Every Rom Com continues its Sports Rom Com series with one of the all-time cult classics in the genre, “The Cutting Edge.” In addition to making-of and cast info, we discuss the history of figure skating as a sport, and find out whether the film’s hockey star to figure skater storyline and flashy Pamchenko move are even possible! Don’t miss our double feature recommendations at the end of the episode, and watch out for that toepick!

0:00-15:17 News From Our Lives in The Past Months; Sophia Talks About the Bad Kind of ICE in Minnesota and Ways to Help the Immigrant Community; Winter Olympics

Some Organizations to Support In Helping Immigrant Communities:

Haven Watch  https://havenwatch.org/ 

Immigrant Law Center of MN https://www.ilcm.org/ 

Smitten Kitten https://smittenkittenonline.com/ 

ISAIAH https://www.isaiahmn.org/  

Some News Articles About ICE Abuses:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/lawsuit-camp-east-montana-texas-us-immigration-ice 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/migrants-face-dire-conditions-and-prolonged-waits-in-u-s-detention-centers 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/26/camp-east-montana-compared-to-livestock-building-by-minnesota-rep-kelly-morrison 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ice-detainees-dying-by-suicide-at-alarming-rate-ap-investigation-finds 

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/private-prison-companies-enormous-windfall-who-stands-gain-ice-expands 

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/02/10/grassroots-group-haven-watch-grows-to-support-released-detainees-from-whipple-building 

Correction - I was mistaken about ICE officers receiving a bounty per arrest; I believe this was the source for this idea - a plan that was later scrapped: https://theintercept.com/2025/10/31/ice-plans-cash-rewards-for-private-bounty-hunters-to-locate-and-track-immigrants/ 

Link to Alyssa Liu’s Awesome Olympic Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVmCfiFjoVE&t=340s 

15:17-24:52 Trailer, Basic Info, Interesting Facts

Link to Non-Enshittified Search Engine Recommended by Cory Doctorow: https://kagi.com/

More Making-Of Information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXRluFTEus old interview clips 

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59220 

https://www.aol.com/articles/she-gave-us-toe-pick-155449601.html 

https://ew.com/article/2014/02/07/the-cutting-edge-db-sweeney/ 

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