ROMANCE IS DEAD: Recent Episodes
Yasmin Rolfe and Mike Salisbury
The podcast hosted by Yasmin Rolfe and Mike Salisbury where they take romantic comedies VERY seriously, from Sleepless in Seattle to Sleeping with Other People, Yasmin and Mike break down the nuances of romantic comedies and who knows, maybe they'll learn something about themselves along the way? New episodes Sunday.
Mike and Yas STUFF your Christmas or non denominational stocking with their end of year pop culture recommendations AND preview their massive start to 2022, thank you everyone for your support in making this the biggest year we've had, we LOVE YOU! Stay safe ❤️
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! Romance is Dead tackles its first Christmas movie (or maybe its a halloween movie? HA get it?) LAST CHRISTMAS
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Yas and Mike discuss Mike's terrible (but maybe not?) idea for a Blue Heelers reboot and what's on for next weeks CHRISTMAS episode.
Confessions of a Shopaholic! ERRRRRRRGH. It should have been better and Yas and Mike discuss how it could be.
WATCH friend of the show Mitch McTaggarts 'The Back Side of Television' on SBS Vice land from November 15th! Listen to Mike's appearance on ABC Triple J's HACK www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/13610364
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Mike and Yas discuss gigs being bad, next weeks film and their pop culture recommendations
Mike and Yas talk about 2013's 'Enough Said' the final film of James Gandolfini's career, they love him, they love Julia. Mike does an incredible reading of Chris Pratt's now infamous instagram post and Yas is sick (literally) WATCH friend of the show Mitch McTaggarts 'The Back Side of Television' on SBS Vice land from November 15th! Listen to Mike's appearance on ABC Triple J's HACK https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/13610364
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Yas and Mike discuss the Channing Tatum / Zoe Kravitz pics (STAY OUT OF MIKES WARDROBE CHANNING) their pop culture recommendations and what's on for next week!
ITS EPISODE 69!!!!! AND ITS A MOVIE ABOUT MAKING A PORNO!!!! Podcasters of the year secured.
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Mike and Yas back with the SPOOOOOOOKY mini ep to tell you what to watch next and give their (SPOOKY) pop culture recommendations.
HAPPY BEN AFFLECK DAY! It's 2004's Jersey Girl. Kevin Smith we love you, we will defend you to the death we like this film! It's very sweet but there are moments in here that I think we can all agree: are very cute.
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The FRIENDS run is over THANK THE LORD so what film will Mike and Yas do next week? + the pop culture recommendations
THE F.R.I.E.N.D.S run ends with an absolute bonkers film 1993's Courtney Cox staring 'The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them' basically a proto '500 Days of Summer' Marc Webb? We're ON TO YOU!
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Will this FRIENDS run ever end? Romance is Dead does 1996's Edward Burns student film 'She's The One'. Yas and Mike discuss worry over models entering into the acting world, how misogynistic, sexist and straight up terrible of a filmmaker Edward Burns and how Jen Aniston deserves better.
Yas & Mike chat DONDA and continue their trek through the romantic comedy filmography of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S as they set up what F.R.I.E.N.D you'll be watching for next weeks show and give their pop culture recommendations.
The F.R.I.E.N.D.S run continues as Yasmin and Mike have their BIGGEST disagreement yet over 1996's Matt Reeves directed 'The Pallbearer' is it creepy or is it 'art'? YOU decide.
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Yas & Mike continue their odyssey through the romantic comedy filmography of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S as they set up what F.R.I.E.N.D you'll be watching for next weeks show and give their pop culture recommendations.
AMERICA SEND US YOUR GIANT COINS SO WE CAN THROW THEM IN THE HOOVER DAM Romance is Dead takes a look at a F.R.I.E.N.D.S special 1997's Fools Rush In. Chandler voice Can Selma Hayek BE anymore beautiful? Can Matthew Perry play anyone BUT Chandler?
