The Aisle Seat with Mike McGranaghan

Hope

Like riding a rollercoaster backwards while strapped in upside-down.

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New This Week

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The Fix

Muddled and often confusing.

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Gator Face

Real alligators, gory kills.

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Fall 2: Deadpoint

Guaranteed to leave you feeling dizzy.

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Onslaught

Hardcore action with offbeat appeal.

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Current Releases

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Affection Alpha Animal Farm Arco Ask E. Jean Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender Backrooms Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft Blades of the Guardians Blue Heron Bodycam Boorman and the DevilThe Bride! The Brink of War Camp Carolina Caroline Charlie the Wonderdog The Choral The Christophers Cold Storage Colony Cookie Queens Couples Weekend Coyote vs. Acme Crazy Old Lady Crime 101 Deep Water Desert Warrior The Devil Wears Prada 2 Diabolic Disclosure Day The Dog Stars Dolly Dracula The Drama The Dreadful Dreams Driver's Ed The End of Oak Street Erupcja Evil Dead Burn Exit 8 Faces of Death Fantasy Life Filipiñana Finnegan's Foursome Forbidden Fruits Fuze Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassGhost Elephants Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die A Great Awakening
Hadestown: The Musical Heel H Is for Hawk Hokum Horsegirls Hungry Hunting Matthew Nichols I Can Only Imagine 2 Ice Cream Man Idiots I Love Boosters In Cold Light Insidious: Out of the Further Iron Lung I Swear It Ends I Want Your Sex I Was a Stranger Jackass: Best and Last Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live in Paris Killer Whale K-Pops! Kraken The Last Picture Shows The Last Whale Singer Lee Cronin's The Mummy Leviticus Lucky Strike The Magic Faraway Tree A Magnificent Life The Mandalorian and Grogu Man on the Run Masters of the Universe Mayday Mercy Michael Mile End Kicks Mortal Kombat II Moses the Black Mother of Flies Motor City Mutiny My Father's Shadow Namaslay Natchez Nightborn Night Nurse Night Patrol Nimrods Normal Obex Obsession The Odyssey Omaha One Night Only One Spoon of Chocolate Our Hero, Balthazar
Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe Passenger Pitfall The Plague The Pout-Pout Fish Power Ballad The President's Cake Primate A Private Life Project Hail Mary Protector Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Redux Redux Reminders of Him Romeria Saccharine The Samurai and the Prisoner Scarlet Scary Movie Scream 7 Send Help Shelter SIX The Musical Live! Solo Mio Spider-Man: Brand New Day Splash City Stolen Kingdom Storm Rider: The Legend of Hammerhead The Story of Everything Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience The Sun Never Sets Supergirl The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Super Troopers 3 Teacher's Pet The Testament of Ann Lee That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea They Will Kill You This Is Not a Test Toy Story 5 Tow Tuner Undercard UndertoneUnidentified Union County Wasteman We Bury the Dead WHAM! 10 Days in China Whistle Worldbreaker Wuthering Heights You, Me & Tuscany YoungbloodYoung Washington

On Video & DVD

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The Stoned Age Collector's Edition
Black Phone 2 Collector's Edition
Disclosure Day Collector's Edition

Past Columns/Reviews

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The Aisle Seat Archives - Reviews from previous yearsReviews from the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival FestivalReviews from the 2026 Chattanooga Film FestivalReviews from the 2026 Tribeca Festival
Actresses Who Were Treated Unfairly By HollyoodActors Talk About What Made Them Quit Acting

About Me

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Mike

The Aisle Seat critic, Mike McGranaghan, is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Online Film Critics Society. His reviews appear weekly on the radio stations of Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation. His work also regularly appears at Ranker. He is the author of two books, Straight-Up Blatant and My Year of Chevy: One Guy's Journey Through the Filmography of Chevy Chase, both of which are available at Amazon.com. Contact: mike@aisleseat.com

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