Strategic comms consultant, film critic for KLRT-TV, & KARK-TV. AR’s sole member of @CriticsChoice. Tomatometer-Approved Critic

Little Rock, AR
Joined April 2008
Michael Cook retweeted
Stephen Bright, Republican candidate for House District 71, has a history of domestic violence, inappropriate contact with his minor children, failure to pay child support and years of voter fraud. buff.ly/ZhswMiS
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This is messing with my head. 🤯 Tom Cruise (64) is officially older than President Franklin D. Roosevelt ever was in any photo, including this one.
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Michael Cook retweeted
I was just watching clips from The Ghost and The Darkness which in the 90s was considered a second tier late summer adventure movie but now with its gorgeous location shooting, smooth camera work and confident movie star performances feels better than anything released in 2026.
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Michael Cook retweeted
It’s the definition of lying.
This is the definition of delusional. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump did not start the war in Iran and that he's trying to end it. She directly blames Biden for the Russia-Ukraine war. "It's not a new war. And we have a president who is trying to put a stop to it. This has been going on for decades. This isn't new. We're putting an end to it. The war that you see between Russia and Ukraine was born out of the weakness of the Biden administration."
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Michael Cook retweeted
Did Stephen Bright, Republican House candidate and employee of election integrity champion Cole Jester, Commit Voter Fraud? Good questions raised by opponent. youtube.com/shorts/ORVIcZ9pO… via @YouTube
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Michael Cook retweeted
Don't forget to let your emotional well-being be dictated by kids in college playing football this weekend.
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Michael Cook retweeted
Today we mark the loss of Doctor Yevgeniy Petrov, who while acting as Medical Officer of a Soviet Typhoon-Class Submarine, Lead the evacuation of the crew during a Reactor melt-down onboard the Submarine. It was thanks to his actions that saved over 100 crew. RIP Tim Curry
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Michael Cook retweeted
I’ll say it again… this is what adult money is for 🫡
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One of the three best action films ever made is getting a theatrical re-release this week. I'll be posting new written and on-camera reviews soon!
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Exactly why should Democrats bother to support him then?
Dan Osborn pledges to CNN he won’t caucus with any party if he wins the US Senate race in Nebraska.
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Michael Cook retweeted
An entire generation idolized Mike McDermott when the real hero of Rounders was Joey Knish.
🤖 Made with AI
Rounders is an all-timer for me because it has four of my favorite actors all throwing 100 MPH at the same time: Matt Damon, Ed Norton, John Turturro, and John Malkovich. All four of these men are cooking with hot grease here & perhaps no one more than Malkovich. Everything about this is so ‘90s coded & I think it’s aged exceptionally well. For those of you who’ve yet to see this film, I can’t emphasize enough its quality.
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Quit bugging this icon with Q&A’s. Let him finish his masterpiece!
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning bestselling biographer Robert Caro, who is currently working on the final volume of his 5-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson - 8pm ET on C-SPAN
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Even when he was a 17-year-old rebel pain in the ass, Ray Kinsella could have been a little more empathetic to his pop. The man saw horrific things in WWI, then lost the love of his life when Ray was just three. So yeah, he was closed off. No shit. The EGO on this Ray Kinsella.
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Michael Cook retweeted
Fareed Zakaria: “When Democrats come under pressure, they find it much easier to move left on economics than toward the center on culture. If they speak plainly and say that the border must be controlled, repeat offenders punished, and standards of merit defended, or that biological sex matters, they risk revolts from activists, advocacy groups and highly educated staffers. So instead, Democrats offer a larger subsidy, a new benefit or a fiercer attack on billionaires while leaving untouched the cultural attitudes that alienate many voters.”
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If Austin McCollum had a Democratic opponent for County Judge, what would AR GOP leaders reaction be to the scandal? 🤔 #arpx #arleg
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Michael Cook retweeted
Are you telling me Nolan made three movies where the hero appears to die, only to end up with Anne Hathaway?
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Her answer was about as bad as Dukakis debate answer in ‘88. #IYKYK
It's answers like these than cause many to think if this chef wins the gubernatorial primary in WI, Ds may be cooked.
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Michael Cook retweeted
The Democratic Socialists of America are using century-old Trotskyist tactics to infiltrate and subvert the Democratic Party. It’s time to throw them out. @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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At some point Dems are going to have to grapple with the reality that in the face of all of Trump and Republicans’ manifest horribleness and incompetence, people aren’t rushing toward the Democrats. If you think the DSA stuff is helping, you’ve never talked to a swing voter.
Trump’s job approval rating has plummeted below the level that triggered midterm wave elections vs Clinton 94, W. Bush in 2006, Obama in 2010 & Trump himself in 2018. And yet most surveys do not show Dems establishing a clear advantage in the key races that will decide control.
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