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Yas and Mike discuss all things Suicide Squad, their hatred of the TV show 'Friends' the film they're watching next week and their pop culture recommendations.
Mike and Yasmin talk Music and Lyrics! Hell of a premise, hell of a two lead character's, hell of a let down. Is that Hugh singing? Why is Drew a plant water-er? AND CAN WE PLESE GET A #YASMINCUT of this film with just Hugh Grant dancing?
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Mike and Yas discuss the Disney / Scar Jo drama, the film for next week and their pop culture recommendations
Episode 62 is here and it's a good one! Yas and Mike discuss 2011's BRIDESMAIDS, from 'I don't need dental work' to 'shit that is fresh' Yas and Mike breakdown what Mike calls the best comedy of the 21st century!
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Romance is Dead back with the mini to tell you what to watch next and to give out our greatest gift to you: POP CULTURE RECOMMENDATIONS!
ROMANCE IS DEAD takes on it's first HORROR film 2012's THIS IS 40. Basically a two and a half hour 'I wish my wife was dead am I right fellas?' joke that we wish wasn't told.
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Sorry for the lateness! Here's a mini ep to tell you what to watch next and Yas and Mike give their pop culture recommendations (Yas recommends: Megan Thee Stallions new music vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynkMn5Hv3Q)(Mike: Rostam's new album 'Changephobia' https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rostam-changephobia/)
THE OFFICIAL KATHERINE HEIGL APOLOGY PODCAST 📢 Yas and Mike look at 2007's KNOCKED UP through 2021 eyes and it doesn't look great. The conversation starts off looking at how Katherine Heigl has managed to find herself on the black list of not one but TWO of Hollywood's biggest producers and how... maybe if your marriage isn't going well? Just divorce. Just leave.
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Mike and Yas continue their Judd Apatow through line by previewing next weeks ep and tell you what they love from pop culture.
ROMANCE IS DEAD chats about 2005's 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' Judd Apatow... YOUR FILMS RUN A BIT LONG. Yas and Mike chat about the genius of Steve Carell, the fact the studio really hated this film during the early stages of it (including suggesting Paul Rudd was too fat) and how this film may not have aged as badly as you might think.
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Yas and Mike give their pop culture recommendations: Yasmin recommends the film 'Baby Teeth' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qgayhcNRyg) and Mike the football club Brentford (https://www.instagram.com/brentfordfc/)and they tell you what to watch for next weeks ep.
Mike and Yas take a trip back to the 80's and discuss 1988's 'Working Girl' a film ostensibly a 'rom com' but more a film about the media business landscape in the 1980's, mergers and acquisitions and not so much about the rights of women striving to 'have it all' Also on this weeks ep: why is Alec Baldwin on the cusp of being problematic.
Yas and Mike talk about their pop culture recommendations for this week Yas recommends 'The Snuts' new album 'W.L' (https://open.spotify.com/album/6dakS3ouiZyccOIdrBBKcu) and Mike recommends Beabadoobee's new song 'Last Day On Earth' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpVNq1FeEk) and let you know what to watch for next week.
Romance is truly dead as Mike and Yasmin unpack the horrors of being a mother in law in 2005'a Monster in Law. Jane Fonda came back FOR THIS... 15 years outta the business... for this?!?! We cry.
