This week on Every Rom Com, we’re finishing up our Summer Romance Series with a trip to camp! We’ll talk about an all-star comedic cast including Janeane Garofalo, Paul Rudd, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and so many more. We’ll appreciate the many meta moments and tropes that are satirized in this absurdist comedy. And Serena will share some of her experiences as a former camp counselor as we dive into the cult classic David Wain and Michael Showalter film, “Wet ...
Sep 04, 2021•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 20
This week, Every Rom Com heads to Tornado Alley, as Jen, Sophia, and Serena take on “Twister” - a summer blockbuster action movie with a rom-com core. We’ll discuss the importance of romance to the action genre. We’ll talk about a cast which includes Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. And we’ll share our research on tornado science, tornado safety, storm chasers, and more. Don’t miss this fun ride through the 2nd highest-grossing movie of 1996, as we continue our su...
Aug 28, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 19
This week on Every Rom Com, Jen and Sophia begin the summer romance series with perhaps the greatest summer love story of all time - “Dirty Dancing.” We’ll talk about the making of the film and the locations you can still visit today. We’ll dig deep on the cast and crew, including a fantastic female screenwriter who wrote from her own experience. We’ll give some background on the culture of Jewish summer resorts portrayed in the movie. And of course we’ll get personal with our own memories of se...
Aug 15, 2021•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 18
This week on Every Rom Com, Jen, Sophia, and Zoë finish the travel series and the “Before” trilogy with the 2013 Richard Linklater film “Before Midnight.” We’ll talk about the complexities of long-term love and how relationships change with time, children, and compromise. We’ll cover healthy communication styles and what’s off-limits (or not) in a fight. And somewhere in the middle of the podcast we figure out the secrets to both love and life (don’t miss it!) Since it’s the travel series, we al...
Jul 22, 2021•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 17
This week on Every Rom Com, we continue our discussion of the “Before” trilogy with 2004’s “Before Sunset.” We’ll talk about the making of the film and go in-depth on the careers of multi-talented creators Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. We’ll also explore some of the fundamental questions that Jesse and Celine discuss in the movie - what’s the nature of time, memory, and desire? Do people change or do we fundamentally stay the same? Is our life dominated by fate or free will, and how rare are soul...
Jun 29, 2021•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 16
This week on Every Rom Com we begin the “Before” trilogy with Richard Linklater’s 1995 cult classic, “Before Sunrise.” We talk about the movie’s place as a Gen-X movie, ponder whether the story would work in the smartphone era, and gush over some of the most romantic scenes ever put to film. We deal with death, time, the battle of the sexes, and at one point we’re pretty sure we’ve figured out the meaning of life. We uncover a pretty cool Easter egg involving an Auden poem. And since it’s the tr...
May 22, 2021•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 15
This week on Now Streaming Jen and Luna recommend gay coming-of-age romances, stories about black women following their dreams and their hearts, some of the best films of 1994, and more, as we highlight some of the best rom com and rom com adjacent films and TV currently on streaming platforms. We’ll also tell you where to find some of the 80’s favorites and other films we recommended as double features with “Romancing the Stone.”
May 17, 2021•26 min
This week on Every Rom Com, we’re covering one of Jen’s all-time favorite movies - “Romancing the Stone”, one of the top-grossing films from the hit-filled year of 1984. Learn about one of the film’s settings, Cartagena, Colombia, and its actual Mexican filming locations; find out how some of the film’s action sequences were filmed; get the low-down on the 1985 sequel “The Jewel of the Nile.” And stay tuned for our double feature recommendations, where Jen gives you a mini-80’s film festival and...
May 08, 2021•2 hr•Ep. 14
This week on Every Rom Com, Jen recommends some lesser-known travel rom coms, Sophia recommends some rom coms featuring great families and friends, Jen brings in some sci fi rom com crossovers, and Sophia recommends a classic, and gives her opinion of John Patrick Shanley’s “Wild Mountain Thyme.” All this and where to find the movies we’ve recommended on the show in this week’s Now Streaming!
May 03, 2021•27 min
This week on Every Rom Com we’re headed to Japan to delve into Sofia Coppola’s second feature film, “Lost in Translation.” We’ll discuss iconic images and scenes from the film, let you know how to find the movie’s filming locations, workshop our sequel idea “Found in Translation”, and discuss themes of culture shock, alienation, unrequited love, and more! We’re joined this week by Jen’s sister-in-law, Luna Howell, a multi-talented artist with degrees in Japanese and Asian Studies, who has spent ...
