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Lovebug Club: A Rom-Com Rewatch Podcast
Welcome to the Lovebug Club! Join hosts Hadley & Sarah every other Monday as they recap romantic-comedies (and some non-rom-coms) while adding commentary, movie trivia, and funny anecdotes. They’ll call out red flags, discuss boundaries, and talk about relationship dynamics, both romantic and platonic. Join the club and subscribe! 💕
Episodes
37 episodes
The Nightmare Before Christmas: A Spooky Love for the Holidays
The Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington, is bored of Halloween when he discovers Christmas and decides to replace “Sandy Claws.” As predicted by Sally, Jack’s plan goes awry until Sally saves the day and wins Jack’s heart.
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Episode 36
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34:05
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“Barbie” Rewatch: She’s A Barbie Girl, Outside Her Barbie World
💕 To celebrate the release of Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie, we are watching Barbie! Everything seems perfect in Barbie Land until Barbie and Ken take a trip to the real world. As Barbie and Ken are confronted with real world problems, the...
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Episode 35
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31:14
“Life-Size” Rewatch: A Doll Experiences the Real World
💕 In preparation for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie coming out later this month, this week’s rewatch is the Disney Channel Original Movie, Life-Size! After her mom dies, Casey tries a resurrection spell that goes awry, accidentally bringing her...
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Episode 34
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39:55
“Imagine Me & You” Rewatch: The Bride Runs Away with the Florist
🏳️🌈 To celebrate Pride Month, we are watching the 2005 rom-com-dram: Imagine Me & You. Newlywed Rachel reconsiders her marriage (and sexual orientation) when she falls for her wedding florist. Will Rachel choose safe, comfortable love w...
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Episode 33
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53:53
“Fire Island” Rewatch: Finding Love in Gay Paradise
💌 To celebrate Pride Month we are watching the 2022 Hulu film Fire Island. In this modern day Pride and Prejudice, a group of best friends are on their yearly pilgrimage to Fire Island when they discover it will be their last. While trying t...
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Episode 32
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45:32
“Heartbreakers” Rewatch: When Lies Lead to Love
💕 To continue our Mother’s Day celebration, this week we’re watching the 2001 romantic crime comedy, Heartbreakers. Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt play a mother-daughter con team who seduce and scam wealthy men, but their plans go...
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Episode 31
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52:55
“Freaky Friday” Rewatch: Mother-Daughter Body & Boyfriend Swap
💐 To celebrate Mother’s Day, we are rewatching a classic mother-daughter duo from the early 00’s: Freaky Friday! Therapist Tess and her teenage daughter Anna are total opposites who don’t see eye to eye on anything. With a little help from a...
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Episode 30
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50:59
“Miss Congeniality” Rewatch: The Perfect Date
💗 Join us for another classic Sandra Bullock movie, Miss Congeniality! FBI agent Gracie goes undercover as a contestant in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a terrorist attack. Along the way, she befriends the other contestant...
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Episode 29
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47:34
“Our Family Wedding” Rewatch: Tying the Knot Across Cultures
💗 This week we are joined by Shaleena from @everything90spodcast to watch the 2010 romcom Our Family Wedding. Lucia and Marcus are newly engaged. When they tel...
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Episode 28
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51:05
“Waiting to Exhale” Rewatch: The Love of Friendship
💗 For Women’s History Month, we’re continuing our focus on female friendship by watching another 1995 classic: Waiting to Exhale! Join us as we recap this movie and talk all about friendship, terrible men, movie trivia, and Angela Bassett’s ...
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Episode 27
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46:30
“Clueless” Rewatch: It Was Okay to Date Your Step-Brother in the 90s
💗 For Women’s History Month, we’re focusing on female friendship, starting with a rewatch of the ICONIC 1995 rom-com: Clueless! Join us as we recap this movie with our friend Sloan and talk all about high school friendship, Cher’s digital cl...
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Episode 26
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57:53
“Girls Trip” Rewatch: Flossy Posse Forever
💗 For Black History Month & Galentine’s Day, we’re rewatching Girls Trip with our friends Vicky and Elise. Four college friends reunite for an epic weekend at Essence Festival that tests the strength of their sisterhood. Join us as we ta...
