Lucy is fed up of Lee treating her flat as if he owns it. He promises to change but omits to mention that he has already let the flat out to a film director who is paying Lee £500 to use the flat while Lucy is out at work. It later turns out the film shooting is for a porno, and Lee tries to get them out of the flat before Lucy returns. Tim finds out, but Lee persuades him it is an thriller film, causing him to ask for a walk-in part or he'll tell Lucy. He finds out and leaves, after which the male lead Rod leaves, causing the director to pressure Lee to play the part. Lucy arrives home while Lee is hanging upside down.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac, Liam Woodman, Milton Jones
Note: The original BBC broadcast of this episode was edited in two places, presumably to remove more explicit sexual references. The DVD version is complete as can be seen when Lee is knelt down with the boom mic and just before he ends up on the floor with Rod.

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Lucy and Guy are going out with each other, and Guy has practically moved in. This annoys Lee who thinks Guy is too old for her. Lee soon discovers that Guy owns a lap-dancing club. While at the club, Lee and Tim see Rosie , a librarian that Tim has been seeing, and discover she is a lap dancer. Tim later dumps her, but then changes his mind. However, Rosie refuses to get back together. Meanwhile, Lucy dumps Guy when the discussion of the lap-dancing club pops up in conversation with Lucy sharing some regrettable opinions. But they soon get back together but agree to take their relationship more slowly.

Music: "Buttons" performed by Pussycat Dolls

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There are, as of 2017, twenty Norwegian ice hockey players have been selected in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft. The majority of the players on this list, were playing for either a Norwegian or a Swedish ice hockey club when they got drafted.No player have ever been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was Marius Holtet, who was drafted in the second round, as the 42nd overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

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The Critic reviews Balto . He criticizes the out of place and illogical live action scenes bookending the film, the sudden tonal shifts, taking serious scenes such as children being deathly ill, which are themselves overplayed for a kids movie , and following them with something comedic such as the polar bears, the animation on the villain making him appear consistently evil throughout, the number of obstacles that Balto had to go through to deliver the medicine, and Balto remaining silent for the last part of the movie. Despite those flaws, he considers the movie good and fun, and praises the fact that it actually teaches kids about the famous serum run. He's also relieved that Phil Collins, who voices the polar bears, doesn't contribute any songs to the film, jokingly adding Collins style songs to several scenes to the tune of "You'll Be in My Heart". Special criticism is given for the movie to be historically inaccurate, despite being based on a true story.

Sketches in-between shows Aunt Despair telling a little girl the story of how the Critic reviewed Balto, but reveals things that are constantly nonsensical throughout, annoying the little girl, and eventually causing her to realize that the story Despair is telling is not entirely true . But Despair calms her down by adding that her story, while filled with many things that were not accurate, was fun and entertaining to hear, which are the Critic's exact thoughts of Balto itself.

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Channel Awesome Tag: Jim Cummings as Steele: "Well, maybe your taste runs more toward wolf."

In a desperate bid to prove his manliness, Lee joins Tim, Daisy and Lucy on a camping weekend. He imposes a ban on all gadgets, which Daisy interprets to include torches and sat-navs, becoming a problem when they break down in a supposedly haunted wood. Lee takes on the "man's job" to try to repair the car, only to set fire to himself and the engine bay. He then heads into the dense thicket, looking for a man-sized creature Lucy claimed to have seen. He and Tim encounter a clown-masked figure and flee back to the safety of the car, where they all sleep until the clown and an army of masked people show up surrounding the car. This terrifies the foursome, prompting Lee to get out and ring the police, after finding that Daisy had her phone on her all the time, not equating it to a "gadget". Lee attacks the original clown and rips the mask off his face, to discover that he is a old man , who tells Lee that he and his friends had flocked to this spot to see dogging, since the area they've parked at is well known for this. At the end, Lucy retracts her original comments about Lee not being much of a man as they camp in the living room of the flat.

Additional material: Liam Woodman, Paul Kerensa, Simon Evans, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac

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When Leonard is asked to carve a totem pole for the Whirlwind family, a family feud originating from an incident in 1934 is resurrected, dividing the Tlingit clans in Cicely.

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No actual clips are shown from the film. Instead, the Critic recreates a comedic version of the movie with his own actors and characters.

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There are, as of 2017, twenty Norwegian ice hockey players have been selected in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft. The majority of the players on this list, were playing for either a Norwegian or a Swedish ice hockey club when they got drafted.No player have ever been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was Marius Holtet, who was drafted in the second round, as the 42nd overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. The 2011 draft marked the first time a Norwegian goalie was selected, when Steffen Søberg was picked in the third round by the Washington Capitals. Later in the same draft, the Boston Bruins chose fellow goaltender Lars Volden from the Finnish team Espoo Blues. The most notable Norwegian draftee is 2002 NHL All-Star player Espen "Shampo" Knutsen, who played 207 regular season games in the NHL for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and most notably for Columbus Blue Jackets.

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The Critic concludes Nostalgia-Ween with his review of Exorcist II: The Heretic . While not considering it the worst sequel he has ever had to review, he still considers it weak, criticizing the plot holes, lack of story, over usage of locusts and bright lights and that the film never attempts to scare the viewer. Special criticism is reserved for the name of the demon, Pazuzu, calling the name more silly than actually scary.

Real Thoughts:

Channel Awesome tag: Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil: "I was possessed by a demon."

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The Critic reviews Pixels . It opens with Doug singing "The Adam Sandler Song", a song about his career and asking why he is not as popular as he once was. The lyrics mention that he was loved on Saturday Night Live, that his films were hit-and-miss, that he did a few serious films but he would rather stick to crappy plots that were popular back in 1998, and that he only makes movies to get Rob Schneider work . The song ends with a guy in the audience telling him that his audience has grown up but he has not and that he needs to start trying harder instead of using his films to go on vacation. Unfortunately Sandler takes it as a sign to be even more predictable, more unfunny, and even more racially insensitive, asking Rob Schneider if he could do redface and Schneider replied that he could, leaving the audience member discouraged.

Like the Jurassic World review, the review for Pixels has scenes acted out by Malcolm, Tamara, Doug, and other cast members since the film was still in theaters at the time. The Critic criticizes the film for its dialogue , emotions of the characters, and the cast themselves . He is especially annoyed by the forced romance between Sandler and Michelle Monaghan. He also takes time to address the controversy surrounding the story for ripping off a Futurama episode, but addresses that other films have done it before and that it only matters what they do with the story. However, he offers mild praise to the visual effects and for a few jokes that were actually funny. Special criticism is reserved for the second half of the movie, especially the bits with the final battle and the romance between Josh Gad's character and a video game character. In the end, the Critic says that while the film is not the worst Sandler film of all time, he agrees with audiences that there have been so many bad Sandler films recently that enough is enough, and he wants Sandler to go back to his roots instead of being on autopilot.

Real Thoughts:

Channel Awesome Tag: Doug Walker as Kevin James: "Yay! Your president, Paul Blart, is gonna shoot up aliens!"

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Kate is trying to help Lee find a permanent job, but Lee dislikes all of her suggestions. To prove a point to her, Lee finally manages to get a job as a caretaker in the same block of flats, but taking up the new post involves moving out of the flat and into one on the ground floor. Lee is hesitant to accept the job, but Tim encourages him to do so, claiming that even if he gives up after a few weeks and moves back in, Kate will still have more respect for him. On Tim's suggestion, Lee accepts the offer and moves out. However, it is revealed that Tim's actual plan is to convince Kate to offer Lee's room to a new female flatmate, therefore removing her from all male attention. Kate listens to Tim and advertises the flat, but her first applicant is Pete , an intelligent and attractive male flatmate who would be a rival to both Lee and Tim. Tim therefore changes heart and urges Lee to move back in as quickly as he can. Lee puts Pete off by telling him that Kate likes to do something unpleasant involving fish and selling tickets, and admits to Kate that his plan all along was to move back in with her. Kate agrees to let him move back in. However, as soon as he arrives, she reveals that she has heard about Lee's fish story, producing a huge specimen from behind a cushion and whacking him around the face with it...

Last appearance of Kate.

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The Critic believes the visuals in the remake were stronger due to Tim Burton's creative mind, larger budget, and enhanced technology.

After a short intro of him being killed by JonTron for reviewing Foodfight, which he himself had reviewed first, the Critic starts off a new Nostalgia-Ween by reviewing the only Stephen King movie directed by the man himself, Maximum Overdrive . He praises the AC/DC soundtrack, but also criticizes the writing, over the top acting , ridiculous death scenes, inconsistent explanation of the cause of the events, lack of scares, and usual cliches of King's films, even discussing them with Pencilhead , leader of the "Troperaisers." He also feels there is no excuse for the poor quality this time since King made it personally. Special criticism is reserved for the trucks' reasons about killing a lot of people for not feeding them food. However, he feels that the silliness of the film is ultimately what makes it so fun, and says that if approached as an over-the-top B-Movie , it's actually very entertaining.

Note: Tamara was absent from this episode due to illness, though she is still listed in the end credits.

Channel Awesome Tag: Ellen McElduff as Wanda June: "WE MADE YOU!"

The Critic reviews Hulk . While he praises the visuals and some of the film's ideas, he criticizes the motionless dialogue , the lack of action from the Hulk, useless characters and the mismatch of Ang Lee's direction for a comic book movie. Special criticism is reserved for the editing, involving large amounts of bad scene transitions throughout the movie, which he thinks tries too hard to look like a comic book.

