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Bomani-Hamlet Cook
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Cat/Activist, Bomani-Hamlet Cook

I’m a #RussianBlue cat (I swear) from #Houston, #TX. I write for ReelRank News, covering #movies: https://medium.com/reelrank-news

My Medium: https://medium.com/@bomanihamletcook

#CatSky | #FilmSky
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#SentimentalValue absolutely set the world on fire at the #EuropeanFilmAwards, which are vying to be a January bellwether for #EuropeanFilm #Oscars buzz.

Read all about it on @reelrank.bsky.social : medium.com/reelrank-new...

#Bugonia & Sentimental Value likely to make noise in Feb

#FilmSky #Film
‘Sentimental Value’ (2025) cleans up at European Film Awards
As intended, this will probably be a boon to the film’s For Your Consideration Oscars campaign
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Cat ur day
Lazy Lily cat sleeping on the windowsill in the sunshine.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
This account persistently posts as though it *were* Larry, the Downing Street #Cat, and I think they kind of nail his tone, and I say that as someone who spends a fair amount of my time #writing as #cats 😅🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈

youtu.be/RM2BplfjeCQ?...

#CatSky #catperson #catswithjobs
Larry, the Downing Street Cat - Why there is no cat flap
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January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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I'm trying to get moving but nothing is immediately pressing and the cats are snoozing around me so it's pretty much impossible.

This isn't a character flaw it's just reality. No human should be expected to move under these conditions.
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
I not only read a non-zero number of #books this year, I was so proud that I wrote about it 🤓

James Michener’s #Alaska was a particularly impactful read last year: baos.pub/mastodon-mat...

That’s for a #MediumPublication called #BAOS (Books Are Our Superpower)

#BookSky #LitSky #reading #writing ✍️
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Picturehouse Cinemas Creative Director Clare Binns took the opportunity of being awarded a #BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award to condemn ballooning feature-lengths in #film.

I wrote about it for @reelrank.bsky.social 🤓

blog.reelrank.net/make-films-s...

#FilmSky #MovieSky #movies
‘Make films shorter,’ implores Picturehouse creative director
Clare Binns used her BAFTA platform to opine on feature-length, vindicating my ‘The Brutalist’ take
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January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Ryan Coogler’s #Sinners set an all-time #AMPAS record with 16 #Oscar nominations, potentially positioning it for a run at the all-time record of 11 (tie) or 12+ (outright).

We’re rooting for it to happen.

PLUS #BestCasting is a new awards category 🤩

We wrote about it: medium.com/reelrank-new...
‘Sinners’ already set one Oscars record — is it positioned to set more?
Ryan Coogler’s box-office-smash also smashed the AMPAS nomination record yesterday
medium.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Don’t think this isn’t exactly why @bomani-hamletcook.bsky.social has a @bsky.app 😅

#CatSky #catperson #cat
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i wish i could text my cat
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Do you know what historical firsts might transpire this March at #TheOscars? 🤔

Well, I looked it up, and wrote about it on #Medium for @reelrank.bsky.social: medium.com/reelrank-new...

A 4m read is PRETTY short for me, and you know I’m going to bother you until you read it, so… 🤓

#FilmSky #AMPAS
It’s quite good, if I say so myself, and very brief (for me).
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Ooh, I’m getting featured 💁‍♀️

I happen to know the dev, but I bet if you hopped on ReelRank.net and wrote a review, there’s a very good chance you’d get featured, as well 😘

We love #ReelRank! We wish you were there with us 🤗🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

#FilmSky #MovieSky #movies
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
*Sigh*

#Netflix tendered an all-cash offer for #WarnerBros & #HBO, but, boy, am I tired of Art-as-Commerce, lately 😑

I wrote about it for @reelrank.bsky.social: medium.com/reelrank-new...

wtf does any of this have to do with #Art?!

