Everyone Is Wrong

Before you resurrect The Matrix, you must first reevaluate it. A crew of Everyone is Wrong All-Stars (Jason Baxter, Alyson McManus, Ian Riggins, and Peter Richards) join forces to defend the Wachowski siblings' much-maligned 2003 sequels to their sci-fi action classic, The Matrix. We jack into the mainframe to discuss the films' trans allegories, their subversions of Chosen One archetypes, the evo...

KEVIN!!! Parker is back this week. With Christmas season upon us and Disney+ recently releasing *another* Home Alone film (Home Sweet Home Alone), Kevin has set up an elaborate series of booby traps to protect his take that the reviled Macaulay Culkin-free Home Alone 3 is actually a delight. We talk about how spies improve most things, an A+ MacGuffin, sentient birds, Scarlett Johansson, and Kevin...

Funky buttlovin', we're back! Just in time for this year's World Series, Nate Barmore returns to discuss the '90s kids baseball fantasy film, Rookie of the Year. We dive deep into this film's understanding of what it's like to be a 12-year-old, the majesty of baseball (and the absurdity of this movie's rules), Barry Bonds being 4x smaller than the movie's villainous slugger, odd ownership stakes,...

Is this another episode where Seth and Jason talk about sci-fi movies or are these merely projections of Seth and Jason conjured from dreams?!? This week we head to the mysterious planet of Solaris twice so that Jason can make the case that Steven Soderbergh's 2002 box office bomb starring George Clooney is actually superior to the "original" Soviet film from 1972, which has long been hailed as a...

If there's one thing that Special Agent Dale Cooper and Kerry Sherman have in common it's their love for cherry pie. But while the FBI man loves a slice at the Double R Diner, this week's podcast guest prefers 'Cherry Pie,' the 1990 album by the band Warrant. While dismissed as the pinnacle of trash hair metal due to its titular dumb sexist single, we discuss how the rest of the album features sur...

It's NFL training camp season, and with Tim Tebow attempting an improbable comeback as a tight end for the Jags, it felt right to look back at his magical/improbable/dumb/silly 2011 season as quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Seth makes the case that Tebow is better than most remember, should've gotten more chances, actually was more fun than Peyton Manning, and that low expectation moments lead...

In the immortal words of Quad City DJ's, "Everybody get up it's time to slam now. We got a real jam goin' down. Welcome to the Space Jam." In anticipation of Space Jam: A New Legacy's impending release, Nate Barmore comes on the podcast to dunk on anyone who dares disrespect the original Michael Jordan/Bugs Bunny vehicle. We discuss how Daffy Duck and Bill Murray carry the film, the iconic jock ja...

With The Mountain Goats releasing its 19th album last week (Dark in Here), it felt like a good time to get some cheap heat by making the heart take case that the 2015 pro wrestling-themed album Beat the Champ is actually the band's best record. Alyson McManus rejoins the fracas to talk about the effectiveness of wrestling metaphors, John Darnielle's violent comedic glee, the subtle brilliance of M...

Dip your toe in, Jaws 3-D's water is fine! Amanda Waltz cannonballs into the deep end to defend one of the worst regarded sequels of all-time. We dive into SeaWorld's tanks with a frantic Dennis Quaid, SeaWorld king Lou Gossett Jr., and SO MANY WATER SKIERS. We also delve into slumber parties, a fondness for outdated 3-D, superhero dolphins, and the greatest/worst freeze-frame ending ever.

Get ready to punch a hole in your apartment wall in a fit of meme-able rage, as this week we're doing our first host's topic episode on Noah Baumbach's Oscar-winning film Marriage Story. Nathan Weinbender returns to act as couples counselor, as Seth vents about his distaste for the imbalance between legal satire and family drama, the icky real-life parallels of the script, and even dares to questi...

Bust out your finest crowns and tacky vests, because it's time to talk about WWE's Baron Corbin. Alyson McManus comes off the top rope to defend the Lone Wolf/Constable/King from the legions of pro wrestling fans who loathe him. We go deep into analyzing the merits of unlikeability in the indie-fied era of cool heels, Corbin's deceptively excellent move set, and his underrated NXT run. For all the...

James angry... but you might like James when he's angry! On this week's episode, James Battaglia smashes the erasure of 2008's Edward Norton-led Hulk from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We dive into how this version of Bruce Banner and Hulk can stand on their own, have compelling relationships, and NEVER get trapped by boulders. We also discuss Planet Hulk, consider if Ty Burrell is the chillest b...

We already have Sam Raimi's 1981 low-budget horror classic The Evil Dead (and its two beloved comedic sequels), why do we need Evil Dead, the remake/reimaging of the original by Fede Álvarez? So said horror fanatics in 2013. In response, Kevin Parker takes a page out of one of the newer film's most devastatingly gory weapons and says, "Because it totally nails it!" Your mileage may vary, but why n...

Jason Baxter returns to the pod to take a beauty bath in the blood of those who loathe The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn's controversial and ultra-stylized psychological horror film about a teenage star in the L.A. modeling world. Is it a sleek and darkly humorous female-driven film about beauty or a sexist, male-gazy piece of pretentious schlock that goes way overboard in its bonkers final act...

Much like one of Stefon's hottest club picks, the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending has it all: Toliet queens, dog men on intergalactic rollerblades, Russian slobs, extinction events, and Eddie Redmayne screaming his silly little heart out! This week, Spike Friedman ventures from the streets of Chicago to the refinery inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot to save not only this space opera's reputation, but...

Serial killers! Box magnates! Millionaire detectives! William Hurt as Kevin Costner's id! Good Dane Cook?!? This week Ian Riggins overcomes the murderous voice in his head and argues that the 2007 psychological thriller Mr. Brooks actually overcomes its overstuffed ideas and succeeds as a bloodthirsty romp.

It's Oscars week! So we decided to go with a timely (negative!) episode. The Inlander's film critic (and noted Citizen Kane stan) Nathan Weinbender drops by to cast David Fincher's Mank - the film which racked up the most 2021 Academy Award nominations - into the proverbial fire like it's some curmudgeonly tycoon's beloved childhood sled.

On the premiere episode of Everything Is Wrong, host Seth Sommerfeld introduces you to the concept of the podcast and then Jason Baxter travels through hyperspace to bring balance to The Force by defending George Lucas's much-maligned Star Wars prequel trilogy in comparison to Disney's much better received Star Wars sequel trilogy.