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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	Weaving Worlds (2009)	" Brings viewers in direct contact with weavers, sellers, independent buyers, and community member." — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 23, 2009
Fresh B	N/A	Workers For the Good Lord (2000)	" Modern Robin Hood tale contains plenty of satisfying flavor for fans of French cinema." — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 2, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 98%	The Wrestler (2008)	" an intimate insider view to the world of professional wrestling" — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 4, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1969)	" provocative film that certainly isn't easy to forget%u2014as long as you patiently sit through its entirety" — Old School Reviews Posted May 23, 2007
Fresh C+	N/A	Waterloo Bridge (1931)	" Not the greatest film of the era ... contains a great deal of historical interest for film buffs" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 3, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 86%	Who's Camus Anyway? (2005)	" Yanagimachi's inventive film about a collegiate film school project contains tangled webs of melodramatic fun along with moments of self-reflection" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 22, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 95%	Wordplay (2006)	" insight into an intriguing little world bound by a grid and the human imagination" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 2, 2006
Fresh A-	Fresh 91%	Water (2006)	" Mehta's most powerful film to date" — Old School Reviews Posted May 12, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 79%	Why We Fight (2006)	" Jarecki reminds us that there is no reason to believe that U.S. supremacy is destined to last forever" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 2, 2006
Rotten C	N/A	Wolves of Wall Street (2002)	" excellent production values create a creepy atmosphere over nighttime Manhattan while describing the cutthroat corporate world with disturbing predatory metaphor" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 13, 2006
Fresh B	Fresh 92%	Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)	" Once again David slays Goliath in a documentary that has no pretense of being objective" — Old School Reviews Posted Jan 25, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 82%	Walk the Line (2005)	" the acting compensates for any scriptural shortcomings" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 20, 2005
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	The Wages of Fear (1952)	" Clouzot's camera captures the suspense as visually as Hitchcock" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 9, 2005
Rotten C-	Fresh 73%	War of the Worlds (2005)	" falls way short on ideas, character development, and creative wonderment" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 3, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	The Wild Child (1970)	" often overlooked film will stimulate educators and anyone interested in the learning process" — Old School Reviews Posted Apr 2, 2005
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 90%	Witnesses (2003)	" Bresan captures the atmosphere of the Croatian war effectively and offers an insider's view about the complex situation." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 1, 2005
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	The World of Apu (1959)	" In many ways, the final chapter of the trilogy weaves the most compelling story" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 27, 2005
Fresh B-	Fresh 87%	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004)	" Scherfig presents the message with a creative flair that will appeal to indie film lovers who appreciate well drawn characters" — Old School Reviews Posted Aug 29, 2004
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 91%	The Weather Underground (2003)	" intimate insider portrait of the radical Weather Underground in the context of its times" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 5, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 79%	Washington Heights (2003)	" may just inspire more people traveling Manhattan's red line to get off at 191st St. and check out the bodegas" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Aug 22, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Woman in the Dunes (1964)	" *sensual camerawork that captures waves of sand more intimately than Lawrence of Arabia* and lovingly wraps around the bodies of its protagonists.*" — Old School Reviews* Posted Jul 28, 2003
Fresh B	N/A	The White Sheik (1928)	" solo debut remains an entertaining comedy" — Old School Reviews Posted Jul 27, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 74%	Wilde (1997)	" [Stephen Fry] was born to play Oscar Wilde!" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 28, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 90%	The Woman Next Door (1981)	" Truffaut mines the natural acting prowess of his leading lovers to great effect" — Old School Reviews Posted Jun 9, 2003
Rotten C-	Fresh 65%	Willard (2003)	" the technically 'improved' version just doesn't have the same heart of the original" — Old School Reviews Posted Mar 17, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 57%	Wendigo (2002)	" [Fessenden] is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 13, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 92%	The Wide Blue Road (1957)	" Anyone who loves De Sirca's works will find this film a fascinating comparative study" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 5, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 75%	The Way Home (2002)	" it may play well as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like My Big Fat Greek Wedding" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 26, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Where Is the Friend's Home? (1989)	" Even though very little takes place, the eighty-three minutes seem to fly by in real time." — Old School Reviews Posted Dec 10, 2002
N/A	Rotten 33%	Windtalkers (2002)	" *It�s fitting that Windtalkers* did cast an actual Navajo for a major role in this film.*" — Old School Reviews* INTERVIEW Posted Dec 9, 2002
Fresh 4.5/5	N/A	World Series - 2001 (2001)	" *Baseball relies so much on history and special moments to pass on its rich tradition, so Destiny in the Desert* is one to treasure for the ages!*" — ToxicUniverse.com* Posted Sep 2, 2002
Rotten 1/5	N/A	White Badge (1994)	" It�s a shame that the only cinematic Korean face to the Vietnam War thus far comes through such a clumsy effort" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh B+	Fresh 96%	Wings (1927)	" Clara Bow and Buddy Rogers develop their characters and bring far more life to the screen than anyone in the forgettable Bruckheimer-Bay rip-off WWII love story" — Old School Reviews Posted Sep 1, 2002
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 33%	Windtalkers (2002)	" Navajos will question Woo's credibility with a silly cigarette tobacco 'ceremony' and his reliance on stereotypes" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Sep 1, 2002
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 76%	Without Limits (1998)	" '... the biopic plays fine as an intelligent character study of a mythologized athlete who died far too young.'" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Aug 30, 2002
Fresh A-	Fresh 95%	The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)	" ... essential viewing ... to understand Riefenstahl or for anyone curious about how art and politics come out when on a collision course" — Old School Reviews Posted May 10, 2002
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 62%	We Were Soldiers (2002)	" ...it�s a competent film�based on real life experiences in Vietnam by someone other than Oliver Stone!" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Mar 4, 2002
Fresh A	Fresh 94%	Wild Strawberries (1957)	" Don�t let pretentious film snobs scare you off from Wild Strawberries" — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 24, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 92%	West Side Story (1961)	" The major strength of the film lies with the powerful music, a hip, jazzy urban sound that continues to resonate" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 24, 2002
Fresh A-	Fresh 94%	The War Room (1992)	" Backroom politics has now been exposed�a high stakes game, but no mystery." — Old School Reviews Posted Feb 10, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 98%	When We Were Kings (1996)	" Gast never makes a mistake by turning the camera on Ali�he comes through like a champ every time." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 27, 2002
Rotten 1.5/5	Fresh 79%	Waking Life (2001)	" ... a commercial ripoff designed to confuse art-house patrons into thinking they are watching something profound." — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Nov 20, 2001
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 88%	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1989)	" playful fun and the ensemble cast delivers" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted May 23, 2001
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 97%	The Wild Bunch (1969)	" ranks as a work of art, and revives love for pure cinema" — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Feb 27, 2001
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 35%	Woman on Top (2000)	Click here to read article — ToxicUniverse.com Posted Jan 1, 2000

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