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Yes folks it's the film everyone forgot it's 2004's WIMBLEDON! For real everyone if you've ever been sitting at home and thinking to yourself hmm what forgotten rom com from the past do I want to watch? ITS THIS ONE! Yas and Mike discuss how surprisingly good this is, how much sex and longing you can fit in while competing in a Grand Slam. Find the podcast on instagram @romanceisdeadpodcast find Yasmin @yasrolfe find Mike @boyfromschool. On twitter @romancedeadcast Rate, review and subscribe in your favourite podcast app we love you! 😍
Romance is Dead drops their pop culture recommendations (Yasmin recommends 'The Space Between' https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-space-between-9781760894610) Mike recommends Pokemon Soulsilver / Heartgold (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_HeartGold_and_SoulSilver_Versions) and they tell you what to watch for next weeks episode (a movie NO ONE asked for! :) )
Romance is Dead takes a trip to Palm Springs (2020) (isn't it crazy things came out in 2020?) Is Samberg the new Sandler? How Good is Christin Milioti?! How fun to a day repeating over and over again formula
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Mike and Yas drop their pop culture recommendations Tash Saltana (https://open.spotify.com/album/6CubvryZSNI5UsrftXJqhK) and Marvelous Mrs Maisel (https://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Mrs-Maisel-Season/dp/B06VYH1GF7) and tell you what to watch next week!
Yas and Mike discuss the most racist film ever against Italians, the film that wears Pizza Face 2019's (yes... 2019 not 2006's) Little Italy. This was literally the worst film Yas and Mike have had to watch for the podcast please enjoy as they... did not. Find the podcast on instagram @romanceisdeadpodcast find Yasmin @yasrolfe find Mike @boyfromschool. On twitter @romancedeadcast Rate, review and subscribe in your favourite podcast app we love you! 😍
Mike and Yas are back with a mini episode to tell you what to watch next week. Yas recommends the joys of air frying (https://www.goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/air-fryers-are-they-really-the-future-or-just-a-load-of-hot-air-20201127-h1sh28) mean while Mike shouts out Romance is Dead's sister podcast (www.instagram.com/criticismisdead)
Mike and Yas discuss 2009's 'It's Complicated' the only film that we know of that specifically caters to one demographic: world famous screenwriter / director Nancy Meyers.
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Mike and Yas with the mini ep to tell you what to watch next it's complicated... not the concept of telling you... that's literally the title of the film (We've had some audio issues recently and are working on it! Sorry <3)
Mike and Yas chat about 2010's 'Love and Other Drugs' what's going on with the crazy amount of nudity? The 90's were a wild and crazy time. People were just begging for boner pills.
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Yas and Mike are back to get you a new mini episode to tell you what to watch for next weeks show
It is finally here, 2019's... TALL GIRL... our best episode ever... that's it that's the description.
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Yas and Mike with the mini episode to tell you what to watch next (it's a TALL order) and give you their pop culture recommendations.
MIKE AND YAS DESPITE IT ALL HAVE MADE IT TO 50 EPISODES! The terrible two tackle 2004's 50 First Dates in a shocking turn of events Mike and Yas put some thought into what episode they should do to correlate it with the episode number. Rob Schneider does Hawaiian face, a bunch of jokes about gender are made and Adam Sandler is a fuck machine until he finds the right one... BUT omg you'll never guess.
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Yas and Mike are back to bring you the preview to EPISODE 50 and to give you their pop culture recommendations
Mike and Yas chat about the very disjointed and frankly not very good 2012's The Five Year Engagement. The magic from Forgetting Sarah Marshall is gone! Stay inside, wear a mask and stay safe everyone <3
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Yas and Mike break down which 2011 Friends with Benefits film was truly superior and give you the heads up on a more recent film that does 'friends with benefits' better and will be the film you need to watch for next weeks episode
Yas and Mike are back with the 2nd part of their odyssey to discover which friends with benefits film from 2011 is best, this week 2011 Friends with benefits. Why is JT so handsome but so unlikeable? These questions plus Mike truly embarrassing personal story involving a particular song from this film.
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Yas and Mike fill you in on what to watch next (it should be obvious) and give you their pop culture rundown
Mike and Yas begin their journey into 2011's Friends with benefits films with 2011's No Strings Attached. Sound confusing? Yes. Yes it is.
Why is Natalie Portman in this? Why is Greta Gerwig in this? Why is Mindy Kaling in this? Why does Natalie yell 'you look like a pumpkin bitch'? is that supposed to be an insult? Is Ashton Kutcher one of the worst actors of his generation? All these questions and more NOT answered.
