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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: 833
Total QuickRatings: 118

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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Fresh B	Fresh 85%	Trekkies (1996)	" gain a little greater appreciation for the genius of Roddenberry's phenomenon" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 8, 2009
Fresh B-	N/A	Tarzan of the Apes (1918)	" remains far truer to the text than most subsequent film versions" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 4, 2009
Fresh B-	Fresh 95%	The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)	" provocative study" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 3, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 86%	Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)	" leaves us far more memorable montages than anything that modern copycat filmmakers have created" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 3, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Take Out (2008)	" strength of the films rests with the tremendous atmosphere that it creates" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 22, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)	" Throughout the film, Epstein keeps Milk's political agenda in mind" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 22, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 95%	Travellers & Magicians (2005)	" For Norbu, filmmaking has become his form of thangka painting" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
Fresh A-	Fresh 83%	The Terrorist (1998)	" As visually poetic and slow-paced as Terrence Malick" — Old School Reviews Posted May 31, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Tokyo Twilight (1957)	" Appropriately the last black and white Ozu film, Tokyo Twilight maintains his signature style despite its tragic melancholy...Beautifully photographed and framed, the story flows naturally and gently and retains hope." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 83%	Torment (1944)	" The film successfully avoids the trap of creating stereotypical caricatures of its obviously good and evil main characters by fleshing them out sufficiently..." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 9, 2007
Fresh B	Rotten 27%	Tideland (2006)	" film stands as a metaphor testifying for the basic resiliency of the human spirit" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 1, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 88%	Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)	" For an overview about the current situation in Tibet it's tough to beat Tom Peosay's documentary" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 7, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 76%	Time to Leave (2006)	" maintains its focus and disturbs appropriately" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 26, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 86%	Thank You For Smoking (2006)	" delivers a breath of fresh air to the big screen--92 minutes of quality satire" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 15, 2006
Rotten C	Fresh 81%	Tsotsi (2006)	" banal project that leaves more demanding viewers empty" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 25, 2006
Fresh A-	Fresh 84%	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)	" strong characters that nurse us over rugged horse paths and through craggy nooks" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 27, 2006
Fresh B-	Fresh 89%	The Trouble with Harry (1955)	" highly entertaining romantic comedy that still has the Hitchcock touch--a dark comedy using a dead body as the central MacGuffin" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 6, 2006
Fresh B-	Fresh 75%	Transamerica (2005)	" *Huffman's biggest achievement comes from maintaining her character's dignity and finding the necessary emotional tone that prevents Transamerica* from sinking*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Dec 18, 2005
Rotten C-	N/A	To Paint or Make Love (2005)	" plays less well afterwards when realizing that the acting talent and sensual cinematography really promised a bigger punch" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 5, 2005
Fresh B-	Fresh 74%	This Old Cub (2004)	" Ron Santo personifies Hemingway's claim that 'Man can be defeated but not destroyed'" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 18, 2004
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 16%	Twist (2004)	" transforming the ending into a more realistic outcome doesn't make this provocative arthouse fare" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 18, 2004
Fresh B	Rotten 55%	Troy (2004)	" a 'chick flick' war adventure that suitably adapts Homer to inspire thousands of high school comparative essays. " — Old School Reviews Posted May 25, 2004
Fresh B+	Fresh 93%	The Ten Commandments (1956)	" Is there anyone who can picture Moses without thinking of Heston dramatically lifting his staff to part the Red Sea?" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 25, 2004
Fresh B+	Fresh 93%	Touching the Void (2004)	" a virtually perfect reconstruction of the events so chillingly recounted in Simpson's text" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 16, 2004
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	" Much of the film's strength comes from director John Huston's pen and attention to detail." — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 30, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 100%	Tumbleweeds (1925)	" ... more realistic portrayals remain more in tune with modern day anti-heroes than the more popular cowboy heroes that appeared on screen before the advent of John Wayne" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 12, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 95%	This Boy's Life (1993)	" a compelling character study that is well worth watching just for Dicaprio's performance" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 24, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 97%	Throne of Blood (1957)	" Kurosawa's film ranks as a classic that holds up over the years for its tight construction and masterful cinematic technique" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 31, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 73%	Together (2003)	" Although short on ideas and generally predictable, the main characters develop into very likeable human beings" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jun 9, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 88%	Testament (1983)	" The film's emotional impact is draining and long lasting without showing close-ups of the initial blast with evaporating bodies and mass destruction." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 26, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 39%	The Trip (2003)	" a delight to run across a festival film that doesn't insult your intelligence or rely strictly on clich� to gain a few knowing chuckles" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 26, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 56%	Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)	" . . . enriched by an intensified examination of the eternal human comedy that is very similar to paths we all tread." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 10, 2003
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 92%	Talk to Her (2002)	" This profound comedic drama is anything but comatose and is likely to be on your repeated viewing list" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Dec 31, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 80%	Through the Olive Trees (1994)	" Mesmerizingly beautiful composed views of the rugged landscape in real time" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 11, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)	" *Bu�uel's pot shots in That Object of Desire* are well-planned provocative scenarios that show just how difficult it is to understand sexual desires.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Oct 16, 2002
Rotten C	Rotten 27%	Total Eclipse (1995)	" a noble effort to capture Rimbaud's genius, but it fails to take enough risks to get close to the enigmatic poet." — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 11, 2002
Rotten 1.5/5	Fresh 61%	Tuck Everlasting (2002)	" Life is far too short for bad movies!" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Oct 9, 2002
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 10%	Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)	" *If you want to see Bo at the peak of her acting powers, check out Tommy Boy* instead, where she plays a plastic stereotype.*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Sep 29, 2002
Fresh A	N/A	A Trip to the Moon (1996)	" ...the short film is a hoot!" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh B	N/A	Tramp, The/A Woman (1915)	" While the Essanay comedies may not represent the very best of Chaplin�s work, they are essential viewing for his fans and for film students" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Them! (1954)	" '1954 classic represents the best of the Cold War radiation scare films'" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 16, 2002
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 78%	Tadpole (2002)	" '...a fast-paced seventy-eight minutes, Tadpole unpretentiously entertains and introduces a bright new charismatic star in Aaron Stanford'" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Aug 9, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Tokyo Olympiad (1965)	" 'Despite the unnecessary preaching of peace and brotherhood, Ichikawa truly captures a far more intimate portion of Olympic spirit than recorded anywhere else'" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 1, 2002
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)	" *'Tarzan the Ape Man* is one helluva action film ... contrasting civilization with the wild and criticizing human greed without being overly preachy'*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jul 21, 2002
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 83%	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002)	" Treating the audience like adults with a fine ensemble cast, intelligent dialogue, and real everyday situations that make us question the purpose of our lives..." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jul 9, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 96%	Time Out (2002)	" ... an engaging character study that probes far deeper than American films dare tread" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jul 9, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	Tokyo Story (1953)	" ...captures the profound and infinite through simple vignettes and unsurpassed composition that juxtapose modern industry, trains, and clocks with humanity" — Old School Reviews Posted May 17, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 100%	The Three Ages (1923)	" Sometimes it�s enough to just have a good laugh fest!" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 1, 2002
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 71%	The Town is Quiet (2001)	" Bach and Chopin form clear cut patterns that underscore the emotionally depressing film ..., but a better choice would have included the impressionistic Debussy" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 1, 2002
Fresh B-	Fresh 65%	Taboo (2000)	" ...much of the film revolves around a guessing game about the ambiguous young samurai" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2002

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