Awwooooooo! We’re howlin’ because it’s October and we are getting Moonstruck (1987). We’re also howlin’ at sweaty, unsettled Nic Cage. Is this the sexiest movie of all time?
We’re back in 2002 (oh no!) with The Sweetest Thing, and Shelby’s feeling gay about it. We talk raunch, road trips, and realizing you’re finishing with a phase of your life.
It’s a shorter one this week as we follow the escapades of a cowardly man in What If (2013), also known as The F Word. We talk about friends turning to lovers,...
Say it with me: SHE. FALLS. FIRST. HE. FALLS. HARDER. We watched Flipped (2010), so of course we talk about waiting around for someone who’s not into you, salmonella, and what it’s...
Barefoot (2014) is a great movie if you’d like to see Evan Rachel Wood’s feet. We discuss those tootsies, what kind of house pet we’d each be, and what JK Simmons does...
We’re back in high school AGAIN, this time with our close personal friend Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed (1999). We discuss the horrors of high school, how horrible high school is,...
It’s a blast from the recent past as we discuss 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians. Sam and I figure out we probably aren’t the first choice of dates for rich people, but that’s...
This week we were joined by the talented Kerry Frances to discuss one of her favorite movies, While You Were Sleeping (1995). We talk love at first sight, living many love stories,...
This week we discuss the disappointingly devoid of magic film Mystic Pizza (1988). We praise our editor, question a man’s motivations for talking negatively about his mother, and condemn a love interest...
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About The Rom Complex
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Which came first, the romantic comedy or our messed up ways of thinking about love and relationships? Each week Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman break down the romcom tropes that make their hearts…
sing and the ones that need to be tuned up. Listen to them talk about how these movies affected their relationships–for better and for worse.