Channel Awesome Tag: Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross: "He saved my life."
Sam Elliott as General Thunderbolt Ross: "Yeah, from a mutant French Poodle."

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The Critic reviews Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory . He considers the film a cash grab and calls it a bad crossover of Tom and Jerry and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, criticizing the new version of Slugworth, some scenes just being shot for shot remakes and some awkward moments. Special criticism is for the animation of some creepy facial expressions, but gives credit to other aspects of the animation, the slapstick, the tunnel scene which he even admits is actually crazier than the original, and a cameo by Droopy as a Mexican stereotype that The Critic admits was somewhat amusing.

First Viewing: In a change from the usual format, Doug and Rob are joined by their father Barney for this viewing. All three are baffled at how the film sticks so slavishly to the live-action original, yet makes pointless changes such as expanding Slugworth's role and making "I Want it All" essentially his song instead of Veruca Salt's. Both Doug and Rob feel that the film is mediocre overall, though with a couple of entertainingly bad moments, while Barney says that even if both properties are classics in their own right, mixing them together simply doesn't work.

Channel Awesome Tag: Kath Soucie as Tuffy: "Are the fires of hell a-glowing?"
Note: This is the third episode that is closer to the editorial episodes in style, without co-stars and sketches; the first being The Animatrix and the second being Cats Don't Dance.

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The Critic reviews I'll Be Home For Christmas . He criticizes Jonathan Taylor Thomas's character, Jake's, desire to get home just to be given a Porsche, the side characters being annoying and unlikable, and the things that Jake does in order to get through his journey, namely making up a fake liver donor box on a crowded bus. Special criticism is for Jake not being a character that the audience could feel passion or hate for considering that Thomas does not portray a "jerk character" well, especially when Jake has done so many bad deeds over good deeds, as well as Andrew Lauer's horrible acting, even comparing him to Tommy Wiseau. During the review, a character who's a parody of Jake named "D-Bag" comes to the Critic's house for Christmas despite his objections and purposefully does a lot of terrible actions to try to get the Critic to hate him. The Critic rejects his attempts as he thinks it's too easy to hate and that it should be one of the last options people should take. After D-Bag leaves to be with his uncle, the Devil, Critic allows Chester A. Bum and his lover to stay for the holidays. He ends the review by telling the audience that there's gonna be a lot of love and hate in the future and advises them to use it wisely.

Channel Awesome Tag: Andrew Lauer as Nolan: "Why, that two-timing ho!"

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The Critic praises both versions of the spoiled children, the edge to Willy Wonka, citing the more exotic personalities of the Oompa-Loompas and especially Peter Ostrum's realistic, down-to-earth personality as Charlie compared to Freddie Highmore's unrealistically positive Charlie.

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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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The Critic reviews Quest for Camelot . He criticizes the film for lacking any true connection to the Arthurian Legend, the songs , the jokes, the plot hole-filled story without much explanation to the events, the heroine who is in reality a damsel in distress, questions Gary Oldman's casting, and the ripping off of films such as Beauty and the Beast, The NeverEnding Story and Dirty Harry. Special criticism is reserved for Ruber's line "The Ogre's Butt".

Note: The Critic later ranked Kayley at #10 on his Top 11 Dumbasses in Distress list.

Real Thoughts: Both Doug and Rob admit the animation is nice and they actually like a couple of the songs , but they mainly criticize Gary Oldman's casting and the film's attempt to copy Disney.

Channel Awesome Tag: Gary Oldman as Ruber: "The Ogre's Butt."

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The Critic reviews The Last Airbender , as requested by Katara and Sokka to stop the director M. Night Shyamalan from adapting The Legend of Korra. Outside of considering the re-enactment of the show′s intro promising and mildly praising the character development of the main villains as well as their actors′ performances, he declares the film to be one of the worst film adaptations of all time, criticizing the extreme lack of loyalty to the show, which includes the bad acting, rushed storytelling, poorly thought out events, complete lack of emotional involvement, ethnic miscasting, name mispronunciation, bad cinematography filled with close-ups and overlong tracking shots, poor set and character designs and sluggish action scenes. Special criticism is reserved for replacing character development with constant exposition and the appearance of the prison for the Earth Benders.

Note: Before Doug watched and reviewed the film, he and sometimes his brother Rob viewed each episode of all three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the first season of The Legend of Korra and did a review of each one individually. The Walkers later reviewed the following second, third and fourth seasons of Korra. In an episode of Nostalgia Critic Editorial, he made a "Top 11 Worst Episodes of Avatar the Last Airbender" and then later did a formal episode for the seventh season called the "Top 11 Best Avatar Episodes" and has stated to have read the comics, specifically The Search. Both of the web videos guest starred Dante Basco, who was the voice actor of Prince Zuko.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob admit that while they did think the movie was awful, they didn't hate the movie as much audiences did as they knew it would be terrible going in.

Channel Awesome Tag: Jackson Rathbone as Sokka: "Are you the Avatar, Aang?"

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Since late 2001, following the United States-led Invasion of Afghanistan, and during subsequent the War in Afghanistan the Norwegian Armed Forces has maintained a steady presence of troops, (peaking at approximately 500) in the country, attached to the larger International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).As of October 2013, there have been 10 Norwegian Armed Forces fatalities in the War, seven of these were due to so called Improvised explosive devices, while two were due to direct hostile gunfire, and one was in connection with the 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack.

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The Critic states that, although the 2005 film was more loyal to its source novel and explains certain elements better, it made the crucial mistake of changing the focus of the story from Charlie to Willy Wonka.

Since late 2001, following the United States-led Invasion of Afghanistan, and during subsequent the War in Afghanistan the Norwegian Armed Forces has maintained a steady presence of troops, (peaking at approximately 500) in the country, attached to the larger International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).As of October 2013, there have been 10 Norwegian Armed Forces fatalities in the War, seven of these were due to so called Improvised explosive devices, while two were due to direct hostile gunfire, and one was in connection with the 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack. In addition there have been at least 26 non-fatal combat-related casualties.

The Critic reviews The Garbage Pail Kids Movie . He considers the film to be painful, bashing the film for having no plot or story, terrible characters, unfunny and disgusting humor, a hugely hypocritical delivery of the film's message, and poorly designed puppets. The episode ends with a parody of the final sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the Critic finds older versions of himself and becomes a singing piece of feces . Special criticism is reserved for the scene where the Garbage Pail Kids start singing due to there being no indication of there being a musical and the appearance of the State Home for the Ugly.

Notes: When Doug Walker and his brother, Rob, did a commentary on the episode, they stated that Anthony Newley, who played Captain Manzini in the film, was a good actor and if the film was slightly better, he could have saved the film and he was in fact the closest to a positive element they could see in their viewing. They also admitted that Ali Gator was the least obnoxious of the kids.

Later on, Doug Walker placed the film at #1 on his "Worst Movies Nostalgia Critic's Reviewed" list. He details that he also considers it the worst movie he has ever seen, saying it was doubly frustrating to watch do to him ironically being a fan of The Garbage Pail Kids cards. He also admitted to begging his mother to take him to see the film, but she kept him away, which he now greatly thanks her for.

The Nostalgia Critic gives a sneak peek of the upcoming Review. There is also the reaction of Doug Walker in it.
The Nostalgia Critic recommends 90's Movies, giving brief reviews of Bio-Dome, Regarding Henry, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and The Phantom. Video available on the TubiTV Facebook Page.

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In his annual Stephen King film review, the Critic reviews Children of the Corn . While he praises Isaac as being a entertaining villain and the performances of the child actors, the Critic criticizes the two main characters′ anti-religious stance, the members of the cult being weak, such as being defeated when the main character just shoves them, and corn being the scare factor of the movie. Special criticism is for the anti-climatic ending, in which the monster of the corn field is depicted as an explosion cloud with a face, and for the movie abruptly ending with a cult member girl being defeated by getting shoved in a car.

Real Thoughts:

Channel Awesome Tag: Courtney Gains as Malachai: ″Outlander!″

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Crossover with Linkara, filmed at Kami-Con 4 in Alabama. Also, this episode and the previous 4 were part of Star Trek Month.

Lucy persuades Lee to pretend to be gay after she lies to a business acquaintance, Guy , who she was told is gay himself, by telling him she lives with a gay flatmate to prove she is not homophobic. However, Guy soon starts to get suspicious and tests Lee's sexuality by taking him to a gay bar. Later, Guy overhears Lee saying to Tim, who had started to think Lee was gay, that he is not gay. When Lucy then explains to Guy what happened, he reveals he is not gay and he and Lucy kiss.

First appearance of Guy.
Music: "I'm Coming Out" performed by Diana Ross

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In an episode of "Bum Reviews", the Critic hijacks the episode from Chester A. Bum in order to voice his complaints about Transformers: Age of Extinction and the film series itself.

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The Nostalgia Critic gives a sneak peek of the upcoming Review.

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The first 4 episodes were part of Matrix Month.
The first 3 episodes are part of Nicolas Cage Month.

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The Critic reviews Drop Dead Fred . He criticizes Rik Mayall's obnoxious performance, as well as the absurd plot and jokes, and feeling that Phoebe Cates' character, along with everyone else in the movie, is completely insane; he's also convinced that this was supposed to be a horror movie.
Walker later put it at #2 on his "Worst Movies Nostalgia Critic's Reviewed" list.
Channel Awesome Tag: Ron Eldard as Mickey: "You are crazy in the most wonderful way!"

