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It's not a household name yet, but this 90s animated special has gotten quite the following. Does Nostalgia Critic think it deserves it? Let's talk about The Halloween Tree. Join us at Fright Night Film Fest Friday October 30th! https://www.govst.edu/FrightNightFest Join us at Grand Rapids Comic-Con - https://www.grcomiccon.com/ Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/1wRz5-wTrU4 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ The Halloween Tree is a 1993 American animated fantasy-drama television film produced by Hanna-Barbera and based on Ray Bradbury's 1972 fantasy novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween when one of their friends is spirited away by mysterious forces. Bradbury serves as the narrator of the film, which also stars Leonard Nimoy as the children's guide, Mr. Moundshroud. Bradbury also wrote the film's Emmy Award winning screenplay. The animation of the film was produced overseas for Hanna-Barbera by Fil-Cartoons in the Philippines. The film premiered on TBS and Syndication on October 30, 1993. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NOSTALGIA and use code NOSTALGIA and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! Let’s eat real. Head to https://Factormeals.com/nostalgia50off and use code nostalgia50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until 10/31/2026. That’s code nostalgia50off at https://Factormeals.com! nostalgia50off at https://Factormeals.com. See website for more details. Nostalgia-Ween begins with what Nostalgia Critic is declaring Tim Burton's worst film. How much does it suck? Let's take a look at Dark Shadows. Join us LIVE at Fright Night Film Fest Friday October 30th! https://www.govst.edu/FrightNightFest Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/1wRz5-wTrU4 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Don Bluth film that many people don't know how to react to. So, what's Nostalgia Critic's reaction all these years later? Let's take a look at All Dogs Go to Heaven. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/yJRopja16J0 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ All Dogs Go to Heaven is a 1989 animated musical fantasy comedy drama film directed by Don Bluth. It stars the voices of Loni Anderson, Judith Barsi (in her final film role), Dom DeLuise, Melba Moore, Charles Nelson Reilly, Burt Reynolds, and Vic Tayback. Set in New Orleans in 1939, it tells the story of Charlie B. Barkin, a German Shepherd mix who is murdered by his former friend, Carface Carruthers. Charlie escapes from Heaven to return to Earth, where his best friend, Itchy Itchiford, still lives, to take revenge on Carface. Instead, he befriends a young orphan girl named Anne-Marie. In the process, Charlie learns an important lesson about kindness, friendship, and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to today's sponsor - Displate! Use my code Awesome or the link below, it applies at checkout. That's 22% off one, 27% off two, 33% off three or more. So build the wall. Let your fandom shine. https://displate.com/@channelawesome With the passing of Tim Curry, NC looks over one of the actor's most celebrated movies, even if people didn't see it that way when it first came out. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/WadvYKrAXfQ Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Clue is a 1985 American comedy mystery film directed and written by Jonathan Lynn, who developed the story with John Landis. Based on the board game Cluedo (also known as Clue), the film stars Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Lesley Ann Warren. Set in 1954, the plot follows six strangers who gather at a secluded mansion where a series of murders unfolds, forcing the group to determine the identity of the killer among them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s eat real. Head to https://FACTORMEALS.com/nostalgia50off and use code nostalgia50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until 10/31/2026. That’s code nostalgia50off at https://FACTORMEALS.com! nostalgia50off at https://FACTORMEALS.com. See website for more details. 20 Years ago a Mike Judge movie predicted the future. Yeah, remember when this was so ridiculous it was a comedy? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Idiocracy. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/Pq9C1L_jWYM Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Idiocracy is a 2006 American science fiction comedy film directed and produced by Mike Judge, who co-wrote with Etan Cohen. The plot follows United States Army librarian Joe Bauers and prostitute Rita, who undergo a government hibernation experiment and awake five hundred years later to find a devolved dystopian anti-intellectual society. The cast includes Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, David Herman, Justin Long, Andrew Wilson, and Brad Jordan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/NOSTALGIA and use code NOSTALGIA and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! How did one of the greatest literary classics of all time become a collection of fart jokes and dated catchphrases? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at what on earth went wrong with Animal Farm. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/ZkQ0Glz0Tqo Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Animal Farm, also known as Animal Farm: A Cautionary Tail, is a 2025 American animated satirical black comedy film directed by Andy Serkis and written by Nicholas Stoller, loosely based on the 1945 novella by George Orwell. The film stars Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Serkis, Kathleen Turner, and Iman Vellani. It is the third adaptation of the novella, following the 1954 animated film and the 1999 live-action film, with an alternative, coming-of-age plot that introduces new characters such as a piglet called Lucky, an original character who is also the main protagonist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Nostalgia Critic's favorite type of bad, an award hungry special needs film! See the beautiful atrocity that is Rosie O'Donnell searching for a toilet seat. Let's take a look at Hallmark's Riding the Bus with my Sister. