Love at First Screening

This week, our hosts observe the real joys of fake dating as they dissect The Love Hypothesis (2026). Chelsea has some hot takes on movie snacks, but Madison’s hotter take may be declaring this film the best rom com of the year. Starring adorable bi-con Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman, this feel-good tale of shenanigans in academia will have you believing in love and thankful that STEM-inisim isn’t...

This episode has arrived to your feed as Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller arrive to the afterlife in the 2025 romantic comedy, Eternity. If you found yourself in afterlife, forced to choose between the love cut short or the love that had more time than most, which would you choose? Chelsea and Madison have more questions than answers when it comes to the design of choosing one's ever after, wh...

In the season 8 premiere, LAFS has got mail! And our hosts play host to a Canadian rom com that wandered into their inbox as they discuss Middle Life (2025). Although they agree that the film’s romantic pairing gave stronger friend than lover vibes, they determine its depiction of a disengaged marriage serves as a reminder to put more effort into your relationships (romantic or otherwise). In betw...

Welcome to this season's LAFS book club meeting! Didn't read it? We will tell you the whole plot to entice you to do so. We have Pete's Coffee (not to be confused with Peet's Coffee), we have Biscoff bread. and most importantly, we have the delicious Emily Henry novel, Beach Read . Our hosts discuss how rich a romantic comedy (is this a rom com?) can be when allowed to unfold more...

This week, our hosts unwrap a new (or perhaps centuries-old) love story as they transform The Mummy (1999). Chelsea proposes dialing up the bisexual energy of this beloved film. Madison requests cutting the bugs by half—or, better yet, exterminating them entirely! Together, they conjure a (rom-com?) story with a suggested cast that will make LAFSters weep. (And don't worry, we're keeping B...

This week, our hosts tackle concepts of infidelity. communicating in relationships (especially if they may have run their course), and meander down tangents about rom com book covers. Daniel Radcliffe really should be a rom com lead more often and we should all consider how we allow ourselves to love and be loved. Also, Madison totally lied about her Letterboxd top 4 and Marissa has the proof. Che...

CONTENT WARNING: Sad animals. Really sad animals. Casual transphobia. This week, our hosts choke back tears as they try not to think about why a widower would keep kibble loose in his kitchen drawer while discussing Return to Me (2000). Madison threatens extreme punitive measures for local garden thieves, and Chelsea can't believe her co-host found a second heart-transplant romance film...and...

At this point, Madison should have to issue Chelsea a formal apology for making her watch such terrible movies. This week, Chelsea was subjected to the 2013 film Not Another Happy Ending , featuring the lovely Karen Gillan. This film is less a cohesive story and more of a cocktail of rom com tropes that leaves a sour taste and an unsatisfactory finish. The long intro really seals the deal on how b...

This week, our hosts are breaking LAFS' cardinal rule—they've both seen the movie before...and there's no guest!! To be fair, it was difficult to locate someone who hadn't seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Starring and written by Nia Vardalos, and featuring Michael Constantine, John Corbett, and Andrea Martin, this crowd-pleasing flick has so much to offer: attainable character...

Hi, Gay! Happy Pride! (Please get our Meg Stalter reference or this is going to be a very awkward intro.) This week on LAFS, Chelsea takes back the reigns to bring us a heartwarming, queer romantic comedy, A Nice Indian Boy. This film will fill your heart with joy, show you a complex yet rewarding family dynamic, and maybe even save your movie night. Listen as our hosts discuss the multiple layers...

This week, our smart, beautiful, funny, kind, and all-around spectacular social media manager, Marissa, swings in on a vine (or maybe just sent a text) to demand our hosts watch the 1997 campy comedy George of the Jungle , and determine once and for all whether it's a Rom-Com. How could they refuse? Mads begins skeptical of this feel-good film, but boy is she living for a young, ripped Brendan...

This week's movie is hand-picked by our resident genre-skeptic, Chelsea, to save this season and restore the reputation of the podcast--proving once and for all that we do, in fact, watch romantic comedies. Through the power of self-discovery and sapphic love, Chelsea introduces Madison to the fabulous film,  Imagine Me and You.  This Cynic's Choice makes Madison question her and Chelsea&#...