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The Critic reviews Clockstoppers . Even though the review was highly requested, the Critic couldn't find a reason on why it would be a bad film. The Critic praises the effects, some funny lines, French Stewart's performance, camera shots and the idea of the movie, but criticizes Michael Biehn's goofy acting, the generic characters, writing, the execution of the story, and the inconsistencies of the watch and its time-stopping abilities. Special criticism is for the overuse of "dead '90s" cliches.

Channel Awesome Tag: Pamela Dunlap as Vice Principal: "That was a perfectly good trash can. Don't be throwing students at it."

Lee's lazy weekend is wrecked when his scrounging father turns up unexpectedly. Having just come out of hospital with his legs and arms in plaster, he needs somewhere to stay for the weekend, leaving Lee to care for his dad against his will. When Lee realises that Frank needs a suppository inserting, he invites Tim, Daisy and Tim's dad Geoffrey round 'to watch the cricket', when his actual motive is to get one of them to administer the suppository. Geoffrey eventually agrees to do the deed, but all three of them, plus Lucy, criticise Lee for his lack of care for his dad. Frank suggests he and Lee pretend to like each other in order to impress Lucy, and she is duly impressed by his new-found attitude. Frank manipulates Lee into agreeing to allow him to stay for longer, but instead reveals his own secret – he has been faking his injuries. In the conclusion, Lucy congratulated Lee on the care he showed for his father.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Dave Cohen, Paul Kerensa, Liam Woodman, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac

Music: "The Only Way Is Up" performed by Yazz & The Plastic Population, "Father and Son" performed by Cat Stevens

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The Critic continues Nostalgia-Ween with his review of The Haunting . He considers it to be one of the worst remakes of all time , if not the worst, criticizing the ridiculous changes made to the plot, lack of subtlety in the characters , replacing the suspense and scariness that made the original so endearing with CGI special effects that lack any actual scares, Liam Neeson's bland performance and constant monotone deliveries, and elements that thoroughly insult the original. However, he mildly enjoys the scenes with Catherine Zeta-Jones--though admittedly that's just for her sexual appeal in this film , and gives credit to Lili Taylor, calling her a decent replacement for the lead. Special criticism is reserved for the anti-climactic ending which involves the protagonist defeating the antagonistic ghost of Hugh Crane with the power of love and family, which results in the Critic momentarily losing his mind and going off on a blind rant against director Jan De Bont, portraying him as an attention-starved adult child throwing a temper tantrum who mocks the creative style of Robert Wise, the director of the original classic, all the while desperately begging people to love his own work.

Walker later put it at #9 on his "Top 11 Best Nostalgia Critic Reviews" and #10 on his "Worst Movies Nostalgia Critic's Reviewed" lists.

Real Thoughts: Both Doug and Rob consider the film the film one of the top three worst remakes of all time. Doug even admitted that this was one of the few movies he walked out on in theaters along with The Legend of Zorro claiming he couldn't watch anymore of the film after Owen Wilson's character was killed off.

Channel Awesome tag: Owen Wilson as Luke Sanderson: "Really creepy."

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The Critic reviews Tom and Jerry: The Movie . He is upset about Tom and Jerry being able to talk and when the orphan girl Robyn Starling becomes the focus of the story , and also shows a strong dislike for the musical numbers and the weak slapstick. Special criticism is reserved for the scene where Tom and Jerry speak and introduce themselves to Pugsy, and sing about being friends. The only positive elements he notes are the silent scene where Tom and Jerry roam the city after losing their home and a clever in-joke with a restaurant called "Bill and Joe's", referencing Tom and Jerry's creators.

Doug later placed the review at #3 in his list of the "Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Episodes" and the Mindf*ck and Hamlet Joke at #10 in his "Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Jokes".

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob still find the film terrible, but admit that they enjoyed it because of it's absurdity. They also praise the animation and Doug mentions that he thought the voices of Richard Kind and Dana Hill fit Tom and Jerry.

The Critic mini-reviews Cats Don't Dance . While he says the film is nothing spectacular and has its corny moments, he praises the animation, story, themes, characters , the songs and the message. He sums it up by saying that it'll mostly appeal to kids, while at least having some moments for adults due to its themes of prejudice. He also mentions the brief history where it was originally a live-action/animated movie about the Looney Tunes and Michael Jackson before that became Space Jam.

Note: Doug previously put the film on his "Top 11 Nostalgia Critics I Will Never Do" list, but decided to review it anyway just in case. This is also the second episode that is closer to the editorial episodes in style, without co-stars and sketches; the first being The Animatrix.

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When Should Remakes Not Happen?

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The Critic talks about the interesting development history of the hit animated sitcom Family Guy.

This list of Norwegian bandy champions shows all champions since the start. Championship for men's teams have been played since 1912, championship for women's teams have been played since 1984.The winner of the men's teams championship is given a trophy called kongepokal ("king's cyp"). The team having won the most championships is Stabæk IF, having won 20 championships including the one in 2014, overtaking Drafn’s 19 that year.The Norwegian Bandy Premier League (Eliteserien) has been played since 1932 and consists (for the time being) of eight teams. After the regular league, the six leading of the league teams go to a play-off which decides what team will be the Norwegian champion.From the start in 1912, bandy in Norway was played with seven players on each team and was called «ishockey» (literally "ice hockey"), but the sport was actually bandy. Starting in 1929, eleven-man teams have been used, just as in other countries, and the same year Norges Ishockeyforbund was renamed Norges Bandyforbund.

List of Northern Irish football transfers summer 2017

He directly states that "Mary Jane sucks", and even though he admits that Kirsten Dunst tried doing the best with her performance and that she was written better in the third movie, he criticizes the writing of the character in the previous two films and her relationship with the hero, as well as her "dumbass in distress" status . He heavily praises Emma Stone's performance as Gwen, finding her to be the opposite of Mary Jane and superior in every way, giving special praise to her romance with Peter, which is what he says is the best part of the second Webb film. He also adds that if Mary Jane did die in the first film, he wouldn't care like he did for Gwen's death.

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Reluctantly, Lucy allows Lee’s father, Frank, to babysit and, surprisingly, he does a good job -- until Lucy and Lee realise that he swore in front of Benji and he repeats it outspokenly to Anna. Lucy then wishes she had not had Frank round to babysit and asks Lee to confront Frank with using that language in front of the kids, but Lee feels too ignorant to confront the concern. Then later on, Frank returns to the house to thank Lee and Lucy about babysitting but when Lucy thought that Lee had told Frank about the concern, he denies swearing but who else could've said it?

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The Critic reviews Captain N: The Game Master . He finds the animation sloppy, the writing inconsistent, and the show's characters to be irritating, undeveloped and barely resembling their video game designs. He especially shows a strong distaste for the butchering of Simon Belmont's character, who comes off as wimpy and foppish.

Note: Doug Walker and his brother Rob did a commentary on the episode and admitted to enjoying the show despite the way it portrayed some of their favorite characters as well as finding humor with Levi Stubbs as Mother Brain. They continued talking about their real feelings in their "Real Thoughts" video.

Real Thoughts:

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Although he finds the characterization slightly lacking and the art style too reminiscent of Æon Flux , he praises this short's abstract, affecting quality and premise.

Note: This episode is closer to the editorial episodes in style, without co-stars and sketches.

List of Notable Jews from New York City

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The first two episodes were part of Shyamalan Month. However, the two episodes were split in half due to a copyright strike at the time, causing demonetization and video time restriction.

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The Critic reviews the first installment of The Matrix to prove to its fan base, represented by Agent Schmuck , that it is not as good as they say. Though he acknowledges that it has some good ideas and action, he feels that some of the effects and fashion haven't aged well and criticizes the plot holes, acting, characters, obvious symbolism, pacing and derivative elements. Special criticism is reserved for the fact that, in reality, the machines wouldn't need the Matrix at all if they're just using humans for power. However, he gives credit to the film for the impact it made on cinema.

During the review, he's saved from Agent Schmuck by Malcolmus and Tamity , members of a resistance who don't like the film, and joins them in the end.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob reveal that while they don't hate the movie, they do find it dated as they think the idea of the film has been done before, find the two leads very boring and even find elements of the film done much better in Dark City.

Channel Awesome Tag: Keanu Reeves as Neo: "You mean ‘artificial intelligence’?"

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After a night of "wild partying", Tim returns home from a nightclub wearing the wrong coat. After discovering drugs in a pocket, he goes into a blind panic. When he returns the coat to the wrong person but the real coat owner sees him with the coat, all hell lets loose. Both Tim and Lee buy what they think is cocaine from a street dealer to give to the dealer, while Daisy thinks they are taking drugs after seeing them with the cocaine. They find themselves in a sticky situation with the rightful owner – Larry 'the butcher' Stubbs , when the three men discover that what they think is cocaine is in fact washing powder, which Tim spent his savings on. However, Daisy arrives with a malfunctioning nail gun which accidentally fires several times and wounds Stubbs - enabling them to escape.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac, Liam Woodman, Milton Jones
Music: "Two Little Boys" performed by Rolf Harris

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The Critic reviews Mortal Kombat . He criticizes the PG-13 rating , Johnny Cage's one liners and some pointless fighting scenes. However, he madly praises the fighters Sub-Zero and Scorpion, and admits that the CGI-generated Goro is a decent effect.

