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Doug Walker remembers it so you don't have to! Join him and he dives into movies from your distant and not so distant past.

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    Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 27:39


    Go to https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NOSTALGIA and use code NOSTALGIA to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup. Go to http://hellofresh.com/critic10fm to get up to 10 free meals and a free high protein item for life. Disney's classic that won over audiences and critics gets another look by the Nostalgia Critic. Does Beauty and the Beast hold up as well as it did over 30 years later? Lets find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Tale of Despereaux - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 16:36


    Matthew Broderick plays a mouse and it's surprisingly not the worst part of The Tale of Despereaux. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at this awkward little flick. The Tale of Despereaux is a 2008 animated adventure comedy film directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen (in his feature directorial debut). It is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Kate DiCamillo. The film is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and stars Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, William H. Macy, Tracey Ullman, Emma Watson and Ciarán Hinds. Animation was provided by Framestore Animation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Punisher - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 19:30


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! It just passed it's 20 year mark, but did this early 2000s flick deserve any of the love or hate it got? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Marvel's The Punisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Trap - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 28:28


    It's Shyamalan time! Nostalgia Critic looks over how the king of awkwardness turned his movies into a family outing. Let's take a look at Trap. Trap is a 2024 American psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Night Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Alison Pill, it follows a serial killer evading a police blockade while attending a concert with his daughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Snow Day - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 20:11


    Go to https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NOSTALGIA to download the app today and use code NOSTALGIA to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup. The 2000 hit didn't seem to win over a ton of critics or audiences, but is there anything about it that's as good as getting a day off of school? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Snow Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Gremlins - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 25:11


    Check out a new nostalgic animated holiday special Christmas With Grubbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chCV9cuLpVY It's Christmas AND it's been 40 years since Gremlins came out. Let's see what Nostalgia Critic thinks of this "kinda" Christmas classic. Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II. The story follows young man Billy Peltzer, who receives a strange creature as a pet, which then spawns other creatures that transform into aggressive, imp-like monsters that wreak havoc on Billy's hometown during Christmas Eve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Barbie in the Nutcracker - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 19:56


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Big surprise the Nostalgia Critic didn't grow up watching this one, but after years of people asking around Christmas, he's finally giving his thoughts on Barbie's first DVD adventure, Barbie in the Nutcracker. Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 animated fantasy film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment. Loosely adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", and featuring music based from Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet, The Nutcracker, it marked the character's first film since the 1987 television specials; Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World and Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie. It was also the first Barbie movie to be computer-animated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Rise of the Guardians - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 21:24


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Okay it's more of a Christmas/Easter/Tooth Fairy movie, but Santa's in it, so we're looking it over this year! Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on DreamWorks, Rise of the Guardians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Paddington - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 25:39


    Go to https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia to get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale! Check out a new nostalgic animated holiday special Christmas With Grubbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chCV9cuLpVY It's the Christmas movie that's...only a Christmas movie in the last few minutes. Does that count? Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on the hit family film, Paddington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Meet the Spartans - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 18:44


    Nostalgia Critic continues his journey through the worst "Movie Movies" and watches what has made it on a ton of 'Worst Movies Ever' lists. Does Meet the Spartans deserve all the hate? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season of the Commercials - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 33:36


    Go to https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NOSTALGIA to download the app today and use code NOSTALGIA to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup. It's that time again! Nostalgia Critic looks over old nostalgic commercials and figures out what the Hell people were on when they were pitching these ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Borderlands - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 18:05


    Even though he's never played the game, Nostalgia Critic can see from a mile away why this box office bomb was a disaster. Let's take a look at the video game movie flop, Borderlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Was I Wrong About Logan? - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 24:50


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! When the film first came out, Nostalgia Critic liked it but didn't love it. Is it possible he might have missed something the first time around? Let's take another look at Logan. Logan is a 2017 American superhero film starring Hugh Jackman as the titular character. It is the tenth film in the X-Men film series, the third and final installment in the Wolverine trilogy, following X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013), and a standalone sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). The film, which takes inspiration from the "Old Man Logan" comics storyline by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven, follows an aged Wolverine and an extremely ill Charles Xavier who must defend a young mutant named Laura from the Reavers led by Donald Pierce and Zander Rice. The film is produced by 20th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment and The Donners' Company, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is directed by James Mangold, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Green and Scott Frank from a story by Mangold. In addition to Jackman, the film also stars Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and introduces Dafne Keen in her film debut as Laura. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Ronald McDonald Scared Silly - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 20:01


    Go to http://chime.com/nostalgia to work towards your financial goals with Chime. Over 20 years ago McDonald's released a VHS series that was a surprisingly big hit. Does Nostalgia Critic think it's worth the attention both then and now? Let's take a look at The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Hollow Man - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 19:17


