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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 A	Fresh 91%	Every Little Step (2009)	" *finally, A Chorus Line* gets its due in film*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jun 7, 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 A	Fresh 100%	Man On Wire (2008)	" grasps just what it means to be human and to express it fully" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 11, 2008
Fresh A	Fresh 80%	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	" tears through the facade" — Old School Reviews Posted May 16, 2008
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 A	Fresh 89%	Into Great Silence (2007)	" More visual meditation than documentary" — Old School Reviews Posted May 5, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 95%	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	" the most beautiful and redemptive film of 2006" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 2, 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 A	Fresh 92%	The Departed (2006)	" Transforms the often predictable crime genre into a nuanced character study." — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 3, 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 A	Fresh 95%	The Best of Youth (2005)	" a touchstone of Italian cinema" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 20, 2006
Fresh A	Fresh 86%	Brokeback Mountain (2005)	" explores repressed feelings, loneliness, suffering, and alienation as adroitly as any film in recent memory" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 18, 2005
Fresh A	Fresh 90%	Capote (2005)	" goes even deeper than typical character studies by penetrating psychological layers that make the famous author as conflicted and memorable as the murderers" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 30, 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 A	Fresh 88%	House of Flying Daggers (2004)	" I'd rather sit through a slide show of scenes from this movie than revisit 99% of the fare churned out by Hollywood " — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 25, 2005
Fresh A	Fresh 95%	Hero (2004)	" stretching the envelope for imagery we've never seen on the big screen before" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh A	Fresh 87%	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)	" Berlinger and Sinofsky have raised the bar even higher with subjects who dare to risk exposing their raw psyches, warts and all." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 29, 2004
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 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
Fresh A	Fresh 92%	City of God (2003)	" It's the same film that Bu�uel would have made with a larger budget and given today's technology" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 10, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 91%	Far From Heaven (2002)	" The shallow can still view the 50s as 'Happy Days,' but more thoughtful people will remember them as Haynes visualizes" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 16, 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 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 94%	Blood Simple: Director's Cut (2000)	" *Shot on a low budget with relatively unknown actors, Blood Simple* reigns as a supreme example of successful independent cinema.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Oct 30, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Chicken Run (2000)	" among the top 10 films of 2000" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1999)	" Despite the high-wire acts above the roofs and trees, Ang Lee brings sense and sensibility to these energetic scenes." — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 7, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 82%	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)	" Ultimately, those who can relate to Ripley's loneliness and alienation are far more likely to 'enjoy' the film than people who have no similar sense of isolation." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A	Fresh 96%	Gods and Monsters (1998)	" travels far beyond the usual chronological re-telling of highlights" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 27, 2003
Fresh A	N/A	A Trip to the Moon (1996)	" ...the short film is a hoot!" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 94%	Fargo (1996)	" One of those movies that you will either love or hate." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	Hate (1995)	" to get an inside view of the situation, there simply is no better source than Kassovitz's disturbing urban study" — Old School Reviews Posted May 8, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 70%	Hero (1992)	" hangs its dynamic visual artistry on a compelling story." — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 10, 2004
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 98%	The Player (1992)	" The Player satirically represents the behind the scenes side of Hollywood more accurately than anything since Sunset Boulevard." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 13, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 93%	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	" Many scenes can stand by themselves as paintings" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 27, 2002
Fresh A+	Fresh 96%	Goodfellas (1990)	" the film that Scorsese was born to make, and will be forever cited among Oscar's most glaring omissions" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 4, 2004
Fresh A	Fresh 70%	Night of the Living Dead (1990)	" ...there�s the �Bar-B-Que� scene, lasting only a few seconds, but long enough to cause nightmares for the rest of your life." — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 27, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Do the Right Thing (1989)	" Lee�s theatrical piece speaks the Truth, Ruth. And it just ain�t simple." — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 17, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 90%	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	" What can you say about an animated movie that brings despair and continually makes your eyes well up with tears?" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 18, 2002
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%	Bull Durham (1988)	" Bull Durham has the look and feel of one of baseball�s true ballparks" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A	Fresh 90%	Blue Velvet (1986)	" lies within the Technicolor tradition of film-noir, where evil continually lurks beneath the surface" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Blood Simple (1984)	" like watching a classic Hitchcock film with the Master of Suspense tripping on acid" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 8, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Amadeus (1984)	" *never before have phrases like 'sht marble' been uttered in film, and true genius is presented unpretentiously*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jun 28, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 89%	Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1983)	" gets its point across through Phillip Glass' hypnotic and evocative score, cinematographer Ron Fricke's creative and provocative juxtapositions, and mystical forces" — Old School Reviews Posted Oct 6, 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 A	Fresh 98%	Apocalypse Now (1979)	" classic work towers above the other war films" — Old School Reviews Posted May 12, 2001
Fresh A	Fresh 92%	Gates of Heaven (1978)	" *It is Morris' selection of people and their statements that make Gates of Heaven* required viewing for documentary aficionados.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh A	Fresh 97%	Killer of Sheep (1977)	" fills the screen with visual poetry that plays like intimate documentary" — Old School Reviews Posted Nov 11, 2007
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
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Annie Hall (1977)	" Not only is it his best film, it comes as close to perfection as any comedy created in the twentieth century." — Old School Reviews Posted May 23, 2001

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