Book cover for "Kahi and Lua: Tales of the First and the Second" by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. Dark blue starfield background with a abstract black outline illustration of an organic, rounded shape at center. Title in bold white text at top, author name in white at bottom.

A novella-in-flash about Hawai'ian gods navigating late-stage capitalism.

Through keen observations of modern life and immortality, Brownlee uses the characters to reflect on the beauty and sadness of existence.

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Shoresy Season 5, Episode 2: The Great One. Hulu, 2026 See 100 Word reviews of previous episodes here After the self-contained season premiere, the second episode slapshots the plot, skating most characters back into action. We even get a phone...

Shoresy Season 5, Episode 2: The Great One (Hulu)

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Shoresy is a generational talent at banter.

#Shoresy #Hockey #PrestigeTV #Hulu #tvreview

Shoresy Season 5, Episode 1: Keep It Simple. Hulu, 2026 Note: I will be reviewing every episode of Season 5 If I showed you the premiere of the fifth season of Shoresy, you’d cycle through: 1.  This is the most profane thing I’ve seen on telev...

Shoresy is to prestige TV what a dirty limerick is to poetry.

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Reviewing every episode this season.

#Shoresy #Hockey #CanadianTV #Hulu #tv #HeatedRivalry

Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie (2025) A frenetic thrill ride beginning in the Lower East Side tenement buildings of NYC to become a globetrotting misadventure, ping-ponging across Europe, Africa, Japan, and ...

Josh Safdie's ping pong misadventure. Chalamet ensnares us into madness. Rappers. Reality stars. Gwyneth Paltrow.

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#Oscars2026 #MartySupreme #JoshSafdie #TimotheeChalamet #movies

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, HBO (2026) Episodes 1-3 (Spoilers) Based on G.R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novellas, the chemistry between Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his tiny squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) power...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO) - Episodes 1-3

Funny, bawdy, medieval buddy sitcom. Dunk & Egg chemistry powers it. Episode three plot twist moves toward GOT territory. Hopefully, the small folk follow.

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#GameOfThrones #HBO #PrestigeTV #TV #TVReview

Movie poster for The Perfect Neighbor Netflix documentary. Nighttime suburban scene showing dark sky through tree canopy, with police car lights illuminating a single-story house below. Pull quotes at top: "Powerful & Unforgettable," "The film plays out like a thriller," "A revolutionary documentary." Title "THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR" in large white text centered. Festival laurels at bottom: Seville, DOC NYC, Full Frame, Sundance, Sheffield Doc/Fest, New York Film Festival. Text: "A Netflix Documentary" and "Only on Netflix | October 17" with rating symbol. Gold border frames entire poster.

#documentary review

The Perfect Neighbor (Geeta Gandbhir, 2025)

A visceral ride-along to a tragic end: local Karen vs. suburban Ocala, FL neighbors.

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Movie poster for The Perfect Neighbor Netflix documentary. Nighttime suburban scene showing dark sky through tree canopy, with police car lights illuminating a single-story house below. Pull quotes at top: "Powerful & Unforgettable," "The film plays out like a thriller," "A revolutionary documentary." Title "THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR" in large white text centered. Festival laurels at bottom: Seville, DOC NYC, Full Frame, Sundance, Sheffield Doc/Fest, New York Film Festival. Text: "A Netflix Documentary" and "Only on Netflix | October 17" with rating symbol. Gold border frames entire poster.

#documentary review

The Perfect Neighbor (Geeta Gandbhir, 2025)

A visceral ride-along to a tragic end: local Karen vs. suburban Ocala, FL neighbors.

Full review: write.as/larrys100/the-perfect-ne...

#documentary #film […]

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The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir (2025) Nominated for Best Documentary Feature  A visceral ride-along to its obvious and tragic end in the ongoing battle between a local Karen and the rest of her suburban Ocala, Florida ...

The Perfect Neighbor (Geeta Gandbhir, 2025)

A visceral ride-along to a tragic end: local Karen vs. suburban Ocala, FL neighbors.

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#documentary #film #TrueCrime #Oscars2026 #GeetaGandbhir #100DaysToOffload

Train Dreams, Clint Bentley 2025 IMDB Film Details Train Dreams is haunting and poetic, capturing America when the old ways transitioned to the new. Bentley’s story is difficult to place on a historic...