#FilmSky #MovieSky #Paramount #Skydance
Go read it! It’s good 🤓 Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav and David Ellison. There’s not one artistic inclination among them, and I can’t imagine any of them being a champion for art if they succeed. There are no artists at the table for this negotiation, yet I can’t help but feel that this will, in some truly-substantive ways, set the course, or establish an unrecoverable precedent, for how Art-as-Commerce goes from here on out. “Whoever wins… we lose.”
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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As of press time, I have personally entered 0 films into the ReelRank database, but I think #KCookandCatsCo is closing in on 100 #films added, so go team 🤩

Here’s our ReelRank: user.reelrank.net/KCookandCatsCo

Following us would be a great 1st step if you’re ReelRank-curious 😘

#FilmSky #MovieSky
January 20, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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#SentimentalValue absolutely set the world on fire at the #EuropeanFilmAwards, which are vying to be a January bellwether for #EuropeanFilm #Oscars buzz.

Read all about it on @reelrank.bsky.social : medium.com/reelrank-new...

#Bugonia & Sentimental Value likely to make noise in Feb

#FilmSky #Film
‘Sentimental Value’ (2025) cleans up at European Film Awards
As intended, this will probably be a boon to the film’s For Your Consideration Oscars campaign
medium.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
@bomani-hamletcook.bsky.social and I just updated his #Medium profile's About Me since he's publishing content on @reelrank.bsky.social now, and it's low-key super #adorable, I think 🐈‍⬛

Certainly, the photos are! 🥹

medium.com/@bomanihamle...

#CatSky #catperson #lolcats
About – Bomani-Hamlet Cook – Medium
Read writing from Bomani-Hamlet Cook on Medium. I am a Russian Blue (I swear) from Houston, TX
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January 20, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
My eldest #cat has 37 followers on #Medium, but hilariously, not 1 has elected to receive email updates when “he” publishes 😆

I guess they’re like, “How urgent could a cat’s #writing be? I’ll catch it in my feed.”

He’s doing #MovieNews now: medium.com/@bomanihamle... 🤓

#CatSky #FilmSky #movies
Adorable. It’s me, obviously. I hope you know that cats can’t type. Some people sincerely don’t get the kayfabe here, and I’m not sure how, but I’m running into it more and more 🤣
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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iamkaymichelle.bsky.social
I love to write.

I love to talk, too, and it’s probably the same thing

#HappinessOnlyRealWhenShared 🤗
January 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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I'd really like to change "This not who we are" to "this is how we need to stop being who we are."
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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he likes to be in my way on accident
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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#ZohranMamdani & #StevenSpielberg met last week in #NYC & it's entirely conceivable that that meeting could change #film & #politics, as we know them, or they might've just had a nice tea.

Hard to say, but we speculate wildly on @reelrank.bsky.social: medium.com/reelrank-new...

#FilmSky #movienews
Steven Spielberg and Zohran Mamdani met in New York City
What happened in the meeting between these two men may well change politics and/or film forever, as far as we know
medium.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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I’m not crazy about the word “owner” in reference to any #animal friends.

I pretty firmly believe one animal can’t own another, & you won’t hear me saying it about the #KCookandCatsCo #cats.

I think they think of me mostly as a pleasant, if annoying, roommate who controls the food 😆

#CatSky #pets
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Release date set for #ParanormalActivity8, with newcomer-to-the-franchise James Wan producing and Ian Tyson directing.

I wrote about it on @reelrank.bsky.social: medium.com/reelrank-new...

#movies #movienews #entertainment #film #filmsky
‘Paranormal Activity 8’ slated for May 2027 release
James Wan to produce, with Ian Tuason at helm of upcoming Paramount feature
medium.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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I occasionally get a snap of my two together. Sitting still.

#Ragdoll #Cats #CatsofBsky
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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I just wrote my first-ever Medium article and submitted it to @reelrank.bsky.social ‘s #MediumPublication.

I’d say fingers crossed, but I haven’t any fingers, obviously 🐈‍⬛

You can preemptively follow me on #Medium: medium.com/@bomanihamle...
Bomani-Hamlet Cook on Medium curated some lists
Read writing from Bomani-Hamlet Cook on Medium. I am a Russian Blue (I swear) from Houston, TX
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January 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM