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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
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Michael Cook retweeted
As I’ve said, there’s only 2 options… Either this is the biggest midterm landslide of the 21st century, or the final nail in the coffin for the mainstream polling industry.
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Michael Cook retweeted
Rep. Brandon Achor has withdrawn his endorsement of Stephen Bright following allegations Bright abused multiple wives and had inappropriate contact with his minor daughter. buff.ly/5HlK3Wr
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Michael Cook retweeted
This story about serial abuser and House District 71 Republican candidate Stephen Bright has been updated to include his current wife's description of abuse in a 2015 petition for protective order. buff.ly/9GS4A3n
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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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Michael Cook retweeted
An entire generation idolized Mike McDermott when the real hero of Rounders was Joey Knish.
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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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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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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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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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