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Web Video: The Nostalgia Critic
He remembers it so you don't have to.
You better be grateful.

The founding character of the That Guy with the Glasses site and the one that, in conjunction with the Five Second Movies, launched Doug Walker's career as an Internet celebrity.

The Nostalgia Critic is a cynical critic who in the original run, reviewed movies and TV shows from The Eighties, Nineties and occasionally the early 2000s, although in a few cases he reviewed films from later years than this, such as his reviews of The Room (2003), Alone in the Dark (2005) or Ponyo (2008). He has a bit of a temper problem, but is otherwise very sarcastic.

After running for 222 episodes, Doug announced the Critic's retirement in September 2012 (reflected in the ending of To Boldly Flee), so he could move on to other projects, the biggest being Demo Reel. He would continue to make cameos in other people's works and was still referenced in other people's works, but he did not intend to return except on special occasions...

...that was, until, on January 22, 2013, the Nostalgia Critic's return was announced, bringing the end of ''Demo Reel'' along with it. Episodes resumed February 5, 2013, with reviews on a fortnightly basis, though now with editorials on the weeks inbetween, and no cutoff date aside from "not currently in theaters." Malcolm Ray and Rachel Tietz, who played Tacoma Narrows and Rebecca Stoné on Demo Reel, now co-star.

You can see his videos here. A list of works reviewed is here, and recaps of his episodes are here.


This show provides examples of:


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alternative title(s): The Nostalgia Critic
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