Hey folks, how are we feeling about vacation romance? Ponder that as we discuss How Stella Got her Groove Back (1998). We talk about the age difference, letting your guard down, and...
Oldruary (unofficial name because I hate it) continues with a movie set in oldentimes: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008). We also talk about Lee Pace’s height, Lee Pace’s age, and...
Another week of Nancy Meyers? You better believe it, baby! This week we’re talking about Something’s Gotta Give (2003), but we’re also talking about HUMOR, Pedro Pascal, and being fully vulnerable in...
Enough with those youthful ingenues from last month! This month it’s all about those characters with a bit more life experience, starting with 2009’s It’s Complicated. We discuss the delightful Meryl Streep,...
We love enjoying a movie even more upon re-watch, and that’s exactly what happened with Fire Island (2022). It’s a Pride & Prejudice homage that makes exactly as much reference as it...
Shelby is back on her time travel bs because we’re talking about Meet Cute (2022)! I didn’t feel like listening back through the episode to help me remember what we talked about,...
Please ignore the fact that I (Shelby) recorded using the wrong microphone input and instead focus on our discussion of 2022’s Rosaline! We talk about our plot expectations, what it would take...
New year, new movies, same Sam and Shelby fun! We’re kicking off 2023 with Something from Tiffany’s (2022), another movie in a long line of movies about a widower with a child...
It’s the Lohanaissance baby! We’re talking about Lindsay’s new movie Falling For Christmas (2022) and boy are we excited. There’s selective amnesia, there’s a curly-haired child, there’s a real Santa–everything you could...
LiLo is in her teen acting prime in 2004’s Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen! We discuss life bits, trash day in New York City, and never missing out on the opportunity...
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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.