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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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Rotten D+	Rotten 24%	Little Ashes (2009)	" limps along about as lifelessly as one of Dali's melting clocks" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 16, 2009
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 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 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
Fresh B+	Fresh 74%	La Vie En Rose (2007)	" strives to capture the essence of Edith Piaf rather than craft a straight-forward biopic chronicling highlights and greatest hits" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 19, 2007
Fresh B	N/A	Late Ozu ()	" told primarily from the perspective of the younger generation" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 11, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 91%	Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)	" continues to fight righteous battles to remind us of basic human values and to look at old issues from a fresh perspective" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 26, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Law of Desire (1987)	" provocative psychological study about the potential devastating cost of wanton love" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 24, 2007
Fresh C+	Fresh 87%	The Last King of Scotland (2006)	" flamboyantly chaotic vision of Hell that certainly won't encourage African tourism" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 5, 2006
Fresh A	Fresh 90%	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	" entertains across socio-intellectual boundaries and runs a Chaplinesque gamut" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 31, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 70%	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006)	" satisfies best during brief Cohen interview segments and whenever Rufus Wainwright or Nick Cave cover" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 17, 2006
Fresh A-	Fresh 100%	Late Spring (1949)	" welcome respite from mindless, dispassionate cinema" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 1, 2006
Rotten C	Fresh 86%	L'Enfant (2006)	" many will exit humming Peggy Lee's 'Is That All There Is?'" — Old School Reviews Posted May 29, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 83%	Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1999)	" refuses to dumb down the presentation to craft one of the most beautiful romances in recent memory" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 25, 2006
Fresh B	N/A	The Last Victory (2004)	" The town's stunning scenery alone is enough to recommend the film as a travelogue, but Appel goes far beyond to extract the essence from Siena's residents" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 17, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Little Tony (1998)	" very earthy and revolves around human nature%u2014sexual lust, power plays, and motherhood" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 16, 2006
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 42%	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006)	" unfunny, self-indulgent disaster" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 22, 2006
Fresh B-	Rotten 45%	Latter Days (2004)	" simple paint-by-the numbers gay themed film that strikes directly at Mormon dogma, but it has a certain charm due mainly to Sandvoss' Herculean efforts" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 30, 2004
Fresh C+	Fresh 67%	Love on the Run (1979)	" strictly for Truffaut fans, who have grown up with Antoine Doniel improvising his way through the Bohemian sections of Paris" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 18, 2004
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	Light of My Eyes (2003)	" the story never quite holds together compellingly, devolving into a mushy lightweight airy Italian corollary to Taxi Driver " — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Apr 17, 2004
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	The Last Laugh (1924)	" the true star remains Murnau's remarkable camera work" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 12, 2004
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 65%	The Last Samurai (2003)	" Tom Cruise delivers much more for the samurai than Kevin Costner did for Native Americans a decade ago" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Dec 22, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 94%	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	" Jackson's virtuosity in handling the myriad challenges of such an epic production places him as the Cecil B. DeMille of the new millennium" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 22, 2003
Rotten D+	Rotten 44%	Luther (2003)	" muddies the historical facts, flatly constructs its major characters as stereotypes, and fails to entertain" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 5, 2003
Fresh 4/5	N/A	The Little Rascals - Volume 1 & 2: Collector's Edition (1930s)	" The comedies continue to hold up some 70-80 years later, and there's no reason to think that people won't continue to enjoy them another 80 years from now" — ToxicUniverse.com DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 5, 2003
Fresh C+	Rotten 53%	Legend of Suriyothai (2003)	" demonstrates Shakespearean themes of unrequited and true love, lust for power, and betrayal" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 30, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 100%	Lord of the Flies (1963)	" the most effective way of visually capturing the essence of Golding�s Lord of the Flies" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 15, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 92%	The Laramie Project (2002)	" questions our basic humanity, and gives an accurate picture of the current state of affairs of tolerance in America's schizoid version of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted May 27, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 84%	Lawless Heart (2002)	" Soap opera fans will recognize a kindred spirit here" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted May 27, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 96%	Little Big Man (1970)	" truly magical movie that works well" — Old School Reviews Posted May 9, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 81%	Last Tango in Paris (1972)	" an experience that film lovers simply must take on" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 31, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 91%	The Lodger (1926)	" the tightly constructed 83-minute thriller is a damned fine piece of filmmaking" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 28, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 96%	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	" Not only does Jackson establish himself as the Cecil B. DeMille of epic CGI battle scenes, but he's now the Ingmar Bergman of modern cinematic technology" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 19, 2002
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Life and Nothing More... (1992)	" So natural are Kiarostami's non-professional actors, that the line between fiction and non-fiction is continually blurred." — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 14, 2002
Fresh A+	Fresh 94%	Los Olvidados (1950)	" The way Bu�uel nihilistically conquers without stooping to sentiment is especially striking" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 23, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 91%	L'Age D'Or (1930)	" Many scenes play like Monty Python sketches, taking pot shots at an uptight society." — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 2, 2002
Fresh C+	Fresh 80%	Love on the Run (1936)	" 1979 film serves more as a summation of Doniel�s life, as nearly half of the film consists of flashbacks to the previous four films" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 26, 2002
Fresh C	N/A	The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)	" The set designs are intriguing, but the straightforward storytelling is overwhelmed by the love stories and treacheries without enough disaster footage." — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 88%	The Last Metro (1980)	" *'The Last Metro* provides a mesmerizing and realistic view of life under German Occupation and ranks as the best of Truffaut's later films'*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Aug 4, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 91%	Loves of a Blonde (1965)	" *Like Forman's Fireman's Ball, you won't remember much about the actual plot because it is secondary in importance" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jun 12, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 96%	L'Avventura (1960)	" Contrasting the lively Fellini ... Antonioni addresses essential matters of the soul and spirit in a much quieter manner, with simplicity and economy" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 12, 2002
Fresh B+	Fresh 88%	Love and Death on Long Island (1997)	" This is John Hurt�s movie and he makes the most of a memorable role." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 27, 2002
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 59%	The Luzhin Defence (2001)	" Without a believable emotional core the film falls short of what it could have been" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 27, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 92%	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	" *The worst aspect to Fellowship* is the fact that we must wait another year before the next film. I may have to take up reading Tolkien!*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jan 2, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 83%	L.I.E. (2001)	" ... deserves to be seen for the incredibly subtle performances of the two male leads" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 16, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	La Strada (1954)	" Quinn plays Zampan� like an adulterous Stanley, whose torn-T-shirt �Stella� moment comes late in the film." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 24, 2001
Fresh B	Fresh 97%	The Last of the Mohicans (1992)	" remains faithful to the essential spirit of Cooper�s work, and actually improves upon it" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 17, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 80%	The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)	" Scorsese has sparked more spiritual thinking with this film than he could have by going into the priesthood" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 13, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	" one of those rare films that runs on all cylinders" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 82%	Looking for Richard (1996)	" Pacino demonstrates his passion for the project, and succeeds in giving us a greater appreciation for Shakespeare." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2000

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