This week, our hosts embark on a few holiday hijinks wrapped up in some beloved rom-com tropes with People We Meet on Vacation (2026). After Madison attempts to soft-launch a new horticulture podcast and hard-launch a war with her local stink bug population, Chelsea reveals that this movie did not, in fact, suck like she thought it would. (It was foolish to have ever doubted Emily Henry IP.) And w...

Take a jaunt down memory lane with our hosts as they meander through the previous 99 episodes of this show and discuss the hot or not of what Madison has made Chelsea endure. Find out what movie was the crowd favorite in the March Madness bracket and listen as Chelsea makes Madison choose between her favorites, Madison makes Chelsea pick from the worst of the worst, and everyone is forced to pick...

This week, our hosts find reasonable parking rates at the intersection of love and money with Materialists (2025). Not everyone has realistic expectations when it comes to finding a good match, but Madison doesn't think it's too much to ask for a film's trailer to match its tone. Chelsea wholeheartedly believes people as rich as Pedro Pascal was in this flick should invest in some art...

Brought to you by the butts of the Town and Country security guards, Chelsea's most baffling experience of the season: Xanadu (1980). This beautifully rendered 80's roller disco fever dream skated its way into Madison's heart and melted Chelsea's brain in the process. What was the plot? What was that Ferngully-styled animated love montage? Why is Gene Kelly on skates? None of this...

Happy Holidays, LAFSters! To celebrate the season, our hosts peel back the wrapping paper on Last Christmas (2019). Chelsea hypothesizes that this story may be A Christmas Carol for the modern age, and although this stocking may not be stuffed with uncomplicated cheer, Madison can’t get enough of its Wham!-ful soundtrack. Starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, and with memorable performances fr...

This week's movie is one small step for LAFSters, one giant leap for LAFSters' kind. We are riding the high of seeing Channing Tatum in his slutty bisexual short sleeved turtlenecks all the way to the moon with our viewing of  Fly Me To The Moon  (2024). Chelsea and Mads discuss the nostalgia of a country united by scientific progress, the grift of marketing, the importance of funding scie...

Welcome to the '60s, LAFSters! This week, our hosts find themselves in a farcical love triangle between a widower, his new bride, and his not-so-late wife in Move Over, Darling (1963), starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen. Straight people will do anything but communicate, and Chelsea says this film is Exhibit A. Madison expresses concern about the lackadaisical parenting displaye...

There’s a chill in the air, like a shiver down your spine. Something wicked ( Heart Eyes, 2025) this way comes and it isn’t only the creepy time of year. Don’t look behind you, keep away from that spooky closet, and whatever you do, don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Heart Eyes Killer on the loose. This week, our hosts venture into the unknown of slasher flicks– but don’t worry, love is neve...

This week, our cohosts turn the dial to "max bronze", giving a real jolt to this spooky season as they discuss Lisa Frankenstein (2024), directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody. Chelsea and Madison love an unnamed creature who doesn't speak, and wish some critics, who condemned the film for stitching together too many genres, had taken note. Starring Kathryn Newton, Col...

Okay, picture me this: you're a resident-- wait no, now attending-- physician run off her feet and your sister insists you come to dinner at her house for a blind date. On your way, you get in a wreck that leaves you in a coma, but he was going to ghost you anyway. What do you do, but one up him and literally ghost him. Hot girl shit. Anyway, that's the plot of 2005's Just Like Heaven...

In the season seven premiere, our hosts crack open a classic literature adaptation at the request of a LAFSter with Autumn de Wilde's Emma (2020). Madison swoons over this Regency-era friends-to-lovers tale, and Chelsea wonders whether the filmmakers intended to produce such a glaringly gay story. Amidst their appreciation for this movie's humor and memorable performances from Anya Taylor-...

For your season 6 bonus episode, Chelsea and Madison have dusted off their English degrees and learned how to read (again) to discuss Allison Raskin's debut novel, Save the Date . After Emma's fiancé unexpectedly calls off the engagement, months before the wedding, Emma is left high and dry with a stack of non-refundable wedding deposits. Solution? Save her wedding date and find a new groo...

In the season six finale, our hosts are joined by special guest Savannah to discuss the high-camp sapphic spy spoof D.E.B.S. (2004). Listen in as they discuss peak 2000s-era fashion trends, terrible special effects, and the magic of queer camp culture. Starring Amy Foster and Jordana Brewster — with memorable appearances from Holland Taylor, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Jimmi Simpson — this hilariou...