Real Thoughts:

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The Critic reviews A Christmas Story 2 . He considers it a completely pointless sequel to an already over-commercialized film, and heavily pans the awful writing, abundance of unnecessary narration, lack of dialogue for the main character and love interest, poor comedy and visuals, easily unlikable characters , the main character's perverted actions, and large amount of fantasy sequences and throwbacks to the original. Despite this, he does give credit for Braeden Lemasters' performance as Ralphie, explaining that he captured the spirit of the original Ralphie and makes it his own. Special criticism is reserved for the mall sequence where the main character and his best friends work and are given too many chances despite making many mistakes worth firing over.

The sketches in-between the review have the Critic being pestered by Hyper Fan Girl and Benny the hitman as they try to remind him of all the good things about the original. Their efforts only make the Critic angrier and causes him to tell off and berate Hyper, breaking her heart. Soon regretting his outburst, the Critic gets Santa Christ to travel him back in time before he did the review, and he invites Hyper to watch and review the movie with him.

NOTE: The episode opens up with a crossover with CinemaSins in one of their segments called "Movie Recipes" trying to make Christmas Story 2 eggnog. The Critic as well helped with their video, Everything Wrong with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, where they did the whole video in rhyme.

Channel Awesome Tag: Gerard Plunkett as Hank Catenhauser: "I wish I wasn't such a softie."

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The Critic starts off Nicolas Cage Month by reviewing Face/Off . He criticizes the plot holes, the fact that the film makes the villain more likable than the protagonist, and the usual clichés from both the 90's and director John Woo . However, he lends heavy praise to the action, overacting from both Cage and John Travolta , and acknowledges that the corniness is what makes the film so fun. Special criticism is reserved for the complete total incompetence of the prison Archer-as-Castor Troy is sent to.

This is the last episode to feature Rachel Tietz, who moved to California for further acting opportunities. Originally, this episode was also supposed to be the introduction of Tamara Chambers as a regular cast member, in a parody of Face/Off, where Tamara swaps her face with Rachel's in order to make another appearance in an episode. The episode ends with The Critic sending Rachel, thinking she is Tamara, to California inside a box and decides to call Tamara, thinking she is Rachel, Tamara, in order to "keep it simple". However, after the original review was filmed, Doug accidentally deleted it off his computer and it could not be re-filmed due to Tietz having already moved to California. This led Doug to write and film an entirely new review.

The new review opens with The Critic who, as he is about to work on Rachel's farewell video, finds out he had accidentally deleted it, due to the footage being in the Christmas specials folder that he had just deleted. He calls Rachel trying to get her to come back to re-film the review but she says since she is now living in California, it is an impossibility. After seeing a farewell video message from Rachel, The Critic and Malcolm come to the realization that they will have to manage doing the Face/Off review by themselves. After the review, Doug comes on and tells the audience that the review wasn't the one they had originally set out to make and that he felt awful for accidentally deleting the original review. Tietz also appears through Skype to give her farewell to the fans. Doug also mentions that there would be a new female co-star for his reviews, later revealed on Facebook to be Tamara, who was Tietz's roommate. Tamara would properly become a cast member in the following review. In 2016, as part of the bonus materials for the Nostalgia Critic compilation DVD The Awesoming, Doug would re-film the original script of the first Face/Off review to re-create the live action portion of the review. Malcolm, Tamara, and Rob Walker reprised their roles from the original script, with Rachel's part played by Barney Walker, Doug and Rob's dad.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob reveal to both love Face Off with both considering the movie cheesy fun.

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The Critic talks about whether the most beloved Christmas special ever is deserving of its status.

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The Critic reviews Alien vs. Predator . While The Critic states that the movie is mediocre, it does have some good parts that make the movie good but forgettable and agrees it's better than its sequel. He praises the fight scenes between the Xenomorphs and the Predators as well as Alexa's character and her team work with a Predator during the final battle, but he criticizes the other human cast members, the shaky camera work during the fights and the ending. Special criticism is for the confusion on the backstory of why the Xenomorphs and the Predators fight each other as well as the backstory being boring.

First Viewing:

Channel Awesome Tag: Ewen Bremner as Graeme Miller: "This is like finding Moses' DVD collection."

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While shooting a fake, gritty, humanized, yet somehow more loyal to the source material, version of Garfield directed by the Coen brothers , the Critic reviews the live-action/CGI-animated film adaptation of Garfield . He states that it is the first time he actually hates anything in the Garfield media, heavily panning the plot, acting, effects, jokes, product placement, romance and the fact that the title character is the only one in the movie that resembles his comic strip counterpart. Special criticism is reserved for the scenes in which the audience is completely impressed with Odie merely bouncing on his hind-legs, as well as for a scene in which the villain reveals that he hates lasagna, which he felt was completely pointless, seeing how it adds nothing to the plot and is never brought up again.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob both reveal to really hate the movie as both really loved the character when they were kids and thought that with the exception of Bill Murray, every single actor in the movie was miscast and think the film should have just been all computer animated.

Channel Awesome Tag: Bill Murray as Garfield: ″Or, maybe I′ll get a CAT scan. A Cat scan!″

The Critic reviews Monkeybone . He considers the movie a horrible attempt at trying to be weird and dark, criticizing the lack of motivation and fun, terrible comedy, and the character of Monkeybone. Special criticism is for Brendan Fraser's standard performance. He does, however, praise the imagination and visuals of Down Town, a funny Stephen King joke and Chris Kattan's physical performance.

Channel Awesome Tag: Brendan Fraser as Monkeybone: "No, no, no! Herb, you ding dong!"

June 2017

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to Ballymena United, previously on loan.

Debbie , an attractive woman in her early twenties, moves into the block and goes to great lengths to get to know Lee. He assumes that Debbie fancies him, but is shocked when she reveals that she thinks he is her father . He had a one-night stand with her late mother Karen at a party at Tim's house in the 1980s. Lee initially tries to avoid Debbie, but Lucy persuades him to get to know her a bit better. Tim is upset to learn Lee and Karen had sex in his bed. However, he then reveals that he not only dated Karen during the same week, but lost his virginity to her – meaning that he could also be Debbie's father.

Both Lee and Tim are in immediate shock and denial, wondering what it will be like being a father. A DNA test reveals that neither of them is Debbie's father. Debbie is devastated, but Lucy remembers that she was eight years old at the time of the party, and stumbled on Karen in bed with Terry , an unusually short friend of Lee and Tim's. Lee successfully tracks Terry, and he and Debbie meet up.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac, Liam Woodman, Milton Jones, Terry Dillon

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This list of Northumbrian saints includes Christian saints with strong connections to the medieval Kingdom of Northumbria, either because they were of local origin and ethnicity (chiefly Anglian) or because they travelled to Northumbria from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for work there. Northumbria existed from the 7th–10th centuries in what is now northern England, along with areas of the Scottish Borders and the Lothian. Its chief ecclesiastical centre was York.During the reign of king Oswald of Northumbria, an Irish monk Aidan was invited to reconvert the area to Christianity. He and other Irish monks achieved this and subsequently the Northumbrians helped to reconvert much of the rest of England and also parts of the European continent.

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The Critic reviews Jurassic World , breaking his rule of not making episodes on films currently playing in theaters, in protest to Hollywood taking down the reviews on their movies from YouTube, including the other Jurassic Park films. Thus Jurassic World is recreated with improv sets, costumes and reenactments, instead of scenes from the actual movie. He criticizes Vincent D'Onofrio's character, the romance subplot, and the typical stupidity of the human characters . Special criticism is aimed at the appearance of the dinosaurs themselves for looking like a mix of animatronics and CGI, the overall design and name of the Indominus rex, which he states its nothing more than an oversized raptor, and the decision to simply leave the other tourists trapped in a warehouse. However, he heavily praises the appearance of the titular park, the intensity of the pterosaur attack scene, and the final battle between the T. Rex, the Velociraptor and the Indominus , even declaring that all three factors more than make up for the film's flaws. He ultimately concludes that the film is the second-best of the Jurassic Park movies, but given his views of the other sequels, that such a distinction is not all that great, and that it is ultimately up to the individual moviegoers to decide whether or not the film is truly worth watching. He then considers reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey next, though Tamara strongly objects when she realizes that Critic and Malcolm want to have her re-enact scenes from that movie for the review.

Channel Awesome Tag: Malcolm Ray as Owen Grady: "I think it's part raptor!"

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The Critic reviews Patch Adams . He finds the movie to be "disgusting", criticizing the story, stereotypical characters and corny dialogue. He is especially outraged over how the film does not do justice to the story of the real Hunter "Patch" Adams by having Robin Williams act like a "jackass". Special criticism is reserved for how the female love interest was in fact completely made up for the story and how her murder in the film shows how flawed Patch Adams' practices are, at which point he literally gives the movie a whipping and flips the bird at it.

Doug Walker later put it at #11 on both of his "Favorite Nostalgia Critic Episodes" and "Worst Movies Nostalgia Critic's Reviewed" lists, where he confessed to being really skeptical about the time period it took place in, and stingy about historical fiction in general, in addition to growing tired of the films Robin Williams was making back then. However, after he died in 2014, Doug Walker as himself did a farewell video for the comedian and said that he was a major inspiration of comedy for his reviews.

Real Thoughts: Both Doug and Rob reveal that they still really hate the film, but admit that they were more disturbed by the scene in which Patch steals items from the hospital rather than the made-up romance.

Channel Awesome Tag: Robin Williams as Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams: "What's wrong with death, sir?"