    Everyone saw through the emptiness of this film, but why does it leave such a bad impression with so many? Nostalgia Critic continues Nostalgia-Ween with Hallow Man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Sleepaway Camp - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 18:26


    Time to get in touch with our feminine and masculine sides. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at one of his favorite slasher movies, Sleepaway Camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    ParaNorman - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 25:25


    Go to https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NOSTALGIA to download the PrizePicks app today - use code NOSTALGIA when you sign up to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Liaka has released a lot of movies around Halloween, with this and Coraline being their best known, but which one is better? Nostalgia Critic continues NostalgiaWeen with ParaNorman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Killer Klowns from Outer Space - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 20:21


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Go to http://chime.com/nostalgia to open your account in two minutes. NostalgiaWeen begins! Nostalgia Critic takes a look at a campy cult classic that has a lot of people asking if he got any laughs out of it. Let's check out Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Kindergarten Cop - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 19:27


    We've seen a million movies about big guys looking after little kids, but did the original hit have anything good, or was it a rotten box lunch? Join Nostalgia Critic as he takes a look at Kindergarten Cop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Rookie of the Year - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 19:24


    Go to http://legacybox.com/critic to preserve your past for as low as 7 cents per photo. Have the Cubs gotten so bad they're hiring kids to pitch? Apparently they did in the 90s. Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on the nostalgic baseball comedy, Rookie of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Ghostbusters - Nostagalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 28:02


    It's been 40 years since the originals comedy smash came out (feel old yet?), but NC is wondering if it's still the classic he remembers it being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Superhero Movie - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 19:21


    Download the PrizePicks app today and use code NOSTALGIA and get $50 instantly when you play $5! Is every "Movie-Movie" an absolute stinker? Well this one is...kind of better. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Superhero Movie.

    A Bug's Life - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 22:23


    Go to https://www.chime.com/nostalgia to sign up for a Chime Credit Builder Visa Credit Card! Thanks to Chime for supporting the show. It's Pixar's second movie yet very few people talk about it. Is it underrated or is there a reason this film gets squished in the lineup? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at A Bug's Life.

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    Megamind - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 18:20


    Megamind is the Dreamworks movie that surprisingly gets a lot of talk, and Nostalgia Critic is trying to figure out why. Let's dive into this supervillain therapy session.

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 27:01


    It's one of the most expensive movies ever made, so how did it turn out the biggest Indiana Jones bomb ever made? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

    Charlotte's Web - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 20:04


    Use my code CHANNELAWESOME in https://partner.ekster.com/CHANNELAWESOME to get up to 30% off Ekster's wallets. Everybody loves the book, but some are split on the live action movie. What are Nostalgia Critic's thoughts? Let's take a look at Charlotte's Web.

    Disaster Movie - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 24:51


    Go to https://www.chime.com/nostalgia to sign up for a Chime Credit Builder Visa Credit Card! Thanks to Chime for supporting the show. Nostalgia Critic, it turns out has never seen a Friedberg and Seltzer parody, so he decides to look at the worst one recommended to him. Yes, it will break him. Grab the popcorn and lets take a look at Disaster Movie.

    Flushed Away - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 20:03


    Go to http://legacybox.com/critic to get 50% off your order. It cut ties between Dreamworks and Aardman Studios, but Nostalgia Critic thinks there's more to it than people give credit. Let's take a look at Flushed Away.

    Is The Incredibles still the Best Fantastic 4?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 28:39


    Go to http://harrys.com/NOSTALGIA for a $3 Trial Set. 20 years after Pixar's super family hit the screen, NC is seeing if they still earn the name the REAL Fantastic Four. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at The Incredibles.

    Is Dumb and Dumber Actually Smart or Just Dumb? - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 19:12


    This comedy hit turns 30 this year, but how much of it's stupidity actually has some real brains to it? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Dumb and Dumber.

    Was I Wrong About Treasure Planet? - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 26:26


    Go to https://www.chime.com/nostalgia to sign up for a Chime Credit Builder Visa Credit Card! Thanks to Chime for supporting the show. Nostalgia Critic reviewed this movie awhile ago on DisneyCember, but was he too hard on it back then? Let's take another look over ten years later at Disney's Treasure Planet.

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    Joshua and the Promised Land - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 20:46


    Nostalgia Critic has seen a lot of crazy, low budget films, but this one meets a new standard. How on Earth did this film come to be? Let's take a look at Joshua and the Promised Land.

    The Princess Bride - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 23:06


    It's over 35 years old yet still holds a place in our hearts. How has it stayed with us this long? Nostalgia Critic takes a look The Princess Bride.

    Return to Never Land - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 18:29


    It wasn't a big hit with critics and audiences, but Nostalgia Critic might have a bit of a soft spot for one of the few Disney sequels he found alright. Let's take a look at Peter Pan's sequel, Return to Never Land.

    Madame Web - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 26:49


    It's the latest in Sony's attempt to make Spider-Man movies without Spider-Man! Where the others failed though, this one spectacularly fails! Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Madame Web. Madame Web is a 2024 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment and TSG Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the fourth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU). Directed by S. J. Clarkson from a screenplay she co-wrote with Claire Parker and the writing team of Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, it stars Dakota Johnson in the title role, alongside Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, and Adam Scott. In the film, the origin story of Cassie Webb (Johnson) is explored as she confronts her past while trying to save three young women (Sweeney, Merced, O'Connor) from Ezekiel Sims (Rahim), who wants to kill them before they become Spider-Women in the future and kill him.

    War of the Worlds - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 19:09


    It's the film everybody hated the ending of when it came out, but are there some redeeming qualities about Spielberg's alien epic? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Tom Cruise's, War of the Worlds. War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on H. G. Wells' 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise stars in the main role alongside Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman. It follows an American dock worker who must look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as he struggles to protect them and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade Earth and devastate cities with giant war machines.

    I, Robot - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 20:23


    Happy Feet - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 20:01


    Go to http://legacybox.com/critic to save 60% during their best Mother's Day Sale ever. George Miller's strangest (and that's saying a lot) choice for a film to direct. Did Nostalgia Critic ever get into this tap dancing hit? Let's take a look at Happy Feet.

    DragonHeart - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 24:04


    Go to http://chime.com/nostalgia to take more control of your finances and say goodbye to monthly fees. Sean Connery as a dragon? Yep, that was a thing, and it's about as 1996 fantasy as it can get. Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on DragonHeart.

    The Land Before Time - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 19:47


    Go to http://factormeals.com/nostalgia50 and use code nostalgia50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next box. Don Bluth's dino classic has been striking a chord with NC recently. What is it about the film that resonates with him so much? Find out now as Nostalgia Critic takes a look at The Land Before Time.

    Wish - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 25:17


    Go to http://legacybox.com/critic to save 60% during their best Mother's Day Sale ever. Disney's 100 year anniversary turned out to be one of their biggest blunders in a year of big blunders. What was it about the film that didn't connect with so many?

    Galaxy Quest - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 19:43


    It's the Star Trek movie fans didn't know they wanted. So how come NC isn't as won over by the film as many others are? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Galaxy Quest.

    Top 11 Poorly Aged Bill Cosby Commercials - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 20:30


    Go to http://chime.com/nostalgia to get started today. Every time Nostalgia Critic does a commercial special there's always a lot of Bill Cosby ads that show up. Well this time, he's giving them the spotlight.

    The Snyder Cut - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 25:42


    Go to http://robinhood.com/boost to subscribe to Robinhood Gold and get a 3% match on every dollar you transfer in from another retirement account. Offer good through April 30th. Nostalgia Critic wraps up Supermonth with one of the most successful re-edits in history. Let's take a look at Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League.

    Superman III - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 29:21


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Go to http://factormeals.com/nostalgia50 and use code nostalgia50 to get 50% off. After one of the best superhero movies of all time, it only makes sense to get one of the worst of all time. Superman 3 is panned for a lot of reasons, most of them Nostalgia Critic is glad to rip apart.

    Superman II - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 21:26


    It's possibly the first superhero sequel ever made! How does it hold up in comparison to the original classic? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Superman II.

    Superman - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 30:02


    Go to http://robinhood.com/boost to subscribe to Robinhood Gold and get a 3% match on every dollar you transfer in from another retirement account. Offer good through April 30th. It's the start of Supermonth! Let's get things going with the film that arguably started superhero movies, Superman.

    Jumanji - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 20:33


    Go to http://chime.com/nostalgia to sign up today. Do you play the game or does the game play you? It's the film that wasn't loved by critics yet everyone is still familiar with. What are Nostalgia Critic's thoughts on the board game hit? Let's take a look at Jumanji.

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 27:39


    Go to https://bit.ly/AvatarCRITIC to listen to Avatar: Braving the Elements on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Go to http://factormeals.com/nostalgia50 and use code nostalgia50 to get 50% off. Few films leave an impact like this one did on the Nostalgia Critic. What is it about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse that blew him away? Let's find out now!

    Kung Pow: Enter the Fist - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 21:16


    Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/nostalgia . Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Go to http://robinhood.com/boost to subscribe to Robinhood Gold and get a 3% match on every dollar you transfer in from another retirement account. Offer good through April 30th. The bizarre comedy from 2002 has gotten a lot of requests for Nostalgia Critic in the past. Will he get into it's odd humor or will it leave a punch to the gut? Let's take a look at Kung Pow: Enter the fist.

    Top 11 Funniest Disney Villains - Nostalgia Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 31:07


    Go to http://chime.com/nostalgia to sign up today. We're familiar with who the meanest Disney villains are, but how about the ones that make us laugh the most? Nostalgia Critic gives his thoughts on this animated rogue's gallery.

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