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Yas and Mike are back baby!!! and in this mini episode they begin a massive journey to discover which 'friends with benefits' comedy of 2011 deserves the crown of greatest friends with benefits film of 2011 lets go!!!!
Yasmin and Mike crash 2005's Wedding Crashers. How realistic is it that either Vince or Owen could sleep with that many women? How realistic is it that they could crash they wedding of the Secretary of the Treasury's daughters wedding? Can you just leave a wedding immediately after speeches? Can you leave your own wedding right after the vows? Is using a fake name and job to sleep with women wrong (yes)? All these questions and more answered.
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Yas and Mike crash this weeks mini episode to tell you what to watch next and give their pop culture reccomendations
Yas and Mike discuss 2019's Long Shot staring Hollywood's only romantic comedy leading man Seth Rogan. Mike and Yas ask the important questions like: could they have spent their time and talents doing literally anything else
Mike and Yas talk about INCEL training video 2005's Just Friends
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Easy M and Easy Y chat about 2010 Easy A, Emma Stone we would both love to have a long term relationship with you if that is at all possible. Why is this film called Easy A? Why is Penn Badgely named that?
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Mike and Yas are back for 2020 with the mini episode to tell you what very EASY film to watch is the first film they're doing for the year.
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Romance is Dead tackles a film that's main message seems to be: 'look... if you're an adult sleeping with a senior in high school it's NOT that big a deal honestly...' 1999's Never Been Kissed. Drew Barrymore and former WCW world heavyweight champion David Arquette are a brother and sister duo who head back to high school so Drew can capture the biggest journalistic story ever that will SAVE A NEWSPAPER from going out of business, things get stranger from there so check it out.
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Yas and Mike with the big-mini ep discussing the Disney - Fox buy out and mass movie cancelation, their pop culture recommendations and what film is on their slate for next week.
Romance is Dead breaks down 2019 Netflix's own 'Always Be My Maybe' does it hinder your opinion of a film if it's a Netflix exclusive? Is this film comparable to 'When Harry Met Sally?' (no.) and is it ever excusable to have sex in a car when there is a perfectly good bed?
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Mike and Yasmin have been away but they're back with the mini epiosode to tell you what to watch next and give their music pop culture recommendations!
Yas and Mike discuss in great depth America's greatest on-screen CUCK Ben Stiller in 2004's Along Came Polly, why is Hank Azaria AKA Moe so fucking jacked? What could have been for both Stiller and Aniston's careers and is this one of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's greatest and most forgotten performances? The Answer IS YES! ICE MAAAAAAAN LET IT RAIN
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Mike and Yas take a trip to India (unlike the writers/directors of this film) to talk bout 2017 (but really 2013's) BASMATI BLUES... HOLY SHIT... this one is absolutely insane, Yas and Mike spend the entirety of this podcast truly wondering how on earth this film was made. Captain Marvel we are so so sorry.
The articles referenced in this episode: why is Brie Larson in Basmati Blues by Nate Jones https://www.vulture.com/2018/01/why-brie-larson-in-basmati-blues.html
How it Got Made by Nate Jones https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/basmati-blues-how-it-got-made.html
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A film about sex addiction, emotional abuse and best friends fucking, Yasmin and Mike watched Sleeping with Other People. A podcast about that film but more so about how much we love Jason Mantzoukas, Zouks? WE LOVE YOU.
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Yas and Mike hit you with the mini-episode to give their pop culture recommendations and to tell you what to watch for next week.
'Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still the maid from the Manhattan Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Manhattan!)'
Yas and Mike stay at the Beresford Hotel to observe 2002's Maid in Manhattan. Ralph Fiennes... perfectly good Voldemort... not a good romantic lead and they bare witness to the worst and longest meet-cute of all time.