The first 4 episodes were part of Nickelodeon Month, part of an ongoing tradition of each January having a specific theme for a number of reviews.

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"10th Anniversary Episode

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from Mansfield

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The Critic talks about remakes of classic films and discusses the right & wrong way to do a remake.

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The Critic reviews Tentacolino after years of requests. Despite acknowledging that it's not as historically insensitive as the first two, he still considers it the worst of the three, heavily panning the lack of connection to either of the film's titles , nonsensical plot, characters , animation, editing, songs and overall bizarre tone. Special criticism is reserved for an inconsistent plot point involving screwdrivers being outlawed in Atlantis.

Note: Doug Walker previously stated that he was not going to review the movie in 2011 as he thought he couldn't make the review as good as the last two animated Titanic movies.
Channel Awesome Tag: Francis Pardeilhan as Don Juan: "All we have to do is win."

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to Cliftonville
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on loan to Bodø/Glimt
from Elverum

The Critic is "invited" by Hyper Fan Girl to come to her house, filled with manly films, comics, and video games, and reviews The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement with her, while under the vigilance of a hired hitman . The trio agree that the first film was relatively harmless and that Royal Engagement is not really terrible per se, but make fun of the plot, girly cliches, obvious villains, and that Anne Hathaway's character is hardly ever taught any responsibilities of being a princess in the film. Special criticism is reserved for a scene in which the maids sing "Frère Jacques" while dancing with pots in a desperate attempt at comedy, and an unnecessary cameo by Stan Lee. After the movie ends, the Critic realizes that Hyper Fan Girl was just really manipulating his inner manchild, like the movie manipulates the inner womanchild of its audience.

NOTE: Doug reviewed this film during Disneycember, and found it to be "so bad it's good" and good enough for a Nostalgia Critic review.

Channel Awesome Tag: Maids: "Ding, dang, dong! Ding, dang, dong!"

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The Nostalgia Critic reviews Jem and the Holograms . Even though he admits that the film is kinda funny for being a sellout, he nonetheless considers it to be one of the most insulting film adaptations ever, heavily panning the generic plot and characters, writing, the addition of random YouTube videos, hypocritical message about not being a corporate sellout in a film that he claims is exactly that, and complete lack of anything resembling the original cartoon of the same name. Special criticism is reserved for footage of fans of the show submitted through Tumblr during the movie's production being edited so it looks like they're praising the main character from the film, while not even adequately covering up what they're really talking about .

Real Thoughts: Doug revealed he actually thought the movie was hilarious for being a sellout and only legitimately got angry at the scenes with the fans, while Rob actually hated the movie and called it one of the worst movies he's had to review.

Channel Awesome Tag: Ryan Hansen as Stephen the guard: "Nolan, Robinson, check this out. It's a squirrel."

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The Critic is brought to the future by his future self, where seahorses now rule the Earth. He reviews The Room , and considers it so bad that "it truly is one of those movies you have to see to believe"; praising the awful acting , out-of-sequence editing, unbelievable characters , moments with out-of-sync dubbing, horrid dialogue, repetitiveness and the plethora of pointless scenes and plot threads.

Less than a day after being posted, the review was pulled from the website due to a copyright threat from Wiseau-Films. Both the Critic's and Lupa's reviews remained on Blip.tv however, and were eventually restored to the site several weeks later.

Walker later called The Room "so bad it's enjoyable" during his list of the Top 11 Worst Movies He Has Reviewed and said that it thus cannot be included because he does not get angry when he thinks of it.
Channel Awesome Tag: Tommy Wiseau as Johnny: "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!!"

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Old Vs. New: True Grit

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Stojkovski

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To impress Lucy, Lee starts training for a 10 kilometre fun run, only to injure himself after only 3 minutes. In an effort to hide the injury from Lucy, he gets himself a secret sports massage from Claudia from Poland, who Lee found from a card in the newsagent's window, only to find out she is actually a prostitute. She then demands £100, only for Lucy to return when Lee is paying her. Later, Lee and Tim discuss Lee's problem, then visit the newsagent, only to find Claudia's card has gone. They visit Hanover Street, which Claudia is rumoured to live on, meet a young prostitute, and ask which house she lives in, she is willing to tell them for £80. Lee asks Tim to lend him the money, only for the police to turn up as Lee is handing over the money. Later, in the station, Daisy arrives, then Lucy and throws Lee out of her flat. After they are released, Lee and Tim visit the brothel Claudia works in. Lee and Tim end up naked in bed with Claudia and Lee asks her whether she will cover for him and tell the police everything that happened in the flat, but she refuses because she knows she'll be arrested for being a prostitute. Lucy runs past and spots them in the window and is horrified at the sight of the two of them in bed with Claudia. Later, during the 10k run, Lee thanks Lucy for taking him back, and says "when it comes to running, always keep away from very large Poles", just as he runs straight into a telegraph pole.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa; Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, Liam Woodman, David Isaac

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The Critic reviews The Lost World: Jurassic Park . He considers it to be a disappointing follow-up to its predecessor, with a forced story filled with plot holes, annoying incompetent characters, and the fact that the "heroes" cause the problems in the film. He also mocks Jeff Goldblum's acting, with help from his brother Rob.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob both consider the film the worst of the series as they both hate making Ian Malcolm the star of the movie, the acting of Vince Vaughn, and the ending feeling like a self-satire.

Channel Awesome tag: Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm : "That's... that's chaos theory."

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The Critic reviews Junior . He considers the film boring, being more serious than it needed, and finds Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito unfunny. Special criticism is reserved for a scene where Arnold's baby is shown, which horrifies the Critic so bad that it causes him to go into "20 straight hours of projectile vomiting", as the doctor puts it and for the fact that director Ivan Reitman's son, Jason, went on to direct Juno, which had a somewhat similar plot and received critical acclaim.

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Tim joins a rock band at work and enters a Battle of the Bands contest. Lee, Lucy and Daisy go, and see Tim's band win through to the Final. When Lucy falls for Stretch , the lead guitarist, Lee becomes jealous, and decides that if he can't beat them he should join them. Lee convinces Tim to talk to Stretch but instead of being offered a place in the band, he is given a job as a roadie. Lee isn't impressed. When he is fetching Stretch's jacket from the van, he is met by Stretch's ex-girlfriend Grace , who throws Lee Stretch's flat keys, and several versions of a song which he has written for other girls. Lee confronts him and shows Lucy the songs. Stretch then resigns from the band, saying "something tells me I'm not getting the prize I really came for". Lee takes Stretch's place as lead guitarist: they perform "I Could Be So Good For You" , but Lee falls over and they don't win. The closing credits feature the band playing the theme tune with Daisy playing bass and Lucy on the drums.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, Liam Woodman, David Isaac

to Everton
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While he praises both actors in general, he gives Gene Wilder the advantage as he hated Johnny Depp's performance as it was too awkward and had no clear idea what the character was doing.
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The Critic reviews Mad Max: Fury Road and compares it with the other three films. In the beginning of the review, the Critic states that he feels that while he likes Fury Road, he believes that Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome was the best film in the franchise for its writing, characters, and storytelling during the action while he states that Mad Max 2 was his least favorite since Mel Gibson was more of an observing character than the main character. Eventually, the Critic begins to like Fury Road even more when he realizes it is similar to the Road Runner cartoons which contains various chase scenes yet has no dialogue attached to it.

During the review, which is a play on Fury Road, the Critic is captured by Impractical Joe, who is upset that the Critic did not think Fury Road was the best film in the series. After escaping and falling into the car driven by Curiosa, a satire on Furiosa who explains and calmly argues with Critic about Fury Road and the other movies, he is quickly pursued by three groups; Impractical Joe, 'Meninists' who believed that women in Fury Road should not be given action roles and want Fury Road to be more manly, and Tom Hardy Fangirls who think Hardy is the best actor in Fury Road for being handsome. The Critic is able to defeat Impractical Joe by making him drive into 'Weirdass Guitar Guy' who shoots shark-explosions out of his eyes. He makes Curiosa stop the car to confront the last two groups. The Meninists are uncomfortable being around her and are soon given a stern lecture by one of Joe's henchman, Devil Boner , who was picked up by the Meninists, and grew to hate them because of their hatred towards women. Barack Obama, played by Malcolm, appears and announces that the women in the military are to be taken out due to the Meninists overwhelming outrage and to be replaced with said Meninists . Obama then reveals to the Fangirls that Tom Hardy is a method actor and that doesn't sit well with them, seeing as how he can turn fat for a role. They instead choose to pawn over Devil Boner. In the end, like the movie, Critic and Curiosa go their separate ways after sharing a farewell glance.

Channel Awesome Tag: Rob Walker as Impractical Joe: "You will walk the red carpet sugared and glazed."

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The Critic reviews Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie . He already hates the TV show and exclaims that the plot is nonsensical, criticizes the movie for having a budget wasted on pointless stuff like the opening skydiving stunt, poor special effects and how the moral is to fight without powers, yet the Power Rangers get them back eventually. However, he finds a funny scene when Ivan Ooze destroys Zordon. Special criticism is reserved for the climax, which involves the Rangers defeating Ooze by kneeing him in the scrotum.

Note: This episode was originally posted on YouTube on July 2007. Also, in a future episode, the Critic says he enjoys the show's theme song, and this is also the first time he donned the white T-shirt and red tie, which would forever become part of his iconic appearance in future episodes.

