Lovebug Club: A Rom-Com Rewatch Podcast

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. 🎥 This movie stars Danny Elfman/Chris Sarandon (Jack), Catherine O’Hara (Sally), William Hickey (Dr. Finkelstein), Glenn Shadix (Mayor), Paul Reubens (Lock), Ken Page (Oogie Boogie). Written by Tim Burton, Michael McDowell, and Caroline Thompson. Directed by Henry Selick.______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on Disney+💿 Song pairing: I Miss You by blink-182💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💕 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, they start to question everything they know. This episode is full of spoilers, fun facts, and some background on Barbie Land! 🎥 This movie stars Margot Robbie (Barbie), Ryan Gosling (Ken), America Ferrera (Gloria), Issa Rae (Barbie), Simu Liu (Ken), Michael Cera (Allan), Kate McKinnon (Weird Barbie), Helen Mirren (Narrator), Rhea Perlman (Ruth), Ariana Greenblatt (Sasha), and Will Ferrel (Mattel CEO). Written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Directed by Greta Gerwig.______________________________🎬 Watch in theaters! 💿 Song pairing: Barbie Girl by Aqua💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💕 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 new Eve doll to life instead. As Eve learns to navigate the human world, she inspires Casey and her dad to enjoy life again. 🎥 This movie stars Lindsay Lohan (Casey Stuart), Tyra Banks (Eve), Jere Burns (Ben Stuart), Anne Marie DeLuise (Drew), and Garwin Sanford (Richie). Written by Mark Rosman and Stephanie Moore. Directed by Mark Rosman.______________________________🎬 Order the DVD on Amazon 💿 Song pairing: Man! I Feel Like a Woman! by Shania Twain💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

🏳️‍🌈 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 with her husband Heck or exciting, love at first sight with Luce? ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🎥 This movie stars Piper Perabo (Rachel), Lena Headey (Luce), Matthew Goode (Heck), Celia Imrie (Tessa), Anthony Head (Ned), Darren Boyd (Cooper), and Sue Johnston (Ella).  Written and directed by Ol Parker.______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on Amazon Prime💿 Song pairing: i wanna be your girlfriend by girl in red💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💌 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 to make the most of their last summer in gay paradise, they experience betrayal, friendship, and romance that brings them all closer together. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 🎥 This movie stars Joel Kim Booster (Noah), Bowen Yang (Howie), Matt Rodgers (Luke), Tomas Matos (Keegan), Torian Miller (Max), Margaret Cho (Erin), James Scully (Charlie), Conrad Ricamora (Will), Nick Adams (Cooper), and Zane Phillips (Dex).  Written by Joel Kim Booster. Directed by Andrew Ahn.______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on Hulu💿 Song pairing: Sometimes by Britney Spears 💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💕 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 awry when they fall in love for real. 💰 🎥 This movie stars Sigourney Weaver (Max Conners/Angela/Ulga), Jennifer Love Hewitt (Page Conners), Gene Hackman (William B. Tensy), Ray Liotta (Dean Cumanno), Jason Lee (Jack Withrowe), Anne Bancroft (Barbara), Nora Dunn (Miss Madress), Sarah Silverman (Linda), Zach Galifianakis (Bill), and Ricky Jay (Dawson's Auctioneer). Written by Robert Dunn, Paul Guay, and Stephen Mazur. Directed by David Mirkin.______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on Max (Formerly HBO Max)💿 Song pairing: Maneater by Nelly Furtado   💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💐 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 magic fortune cookie, they switch bodies! 😲 While trying to live each other’s lives, they develop a new sense of respect and understanding for one another, which in the end brings them closer together.  🎥 This movie stars Jamie Lee Curtis (Tess Coleman), Lindsay Lohan (Anna Coleman), Mark Harmon (Ryan), Harold Gould (Grandpa), Chad Michael Murray (Jake), Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Bates), Christina Vidal (Maddie), Ryan Malgarini (Harry Coleman), Haley Hudson (Peg), Rosalind Chao (Pei-Pei), Lucille Soong (Pei-Pei’s Mom), and Willie Garson (Evan). Written by Mary Rodgers, Heather Hach, and Leslie Dixon. Directed by Mark Waters.______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on Disney+💿 Song pairing: Kiss Me by New Found Glory   💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💗 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 contestants, falls in love with a fellow agent, and learns the true meaning of feminism. 🎥 This movie stars Sandra Bullock (Gracie Hart), Michael Caine (Victor Melling), Benjamin Bratt (Eric Matthews), Candice Bergen (Kathy Morningside), William Shatner (Stan Fields), Ernie Hudson (McDonald), Heather Burns (Cheryl ‘Rhode Island”), and Steve Monroe (Frank Tobin). Written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas. Directed by Donald Petrie.______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on HBO Max💿 Song pairing: Shake It Off by Taylor Swift  💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💗 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 tell their families, they discover their dads have already met … and hate each other. Planning the wedding forces the fathers to spend time together, reflect on their own love lives, and come to terms with their kids pursuing their dreams. 🎬 This movie stars America Ferrera (Lucia), Forest Whitaker (Brad), Carlos Mencia (Miguel), Regina King (Angela), Lance Gross (Marcus), Diana Maria Riva (Sonia), Lupe Ontiveros (Momma Cecilia), Anjelah Johnson-Reyes (Isabella), with cameos by Charlie Murphy, Shannyn Sossamon, and Taye Diggs. Written by Wayne Conley, Malcolm Spellman, and Rick Famuyiwa.______________________________🎧 More about Everything 90’s Podcast 🎬 Watch the movie on Amazon💿 Song pairing: Through the Rain by Mariah Carey 💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show

💗 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 iconic car-burning scene!🎥 Savannah, Bernadine, Robin, and Gloria are four besties who bond over the shortcomings in their love lives -- namely, the scarcity of good men. They support each other through divorce, affairs, gay exes…and eventually realize that their friendship with one another is the love that allows them to exhale.🎬 This movie stars Whitney Houston (Savannah), Angela Bassett (Bernadine), Loretta Devine (Gloria), Lela Rochon (Robin), Gregory Hines (Marvin), Dennis Haysbert (Kenneth), Mykelti Williamson (Troy), Michael Beach (John), Leon (Russell), Wendell Pierce (Michael), Donald Faison (Tarik), and Jeffrey D. Sams (Lionel). Written by Terry McMillan and Ron Bass. Directed by Forest Whitaker. ______________________________🎬 Watch the movie on Amazon💿 Song pairing: Girl by Destiny’s Child 💕 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok!🛍️ Redbubble Merch🛒 Etsy Shop ☕ Buy Us A Coffee🎙️ Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Support the show