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/Reu6hJ8jOz0 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Riding the Bus with My Sister is a 2005 television film that aired on CBS as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series, based on the 2002 memoir of the same name by Rachel Simon. The film, like the book, is about the time Simon spent with her sister Beth, who has a developmental disability, and whose lifestyle revolves around riding buses in her home city of Reading, Pennsylvania. Andie MacDowell plays Rachel Simon, while Rosie O'Donnell plays Beth. It was directed by Anjelica Huston, with a screenplay by Joyce Eliason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nostalgia Critic teams up with Saberspark to look over the 2007 film Noah's Ark (El Arca) as they try to figure out what they were thinking. Let's hope we don't get a full answer to that. Sub to Saberspark - https://www.youtube.com/@UCeGGpOehPGG7vQMUVc7tG8Q Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/KeIS8dKU-4U Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Noah's Ark (Spanish: El Arca) is a 2007 animated comedy film directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini. Based on the biblical story of Noah's Ark, its story is told from the animals' point of view. The film tends to follow the traditional story, with the animals being anthropomorphic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The comic book hit has gained a cult following, but does it still hold up after all these years? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at 2004's, Hellboy. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/VykfV3UywfU Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Hellboy is a 2004 American superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character, created by Mike Mignola. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the first live-action film in the Hellboy franchise. Ron Perlman stars as the titular character, alongside Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Rupert Evans, and John Hurt. The film draws inspiration from the debut comic Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. In the film, a charismatic demon-turned-investigator named "Hellboy" works with the secretive Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense to suppress paranormal threats, when a resurrected sorcerer seeks to make Hellboy fulfill his destiny by triggering the apocalypse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/Nostalgia Critics hated it, fans loved it, so where does the Nostalgia Critic fall on this super sequel? Let's talk about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/ni9iYoPxH28 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel, it is the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black and Keegan-Michael Key reprise their roles, with Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Glen Powell, and Brie Larson joining the cast. It was produced by Illumination and Nintendo. In the film, Mario and Luigi and their friends adventure into outer space, where they face off against Bowser and his son Bowser Jr. (Safdie) to save Princess Rosalina (Larson). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s eat real. Head to https://FACTORMEALS.com/nostalgia50off and use code nostalgia50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until 10/31/2026. That’s code nostalgia50off at https://FACTORMEALS.com! nostalgia50off at https://FACTORMEALS.com. See website for more details. It was Pixar's highest grossing movie for a time, but online audiences seem to be split on the film. Does Nostalgia Critic have mixed thoughts as well watching it years later? Let's take a look at Incredibles 2. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/AN5wbK_Vrkk Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Incredibles 2 is a 2018 American animated superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, it is the second film in The Incredibles franchise, and a sequel to the 2004 film. Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell, and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles from the first film, with Huck Milner, Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener, and Jonathan Banks joining the cast. The film follows the Incredibles as they try to restore the public's trust in superheroes while balancing family life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/Nostalgia Nostalgia Critic goes back to the REAL Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, but does it age as well as he remembered? Review Revisit is back for The Chipmunk Adventure. Join Doug & Brad July 24-26th - https://classicgamefest.com/ Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/J5HfeZl8dUI Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ The Chipmunk Adventure is a 1987 American animated musical–adventure comedy film based on the Saturday-morning cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Alvin and the Chipmunks virtual band and media franchise created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. The film was directed by Janice Karman and written by Karman and Ross Bagdasarian Jr. As the events of the film take place between the fourth and fifth seasons of Alvin and the Chipmunks, the plot follows the Chipmunks and the Chipettes as they go on a hot air balloon race around the world while their guardian David Seville is out on a trip, not knowing that it is a cover for a diamond smuggling ring. The chipmunks travel through a series of adventures in different countries while being hunted down by the diamond smugglers, Claudia and Klaus Furschtein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/Nostalgia It's been several decades since we heard how life was like a box of chocolates, but how well did this Oscar winner age? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Tom Hanks Forrest Gump. Join Doug & Brad July 24-26th - https://classicgamefest.com/ Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/z-2RvNev2jw Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the film's screenplay was written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-century United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Head to https://Factormeals.com/nostalgia50off and use code nostalgia50off to get 50 percent off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. (See website for more details). Nostalgia Critic brings back Freakshow Cinema to talk about an oddly funny and funnily odd Weird Al film. Let's take a look at UHF. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/z9vtHtUqGuA Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva in his final film role; as Silva died before filming wrapped, the film is dedicated to his memory. Directed by Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, who also co-wrote the screenplay with him, the film was originally released by Orion Pictures and became owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their takeover in 1997. Yankovic and Levey struggled to find a production company to finance the film, but eventually secured Orion's support after agreeing to a $5 million budget. Principal photography took place around Tulsa, Oklahoma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been 25 years since Harry Potter hit the big screen. Did Nostalgia Critic get into the hype as much as everyone else, or did he struggle to find the magic? Let's take a look at Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/99fPElePrqI Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States, India, and the Philippines) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Steve Kloves, based on the 1997 novel by J. K. Rowling. It is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series, and stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. The film follows Harry's first year at Hogwarts as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his formal wizarding education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nostalgia Critic has never seen anything VeggieTales related, so their film made the most sense. Will he be won over by the religious produce? Let's take a look at Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/O-bWeTiaUL4 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie is a 2002 American animated Christian musical comedy adventure film produced by Big Idea Productions and released by Artisan Entertainment through its F·H·E Pictures label. Written and directed by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki in their feature directorial debuts, it is the first of the two theatrical feature films in the VeggieTales series, before The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/Nostalgia When the film came out it was a big bomb for Disney, now it's a major part of their branding. Does Nostalgia Critic still get into it even if the main characters are boring as grass growing? Let's take a look at Sleeping Beauty. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/Q9H_iu3nNHE Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale, the film follows Princess Aurora, who was cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent to die from pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday; she is rescued by three good fairies, who change the curse so that Aurora falls into a deep sleep and will be awakened by true love's kiss. The production was supervised by Clyde Geronimi, and was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson, and Les Clark. It features the voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, and Bill Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Head to https://Factormeals.com/nostalgia50off and use code nostalgia50 to get 50 percent off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. (See website for more details). It's been 20 years since Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher did...this. What does Nostalgia Critic have to say upon watching it for the first time? Let's take a look at Open Season. Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/nIMJ-caqkH0 Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ Open Season is a 2006 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Jill Culton and Roger Allers and written by Nat Mauldin, Steve Bencich, and Ron J. Friedman. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation as its debut film, it features the voices of Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing, and Gary Sinise. The film follows Boog, a domesticated grizzly bear, who is let go into the woods, and teams up with a one-antlered mule deer named Elliot to get back home before open season starts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicolas Cage is a caveman, and it's not as weird as it sounds. What does Nostalgia Critic think of the DreamWorks animated comedy? Find out now as we take a look at The Croods. Come see us at SoCal Gaming Expo - https://socalgamingexpo.com/ Join our YouTube Members - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiH828EtgQjTyNIMH6YiOSw/join Last weeks Nostalgia Critic - https://youtu.be/PmuaX9VeQ-U Check out our store - https://channelawesome.myshopify.com/ Support this month's charity - https://solvecfs.org/ The Croods is a 2013 American animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film was directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco, who also co-wrote the screenplay, and stars the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. It is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as "The Croodaceous" where Grug, patriarch of the Croods, is threatened by the arrival of a genius named Guy, who comes up with revolutionary new inventions as they trek through a dangerous land in search of a new home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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