Real Thoughts:

The Critic reviews Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed while trying to solve a similar mystery like Psych despite the culprit obviously being returning antagonist Roger. Though he says it's better than the first, as the sets are cool, some scenes are funny, the satire and jokes try harder and gives credit for including some of the iconic monsters from the cartoons, the film is ruined by the effects , delivery of the comedy, direction , sound effects and jokes that are inappropriate for kids and are likely making them dumber. Special criticism is reserved for the fact that the villain's identity is too obvious, leading to too many fake-outs, a weak final twist and altogether a lack of a good mystery, which is the ultimate insult to the show, and a post-credits scene which is just a cheat code for the tie-in game.

Real Thoughts:

Channel Awesome Tag: Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo: "Hello, baby."

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The first 4 episodes were part of Sequel Month.

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Stockholm

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The Critic starts off this year′s Nostalgia-ween by reviewing The Shining miniseries . He criticizes the poorly executed monster effects, acting , insufferably slow pace, excessively overlong talking scenes, and lack of any genuine horror, citing that most attempts at scares fall flat and that scenes that could lead to potentially scary moments usually go nowhere. In the end, he considers the Stanley Kubrick version to be vastly superior, as it properly built suspense, created an intense atmosphere and made for a genuinely scary story, with the miniseries′ only advantage being in having the protagonist Jack Torrance better written, acted, and developed, whereas the Kubrick version′s take on the same character was just another typical Jack Nicholson performance.

Throughout the review, the Kubrick version is parodied by having the Critic slowly going insane from boredom like Nicholson′s Torrance and attempting to kill Rachel and Malcolm, until he is eventually calmed down upon discovering the one thing the miniseries did better than the Kubrick version.

Channel Awesome Tag: Courtland Mead as Danny Torrance: "What do you want me to think?"
Melvin Van Peebles as Dick Hallorann: "Anything, as long as it's hard."

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loan return from Elverum

The Critic reviews The Legend of Zorro . He considers it a dreadful sequel to one of the best action movies of the past few decades, heavily panning the story, severely toned down content from the first movie, the actions of the characters , the fact that no one seems to learn anything by the end, and the comedy, drama and action. Special criticism is reserved for a scene in which the main character′s son gets into a sword fight using rulers with his teacher before fleeing out the window, and for the complete hopeless nature of Nick Chinlund′s character, even going so far as calling him the most useless villain ever.

Note: Doug Walker later admitted in his Real Thoughts on The Haunting that Legend of Zorro was one of the few films he walked out on in theaters.

Channel Awesome Tag: Nick Chinlund as Jacob McGivens: ″Listen to me, you backwards-ass frog.″

from Inter Zaprešić
to Sandnes Ulf

Old Vs. New: The Karate Kid

to Lillestrøm

The Critic reviews The Master of Disguise . After showing one-line reviews from critics such as Roger Ebert and Michael J. Nelson, he calls it one of the worst comedies he has ever seen and the worst film from Happy Madison Productions, feeling that it completely misses the point on every aspect of what makes comedy work and that the film instead kills comedy. He criticizes Dana Carvey′s "acting", the screenplay, jokes, pacing, biased characters, and plethora of forgettable disguises, but gives credit to a running fart joke for providing the film′s only funny moments, albeit inconsistently. However, he states that the fart joke ends up being so overused, with the joke becoming worse each time it is used, that the film "killed the fart joke." Special criticism is reserved for the infamous Turtle Club scene where Carvey attempts humor by repeatedly saying "turtle".

Channel Awesome Tag: Dana Carvey as Pistachio Disguisey: "Turtle!"

The Critic reviews Space Jam . He criticizes the film's plot, the focus on commercialism, the jokes for not being up to classic Looney Tunes standards, Michael Jordan's acting, and the numerous up-close shots. Special criticism is reserved for the sex appeal given to Lola Bunny.

Note: In 2016, he makes a brief review of the film in the list, All the Looney Tunes Movies, where he doesn't hate it as he used to, calling it a 'product of the times that's actually kind of interesting', acknowledging it's enjoyable to look back at how dated it was. He also praised the mixing of animation and live action and even said it was better than Looney Tunes: Back in Action as it kept the Looney Tunes in the cartoon world where their zaniness worked best.

Real Thoughts:

After multiple requests following his review of the original, the Critic reviews Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance , this time, joined by Mike J of Shameful Sequels, who is angry at the Critic for repeated episodes on films he already reviewed, such as Jaws 3D and Alien Resurrection. While they admit that the Ghost Rider's design is slightly cooler, Nicolas Cage's performance is more over-the-top and enjoyable, and the action is better, they feel it has even more problems than the first, criticizing the nonsensical plot, side characters , cinematography and fast-forward editing, weird dialogue, lack of screen time for Ghost Rider, and numerous bizarre moments. Special criticism is reserved for the Devil's multiple choices and actions throughout the film, such as having a weird ringtone for his cell-phone, losing track of his son, and trying to escape from Ghost Rider by just driving away in an ordinary car.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob consider the second film even worse than the first film, considering the story pretty bad and mindless and criticizing David S. Goyer's involvement , but admit the action scenes were slightly better and Nicolas Cage's performance was more over-the-top. They are torn, however, over which Ghost Rider film is worse or better, thinking that both of them are equally bad.

Channel Awesome Tag: Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze: "You're the devil's baby mama."

The Critic, despite not planning to see it in theaters, continues his tradition by predicting what will occur in the then-upcoming film Transformers: The Last Knight.

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loan return from Kristiansund
from Strømsgodset
from Sporting Hasselt

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The Critic states that the 1971 songs are timeless classics, while the 2005 songs are either entertaining but forgettable or, in the case of "Wonka's Welcome Song", unbearably annoying.

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The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degree days. The plants listed below grow in USDA Hardiness zone 5. A good predictor for when a plant will bloom and produce nectar is a calculation of the growing degree days. Hopkins' Bioclimatic Law states that in North America east of the Rockies, a 130 m (400-foot) increase in elevation, a 4° change in latitude north (444.48 km), or a 10° change in longitude east (two thirds of a time zone) will cause a biological event to occur four days later in the spring or four days earlier in the fall. In botany, the term phenology refers to the timing of flower emergence, sequence of bloom, fruiting, and leaf drop in autumn.The classification in major or minor nectar source is very dependent on the agricultural use of the land. An agricultural crop such as canola or alfalfa may be a major or minor source depending on local plantings. Generally, the more diverse a forage area is, the better for a stationary apiary. Urban, suburban and areas not under cultivation provide more consistent warm-season nectar forage than areas that are heavily cultivated with only a few agricultural crops. The nectar sources from large cultivated fields of blooming apples, cherries, canola, melons, sunflowers, clover etc. benefit a bee keeper who is willing to travel with his hives throughout the season.Honeydew sources are not included in this listing.

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The Critic reviews Inspector Gadget . He criticizes its lack of faithfulness to the cartoon, the casting and acting , excessive ineffective comedy - including many fourth wall jokes - that the Critic labels "desperate attempts for laughs", and editing. The only positive element he notes is the movie's version of the show's theme song.

Doug later put it at #6 on his "Worst Movies Nostalgia Critic's Reviewed" list.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob state while they thought the cartoon was nothing spectacular, they find the movie a terrible attempt to cash in at people's nostalgia and find absolutely nothing faithful to the show. They also criticize's Broderick's acting in general and find Everett incredibly miscast.

Channel Awesome tag: D.L. Hughley as the Gadgetmobile: "It's a Disney movie!"

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The Critic speed-talks through a synopsis of Transformers before fainting from exhaustion at the end.
Note: In later film reviews, he says that the sequels have gotten progressively worse and that the film series was bad to start with, though he at least finds this one an entertaining first effort.

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The Critic reviews Wonder Woman , with scenes acted out by Doug, Malcolm, Tamara and other cast members as the film is still in theaters. While the Critic states that the film has its flaws with the characters, he considers it the first legitimate good film in the DC Extended Universe, heavily praising Wonder Woman's motives in helping out humanity in particular and her backstory showing how she was seen as going from God to human because of the environment and scenario she was put in rather than doing it just because of a tragic backstory. He does, however, criticize the reveal and design of the villain, Ares, as well as his motives, though admits he was a good counterpart for Wonder Woman in terms of philosophical views on humanity.

Note: This is the second episode in the revived series to not have a Channel Awesome Tag at the end.

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loan return from Hødd
to Mjøndalen, previously on loan

By popular demand, the Critic reviews Norm of the North for his 10th Anniversary. While he doesn't consider it one of the worst films he's reviewed, he still criticizes the pacing, scene transitions, dialogue, animation, and editing. Special criticism is reserved for toilet humor, especially scenes involving the three lemmings urinating for large amounts of time while other important scenes are cut short.

First Viewing:

Channel Awesome Tag: Tamara Chambers as Talent Replacer 9000: "Derp."

The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degree days. The plants listed below grow in USDA Hardiness zone 5. A good predictor for when a plant will bloom and produce nectar is a calculation of the growing degree days.

The Critic reviews Fantastic Four . He states that the reboot is worse than all of the previous film versions of the Fantastic Four as the others failed for being too over-the-top and corny while this fails for being dark and serious, and calls it the wrong way to do comic book movies like this, criticizing the pacing, particularly the lack of action and poor explanations of Doctor Doom's plan, the character development and personalities of the Fantastic Four, the lack of originality , the lack of relationship between the characters and the ending. Special criticism is for the lack of lighting and the high amount of scenes involving conversations in dark rooms throughout the movie, as well as Doom's design, which he questions why Fox is always so obsessed with redesigning Marvel characters to resemble crash test dummies. In the end, he states that the best iteration of the Fantastic Four is still the unreleased 1994 adaptation, as well as being shocked that the film was not only a failure with critics, audiences and the box office, but even director Josh Trank.

