Rom Bombs

We're back, just in time for Christmas! New holiday romcoms were thin on the ground this year, but we managed to find the Freevee original "Exmas," starring Robbie Amell and Leighton Meester as ex-fiance(e)s who reunite. One of us watched the movie in 5-minute chunks with a toddler kicking them in the ribs, and the other of us watched it like a normal person watching a movie; can you guess which of us liked the movie more?Join us as we discuss terrible bangs, romcoms continuing to not understand how baking works, romcoms continuing to not understand how toilets work, and what happens when Buzzfeed makes a movie. (That's not a figure of speech. Buzzfeed literally made this movie.)Follow us on Twitter @rombombsTheme music: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com (Xmas remix by E)

Holy moly, we've reached episode 50! To honor the occasion, we went out and actually PAID to see a movie in theaters. That movie is "Love Again," a fever dream of a romcom that will make you ask "did I hit my head and wake up in 1997, a year when it might actually make sense for everyone to be obsessing over Celine Dion?"Join us as we discuss such important topics as:-Sam Heughan's butt-Emotional support basketballs-Chekhov's journalist-Boy Meets World-Celine Dion, licensed OB/GYNFollow us on Twitter @rombombsTheme music: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

In this episode, we discuss "Ticket to Paradise," the movie that reunites romcom mainstay Julia Roberts with a George Clooney who has gradually abandoned his suaveness and embraced his wackiness. We all love an enemies-to-lovers story, but can we love a lovers-to-enemies-back-to-lovers-again story? Maybe not?Join us as we discuss the world's most disappointing wardrobe, the real dangers of swimming with dolphins, Balinese(?) wedding traditions, Schrodinger's yoga pants, and the fact that the creators of this movie clearly did not understand how law school, art curation, or graduation ceremonies work.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsTheme music: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

Ho ho ho! Meeeerry Christmas! What's that in your stocking? It's another holiday episode! In this one we talk about "Christmas With You," the incredibly generically-named Netflix original romcom that marks Freddie Prinze Jr.'s return to the screen. If you enjoyed "Marry Me" then you'll probably enjoy this one, since it's essentially a store-brand "Marry Me" with a slightly more plausible premise. Join us as we discuss FPJ's Just For Men hair, emotional support guitars, whether the Christmas song in this movie was written by an AI chatbot, and sensual tamale-making.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com (XMas Remix by E)

It's holiday season, baby! And you know what that means: another Vanessa Hudg— (touches earpiece) Sorry, I'm being told that... this can't be right... Netflix didn't put out a Vanessa Hudgens Christmas romcom this year?Well, we'll just have to settle for "Falling for Christmas," the movie that marks Lindsay Lohan's return to the screen as well as millions of people learning for the first time that there's a guy named "Chord Overstreet." Join us as we run down the checklist of Christmas romcom clichés, consider the movie's threatening undercurrent, and talk about bidets a weird amount considering there are no bidets in this movie.Follow us on Twitter: @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com (Xmas remix by E)

In this episode, we discuss "Blast from the Past," the classic 1999 "fish out of water" romcom that itself constitutes a blast from the past, but in case that wasn't enough, we actually recorded this episode a year ago and then E never got around to editing it, so the episode itself is a blast from the past! INCEPTION.Anyway, join us as we talk about the "born sexy yesterday" trope, proper Air Force bailing-out behavior, the disservice this movie does to Sissy Spacek, and, for some reason, Vanessa Hudgens, even though she is very much not in this movie.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

In this episode, we tackle "Moonshot," a straight-to-streaming young adult romcom set *~*in the future*~* when humans live on Mars and yet nothing else has changed. Although we have surprisingly different opinions about this movie, we still manage to tackle lots of important issues, including:-Cole Sprouse's confusing career and tonsorial choices-Cat welfare-What the Big Bang looked like-Whether it's possible to enjoy a movie without realizing itPlus J introduces a great new party game: "What DIDN'T happen on Riverdale?"Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

We're baa-ack! (Actually, we recorded this episode a while ago, and then E took an embarrassingly long time to finish editing it.) In this episode we talk about "Marry Me," the new social-media-infused heir to the golden age of romcoms (the late 1990s). Join us as we talk about JLo's seeming inability to age, Owen Wilson's hair, Central Illinois geography, and the logistics of marrying a stranger pulled out of a crowd.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

At last, we reach the end of the holiday season, and our final Netflix original romcom: "Single All the Way," a movie we both unironically enjoyed. Join us as we unpack what exactly makes this movie succeed where so many others have failed, engage in some light nitpicking, and go off on a bunch of tangents because we didn't have enough to complain about.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com (Xmas remix by E)

Continuing our marathon of Netflix Christmas romcoms, in this episode we discuss “A Castle for Christmas.” It’s yet another British-adjacent royalty-adjacent Christmas movie, but this time without any Vanessa Hudgenses and with a middle-aged couple at the center. Brooke Shields is an “author,” Cary Elwes is a “Scottish” duke, and a big stone house is the “castle” at the center of their romance.Join us as we tackle such hard-hitting questions as:-What, exactly, is a castle?-What crime-related word starts with B?-Did Myles date Kate Middleton?-Is Cary Elwes a good actor?-Who is Winston, and what is wrong with E's brain? (we figure the former out eventually, but the latter is still a mystery)Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: “Our Big Adventure” by scottholmesmusic.com (Xmas remix)

