The Aisle Seat with Mike McGranaghan

I Can Only Imagine 2

Treads the exact same ground to lesser effect.

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New This Week

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Man on the Run

The first essential documentary of 2026.

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Redux Redux

Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go.

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Blades of the Guardians

An ambitious, yet overly chaotic epic.

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This Is Not a Test

It's The Breakfast Club meets The Walking Dead.

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Current Releases

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Arco Avatar: Fire and Ash Charlie the Wonderdog The Choral Cold Storage Crime 101 Diabolic Dracula The Dreadful Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die H Is for Hawk
In Cold Light Iron Lung I Was a Stranger Killer Whale Marty Supreme Mercy Moses the Black Mother of Flies My Father's Shadow Natchez Night Patrol Obex
The Plague The President's Cake Primate A Private Life Scarlet The Secret Agent Send Help Sentimental Value Shelter Solo Mio Song Sung Blue Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience Teacher's Pet The Testament of Ann Lee We Bury the Dead Whistle Worldbreaker Wuthering Heights

On Video & DVD

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Jurassic World Rebirth Collector's Edition
Black Phone 2 Collector's Edition
One from the Heart: Reprise

Past Columns/Reviews

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The Aisle Seat Archives - Reviews from previous yearsReviews from the 2025 Fantastic FestReviews from the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival
The Ten Best Films of 2025The Ten Worst Films of 2025The Ten Best Documentaries of 2025

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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