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In this mini ep: Yas and Mike discuss their love of the Tucc, their hatred of Ansel and what they're watching next week!
We wish we weren't wearing this f*cking shirt, Yas and Mike take a trip to Hawaii to discuss 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Is Sarah Marshall a manic pixie dream girl? THIS. IS. A. PRO. JONAH. HILL. PODCAST. HILL HIVE!!!
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Mike and Yas are back to discuss what they're watching next week and their pop culture recommendations!
Yas and Mike are back in the studio to discuss 2005's Hitch. Have you heard about Hitch? Do you know about Hitch? Why you must? You must know about Hitch? He's THE guy? That guy Hitch? You know... HITCH?!?!?! H I T C H ! ! ! Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us on iTunes find us on Facebook by searching Romance is Dead and follow us on Spotify! WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yasmin are back together again in the same country, in the same room for the mini (more like medium) episode. They break down how truly terrible Aquaman was (don't listen to the reviewers) Mike's top 10 of 2018 and what film they're watching for next weeks show. 2019 babeeeeeee!
Yas and Mike get driven crazy but 1999's Drive Me Crazy, hear Mike's theory this film was made by music companies as purely a marketing scheme and this being the most pro-hot air ballooning film since 'Around the World in 80 Days' Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas come at you with the mini episode to tell you what to watch next, it'll drive you crazy!
Mike and Yasmin chat about 2018's Netflix film To All The Boys I've Loved Before, how the teenage girl rom-com is going through a renaissance and a new rule for all Hollywood actors.
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Romance is Dead back with the mini ep, what to watch next annnnd some pop culture recommendations
Mike and Yas are back! In this episode, they discuss 2008's 27 Dresses, one of the least offensive films they've done of this era of Rom-Com. They talk about Katherine Heigl's career, Judd Apatow potentially blacklisting her, Mike's dads disdain for this very podcast you are listening to and does anyone actually have 27 friends?
It's mini-episode time! The terrible two tell you what to watch next (perhaps a film they should have saved for episode 27) and have some sad news: they'll be on and off for the coming few months and weeks! We still love you, please go back and listen to our old episodes! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
ROMANCE IS DEAD TURNS 30! In its 30th episode, Yas and Mike discuss the 1993 classic Sleepless in Seattle, is radio psychologist Marcia Fieldstone negligent? Is Meg Ryan a crazy person for wanting to chase Hanks across the country (no) and how many very specific to the scene songs can one movie fit into two hours? Listen to this ep to find out! Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas are back from their break to tell you how they'll celebrate the podcast turning 30 and what bits of pop culture they love
The film that has been heralded as the savior of romantic comedies Set It Up! Netflix's very own gets the Romance is Dead treatment from Yas and Mike, who argue: hmm perhaps it isn't as good as ya'll think it is. What does the future of romantic comedies look like in the hands of Gen Y and how will Gen Y recieve it?Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas are back with a mini episode to 'Set up' next weeks show, 'Set it Up' next weeks show... is this getting through??
Yasmin and Mike finish their mini-series with Bridget Jones's Baby, she's at it again but this time? There's a pregnancy. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Bridget Jones? She's at it again, Mike and Yas continue their deep dive into the Bridget Jonesiverse. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike with the mini-episodes as they continue their quest into the Bridgetjonesiverse.
IT'S HERE! Yas and Mike finally enter this iconic rom-com into their diary's, it's Bridget Jones's Diary the first in a mini-series on the Bridget Jonesverse. Yas and Mike discuss just how god damn great Renee is, how Huge Grant... probably did pretty well with the ladies in the 90's and the egg jerk off machine? Can we talk about the egg jerk off machine? #ishowedup Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas enter another mini-episode into their diary and give there pop culture takes
Crazy, stupid, Yas and Crazy, Stupid, Mike SHOW UP to discuss 2011's Crazy, Stupid, Love, they're immense love for almost everyone in the cast, the fact you can play 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon with Mike and the bold prediction that Steve Carell will win an oscar some day. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yasmin and Mike give you their pop culture recommendations and tell you what Crazy, Stupid, Lovely film to watch for next weeks show.
