The RomCom Roundtable

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! Today we’re talking about People We Meet on Vacation ! We recorded this episode the day after the film’s premiere on Netflix!  Starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, People We Meet on Vacation is the story of two friends Alex and Poppy who make a pact to meet for a trip for one week every summer. The film takes place over the course of over a decade of their friendsh...

Bonne année tout le monde! Happy New Year everyone! Raise a glass of your favorite bubbly beverage for the new year! Our second holiday episode is a recent Netflix Original Movie: Champagne Problems ! The film premiered this past December and stars Minka Kelly, Tom Wozniczka, Sean Amsing, Flula Borg, Astrid Whettnall, and Thibault de Montalembert. Sydney (Minka Kelly) travels to Paris during the h...

Happy Holidays everyone! We hope you’re enjoying the holiday season! One of our two holiday films this year is The Holiday ! We also have a guest co-host!  Today, Cassie joins us on the pod to chat about the film!  Cassie is the owner of Tinker & Trade and the co-owner of The Broken Spine, one of our podcast sponsors!  Based in the Brewerytown neighborhood of Philadelphia, The Broken Spine is...

Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy is here! Today, we travel to Verona & Siena! The city of Romeo and Juliet .  In this episode, we talk about Letters to Juliet . This film is inspired by the real life Secretaries of Juliet (known as the Juliet Club (Club di Giulietta)), which began nearly a century ago. Volunteers are from around the world, res...

“Can you *69 Genovia?”  Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy is here! We’ve got a special guest! Today, Kelly joins the pod! Caitie and Kelly have been long-time friends since high school and went to college and grad together!  In this episode, we talk about Under the Tuscan Sun . Kelly studied in Florence, and Under the Tuscan Sun is one of her favor...

Sorpresa! We have a bonus episode for you in our miniseries, The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy! We’re reviewing Hallmark’s Villa Amore , starring Kevin McGarry and Eloise Mumford.  Set in Capena near Rome, Villa Amore tells the story of Liara who travels to Italy after a breakup and she purchases a 1 Euro villa in Italy. When she arrives at her new home, she meets Leo, an American ex-pat, who he...

Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries #TheRomComRoundtableGoestoItaly is here! Today we’ll be reviewing Netflix’s La Dolce Villa , starring Scott Foley, Violante Placido, and Maia Reficco.  Set in Tuscany, La Dolce Villa tells the story of culinary consultant Eric (Scott Foley) who travels to Italy to stop his daughter (Maia Reficco) from buying and restoring a historic villa. La Dolce V...

Ciao a tutti! It's our first film review for our miniseries, The RomCom Roundtable Goes to Italy! Today, we’ll be reviewing Two Scoops of Italy, starring Hunter King and Michele Rosiello.  Set in Ostia Antica near Rome, Two Scoops of Italy tells the story of Danielle, a chef from Santa Monica working on a new menu to save her restaurant. She travels to Ostia Antica and meets Giancarlo who is t...

Ciao a tutti! We begin our Italy Miniseries! Benvenuti! In this series, we’ll be featuring reviews of RomComs set in Italy!  But first, we set the scene. The Antipasti Episode is the appetizer.  We’ll not only reveal the movies that we’ll be reviewing in the series, but also we’ll be talking about our travels to Italy from our People to People trip. Our itinerary included Venice, Jesolo, Pisa, Sie...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! In this episode, we have our first book review: Falling In Love at the Movies by Esther Zuckerman. It’s a history of the RomCom, themes, archetypes, actors and actresses, the writers, and directors of the genre. But even more than that, the book considers how RomComs reflect the times we live in and express our values, hopes, and dreams.  In this episode we get to...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! Listeners, we hope you enjoyed our recent Hallmark Highlights episode about A Machu Picchu Proposal and My Norwegian Holiday.  We are really fortunate to have a special interview with one of the stars of A Machu Picchu Proposal to chat about the film, Hallmark, and RomComs. In this episode we welcome to The RomCom Roundtable, Alec Santos !  We chat with Alec about...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! We’re back from a brief hiatus with a double feature for a Hallmark Highlights episode! Over the summer Hallmark has two series: A Passport to Love and Christmas in July! And in today's episode we feature both! We review A Machu Picchu Proposal and My Norwegian Holiday , both starring Rhiannon Fish. Also starring Alec Santos as Carlos, A Machu Picchu Proposal...

While we’re getting our next episode ready, we wanted to share a special announcement! The RomCom Roundtable is returning to Christmas Con!!  That’s right! We’re breaking out the Christmas jumpers and are heading back to Christmas Con this year!  Held in Edison, New Jersey, it’s an annual celebration of Hallmark holiday movies and the opportunity to meet your favorite RomCom and Hallmark stars! Ch...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! We wanted to share an update on our next few episodes. While recording, we had experienced some technical difficulties, causing a slight delay in getting our latest episodes posted. We're in progress with our next few episodes and getting them ready for you! We appreciate your patience! Continue to follow us on social media @TheRomComRoundtable on Insta as we&...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! We’re back with a mainstream classic from the 80s! AFI also considers this movie among the top 100 love stories ( AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 PASSIONS ). In this episode, we discuss The Princess Bride (1987). Originally a book and a bedtime story, The Princess Bride was written by William Goldman, directed by Rob Reiner, and has a stellar cast, including Cary Elwes, Mandy...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! In this episode, we feature our first Hallmark Highlights! We take a look at the latest series - a Royalty Trilogy in fact! - of the most recent Hallmark original movies. That’s right! We review three movies in this episode!  Join Caitie & Matthieu’s spirited and honest conversation as we review the March 2025 Hallmark originals: The Royal We, The Reluctant Ro...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! As we get ready for next week’s episode - our first Hallmark Highlights episode - we wanted to share some more behind the scenes of a production meeting and how we decide which movies we review and our social media!  For Hallmark, our goal is to stay as current as we can with the latest movies and for more mainstream movies we let the wheel decide! :)  We also tal...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable! In this episode, we break out the neon and leg warmers, turn up Whitney Houston & Pat Benatar, tune up the keytar, and find some pop rocks for a movie snack and our trapper keepers to take notes as we review 13 Going on 30! This 2004 box office hit is often seen on the top RomComs of the early 2000s and features an all star cast with Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruff...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable!! In this episode, we explore time travel, being a fish out of water, and achieving a medieval quest all in time for Christmas with The Knight Before Christmas (2019). The Knight Before Christmas was one of the films that got Matthieu into watching the made for streaming RomComs.   Starring Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Whitehouse, a 14th-century English knight time tra...

Welcome to The RomCom Roundtable! As we get ready for next week’s episode - Matthieu’s film that got him into watching RomComs - we wanted to share some behind the scenes of how we do our reviews and our social media!  In this episode, Caitie shares a BTS look of the pod. As you listen to the pod, let us know what you think! Comment here on the pod with your feedback as well as our socials! We’re...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable!! In our second episode, we debut our first review! Mentioned in our first episode, we review a Hallmark original film, Recipe for Love (2014).  Starring Danielle Panabaker and Shawn Roberts, Lauren is an aspiring chef and dreams of attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She works as a recipe tester for a food magazine and is assigned to ghost write a recipe book for a...

Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable!! In our first episode, you get to meet your hosts, Caitie and Matthieu! We’ve been friends for over 20 years and in our first episode you’ll learn about how we met and the origin story of the pod. On the pod, we’ll talk about all things RomComs! The pod is an ode to the RomCom - be it movies, books, music. We’re excited to share this with you! Enjoy the episode an...