March 21, 2025

Romance Rewind: Love Over 40

Send us a text I'm recovering from a nasty flu that has affected my voice, but hope to be back soon, so let's revisit one of my favorite episodes from the past few years. As you know, one of my favorite topics is finding hot ...

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Feb. 22, 2025

Romance Replay: Second Chance Romance with Dr. J

Send us a text (I'll be taking a break in the next few weeks for my sweetie's extended visit!) Seeking hot, healthy sex and love later in life is quite the adventure, as I have discovered. It helps to have a compassionate, wi...

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Feb. 8, 2025

Expecting Love and Miracles

Send us a text The new Amy Schumer romcom Kinda Pregnant follows how far one woman will go to realize her fantasy of motherhood and a family of her own. After her best friend gets pregnant and tired of waiting for her own mom...

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Jan. 24, 2025

No Good Deed

Send us a text (Some clips in this episode have minor spoilers). Oh I love a tone like this: funny, smart but also emotional, dark and dramatic: let's call it an American neurotic-cozy murder mystery. There is a mystery at th...

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Dec. 13, 2024

Bittersweet British Holidays: Last Christmas/This Is Christmas/That Christmas

Send us a text (I'll be taking a brief break in January – see you next year!) There's a unique flavor to British romcoms and especially British romantic holiday movies: a dash of vinegar mixed in with the sugar and spice, a g...

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Nov. 29, 2024

The Grace of Love: Dan in Real Life

Send us a text The world can be harsh place, but the grace of love — familial, chosen family, platonic and especially intimate and romantic love — always helps you through. It's a gift that keeps on giving and keeps you goin...

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Nov. 16, 2024

Holiday Harmony: Meet Me Next Christmas

Send us a text Who doesn't love a romantic meet cute? Who doesn't love a double meet cute, a story about fate, searching for the one — when the real one is right under your nose? Add a great script, good banter, two lead char...

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Nov. 2, 2024

Spellbound: Practical Magic/The Love Witch

Send us a text It's the season: bring on the witchy energy. These movies could be called dark romcoms, because they center romantic love in their plots, and they're often funny, but it's a corrupted or disappointing love, wit...

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Oct. 18, 2024

Quick Take: Challengers

Send us a text It took me a long time to check out this sport romance, but to say I was knocked over by this inventive, dramatic, erotic story is an understatement. It's about a threesome, a love triangle, sport prodigies, ea...

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Oct. 5, 2024

Faith in Love: Nobody Wants This

Send us a text Mismatched family cultures, personal values and beliefs: most romantic couples can relate. The sexy atheist and the hot rabbi at the center of this funny and often deep and touching fish out of water romcom dod...

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