Mike and Yas barely talk about this shit show of a 'video' the Bounty Hunter. The two lament the careers of Jen and Gerard and ask the real question: do either of them have an agent or does that agent have pictures of them or something where they can't get fired. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yasmin and Michael (formal names) hit you with the mini ep to tell you what to watch for NEXT weeks show and give a very very large amount of praise to their NO. 1 HOLLYWOOD CRUSH DONALD GLOVER
What happens in Vegas? Should have stayed IN Vegas. Romance is Dead is back to discuss 2008's What Happens in Vegas, Ashton Kutcher is bad, Cameron Diaz is bad, the podcast? IT'S GOOD! We also kick off our campaign to fight Ansel Elgort #shreddingforAnsel Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas are back to talk about 2006's JUST. MY. LUCK, Just My Luck? JUST. MY. LUCK. The podcasts first Lindsey Lohan film annnnnd boy is it a doozy. McFly's 'Yellow Submarine' how many former OC bit players can you put in your film before your audiences asks: hey wait... did they just have the same casting director and they were lazy? How many uses of lucky superpowers can the main character use before the audience asks: what... wait??? HUH? Listen and find out.
Yas and Mike return with the mini ep to drop some pop culture recommendations and to tell you what to watch for next weeks show
Strap on your Spasmoticas, put on your worst southern accent, adorn your manic pixie dream girl beanie and take a trip with Mike and Yas to 2005's Elizabethtown. Yas and Mike debate if this is the worst film they've done for Romance is Dead and who's accent work is worse: Orlando's or Kirsten's #freejudygreer Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yastown and Miketown fill you in on what film they're doing next week and give you some pop culture recommendations.
The best friends Mike and Yas discuss the 1997's My Best Friends Wedding, Julia Roberts is at it again, Dermot Mulroney is smoldering, they're best friends and one of em is having a wedding, you better believe it. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
The terrible two back to tell you what to watch next week (it's to do with a subject close to Yas and Mike's heart 'best friends') and talk about flights, flying and stop overs.
Wanna hear two people mispronounce Bill Nighy's name? Then THIS is the podcast for you, the terrible twosome of Mike and Yas travel through time (with limited powers) to give you the low down on 2013's About Time. Hear Mike recall meeting Margot Robbie, Yas argue that time traveling for love is just a lil bit creepy and just what is it 'about' time? Listen to find out. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
I, Yasmin and I, Mike skate their way through the mini ep telling you what to watch for next weeks show and give you their pop culture recommendations.
Volume 18 is here, listen to Mike and Yas discuss 2011's Monte Carlo. Selena Gomez pulls double duty playing two characters in the one film which inevitably leads Yas and Mike down a Lindsey Lohan rabbit hole that they barely get out of and they discuss what could be the worlds fakest lobster ever filmed. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas hit you with the mini ep to tell you what to watch for next weeks show this mini ep is a little bigger... Mike and Yas go through their favorite films and the films they didn't end up seeing together in 2017.
SOUND THE ALARM! Yas & Mike are back for 2018 with 2017's Home Again. Yas takes us on a journey through her travels in Europe, Mike fills us in on what he's been doing (sitting in an empty room waiting for Yas to come home) and they both discuss how in a movie where Reece Witherspoon is trying her hardest she is shackled with 3 of the most generic boring white men of all time. Critics said Home Again would save the romantic comedy genre? Mike and Yas have a different opinion. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike rolls solo on the mini episode with an IMPORTANT UPDATE for the future of the podcast.
