The Rom Com Rewrite

Author: Lisa Findley & Charles Adrian

Lisa and Charles Adrian LOVE rom coms but they have some suggestions. In each episode they choose a film, take it lovingly apart and put it back together better. Warning: This podcast is all spoilers all the time!
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Year of the Comet
Episode 60
Thursday, 12 March, 2026

Moustachioed multimillionaire adventurer scientist meets flame-haired kick-ass wine babe in this adventure rom com from 1992. Year of the Comet Year: 1992 Written by: William Goldman Directed by: Peter Yates Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly Show notes: Like loving parents on the touch line at their child's hockey match, we really get into this film. It is already so charming and has so much good stuff in. We just want it to be better! If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month's film you can spool forward a little over 4 and a half minutes into the episode. In this episode we mention the films: The Princess Bride (1987) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/) All The President's Men (1976) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/) Heat (1986) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093164/) Pink Panther (1963) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/) The Love Bug (1968) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/) Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400497/) Death Becomes Her (1992) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104070/) Romancing the Stone* (1984) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088011/) Con Air (1997) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118880/) *Films marked with an asterisk have previously been featured on the podcast. If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway. We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that. Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley. Thank you for listening!