The RomCom Games Podcast
Episodes
29 episodes
It’s Just a Little Frosting
Welcome back to Season 2! This week, How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and Drive Me Crazy (1999) are the first to battle it out. Ruth and Kristen discuss the abruptness of Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson actually falling in love, if vi...
I Didn’t Know Nike Made Dresses
In this next round, the competition is heating up with Love and Basketball (2000) versus Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Ruth and Kristen discuss females in sports and the cultural implications brought up in both of these films, the messy love ...
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I Want to Wake Up With You on Christmas Morning
In this latest round, we are celebrating the holidays! Happiest Season (2020) goes up against The Holiday (2006) in this festive round. Ruth and Kristen discuss if the characters are redeemable in Happiest Season, who has a better kitc...
Fresh Creamery Butter
We’re about to travel through time! In this episode, Kate & Leopold (2001) battles against Palm Springs (2020). Ruth and Kristen discuss time loops and time travel, argue the plausibility of missing elevators in Kate & Leopold, wheth...
My Life is Very Much Like Monopoly
We’re taking the competition to the workplace! This week it’s 500 Days of Summer (2009) vs. Two Weeks Notice (2002). Ruth and Kristen discuss why Summer was an underdeveloped character, if Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant are just charming peop...
Women Are People Too
This week we’re going old school! The Philadelphia Story (1940) is up against Some Like It Hot (1959) in this weeks’ screwball category. Ruth and Kristen discuss the iconic actors in this golden age of film, the progressive storylines in Som...
You Sound Like You're From London
We’re going on a vacation! This week, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) battles it out against the Netflix original Falling Inn Love (2019). Ruth and Kristen discuss what makes a good movie kiss, the epic Vampire musical, whether Sarah or Pet...
Is That Blue Soup?
It’s our favorite trope - enemies to lovers! Bridget Jones Diary (2001) is up against the cult classic But I’m A Cheerleader (1999). Ruth and Kristen discuss the satire, the self-acceptance journey that both female leads must go through, Bridge...
Our Love Fern!
It’s the first week of the Elite Eight! In this latest match up between Love and Basketball (2000) vs. How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003), Tara joins Ruth and Kristen. They discuss if Quincy really wants to play basketball or just following...
What I've Got is Something Resembling, Gumption!
We’ve got two guests this week! Clara and Gretchen join Ruth and Kristen to discuss Palm Springs (2020) and The Holiday (2006) with this weeks’ theme, endless holiday. The ladies discuss whether both movies have physical and friendship chemi...
Well, Nobody's Perfect
We’re deciding our final challenger in the final four in this week's episode! It’s between Two Weeks Notice (2002) and Some Like it Hot (1959.) We know what you’re thinking: Marilyn Monroe vs Sandra Bullock? Who can choose? Luckily our good fri...
I Would Love To See You Cheer
Jackie, Host of Jackie Watches Stuff and Jackie Plays Stuff joins us this week as we complete this final round of the Elite Eight! Its But I’m A Cheerleader (1999) up against Forgetting Sarah Marshall in this latest match up. Ruth, Kristen a...
FINAL FOUR: Double or Nothing
And with that, we enter into the final four movies of our tournament! Our good friend Howie joins us to discuss two spectacular movies, 2020’s Palm Springs and 2000’s Love and Basketball. That’s right, one of these movies actually has sports in...
As If!
This week, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Clueless (1995) battle it out in this first round of the Sweet 16. Ruth and Kristen discuss the amazing cast, witty dialogue, matchmaking abilities and possibly questionable romance between Cher ...
Say a Little Prayer for You
This week, Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) go head to head. Ruth and Kristen discuss the dazzling setting of Singapore, the charm of Julia Roberts, the differing portrayals of wealth and the...problematic quality of...
I Punched Keanu Reeves
This week, we're examining the Friends to Lovers trope, with When Harry Met Sally (1989) and Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe (2019). Ruth and Kristen celebrate high quality movie kisses, top-notch friendships, beautifully choreographed dialogue an...
There's a Colonial Woman on the Wing!
This week, the battle is between two of the funniest movies of the decade: Bridesmaids (2011) against Girls Trip (2017). Ruth and Kristen discuss the importance of female friendships, the new wave of raunchy female lead comedies, hilarious side...
F - O - X
Our latest battle includes You’ve Got Mail (1998) and Pride & Prejudice (2005). Ruth and Kristen discuss the enemies to lovers trope, why character growth matters, and the biggest question of all -- are Brinkley the dog and Mr. Bingley the ...
I'm Not His Fiancee
Today’s competition includes two rom-coms that start off with a classic "meet cute": While You Were Sleeping (1995) and Something’s Gotta Give (2003). Ruth and Kristen discuss age differences in romance, Sandra Bullock’s collection of cozy swea...
Impossible! It's Possible!
This episode of The RomCom Games features Brandy’s Cinderella (1997) battling it out with The Prince and Me (2004). Ruth and Kristen discuss the iconic music and important representation in Cinderella, advocate for more montages, question the P...
Chrissy, Bring Me The Big Knife
In this final round of the Sweet 16, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) goes up against Moonstruck (1987). Ruth and Kristen discuss the similarities of these loud Greek and Italian immigrant families, the poetic writing in Moonstruck, if Ian Mille...
I'll Have What She's Having
Welcome to the Elite Eight! In this round, Ruth and Kristen welcome their first guest for a true battle: When Harry Met Sally (1989) versus Girls Trip (2017). Ruth, Kristen and guest star Amy discuss the differences and similarities of platonic...
Bok-Bok, B*tch
In this round, special guest Amanda joins Ruth and Kristen in the battle between Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Clueless (1995). Ruth, Kristen and Amanda discuss whether Nick is actually a terrible boyfriend, strong matriarchs, the difference bet...
Don't You Just Love New York in the Fall?
For this week’s match up, special guest Lyndsy joins hosts Ruth and Kristen in the competition between While You Were Sleeping (1995) and You’ve Got Mail (1998). We discuss how sadness integrated into the storylines, if Joe Fox is a redeemable ...
Put Some Windex On It
In this final round of the Elite Eight, Ruth and Kristen are joined by the pod’s first husband guest host, Chris, in the competition between Brandy’s Cinderella (1997) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Ruth and the Ch(K)ris’s discuss the mer...