten C-	Rotten 50%	I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)	" the Criterion Collection breathes life into its creaky celluloid with the definitive preservation and a cornucopia of historical background material" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 17, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 67%	Interview with the Assassin (2002)	" Outside of Burger's desire to make some kind of film, it's really unclear why this project was undertaken" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 21, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 73%	Intervista (1987)	" shouldn't be your first foray into Fellini material, or else it will come off as one dizzy surrealistic trip" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 19, 2002
Fresh C+	Fresh 100%	Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2 (1946)	" the second part works better as a film due to its variety and better pacing towards the end..." — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 12, 2002
Fresh A-	Fresh 97%	It Happened One Night (1934)	" ... stands as a significant landmark in cinema history, giving birth for more romantic comedies to come" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 12, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	Ikiru (1952)	" Best known for his samurai warriors and sweeping landscapes, Kurosawa paints this intimate film with black and white scenes that relate to everyone" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 19, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 79%	Iris (2001)	" Broadbent and Dent transform the silences into a profound and memorable example of unconditional love" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 88%	Italian for Beginners (2002)	" *Although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking, the characters make Italian for Beginners* worth the journey*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Feb 3, 2002
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 92%	IMAX - Everest (1996)	" The cinematographers must perform Herculean labor to even film the adventure" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 63%	Incubus (1965)	" Shatner still gets the women, even with the handicap of having to woo them in Esperanto," — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 19, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 88%	In the Mood for Love (2001)	" See the visual poetry and experience the joy of watching two consummate Asian actors demonstrating their abilities." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 13, 2001
Fresh A-	Fresh 95%	The Insider (1999)	" does communicate a broad truth about media coverage and the conflicts it faces" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 13, 2001
Fresh B	Fresh 94%	Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (1999)	" preserves some of the most poignant and effective Holocaust history ever witnessed" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 7, 2001

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