Apr 23, 2021•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 13
On this week’s Now Streaming Serena and Jen recommend 90’s throwbacks, addictive TV, down endings, and more! Join us as we talk about some new and old favorites including “Awkwafina is Nora From Queens”, “Normal People”, “The Bodyguard” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”
Apr 19, 2021•27 min
This week on Every Rom Com join Jen, Sophia, and Serena on a first-class trip to Singapore for “Crazy Rich Asians”! We’ll talk about the powerhouse cast which made this 2018 film a milestone in Asian representation. We’ll talk about the amazing Singapore locations visited and glimpsed in the movie, to give you a head start on post-Covid travel-planning! And we’ll explore various critiques of the film, while giving our own opinions on how crazy rich is too crazy rich! All this and much more as ou...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 12
This week on Every Rom Com we have fun joining Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck on their “Roman Holiday.” But we also take this romantic comedy classic very seriously, discussing screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s time on the Hollywood blacklist, the effects of World War II on Hepburn, and whether or not we ought to feel sorry for royalty in movies. Whether you’re here for the joys of gelato and dancing on barges, a guide to the movie’s stunning locations, or a deep dive into Hollywood history, there’s...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 11
This week on Now Streaming, Jen and Sophia keep up the travel theme with trips to Italy, Northern Ireland, wine country, and a destination wedding. Jen also talks up her number 1 no-fail Netflix recommendation - “Kim’s Convenience”, and Sophia gets pumped about her heartwarming favorite, “Return to Me.” All this, plus where to find movies we’ve covered on past episodes on this week’s Now Streaming!
Mar 29, 2021•23 min
This week Every Rom Com is off to Jamaica with the 1998 Angela Bassett romance “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.” Jen, Sophia, and guest host Serena discuss age gap romances, a cast full of award-winning actresses, the true story behind Terry McMillan’s fiction, Jamaican tourist hot spots, and more. Serena also gives insight into Caribbean tourism and island life through her experience living and working in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Show Notes with Time Stamps: 0:00-7:21 Introduction to Guest Host...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 10
This week Every Rom Com kicks off its travel series with a trip to Ireland in the 2010 romantic comedy “Leap Year” starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. In this episode you’ll learn what the Irish really thought of this movie, find out how many women are proposing marriage, hear Jen and Sophia’s proposal stories, and you’ll get a tour through rom com tropes in a movie that’s loaded with them! Don’t miss the boat/plane/bus/train/Renault 4! Download the episode today! 0:00-4:21 Introduction & ...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 9
This week on Now Streaming Sophia recommends the Irish comedy "Waking Ned Devine”, Jen gives a nod to reality show Terrace House: Aloha State, featuring Moxie's Lauren Tsai, and both Jen and Sophia reveal some of their all-time favorite rom coms currently playing on streaming sites. Past Podcast Movies: Moonstruck - The Roku Channel The Half of It - Netflix 10 Things I Hate About You - Disney+ She’s the Man - TNT, truTV, tbs Upcoming Movies: Leap Year - IMDBtv, can be accessed through Prime How ...
Mar 15, 2021•26 min
Join Jen and Sophia as they finish Every Rom Com’s literary modernization series with a look at the “Twelfth Night” adaptation, “She’s the Man.” This Amanda Bynes/Channing Tatum rom com inspires a very low rating from one of the hosts, but also one of the deepest discussions yet, delving into gender roles in society, women’s soccer, and more! Come for the funny film commentary; stay for the researched analysis! Time Stamps: 0:00-3:26 Intro and Pleasantries 3:26-14:37 Trailer, Basic Facts, Genera...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 8
This week on Now Streaming Cybil recommends bingeable TV shows including “Ginny and Georgia”, and Jen lets you know where to find great Shakespeare, Gen-X favorites, and Celine Sciamma’s gorgeous “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” Correction: The show "Greek" is currently on Hulu and freeform, not Netflix Past Episodes: Moonstruck - Roku Channel The Half of It - Netflix 10 Things I Hate About You - Disney+ Future Episodes: She's the Man - truTV, TNT, tbs How Stella Got Her Groove Back - The Roku Chan...
