S3 Ep. 30: Once

Rick, Kyle, and Joe review the 1951 American musical romantic drama film, "Show Boat." Directed by George Sidney, written by John Lee Mahin, and based on the 1927 stage musical and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber of the same name, with music by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. The movie stars Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Joe E. Brown, and William Warfield. We ranked the 15 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Kyle, Joe, and Rick review the 2017 British Christmas musical zombie film, "Anna and the Apocalypse." Directed by John McPhail, written by Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry, based on Zombie Musical by McHenry, with music by Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly. The movie stars Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, and Paul Kaye. We ranked the 11 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Joe, Kyle, and Rick review the 1992 American animated musical fantasy film, "FernGully: The Last Rainforest." Directed by Bill Kroyer, written by Jim Cox, based on FernGully by Diana Young, with music by Alan Silvestri. The movie stars Samantha Mathis, Robin Williams, Jonathan Ward, Christian Slater, and Tim Curry. We ranked the 8 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Joe, Kyle, and Rick review the 2026 horror film, "Resident Evil." Directed by Zach Cregger and written by Shay Hatten and Cregger, based on the video game series of the same name, with music by Hays Holladay and Ryan Holladay. The film stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Griffin Newman, and Paul Walter Hauser. Enjoy!

Rick, Kyle, and Joe review the 1982 American musical comedy film, "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas." Directed by Colin Higgins, written by Higgins, Larry L. King, and Peter Masterson, with songs by Carol Hall and Dolly Parton. The movie stars Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors, and Dom DeLuise. We ranked the 8 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Kyle, Joe and Rick watch one of Rick's favorite films, "Once," directed by John Carney starring, Glen Hansard as, "Guy," and Markéta Irglová as, "Girl." We ranked the 12 songs that play in the movie, skipping, "Once" because it plays in the credits. We then pick our favorite lines, performers, characters and scenes. And we figure out whether we like this movie or not. Enjoy!

Kyle, Joe, and Rick review the 1967 American animated musical adventure film, "The Jungle Book." Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, written by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, and Vance Gerry, and songs by the Sherman Brothers and Terry Gilkyson. The movie stars Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Bruce Reitherman, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, and Louis Prima. We ranked the 8 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Joe, Kyle, and Rick review the 2024 filmed stage production of the American rock musical, "Next To Normal." Directed by Michael Longhurst, with the book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and music by Tom Kitt. The production stars Caissie Levy, Jamie Parker, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jack Ofrecio, Trevor Dion Nicholas, and Jack Wolfe. We ranked the 37 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Rick, Kyle, and Joe are joined by a return special guest to review the 2001 episode of the American supernatural drama television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." This episode was directed and written by Joss Whedon. Whedon also did the music and lyrics. The episode stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan, Michelle Trachtenberg, with Hinton Battle and Anthony Stewart Head. We ranked the 16 songs from the soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Kyle, Joe, and Rick review the 2026 American epic action fantasy film, "The Odyssey." Directed and written by Christopher Nolan, based on Homer's Odyssey, with music by Ludwig Göransson. The film stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal. Enjoy!