It's that time of year again: the chill in the air carries the scent of roasting chestnuts and the sound of multiple Vanessa Hudgenses giggling, so it must be Christmas season! We return to the Princess Switch well to discuss the The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, aka The Princess Switch 3: Still Switchin'!, aka The Princess Switch 3: This One's About Fiona. Join us as we consider character trajectories (who's getting hotter with each movie? who's getting stupider?), the practicalities of laser grids, and the fact that a basketball is almost but not completely unlike a giant diamond-encrusted tree-topper.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com (Xmas remix)

We're going indie for the big four-oh! In this episode, we discuss "One Small Hitch," the 2013 small-budget romcom that's almost good. Join us as we pinpoint the moments it gets right and the moments where it veers off course. Talking points include: mystery pills, our love of the "fake relationship" trope, how not to get sex-trafficked at the airport, the Jewish version of "blackface," what "The Big C" could stand for, and accidental nude encounters.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

Netflix made a gender-swapped version of the teen classic "She's All That," and you'd better believe we watched it. Join us as we discuss "He's All That," asking a wide range of questions including:-Does Addison Rae's TikTok dancing fame translate into a strong on-screen acting presence? (Spoiler: no)-What constitutes a good promposal?-Why did they write a movie about an influencer without bothering to do even a modicum of research about the influencing economy?-Horses — how do they work?-Is it possible to replicate the magic of She's All That's infamous synchronized dance number? (Spoiler: no to this one too)Come for the cinematic critiques; stay for J's utter disbelief at E's lack of pop culture knowledge.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

In this episode we tackle the new Netflix original romcom "Resort to Love," a movie we both... actually liked! Christina Milian (of "Falling Inn Love" fame) returns, this time joined by a staggeringly winsome Sinqua Walls and a bafflingly out-of-place Jay Pharoah. Tune in to listen to us discuss proper hiking apparel, karaoke etiquette, gecko romance, and emoji acting. Then take a trip to Mauritius, because it looks really beautiful.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

Have you ever wanted to watch a movie with us? Well, now you can! We were recently together in the same room and took the opportunity to record a live commentary track for the 2002 Sandra Bullock/Hugh Grant classic "Two Weeks Notice." Just cue up the movie and press play when we tell you to, and you'll get to hear all of our thoughts on "woman orders takeout" scenes, conniving romcom redheads, some confusing costuming and hairstyling choices, and That Infamous Traffic Scene. You could also listen to this without watching the movie, but you might be somewhat confused, and bored during our long silences. You can rent the movie, find it at your local library, or if you have a VPN you can watch it on Netflix France. (There are probably also some technically illegal ways to find the movie, but we can't explicitly advocate for that.)Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

It’s summertime, and that can only mean one thing: it’s teen comedy time! This time we discuss “What a Girl Wants,” the 2003 Amanda Bynes vehicle wherein she plays an ordinary American teen who finally meets her aristocratic British dad (Colin Firth) and just doesn’t fit in. You might call it a “fish out of water” scenario, but that incorrectly implies that there is a milieu in which Amanda Bynes’s character would be at home. It’s more like a “fish out of water but also the fish is allergic to water and falls down a lot” scenario.Join us as we discuss more bad New Yawk accents, Colin Firth dancing in leather pants, a daughter who clearly inherited her total lack of situational awareness from her mother, Colin Firth dancing in leather pants, a musical Chekhov’s gun that never goes off, an uncomfortably romantic father-daughter reunion, and Colin Firth dancing in leather pants. Did we mention that Colin Firth dances in leather pants in this movie?Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

We're back, baby! With worse audio quality than ever! E messed up her audio inputs so it sounds like she's recording at the bottom of a well, and J got a new microphone and is still adjusting. But you won't care about our sonic peccadilloes once we dig into "New in Town," the 2009 romcom that, like an Olympic diver scoring perfect tens, made no splash whatsoever. Renee Zellweger is the workaholic city girl who moves to a small Minnesota town, and Harry Connick Jr. is the laid-back country boy who teaches her how to loosen up, via hunting trips, tapioca fights, and telling her that his wife is dead.How do unions work? Why would a dairy company be headquartered in Miami? We don't know, and neither does this movie. Follow us on Twitter @rombombsTheme music: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

In this episode, we tackle The Wedding Planner, the 2001 Jennifer Lopez/Matthew McConaughey romcom that asks “what if a wedding planner fell in love with the groom of the wedding she’s planning?” and, secondarily, “what if Jennifer Lopez were Italian?” Join us for a lengthy discussion that includes such important topics as:-What a wedding planner’s job duties do and do not include-“Italian” accents that really feel like revenge for our complaints about Richard Gere’s accent in the previous episode-First-draft quirks that should have been replaced in rewrites-Blatant medical malpractice-Possible runaway horse malpractice?Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: “Our Big Adventure” by scottholmesmusic.com

Ah, Spring. The time when a young woman's fancy turns to abandoning yet another man at the altar. In this episode, we discuss Runaway Bride, the 1999 movie wherein Garry Marshall tried to replicate the magic of Pretty Woman and instead pulled a dead dove out of his sleeve. Join us as we discuss Richard Gere's needlessly bad New Yawk accent, what a journalist is (and isn't), and our undying love of Joan Cusack. Stay as we worry about the welfare of Richard Gere's character's cat. Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

We're still alive! It's a new year, which means a fresh slate, which means a new opportunity to talk about a Reese Witherspoon movie. This time it's "Home Again," a 2017 romcom in which a divorcee takes in three wayward young filmmakers and... some stuff happens? I guess? Join us as we try to diagnose where exactly this movie went wrong, and in the process discuss our favorite Nancy Meyers movies, E's continuing distrust of tall characters, our surefire crying triggers, and yet more bad American accents.Follow us on Twitter @rombombsMusic: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com