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Episode 25
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43:02
“Someone Great” Rewatch: Besties Going Through Break-Ups
🎉 This week we are watching the Netflix rom-com Someone Great. Jenny has just been dumped by her boyfriend of nine years and is about to move across the country so she enlists her besties, Erin and Blair, to have one last memorable night in ...
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Episode 24
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40:43
“Legally Blonde” Rewatch: From Heartbreak to Harvard Law
💗 This week we’re following Elle Woods to Harvard in Legally Blonde. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, Elle decides to enroll in law school to win him back. She eventually becomes a star pupil and wins a murder trial while wearing her s...
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Episode 23
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37:07
“Happiest Season” Rewatch: A Gay Holiday Outing
🎄Happy Holidays, Lovebugs! This week we’re rewatching the 2020 Christmas rom-com, Happiest Season. Harper invites her girlfriend, Abby, to her parent’s house for the holidays but reveals she isn’t ready to come out yet and wants Abby to hide...
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Episode 22
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54:23
“Always Be My Maybe” Rewatch: Childhood Friends Reunite & Fall In Love
💕This week we are recapping one of Hadley’s favorites, Always Be My Maybe. Sasha and Marcus were best friends growing up, but after an awkward sexual encounter and the death of a loved one they lost touch. Now they are thrown together again ...
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Episode 21
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40:53
“The Proposal” Rewatch: Fake Office Romance Becomes True Love
💗 Join us for another classic Sandra Bullock rom-com, The Proposal! Our friend Chelsea is back to talk about this 2009 movie with us, where a book editor blackmails her assistant into marrying her for a green card, but along the way, they fa...
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Episode 20
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43:33
“Practical Magic” Rewatch: Witch Sisters Break the Family’s Love Curse
🎃 We’re celebrating Halloween a little early with a recap of Practical Magic with our friend Emily. In this witchy cult classic, sisters Sally and Gillian learn to embrace their magic and find love, despite the age-old curse on their f...
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Episode 19
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55:38
“Jennifer’s Body” Rewatch: A Misandrist’s Daydream
💀 We’re kickstarting spooky season with a recap of the campy, cult-horror classic, Jennifer’s Body. A high-school cheerleader gets possessed by a demon, who gains power by killing and eating her male classmates. Let’s find out if her best fr...
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Episode 18
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41:37
“Anything’s Possible” Rewatch: Trans Teen Love Story
Join us for a recap of Billy Porter’s new rom-com, Anything's Possible. In this coming-of-age Gen-Z love story, Kelsa and Khal fall in love while navigating high school drama, transphobic classmates, and teenage awkwardness. Although this mo...
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Episode 17
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48:19
“500 Days of Summer” Rewatch: Manic Pixie Dream Girls Are People, Too
This 2009 movie is a classic in the rom-com genre, but it is not a love story 💔 Tom’s expectations about love & relationships (& women) leave him feeling heartbroken as he chases after his manic pixie dream girl, Summer. Join us as w...
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Episode 16
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44:40
“Ibiza: Love Drunk” Rewatch: Finding Love in Spain with Your Besties
✈️ We’re closing out our summer vacation with a trip to Ibiza! In this 2018 Netflix rom-com, Harper, Leah, and Nikki head to Spain for a work trip, where Harper ends up starting an adorable romance with DJ Leo West. This movie is pure chaos ...
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Episode 15
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40:24
"Crazy Rich Asians" Rewatch: A Choice Between Love and Family
✈️ Join us for a trip to Singapore as we recap Crazy Rich Asians! In this 2018 rom-com-dram, Rachel and Nick are on their way to his best friend’s wedding when she finds out his family is basically Singapore royalty. Let’s see how Rachel...
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Episode 14
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49:51
“The Lizzie McGuire Movie” Rewatch: This is What Dreams Are Made Of
✈️ Join us on a trip to Rome in The Lizzie McGuire Movie! This 2003 film is a classic case of mistaken identity, when Lizzie finds out she’s identical to an Italian pop star named Isabella. Who will Lizzie end up trusting - Paolo, the famous...
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Episode 13
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33:25
“How Stella Got Her Groove Back” Rewatch: A Steamy Vacation Romance
✈️ We’re kicking off Summer Vacation by traveling to Jamaica in the 1998 rom-com, How Stella Got Her Groove Back! Stella and Delilah take a girls trip to Jamaica, where Stella falls in love with a local (who’s half her age 😱) named Winston S...
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Episode 12
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33:50