Mar 08, 2021•19 min
There are more than 10 things to love about “10 Things I Hate About You”, the 1999 teen rom com that launched the careers of Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. In this episode Jen and Sophia discuss the cast of future stars, the Seattle/Tacoma filming sites, teen movie teachers and parents, and compare this modernization to its original Shakespeare text, The Taming of the Shrew. All this and the meaning(lessness) of black underwear. We hope you’ll be whelmed if not overwhelmed and like it at least a...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 42 min
In this episode of Every Rom Com: Now Streaming, Jen talks up "The Wedding Banquet", her favorite LGBT rom com; Sophia recommends the animated shorts "Purl" and "Paperman"; and Jen lets you know where to find some more Bollywood magic with "Lagaan." All this and more on this week's "Now Streaming."
Mar 02, 2021•21 min
Like Bollywood, this episode is a lot! Even if you’re an Austen fan or have seen this excellent 2004 Gurinder Chadha musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, you’re sure to learn at least one new fact about the movie, Indian culture, or one of the fascinating members of this cast and crew, which includes the first woman choreographer in Bollywood, actors from “Lost” and “Game of Thrones” and Chadha’s own husband! From discussing the film’s exploration of colonialism to bopping along to their f...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 6
This week on Every Rom Com: Now Streaming Sophia and Jen tell you where to find films they've discussed on the show as well as letting you know where to find other great rom coms and rom com adjacent films and TV. This week Sophia gives her impressions of Harold and Maude and Music and Lyrics, Jen lets you in on one of her top films of all time - Passion Fish, and Sophia decides she'll always include one musical in the mix! Find out her musical of the week and more on this week's show!
Feb 22, 2021•20 min
This week Every Rom Com talks Austen as they continue their literary modernization series with the 90’s teen classic “Clueless.” Sophia comes out against overdone fashion, Jen is the only one to defend original Emma, and California girl Cybil clues you in on some of the film’s locations and references. Plus, the panel covers the slang, soundtrack and stellar cast that have kept this teen rom com relevant and influential.
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 5
In this edition of Every Rom Com: Now Streaming Cybil and Jen tell you where to find films they've discussed on the show as well as letting you know what other great rom com and rom com adjacent films and TV they've been streaming. With "To All The Boys: Always and Forever", "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", "The Wilds" and more, this episode goes heavy on the coming of age stories!
Feb 15, 2021•15 min
Join Every Rom Com as they begin a literary modernization series with “The Half of It”, a teen rom com take on “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Along the way Sophia and Jen will talk philosophy of love, celebrate female writer-director Alice Wu, and use their own small town backgrounds to contemplate life in the fictional town of Squahamish. Currently streaming on Netflix, “The Half of It” is not to be missed!
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 4
In this Every Rom Com: Now Streaming bonus episode Sophia and Jen tell you where to find the films we've discussed on the show and also give some unusual and more traditional recommendations for Valentine's Day viewing. With everything from "The Love Witch" to "Ocean's 11", "Beginners" to "The Parent Trap", there's something for everyone!
Feb 08, 2021•16 min
In the nerdiest episode yet, Jen and Sophia geek out on film history, witch history and history history. They also perform some film school worthy analysis, and Jen reveals her not-so-hidden inner cat lady as they discuss Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak's somewhat improbable follow-up to "Vertigo" - the holiday witch-themed romantic comedy "Bell, Book and Candle."
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 3
Cybil and Jen take a deep dive into love and politics as they discuss the 2019 Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen romantic comedy, "Longshot." What are the challenges for women in power? How can we resolve the tension between idealism and compromise? And was this movie's raunchy humor just right or a little too much? We cover these questions and more in a wide-ranging discussion that definitely contains some adult language and subject matter.
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 2
For the first ever episode of Every Rom Com, Jen, Cybil and Sophia revisit the romantic comedy classic "Moonstruck" starring Cher and Nicolas Cage. Along the way they extol the virtues of screenwriter John Patrick Shanley, talk about how great it is to see strong older women on screen, and discuss what kind of romantic future Loretta would have with either Ronny or Johnny Cammareri. They also debate whether opera is just boring singing about bed pans or a romantic and transcendent experience. Yo...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 1
