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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	N/A	Rumbo A Las Grandes Ligas - Road To The Big Leagues (2007)	" sweet package deal to satisfy anyone's baseball fever" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 4, 2009
Fresh B-	Fresh 100%	Robinson Crusoe (1952)	" far more provocative than the more literal adaptation's of Defoe's classic" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 13, 2008
Rotten D+	Rotten 37%	Reservation Road (2007)	" fodder more suitable for a moralistic made-for-TV "after school special"" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 24, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 84%	Rocket Science (2007)	" quirky drama is populated with angst ridden high school students" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 18, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 88%	The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007)	" a personal journey that also stands as homage to a severely threatened American lifestyle and offers hope" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 20, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 93%	Rana's Wedding (2002)	" even if we have to view it through a 'security camera.' Something remarkable happens daily in Jerusalem" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 1, 2005
Fresh B-	Rotten 48%	Rent (2005)	" delivers 135 minutes that pay proper homage to Jonathan Larson" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 27, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 86%	The River (1951)	" Jean Renoir has preserved the spirit of Mother India as well as any western filmmaker" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 19, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 67%	Raja (2004)	" refreshing with its brutal and emotionally raw honesty" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2005
Rotten 3/5	Rotten 38%	Revolution OS (2003)	" remains about as graphically devoid as the old Linux command line" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Apr 8, 2004
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 71%	The Red Violin (1998)	" entertains with fanciful fable and contains beautiful virtuoso violin solos (by Joshua Bell) and location shooting, but offers little substance" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jul 2, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 88%	Russian Ark (2002)	" Technically mind-boggling and visually stimulating but devoid of plot and simplistic in content" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted May 20, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 42%	The Robe (1953)	" an interesting film that compels viewers to consider how they would act in such times" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 18, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 87%	Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)	" *Despite creating credibility gaps with scanty coverage of the journey Rabbit-Proof Fence* is worth the ninety-four minute running time, primarily for educational purposes*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Dec 27, 2002
Fresh A-	Fresh 100%	Roger & Me (1989)	" demonstrates that this genr� can be as hilarious as any comedy on the market and provide some sharp political muckraking to boot." — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 7, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 97%	Ringu (1998)	" contrasting the original Ringu with the current Americanized adaptation is akin to comparing The Evil Dead with Evil Dead II" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 6, 2002
Fresh B-	N/A	Running Brave (1983)	" *No one will mistake Running Brave* for a great work of art, but it�s an overlooked film that young people should see.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 82%	Red Beard (1965)	" *Many directors still have never created one film equal to Red Beard, which only pales when compared to Kurosawa's greatest films" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jul 12, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Rebecca (1940)	" Selznick places Hitchcock on a leash, but I still can't get Mrs. Danvers out of my head!" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 27, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 94%	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	" *Watching Raiders of the Lost Ark* again on the big screen I was again reminded how summer films were once thoroughly entertaining and fulfilling.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Aug 21, 2001
Fresh B	Fresh 93%	Rocky (1976)	" Give Stallone credit for going the distance in this film and not going down" — Old School Reviews Posted May 23, 2001
Fresh B+	Fresh 95%	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)	" This period piece represents the best Hollywood film about rebellious and alienated youth of the 1950's." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 17, 2001
Rotten 1.5/5	Fresh 71%	Remember the Titans (2000)	" I�d hate to fathom a film community dominated by Bruckheimer material." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 80%	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	" Just edit in Frances McDormand shouting 'Don�t use Drugs!' at the end to make an excellent music video public service message." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh B	Fresh 98%	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	" Horror fans shouldn�t expect a high amount of on screen gross out material because the horror primarily happens within. Often that�s the best kind." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000

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