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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 86%	The Source (1999)	" this documentary may inspire a few other souls to strike out on their own and not be 'intimidated by a bunch of jerks who don't know anything about life.'" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 2, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 30%	Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)	" a brutal reminder that Christmas can have negative connotations for some" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 1, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 88%	Sin Nombre (2009)	" steadily building intensity despite overwhelming feelings of doom" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 18, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 93%	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	" Boyle's dynamic camera angles and lively pacing memorably tour the Indian landscape" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 15, 2008
Fresh A-	Fresh 92%	Salaam Bombay! (1988)	" honest and haunting portrait" — Old School Reviews Posted May 28, 2008
Fresh A	Fresh 80%	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	" tears through the facade" — Old School Reviews Posted May 16, 2008
Fresh B	Rotten 39%	Saawariya (2007)	" Entertaining ... Not all that different from America's love affair with MTV, American idol, and prime time TV offerings" — Old School Reviews Posted May 3, 2008
Fresh B-	N/A	Susana (1951)	" doesn't rank with Bu�uel's best work, but students will find enough of his satirical material to wink at" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2008
Fresh B	N/A	Scandal (1950)	" a mustard seed for later masterworks" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 11, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 79%	Sharkwater (2007)	" ecological alarm clock once again rings in 2007" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 15, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 89%	The Savages (2007)	" Jenkins scripts and directs a warm, heartfelt character study with tons of great little moments" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 8, 2007
Rotten C+	Rotten 50%	A Simple Curve (2006)	" paint-by-numbers script that just doesn't trust the audience enough" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 29, 2007
Fresh B	Rotten 50%	Suicide Killers (2007)	" incredible footage of actual suicide bombers (past, present, and future)" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 17, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 94%	Shoot the Piano Player (1960)	" A landmark film that took the world three decades to accept" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 12, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Sanjuro (1962)	" For escapist fare, this ranks highly" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 5, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	Street Fight (2006)	" a primer for any aspiring politician to see the worst of what he can expect" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 31, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 60%	States of Control (1998)	" disquieting treatment of a dissatisfied Manhattan woman" — Old School Reviews Posted May 9, 2006
Fresh B-	Fresh 68%	Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)	" Calling this a documentary is a bit of a misnomer, as Douglas splices staged music numbers into his travelogue footage to paint his surreal homage to the Deep South" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 10, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 56%	She's One of Us (2005)	" *explores similar territory to American Psycho* but without the satirical humor of a Patrick Bateman*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Jan 8, 2006
Rotten C-	Fresh 72%	Syriana (2005)	" Cloaking Oliver Stone-like message mongering with Tarantino film techniques, Gaghan preaches well known leftist political tomes" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 2, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 93%	Saraband (2005)	" clearly understands how to involve the audience with his somber material" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 13, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 91%	The Soft Skin (1964)	" simple narrative penetrates the complications arising from adultery with far more discernment than any film I can recall" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 29, 2005
Fresh A	Fresh 83%	The Sea Inside (2004)	" Bardem's physical constraints here do not hold him back from creating the most riveting and soul stirring character captured on film in 2004" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2005
Fresh B+	Fresh 98%	Sweet Sixteen (2003)	" Hollywood has manufactured a number of coming of age films of varying quality, yet it's difficult to think of one that tops this powerful character study" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 11, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 97%	Sideways (2004)	" Payne's most enjoyable movie since Election " — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 18, 2004
Fresh B	Fresh 97%	Strangers on a Train (1951)	" worthy vehicle that displays Hitchcock's narrative ability and explores some of his favorite themes" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 27, 2004
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 60%	Saved! (2004)	" The real value lies with what its audience does after a screening." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 25, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 95%	The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)	" charms audiences of all ages with its family values while supplying sufficient cultural material to educate" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 4, 2004
Fresh B+	Fresh 91%	Shall We Dance? (1996)	" entertaining film fast steps through its 118 minutes tightly" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 1, 2004
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 82%	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)	" fairly entertaining ... but the final voyage of the original crew ends more like an epilogue than with a resounding final fanfare" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 16, 2004
Rotten C	Fresh 80%	Sandstorm (2000)	" certainly carries political weight, its overall execution routinely relies on simplistic melodrama, underscored blatantly with a final propaganda plug" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 17, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 91%	Shattered Glass (2003)	" *In a day where news develops so quickly, Shattered Glass* arrives at the right moment.*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Nov 16, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Shoah (1985)	" *Lazmann's 9 � hour labor of love equals The Triumph Of The Will* for its [historical] importance*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Oct 25, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 88%	The Son (2003)	" Although Olivier never faces a gang of outlaws, he becomes a modern Gary Cooper that stares down his inner demons" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 3, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 81%	The Stone Reader (2003)	" familiar ground of bookish geeks conversing about their favorites" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Sep 20, 2003
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 82%	Step Into Liquid (2003)	" 'inarticulate' surfers are really human beings that express themselves best silently in the ocean�true poets of the seashore" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Sep 5, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 71%	Soylent Green (1973)	" still contains enough pleasures even with the 'secret' so well known" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 30, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 98%	Spellbound (2003)	" remarkable film captures the spirit of this event with great intimacy and insight" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 81%	Shadow of the Vampire (2000)	" shines forth as a true labor of love" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 30, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 36%	Star Maps (1997)	" muddled film that never seems to be sure where it's heading" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 12, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 92%	Safety Last (1923)	" Combining the heart of Chaplin and the physical dexterity and daring of Keaton" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 2, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 91%	Stevie (2003)	" emotionally drains while steadfastly refusing to provide easy solutions for our dysfunctional health care system" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 26, 2003
N/A	Fresh 62%	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)	" Let us hope that Lucas becomes enlightened after completing the obligatory third episode and abandons any plans for episode 7 and beyond." — ToxicUniverse.com ESSAY Posted Mar 20, 2003
Fresh B	N/A	The Scarlet Letter (1979)	" *Hauser's four part adaptation of The Scarlet Letter* stands upon the scaffold as the most literate and definitive version of the classic*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Mar 13, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 58%	Seven Years in Tibet (1997)	" *Most will likely forget about Seven Years in Tibet* soon after viewing since the filmmakers have focussed on less interesting aspects*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Mar 9, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 49%	The Safety of Objects (2003)	" another mundane commentary on the loneliness of a meaningless existence in the suburban wasteland" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 9, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 96%	Sling Blade (1996)	" Thornton makes his breakthrough" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 28, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 59%	Siddhartha (1972)	" This is a case where the true seeker must journey to the original source!" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 88%	Songs from the Second Floor (2002)	" *imagine a scenario where Bergman approaches Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson's Far Side* humor*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Jan 17, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 69%	Swamp Thing (1981)	" hokey, but it's still fun" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Dec 23, 2002

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