Train Dreams - Clint Bentley's 2025 Denis Johnson adaptation

Haunting and poetic. Bentley captures America when old ways transitioned to new.

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#Oscars2026 #TrainDreams #ClintBentley #Film #Larrys100

Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier 2025 This Norwegian award season juggernaut builds a universe within a family, their ancestors, and the good bones of an old house. Stellan Skarsgård plays the prodigal patriarch...

New #Larrys100 Review: Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier, 2025)

Norwegian award season juggernaut. Stellan Skarsgård as the prodigal patriarch - a sensitive and selfish filmmaker returning home after his daughter's mother dies.

Full review: write.as/larrys100/se...

#Oscars2026 #JoachimTrier #Film

Larry's Faves: 2025 Television Putting this list together, I was knocked out by how good television was in 2025. This list includes stone-cold classics like Andor, Black Mirror, and Hacks, while ma...

Larry's Faves 2025: Television

Thirty shows ranked. Pluribus, Andor, and The Rehearsal lead the pack.

Stone-cold classics & mind-bending genre work. Comedies returned to balance the darkness.

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#TV #Larrys2025Faves

Pluribus Episode 9: Save the World or Get the Girl (Season 1 Finale) See 100 Word reviews of previous episodes here Carol and Manousos meet, negotiate, clash, separate, and ultimately team up. That arc sets up season two. The cold open is a haunting scene that revisi...

Pluribus Ep 9: Save the World or Get the Girl (Season Finale)

Carol and Manousos meet, negotiate, clash, and team up.

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#Pluribus #VinceGilligan #TV #100DaysToOffload

The Baltimorons 2025, Duplass Brothers Productions, Directed by Jay Duplass (4... Read more #100HotChocolates reviews There is a recent tradition of established film directors giving their elevated spin on the Christmas movie. See Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and David Gordon G...

The Baltimorons: Jay Duplass, 2025

Melancholy May-December rom-com. An improv comedian meets a divorced dentist for a day-long Christmas adventure.

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#ChristmasMovies

Pluribus Episode 8: Charm Offensive See 100 Word reviews of previous episodes here Responding to Carol's plea in episode eight, Zosia and the Others return to Albuquerque. The episode centers on Carol and Z...

Pluribus Episode 8: Charm Offensive

Carol and Zosia's slow-burning love story. Sexual tension until the collective consciousness deduced that Carol needed to get laid.

The rest? Read my #Larrys100 review: write.as/larrys100/pl...

#tv #Pluribus # #100WordReview #Television #100DaysToOffload

Pluribus Episode 7: The Gap See 100 Word reviews of previous episodes here Following Carol and Manousos on their journeys is both meditative and harrowing. Carol is drowning in abundance and...

Pluribus Ep 7: The Gap

Meditative and harrowing. Carol is drowning in loneliness, Manousos is on a glass-huffing vision quest. Both nearly break.

Soulful, quixotic television.

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#Pluribus #VinceGilligan #tv #television #SciFi

Promotional poster for "Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!" showing a smiling couple in festive attire against a snowy background. The woman on the left wears a cream-colored coat with green and burgundy accents and reindeer antlers headband. The man on the right wears a gray suit with a bright pink polka dot shirt and green bow tie, holding a microphone labeled "WKU TV5". Above them, a news chyron reads "BREAKING NEWS: CONDITIONS FOR LOVE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP." The Hallmark Channel logo appears in the bottom left corner, with "NEXT DAY ON Hallmark+" in the bottom right. The movie title is displayed in large white and red text across the bottom.

Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper

The season's first banger

Atypical male lead, Anchorman-style comedy. Fruitcake ensemble cast.

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#ChristmasMovies #HallmarkMovies #RomCom #100HotChocolates #100DaysToOffload

Pluribus Episode 6: HDP See 100 Word reviews of previous episodes here Episode 5 cliffhanger revealed: Carol turned vlogger and documented the frozen, shrink-wrapped body parts that ...

Pluribus Ep 6: HDP

Carol documents what's in the milk cartons,
Fake John Cena explains.

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#Pluribus #VinceGilligan #tv #television #100DaysToOffload #tv

Movie poster for "A Merry Little Ex-Mas" featuring Alicia Silverstone and Oliver Hudson in winter sweaters standing back-to-back against a red background with Christmas lights. Title text in white and green reads "A Merry Little Ex-Mas" with "A Netflix Film" below. Tagline at top says "This holiday is about to get complicated."

Christmas movie review season begins! A Merry Little Ex-Mas Netflix 2025

3.5/5 Hot Chocolates ☕

Alicia Silverstone joins the Christmas Movie industrial complex.

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#100HotChocolates #ChristmasMovies #Netflix #100WordReview #100DaysToOffload #drabble

Rumors of My Demise Evan Dando Audiobook read by author (2025) Note: Part of my ongoing #AudioMemoir series reviewing author-read memoirs. Previous: Neko Case, Cameron Crowe. Coming: Wayne Kramer, Larry Charles. The 100 Word Review of The Lemonheads' new album.....

New #Larrys100 Post: Evan Dando's memoir: Rumors of My Demise

Funny, honest, soulful. No redemption arc. No apology tour. Just warmth, talent, brutal honesty.

Full review: write.as/larrys100/ru...

Part of my #AudioMemoir series

#100DaysToOffload #EvanDando #Booksky

Side-by-side book covers on orange background. Left: "The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir" by Neko Case, showing young girl holding an orange cat with black crow silhouette. Right: Black and white photo of young Cameron Crowe. Bottom text reads "NEW REVIEW SERIES: Author-Read Audiobook Memoirs"

Neko Case: poverty, survival, saved by rock & roll

Cameron Crowe: Rock stars—Lou Reed to Dicky Betts, long tours, late nights

Authors read memoirs, where an audiobook is another performance medium.

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#Memoir #NekoCase #CameronCrowe #Larrys100

Book cover for "The Uncool: A Memoir" by Cameron Crowe. Orange background with white text. A small photo of young Cameron Crowe with long hair is tilted at an angle in the center of the cover.

New review mini series: Author-read memoirs.

First Up: Cameron Crowe's The Uncool:

"Warm narration mining his teen music journalism years. Felt like Almost Famous: Writer's Cut."

Full #Larrys100 review: write.as/larrys100/the-uncool-a-memoir-cameron-crowe

#CameronCrowe #Memoir #Drabble #Rock

Cover art to Classic Love EP by Kurt Vile and Luke Roberts. Magic hour sunset behind a tree.

Kurt Vile & Luke Roberts Classic Love EP.

"Hit of the High Life" sounds like a lost song off Neil Young's On The Beach. Confessional, raw, angsty about the world, macro and micro.

Full #Larrys100 review: write.as/larrys100/kurt-vile-classic-love

#KurtVile #MusicReview #MusicMonday #LukeRoberts

Larry's 100 Devouring culture 100 words at a time. Find me on Mastodon

Four reviews about aging and the timeline of life. Getting older means sitting with what can't be fixed, but also celebrating what persists.

All reviews: larrys100.writeas.com
#Larrys100 #Drabble

The Eternaut, Netflix (2025) Prepare for a dark, dystopian acid trip of a show, mashing up sci-fi allegories and wink-wink nods to a universe of science fiction stories. Based on the Argentini...

The Eternaut, #Netflix, 2025

Covertly, a celebration of middle-aged wisdom and long friendships. There's grace in knowing what you're good at, and who was there with you when you figured it out.
The resistance needs experienced hands.
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (2025) In January, I wrote, “I feel bad for the rest of the books I will read this year.” As we wind down 2025, my statement holds. No spoilers, but multiple stories power this novel. Ad...

Just posted my Larry's 100 book-of-the-year review. #NnediOkorafor's Death of the Author

"gives a soul and voice to what is artificial...A novel for the Neo-Neolithic age."

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#SpeculativeFiction #Drabble #Larrys100 #BookReview #BookSky

Posted my book of the year review:
"Okorafor's Death of the Author "gives a soul and voice to what is artificial...A novel for the Neo-Neolithic age."

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#NnediOkorafor #SpeculativeFiction #Drabble #Larrys100 #100wordreview