NOTTING MOTHER'UCKIN' HILL need we say more?!?! Need we? I mean sure. Yas and Mike head to the year 1999 and visit the Travel Book Co. (why would you ever have a book store that just sells travel books)and yell their opionions on this beloved film, HUGH GRANT RETROACTIVLY DESERVES AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR THIS FILM, Roberto Benigni? Life is NOT beautiful, Juila Roberts? Are you kidding me? A WORK OF ART. You say it best when you say nothing at all, listen to this ep and share the love. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
R.I.D is back with the mini ep to clue you into what to watch next week (it's a CLASSIC) and bring their pop culture recommendations to the table.
Yas and Mike are all aboard to discuss 2015's Trainwreck and more importantly 16-time world champion John Cena and 4-time world champion LeBron James and just how much more enjoyable and fun they are compared to the lead actress of this film. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas start a feud with one of the writers of Ingrid Goes West and with people in their 20's with moustaches and preview what to watch next week (hint it's a Trainwreck) keep it funky!
Yasmin and Mike put on their best tux's and RSVP to 2008's Maid of Honor, this film had no business being released to the general public and Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan have no business being the romantic leads in a film. Mike and Yas learn important lessons like: if you can say I love you to a dog? You can say it to a person, Scotland?: 3rd world country and ladies? YOU GOTTA YOU JUST GOTTA get yourself a nice set of lingerie, a good set, get a good set. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
RID hits you with the mini ep, previewing what's on the schedule for next week (a dishonorable film to say the least) and do a co-pop culture recommendation.
Romance is Dead finds the catalyst of today's toxic dating culture in 500 Days of Summer. Fellas? If a girl says no to you or makes her intentions VERY clear, let's maybe just pump the breaks and let it go hey? A film with lots of good ideas but no execution.
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ROMANCE IS DEAD crew brings the mini-episode, is it Sex AND the City or Sex IN the City? How many days of Summer is too many? Yas advocates for dinner theater, Mike tries to get a directing job and the terrible two preview next weeks film. 6lack is pronounced Black 6lack is pronounced Black 6lack is pronounced Black
In this weeks volume of Romance is Dead, Mike tries desperately to convince Yasmin that 2011's The Proposal is the worst film he has ever seen and there is absolutely no way she can like it, can he do it? No. Can he lose his mind over it? Yes.
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Yas and Mike preview what to watch next week and give their pop culture recommendations! Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yasmin in a first for the podcast, give their takes on a film that is currently in cinemas: 2017's The Big Sick Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
In a first for the podcast Yas and Mike preview a film currently in cinemas and they give their pop culture recommendations
Mike and Yas ask What If? (2013) What if Daniel Radcliff is more than just Harry Potter? What if Adam Driver is the greatest living actor? What if men and women CAN just be friends? FIND OUT Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike roll back in for the mini ep where they tell you what to watch next week and give their pop culture recommendations (bomber jackets are IN)
Mike and Yas fangirl out over their OTP of Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Printz Jr. in She's All That, 90's! LIMEWIREKISSMERADIORIP.MP3 Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike get brain damage from the Zach Effron lead 'Are We Officially Dating' it's not a movie. Does your man have a 'roster'? RED FLAG, does your man use terms like 'cock spa' and 'double gopher'? READ FLAG Did your man write or director or have anything to do with this film? RED FLAG. Yas and Mike would rather watch the actual video from the Ring than watch this film ever again. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike are back to run down what they're watching for next weeks episode and drop their pop culture recommendations, Yas becomes a wrestling fan and Mike advocates for the peanut growers of the world.
