Before you go any further, this piece contains spoilers for Minari. If you haven't seen it and don't want the movie spoiled don't read ahead. If you have or don't care for spoilers then by all means proceed. There’s so many beautiful things about Minari, but the relationship between…
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Rod Nunez
I was born by the river.
A Convenience Store story
When we were growing up we didn’t have a washer and dryer at home and would have to go to the Laundromat every week or two weeks to wash. “Las Lavasolas” as they were called. They were a green building with a smiling sun logo painted on the side.…
The Magic Of Unicorn Store
I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of Captain Marvel jokes made about this movie, hell I made one when I saw it pop up on Netflix before I even played it but I’m so glad I did. Unicorn Store stars, and is directed by Brie…
The Absurdity of America through Sorry To Bother You
The United States of America in 2018 is a weird place. Every day something happens that just sounds completely made up. Did you hear the one about the billionaire who was trying to build a mini submarine in order to misguidedly help a bunch of Thai boys that were trapped…
How Good is LeBron James?
The Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA are about to start next week and once again, for the 8th year in a row, they will feature a team led by LeBron James. This stretch of dominance is unlike any that has been seen before in the sport. In fact it’…
The Greatest Achievement of Avengers: Infinity War
This post contains spoilers. Don't Read anything else unless you want the movie spoiled. Avengers: Infinity War has finally done something that I’ve been begging for many years, it took them 10 years and 127 movies to finally kill someone. At the end of the post credits scene of…
Attending The Most Insignificant Game of the 2017-2018 NBA Season
There’s two extremes to the last game of the NBA Season. On one end there’s the Minnesota Timberwolves facing the Denver Nuggets for the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs, effectively a Wild Card Playoff game that was resolved in overtime. Two teams with young budding superstar…
The Unexpected Delight of Kacey Musgraves's Golden Hour
This is the first album that I’ve repeatedly listened to in the last month. It’s a good album. I don’t care that I’m maybe not the target audience I’ve enjoyed it tremendously and repeatedly for the last week. Maybe I’m out of touch with…
Oh Hochuli! My Hochuli!
In honor of Ed Hochuli's retirement, I have appointed myself poet laureate of The Irrelevant and penned this poem in his honor Oh Hochuli! my Hochuli! Our long winded explanation is done, The onfield mic has weather’d every rack, the new york office has overturned, The second explanation is…
The Breadwinner: It's Rain That Grows Flowers, Not Thunder
Perhaps the biggest strength of animation is that it can be used to tell stories that would otherwise be too difficult to tell through conventional live action. By employing animation, film makers can tell a difficult story without the viewer being too drawn away by the perils of what the…
The Good Villain
The following contains spoilers and if you haven't seen it you shouldn't read this. Don't act like I didn't warn you. The best thing about Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is its villain. Even using the word “villain” to describe Erik Killmonger is doing a disservice to the character. Erik…
Why I Love The Grand Big Mac So Much
The Grand Mac has been around for 3 years, one tenth of my life yet in that small amount of time it’s provided me with as much joy as just about any other food item has. I talk about this thing a lot. This is the second time I’…
Paddington 2 and The Curse of "Kid's Movies"
I don't believe there's such a thing as "kid's movies". Maybe that's because I don't have children or maybe it's because I'm a bit immature but I feel like bad movies have long been masqueraded as "kid's movies". The Smurf movies are objectively bad movies, but…
The 10 Movies I Enjoyed The Most in 2017
This year I watched 38 movies that were released this year(4 of them were Netflix exclusive) and overall it was a good year though not particularly a great one for movies. Most of the movies I saw were in the B-C grade area with only one clear standout amongst…