First Viewing/Real Thoughts: While neither Doug nor Rob considers it to be among the outright worst films, both are quickly angered by the cliched and illogical nature of the film's writing and visuals. A moment where the Critic angrily rages at the film's poor lighting is also shown to have been directly inspired by Doug losing his own temper after several successive scenes of the team working in near-total darkness.

Channel Awesome Tag: Toby Kebbell as Dr. Doom: "There is no Victor, there is only Doom."

This list of Norwegian bandy champions shows all champions since the start. Championship for men's teams have been played since 1912, championship for women's teams have been played since 1984.The winner of the men's teams championship is given a trophy called kongepokal ("king's cyp").

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SVK

The Nostalgia Critic recommends Oscar-nominated movies with unusual or amusing elements, giving brief reviews of The Greatest Story Ever Told, Lilies of the Field, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Some Like It Hot. Video available on the TubiTV Facebook Page.

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on loan from Lech Poznań

Old Vs. New: The Nutty Professor

to Dungannon Swifts

InternetArchiveBot

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The Critic reviews The Haunted Mansion . Considering the surprise success of Pirates of the Caribbean earlier that year, and the multitude of possibilities left by the ride, he finds it to be a massive waste of potential, which starts with the decision to give the lead role to Eddie Murphy, heavily criticizing his and the rest of the performances, particularly Jennifer Tilly and Terence Stamp , as well as the plot, characters, effects, and comedy. Special criticism is reserved for the portrayal of elements from the ride . In the end, he hopes that Disney will one day attempt another movie that′s more loyal and all around better.

Channel Awesome Tag: Terence Stamp as Ramsley: "That is absurd."

loan return to Lech Poznań

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Sweden

The Critic reviews Captain America . He criticizes the film for having a boring story, and considers Captain America in the film to be a boring and ineffective hero, in addition to the 1970's-esque production values despite being released in 1990. Special criticism is reserved for the film's excessive use of subtitles describing the setting and for the villain, Red Skull, losing his titular appearance halfway through the film. However, he does find some humor in an over-the-top scene where a villain kills a scientist.

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The Critic reviews the third and final installment of the franchise, The Matrix Revolutions . He claims that this film focuses more on dull and repetitive dialogue than actual action, criticizing the scenery, the overlong scenes, what action there is for being as dull as the dialogue, and characters not showing much emotion. Special criticism is reserved for the final fight scene between Neo and Agent Smith as the Critic considers it underwhelming compared to the "burly brawl" between Neo and the Smith clones in Reloaded along with the boss fight against MegaSmith in the video game The Matrix: Path of Neo, while special praise is reserved for Smith's hilariously over-the-top laugh, as well as his line "Cookies need love like everything does". In the end, he feels that, while not good, the series still had a big impact on cinema and none of them, not even the third, is awful.

During the review, Agent Schmuck has revealed to have taken control of Malcolmus and Tamity , but in a strange twist, it is revealed that Agent Schmuck is actually a character from Dark City, who, after that flopped, made the series and later manipulated the Critic into making it popular again by reviewing it and hating it, much like what the Critic tried to do with Foodfight. Schmuck, however, is then defeated when Chester A. Bum gives the Critic a needle that allows him to ruin anything, by revealing the aforementioned thoughts of the series.

Channel Awesome Tag: Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith: "Cookies need love like everything does."

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List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2017

NZL

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The Critic starts off the holiday season by reviewing the television special Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer . Already finding the song the movie's based on to be obnoxious, he criticizes it for making the titular grandma too attractive, as well as the plot, confusing setting, characters, poor and sometimes dirty humor , awful segues into badly written songs, and the final act for using too many courtroom terms. He does admit that it isn't an entirely horrible movie, more incredibly awkward and admits that the film is worth seeing. Special criticism is reserved for the fact that the grandma's store is worth millions, which makes both her and the grandson seem awful, as they don't want to sell it, despite the money undoubtedly being capable of helping many.

Unlike previous years, he starts out calm as he's wearing a "chill pill patch" and doesn't want to scare his fans. However, Tamara, insisting that he should feel free to celebrate how he pleases, removes the patch, causing a now-insane Critic to sing a heavy metal song, "I F***ing Love Christmas."

Channel Awesome Tag: Kathleen Barr as Female Cop: “Better get looking for the old broad.”

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on loan from Rosenborg
to Halmstad

NM Langbane

First 4 episodes were part of Schwarzenegger Month.
Nostalgia Critic Suicide Squad Trailer

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Transformers: The Last Knight NON-Review

to Mjøndalen

from Cliftonville

Ingeborg Vassbakk

Winner: The original wins over the remake: 4-1. The Critic asks to play the songs from the 1971 movie to end the episode, but is enraged when he instead gets the 2005 version's songs instead, as well as other songs the Critic finds annoying. In a homage to Duck Amuck, it's then revealed that Douchey McNitpick is editing the video.

The Critic reviews Super Mario Bros. . He criticizes Mario and Luigi's last name , the plot, Dennis Hopper's performance, the fact that Mario and Luigi are father and son despite them also being brothers, suggesting incest, and that the movie has very little to do with the video game on which it is based. Special criticism is used for scenes in the movie in which Hopper says the laughable lines "Bob-omb!" and "Monkey!"

Real Thoughts: In their real thoughts video, Rob admitted that he considered the film a guilty pleasure. Both he and Doug admitted to finding humor with Dennis Hopper's performance.

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When Guy's daughter Chloe gets appendicitis, Lee and Tim are left looking after her baby son Dillon while Guy and Lucy visit her. While in their care, Dillon swallows a Subbuteo football and Lee and Tim have problems locating it and try to think of ways to get it out of his body. Using a laxative of Coconut milk, they wait to see if the football goes through his system but find nothing. Due to Dillon's surplus waste, they figure that Coconut could potentially be harmful to him and go to see Chloe at the hospital. Lee, impersonating a doctor, asks her about Dillon. However, it later turns out Dillon did not swallow it after all but a figurine instead. Lucy spends her day worrying about the age gap between her and Guy, especially when the nurse mistakes him for her dad.

to Hødd

The Critic reviews The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas . Even though the movie had a good impression like the first movie, and praises some creative sets and some casting choices , the Critic considers the film completely unnecessary, as no one really wanted a follow up to the original, and thinks that it was written around the bad title, criticizing the villain's motives , Kristen Johnston as Wilma, the unfunny dialogue, the predictable plot, the characters' various creepy expressions, the unintentional gay innuendos and the design and creepiness of The Great Gazoo. Special criticism is for the film's usage of its only funny joke where a caveman, played by Jim Doughan, threatens to poison the dinosaurs but is completely ignored.

First Viewing:

Channel Awesome Tag: Daws Butler as Fred Flintstone: "There's a lot of bush that's gonna be sold."

The Critic reviews Judge Dredd . He makes fun of the film for being over-the-top, using every action movie cliche possible, and finds Rob Schneider's performance as annoying as Jar Jar Binks, but also admits that the film has a certain comedic and entertainment value for these very reasons and considers the film overall to be a guilty pleasure. Special criticism is reserved for every character's inability to properly pronounce the word "law".

to Ballinamallard United

from Strømsgodset, previously on loan

Wonder Woman

from Ards

from Åsane

List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

RSA

The Critic talks about how Goofy is funnier than people had ever known.

The Critic reviews Cats & Dogs . While he states that it is nowhere near as bad as the previously reviewed Son of the Mask, which has the same director, as it has a clever and potentially creative premise, and admits that the villain, Mr. Tinkles, is enjoyable, any potential is immediately let down by the dull characters, acting, directing of both the animals and the human characters, awkward and often uncomfortably dirty comedy, inconsistent effects, weird editing and annoying, repetitive, overused sound effects that often don't fit the scenario. He also feels that it would have been better off as an animated film, which would have given the premise more room to be further fleshed out. Special criticism is reserved for the overall bizarre depiction of Alexander Pollock's character, which makes him wonder if the character is even human, and the weird imagery related to Jeff Goldblum's character's work, making him think the character is a terrorist.

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob admit that the movie had potential, but claim the movie was horribly misdirected. They also are heavily critical about the plot revolving around the dreamer.

Channel Awesome Tag: Alexander Pollock as Scott Brody: "Ah! Belly Rub!"

to Lurgan Celtic

from Senja

After Linkara attempts to review Superman IV: The Quest for Peace using The Nostalgia Critic persona, he finds himself confronted by the real Nostalgia Critic, who forces Linkara to complete the review with him at gunpoint. They criticize the film's inconsistencies, pointless side-stories, ludicrous morals and cheap visual effects. Special criticism is reserved for instances of breaking the laws of physics, such as Lacey being able to breathe in outer space, which the Critic describes as "kindergarten science".

Note: The Critic later ranked Superman IV #5 on his Top 11 Worst Sequels list.

