Let's Ruin It

Veronica Corningstone walked into a 1970s newsroom and the law walked right back out. In this episode of the Let’s Ruin It Podcast, three New Jersey attorneys put Anchorman (2004) on trial, and the Channel 4 News Team does not survive cross-examination.

From a textbook Title VII hostile work environment to a trident killing that might actually be self-defense, a burrito that nearly commits negligent homicide, and a rival anchor who shoves Veronica into a bear enclosure, we break down every criminal charge and civil claim this movie earns. We also cover the real anchorwomen who inspired the film, the 1977 NBC sex discrimination settlement, and whether Ron’s sabotaged teleprompter gives him a wrongful termination case or just a claim against Veronica.

Smart, irreverent, and legally nit-picky, this one turns a comedy classic into a 10 out of 10 felony count.

Hosted by Jenny (@birzlaw), Liz (@lizcalandrillo), and Diana (@mrsladydiana).

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Patrick Bateman confesses to dozens of murders and nothing happens. Is that a plot hole, or is it just how the law of evidence actually works? In this episode of the Let’s Ruin It Podcast, three New Jersey attorneys put American Psycho (2000) on trial.

We dig into why a confession left on your lawyer’s answering machine is still privileged, why New York law won’t let a jury convict on a confession with no supporting proof, and why Paul Allen is somehow the prime suspect in his own murder. We fight over whether the business card scene makes it murder one or a crime of passion, test an insanity defense under New York Penal Law 40.15, and ask the question the movie refuses to answer: did any of this really happen?

Smart, irreverent, and legally nit-picky, this one turns a Wall Street satire into a lesson on why no body means no case.

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Nikki wakes up next to three bodies with a gun in her hand. If a wish made her do it, is she guilty of murder?

We are three New Jersey attorneys putting Obsession (2026) on trial, and one of us refused to watch it, so she issue spots the whole thing cold. From whether making the wish is a crime on its own, to whether Nikki could consent to anything after it took hold, to Bear watching a murder and going home, the charges pile up fast.

Then we try to build Nikki a defense. The sleepwalking doctrine, insanity, hypnosis, involuntary intoxication. Every one of them means asking a jury to believe in a wish. We also come for the company that sold it and the hospital that turned her away.

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If a man gets back up after you kill him, did you kill him at all? We are three New Jersey attorneys, and two weeks after the sequel hit theaters we put Practical Magic (1998) on trial. From Gillian microdosing Jimmy with belladonna, to whether poisoning a man who is holding you at gunpoint can ever be self-defense, to a 40 hour drive from Arizona to Massachusetts with a body in the trunk, the Owens sisters rack up charges fast. We also get into a detective with no warrant and no jurisdiction who falls for his prime suspect, and whether the aunts' love potion business is consent by deception or plain consumer fraud.

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A League of Their Own (1992) is one of the most beloved sports movies ever made, and almost every term of employment in it would collapse under modern law. We dig into whether Marla Hooch could sue for being judged on her face, why a mandatory charm school is sex discrimination, and the real contract rules Philip Wrigley imposed on the AAGPBL: lipstick at all times, no short haircuts, chaperones approving your living quarters and your dates, and heavy fines for drinking, smoking, or missing curfew. We also cover what the players were actually paid, whether Dottie breached her contract by walking out mid World Series, whether trading Kit without her consent was allowed, and the part the film only glances at, which is that Black women were barred from the league entirely.

Your hosts are Liz (@lizcalandrillo), Diana (@mrsladydiana), and Jenny (@birzlaw).

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Can a 104 year old date a high school junior and call it a love story? We finally put Twilight (2008) and the rest of the saga on trial.

We are three New Jersey attorneys, and we work through the Cullens forging a new identity every time they move, Carlisle turning dying patients without their consent, whether needing human blood is a defense to murder, a vampire government that hands down one sentence and never holds a trial, and Edward watching Bella sleep long before they ever spoke. We get into informed consent on the wedding night, malpractice in the world's first vampire C section, whether Renesmee breaks a law nobody wrote for her, and the one that nearly ended the recording, Jacob imprinting on a newborn.

Our score: zero out of ten for legal accuracy, a thousand out of ten for enjoyment.

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Can you save the world and break the law at the same time? In Armageddon (1998), the US does both. In this episode of the Let's Ruin It Podcast, we put Michael Bay's asteroid blockbuster on trial, from the Outer Space Treaty's duty to warn (ignored while Paris gets flattened with zero notice) to the flat ban on nukes in space, to the psych exams NASA's drillers failed and got stamped through anyway. We figure out how France sues the US and where, whether immunity means nobody ever collects a dime, and what to make of Bruce Willis chasing Ben Affleck around an oil rig with a shotgun (our ruling: restrained and prosecuted). We also share the fact NASA hopes Michael Bay never hears: they use this movie to train recruits, who have spotted 168 scientific mistakes so far. Our legal believability rating is negative 7 asteroids, and we mean that with love.

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Can a childhood favorite survive a rewatch by three attorneys? Ladybugs (1992) could not.

In this episode of the Let's Ruin It Podcast, we put Rodney Dangerfield's soccer comedy on trial, from negligent hiring and background checks (the federal Safe Sport Act exists for a reason) to league fraud and ringers, child endangerment, and the emotional distress claims of an entire girls soccer roster. We map out the full lawsuit pileup, where the parents go after Chester, the company, and the league, we rule that the Ladybugs forfeit their championship, and we debate whether Chester lands on a registry. We also pay tribute to the late Jonathan Brandis, who deserved a much better movie than this one. Smart, irreverent, and legally nit-picky, this episode ruins a movie that honestly ruined itself first.

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Can "he had it coming" actually get you acquitted? In this episode of the Let's Ruin It Podcast, three New Jersey attorneys put Chicago (2002) on trial. We break down Roxie Hart's self-defense claim, rule on every confession in the Cell Block Tango, and walk through the trial by media playbook that makes Billy Flynn brilliant, effective, and thoroughly disbarrable. We also dig into the real 1920s Murderess Row that inspired the musical, the due process nightmare of the one innocent woman on the row, and how razzle dazzle lawyering still wins juries today, from O.J. to Depp v. Heard. Smart, irreverent, and legally nit-picky, this episode gives a Best Picture winner the cross-examination it deserves.

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If you can dodge a wrench, can you dodge a lawsuit?

In this episode of the Let's Ruin It Podcast, three New Jersey attorneys put Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) on trial, and Average Joe's versus Globo Gym turns out to be a legal dumpster fire. From illegal wiretapping through a camera hidden in White Goodman's cardboard cutout, to defamation per se, sexual harassment and retaliation against Kate, predatory antitrust buyouts, a high schooler gambling in Vegas with no waivers in sight, and a wrongful death by falling casino sign, we dig into every crime this comedy classic gets away with.

Smart, irreverent, and legally nit-picky, we break down why this movie treats the law like something to duck, dip, dive, and dodge.

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