The Rom Complex

This episode we have input from some wedding experts (Coni and Marie from Drunk on Rom-Coms) on the mess that is Bride Wars (2009). We discuss weddings, friendship, and our dislike of...

Got mommy issues? Then boy, you’re in for a treat with Jumping the Broom (2011)! This movie has not just one, but two (or even three???) momzillas to choose from. It also...

Listen closely. . . do you hear the wedding bells? That’s because we are March-ing down the aisle, starting with My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)! This movie entirely supports Sam’s claim...

Hoo boy, the last installment in our Bringing On the New Year series goes ahead and flips the script on everything we know and love about the Bring It On franchise. Bring...

We’ve made a lovely discovery, which is that Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009) is one of the better Bring It On movies! Sam and Shelby discuss family and community,...

Come with us on a journey into to the past… AKA the year 2007, when Sam, Shelby, and Bring It On: In It to Win It were all in the beautiful, soggy...

We’ve tumbled and herkied all the way to the third installment, Bring It On: All Or Nothing (2006), and we picked someone up along the way–Torry of the Ready to Be Petty...

Grab your dorm posters and meal plans because Bring It On Again (2004) is whisking us away to college! This cheerleading college experience is extremely accurate–no one goes to class and the...

We’re bringing on the New Year with, well, you get it. Bring It On. Bringing on the New Year. Get it? Yeah, you get it. Shelby opens 2022 by comparing cheerleading to...

Happy almost-Christmas! To celebrate, we’re talking about Netflix’s Single All the Way (2021). It’s a sweet little treat to help get you through the holidays without thinking too hard about anything. There’s...

The Spirit of Christmas (2015) brings us joy, holiday spirit, and a hot ghost who makes his own cocktails. Shelby thinks we should call the scientists, and Sam has a theory about...

What does it take to have the perfect holiday? We hope to learn by watching and discussing The Perfect Holiday (2007)! Rush our Christmas frat and learn how to use a fidget...

This episode we discuss No Sleep ‘Til Christmas (2018), a movie whose title is the most Christmas-y thing about it. We talk about how exciting it is to tell your partner THE...

It’s been a while since we both truly hated a movie, but now here we are talking about Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008). Look, we love a bad, unintentionally hilarious...

Want to know what teen girls are like? Well, forget it, because this movie won’t tell you! The Girl Next Door (2004) is all about the boys. Sam and Shelby discuss the...

Look at the number there in the episode title. Three digits! Can you believe it?! We are so excited to get to 100 that we had to talk about one of our...

We’re kicking off Naughty November with 2013’s The To Do List, starring Aubrey Plaza. Sam takes a hard stance on the sanctity of movie theater popcorn butter. Shelby maintains that she was...

This episode about Mean Girls (2004) was as inevitable as the Jingle Bell Rock dance at the talent show every year. You CAN sit with us as we discuss Janis’s revenge plot,...

Does thou bite thy thumb at me? Well, please don’t! We don’t want to fight, we just want to give you this new episode about Shakespeare in Love (1998). Listen to find...

Who would have thought you could get Shakespeare, Channing Tatum, and CHEESE all in one place? We found that place for you, and that place is She’s the Man (2006). This surprisingly...

Was waiting for us to come back like waiting for rain this drought? Well, get ready to be FLOODED because we are back with A Cinderella Story (2004). We talk iconic fashion,...

Ugh. Believe me when I say you do not need to check out Good Luck Chuck (2007). This movie exists in a world in which all women could possible want is to...

They say the glitter shouldn’t overpower the artist, so it’s a good thing Mariah Carey isn’t known solely for her work on Glitter (2001). What a grim world that would be, if...

The next course in our Truly Awful August meal is a zesty little pizza dish called Little Italy (2018). This nonsense film has it all–voiceover narration, bad hair dye, magic drugs, Canada....

Folks, we did it. We watched the legendarily awful mob-based rom-com that manages to be offensive to everyone–that’s right, we watched Gigli (2003). And guess what? It’s just as bad as everyone...