This should have been saved for episode 10? Well...yeah I mean some forward planning would have been good, this is free so what do they expect? Mike don't write this down, are you writing this??? Yas and Mike learn how to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and learn that many giant business deals are made through bets. Do people still have sex to music or is it exclusively the Netflix what to watch next screen? DID THIS FILM CURSE BOTH THE NEW YORK KNICKS AND THE SACRAMENTO KINGS? Was this film written by a script writing robot? And Yas has some strong opinions on how hot early 2000's Matt Mcconaughey is. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Mike and Yas hit cha with the mini ep to fill the people in on what film they're doing next week, it has a 10 in it. They also bring their pop culture recommendations to the pod, Yas drops a music suggestion and Mike is on a Search Party, carpet is OUT, Search Party IS IN. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
The Miracle Mike Salisbury and Rowdy Yasmin Rolfe square off to talk about 2011's What's Your Number? The stance of this podcast and of Hollywood executives everywhere Rotten Tomatoes is ruining cinema, this film was good. Mike and Yas break down: growing out your bangs, would you have a steady relationship with a partner who was passionate about ventriloquism? AND Mike loses his mind over what he believes is the sexiest scene in cinematic history involving basketball and a game of strip H-O-R-S-E. What a time to be alive don't sleep on this podcast or this film. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Rowdy Yasmin Rolfe and The Magnificent Mike Salisbury bring on the mini-episode, talkin' mid-week film watching drunkenness, what film they're watching for next weeks episode and give their pop culture recommendations plus Mike's exhaustion over semi auto-biographical TV shows and Mike promises Yas to take her to the Met Gala. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike uncover the ugly truth about 2009's disaster 'The Ugly Truth' They watched it so you don't have to, one of the most misogynistic films of all time, Gerald Butler plays basically an MRA as Kathrine Heigl plays the classic rom-com trope 'stressed TV producer' Mike and Yas talk meninist websites, kissing at sports games, staring wistfully at the moon annnnd are vibrating remote control panties a real thing? Listen to find out. WE HATE THIS MOVIE. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike hit you with the mini-episode to get you ready for next week's episode plus discuss the friendship dynamics of being in an Alien movie and Mike gives potentially the worst recommendation ever in the history of the pod both past and future. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike fall into coma's and discuss 1995's While You Were Sleeping or as they have retitled it 'The Misunderstandening' Is it ethical to pretend to be the fiance of someone in a coma if you have a crush on them? How creepy it would be if the roles were gender swapped, how much of a treasure Sandra Bullock is and Mike and Yas finally take a hard stance on misletoe, remember that folks... you heard it hear first, first podcast to talk out against mistletoe. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike are BACK with a mini episode to prepare you for the film they're doing next week (a forgotten 90's classic) they also debate the merits of music festivals and give their combined pop culture recommendation. Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yasmin and Mike break down 2016's How To Be Single, should you turn your water off and remove all food from your fridge to prevent someone who may love you from staying over? Is there a certain amount of drinks that makes you predisposed to sleep with someone? Does staring into a babies eyes for literally 40 seconds make you want to be pregnant? If you let Rebel Wilson 'improvise' will the entire set have to stay 6 hours after the shoot should be over? Mike and Yas HAVE THE ANSWERS Follow Mike on twitter @boy_from_school follow the pod @romancedeadcast please rate and review us WE LOVE YOU!
Yas and Mike back at it again with a mini episode as they prepare to watch one of Mike's MOST HATED FILM OF ALLLLLL TIME, Yas rates her gal pals a solid 6/5 for improving every film they watch together. So get the heads up on what we're watching and get some pop culture recommendations.
Yas and Mike dive into Yas' beloved teenager-hood (?) film 2008's 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging' how ATPS cast a group of normal looking teenagers, it's obsession with boobs, weird kissing and how brutal teenage girls are to each other. Please subscribe and find us on twitter: @RIDpod
In this mini episode, Yas and Mike preview what film they're gonna be watching next week (a teen romantic comedy!) and give their pop culture recommendations.
Yas and Mike discuss the 1998 romantic comedy tentpole 'You've Got Mail' everything from: is Tom Hanks too much of a dad to be seen as sexy? How this film resonates with the 2017 dating scene and would Meg and Tom still be together once the film ends?
In the first MINI episode of Romance Is Dead Yasmin and Mike introduce you to the podcast, what film they'll be watching first and give you some hot fire pop culture recommendations.