Lucy and Tim's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, are separating because Geoffrey would not let Wendy go ballroom dancing. After an unfortunate heart-to-heart with Geoffrey, Lee unintentionally makes Geoffrey realise he wants to leave Wendy and he moves into Lucy's flat, banishing Lee to the sofa and causing Lucy to threaten to evict Lee if her parents don't get back together. Lee speaks to Wendy, who tells him that while she wants to dance with another man, what she actually wants is an affair. Lee tells the others about their conversation, using 'dance' as a euphemism, but no one understands and they all think Wendy just wants to dance with someone. They all decide Lee would be the perfect man to dance with her. Lee reluctantly agrees, but when the dance is in full swing, Geoffrey runs in and punches Lee, saying that he realised he couldn't bear to let Wendy dance with another man. Geoffrey and Wendy get back together.

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac, Liam Woodman, Milton Jones, Jack Cutting

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The Critic and Cinema Snob review Star Wars: The Force Awakens , and for the third time, have scenes acted out by Malcolm, Tamara, Doug, and other cast members since the film was still in theaters at the time. Although they like the new effects and characters and ultimately consider the movie good, they criticize the similarities to the original trilogy, underuse of talented actors like Andy Serkis and Max von Sydow, the design of Supreme Leader Snoke, and the predictability of Han Solo's death. Special criticism is reserved for how underwhelming the final climax is as it relates to Poe Dameron trying to destroy the new Death Star and Rey's battle with Kylo Ren.

Throughout the review, the Critic and Cinema Snob do the review in the style of The Star Wars Holiday Special by staying at the special's Wookiee house and reenacting several bits from the special, with the Critic's idea that they can make a holiday special great if they do this holiday special exactly like the past holiday special. This causes both the Critic and Cinema Snob to realize that the whole thing with the movie's similarities to the original trilogy is not a problem and actually makes sense, as it proves that even though some things are too similar, the filmmakers can make something loyal and faithful to Star Wars, and the idea of repeating plot points in one movie will allow for new stuff to happen in the next movies.

At the end of the review, the Critic announces that January 2016 would be Shyamalan Month.

Note: Walker later revealed in the commentary that the review was originally supposed to be a crossover with Chris Stuckmann, but was replaced by Cinema Snob due to Stuckmann's busy schedule.

Channel Awesome Tag: Nostalgia Critic: "Channukah! "

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Best Music: Old

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from Fløy
from Strømmen

Swim Open Stockholm

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The Critic reviews The NeverEnding Story III: Return to Fantasia to begin Sequel Month. The Critic finds it even worse than its predecessor, citing its dumbed-down plot, over-the-top character portrayals, particularly the Rock Biter and Falkor, numerous continuity errors and the incompetence of its main character, Bastian. He also hates how the antagonists of this story are reduced to schoolyard bullies, although he does give Jack Black, who plays the gang leader, credit for looking like the only actor "who's having fun" performing in this film. Special criticism is reserved for Rock Biter singing "Born to Be Wild", particularly as it replaces the regular credits song, causing the Critic to graphically destroy the movie's DVD with a crowbar upon learning the latter fact. The film is placed at #7 on Doug's "Top 11 Best Nostalgia Critic Reviews".

Real Thoughts: Both Doug and Rob consider this film to be The Room of family films and would watch this more than the second NeverEnding Story film because they were amazed by how bizarrely bad this movie was.

Channel Awesome tag: Julie Cox as the Childlike Empress: "We must not give in to the Nasty."

to Bodø/Glimt, previously on loan

The Critic lists the next top 11 Christmas specials:

*11. Elf
**He does not consider the movie good due to the boring characters, weak jokes, and corny story, but still praises the premise and admits that Will Ferrell's performance completely saves the film, making it a Christmas classic.
*10. A Garfield Christmas Special
**He acknowledges that the short can be cheesy at times and the songs are lame, but praises the animation, jokes, and the characters .
*9. The Polar Express
**He thinks the movie in 2D is okay, and feels the movie can be manipulative at times and the animation can be creepy, but he praises the premise and admits the 3D version makes the film stand out.
*8. Blackadder's Christmas Carol
**He praises the special's comedy and dark nature, but does recommend people watch the show before the Christmas special.
*7. Gremlins
**He admits that he is oddly reminded of the Christmas-related material in Gremlins making it a Christmas classic.
*6. The Nativity Story
**He calls the film overlooked and praises the fact that it includes elements other adaptations didn't have, but he finds the spiritual aspects rushed.
*5. A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
**He praises the humor, story, animation, and the ending for being both cheesy and touching.
*4. All in the Family: The Draft Dodger
**While he calls the episode uncomfortable, he praises the writing, humor and calls it touching.
*3. Joyeux Noël
**He calls the movie a good representation of a real event and is glad that it's getting attention.
*2. The Snowman
**He calls the short a classic, highly praising the story and look, but criticizes the ending for being overly depressing and that it has no happiness in it.
*1. Die Hard
**He claims that because it takes place on Christmas, it automatically makes it a Christmas special, praising everything about the movie and calls it a great action movie.
Note: Throughout the review, the Critic is constantly told of the Star Wars Holiday Special, but continues to state that the special does not exist, only to hear Yoda's laugh. At the end, he receives a package in the mail delivered by a Wookie, only to in horror discover that it is a DVD of Star Wars Holiday Special.

Over-excited by the appearance of Amy and her lesbian partner Alex in their building, Lee and Tim ask them over for dinner, but when the day comes, Amy arrives alone, having split from Alex. When Amy meets Lucy, they instantly connect and begin to spend a lot of time together. Lee is worried that Lucy and Amy may become a couple, and eventually confronts Lucy. Lucy admits that she is having feelings for Amy, but tells Lee it is none of his business. She later kisses Amy, but realises that she is not interested in her.

Meanwhile, Tim tracks down a former girlfriend, Lola , who is now openly gay. He is shocked to see that her online profile says she knew she was gay after one kiss, and is convinced that she means him. He meets up with Lola, and asks her, but is relieved when she tells him she meant the first girl she kissed. However, he becomes worried again when it turns out that the girl was another one of his former girlfriends.

Additional Material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Georgia Pritchett, Dave Cohen, Milton Jones, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac & Liam Woodman

Best Visuals: New

The Critic does his annual nostalgic commercials review.

Commercials reviewed: Spider-Man Atari 2600 video game, Federal Express Air Cargo Playset, an overview of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercials, the Simon electronic game, an overview of Burger King's Kids Club commercials, Oreo cookies, Nintendo Game Boy, an overview of Eggo Waffles commercials, an overview of Kenner's Care Bears plush toy commercials, an overview of McDonald's' "Mac Tonight" commercials, Winnie-the-Pooh's "My Interactive Pooh", 1973 Batman "Equal Pay for Women" PSA, Concerned Children's Advertisers House Hippo PSA, Great Britain Electricity: Football PSA, Starburst Berries & Crème, Little Baby's Ice Cream.

He feels that some of the ads go against their intended purposes, while he praises a Canadian PSA that features content with a lighter tone compared to the other Canadian PSA's that he has featured in previous commercial specials. Special criticism is reserved for a British PSA warning kids about safety around electrical transformers , the infamous Little Baby's Ice Cream commercial, the design of McDonald's "Mac Tonight" character, and a Starburst ad where a British man dressed in Victorian era clothes dances around while singing "berries and cream", which makes the Critic question why the Starburst ad has over 11 million views on YouTube.

Channel Awesome Tag: Green Goblin from the Spider-Man commercial: "You're running out of FLUUUUUUIIIIIID!!"

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to Warrenpoint

from Koper

The Critic compares Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . Even before starting the comparison, he openly admits that he considers the 2005 film vastly inferior to the earlier version and a mediocre film overall, and that the main purpose of this video is to illustrate where the newer version went wrong. The Critic admits in a later Old vs. New review of Manhunter vs. Red Dragon that loyalty to the source material does not always make a better movie.

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from Newbuildings United

to Stabæk

The first 3 episodes were part of Sequel Month: The Sequel.

to Al-Ettifaq

from Dungannon Swifts

to Kristiansund
on loan to Vindbjart

Swim Festival

Due to the film still being in theaters upon the episode's release, scenes from the film are re-created by Doug, Malcolm, Tamara and other cast members.

The Critic concludes Nicolas Cage Month by reviewing Ghost Rider . He feels that the premise has a lot of potential and finds the scenes with Ghost Rider himself to be quite awesome, but is disappointed to find that Cage's performance is a lot more downplayed than usual, feeling that the film would have been better if he had been over the top. He also feels that the potential is ruined by the script, acting , romance, cartoonish moments and villains. Special criticism is reserved for the ruining of an awesome scene where the two riders journey across the desert by having Elliott leave just before the final battle, claiming that he used the last of his powers in the ride, when he could have saved it for the battle. The Critic ultimately lays the blame for the film solely at the feet of writer-director Mark Steven Johnson, who he says should never have been allowed near another superhero movie after Daredevil .

Real Thoughts: Doug and Rob consider the first film to have a coherent narrative with several cool action scenes, but feel that it's let down in other areas, feeling that the movie acts like a Saturday morning cartoon, and Nicolas Cage's performance not being as over-the-top, despite Cage being a fan of the comic, with Rob believing the film to be a carbon copy of Blade.

Channel Awesome Tag: Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze: "What's the matter with you?"

Løyning

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ETH
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The Critic reviews Pokémon: The First Movie . He complains that the film does not really explain the premise of Pokémon to the non-initiated, undeveloped characters, and considers the message of "fighting is wrong" as hypocritical, considering that the whole point of the series is Pokémon battling each other. Special criticism is reserved for the scene where Ash, after being killed in the crossfire between Mew and Mewtwo, is resurrected by the devastated Pokémon's crying, something he finds to be highly clichéd and a terrible moral for children.