The Aisle Seat with Mike McGranaghan

Ella McCay

A mixed-bag comeback from James L. Brooks.

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New This Week

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Silent Night, Deadly Night

Vastly, immeasurably improves upon the original.

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Merrily We Roll Along

A flawed film version of a phenomenal musical.

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Atropia

Doesn't work but I appreciate the effort.

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Has trouble generating real scares.

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Current Releases

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100 Nights of Hero28 Years Later 40 Acres The Accountant 2 Alarum Altered Anniversary Are We Good? Armand Ash Autumn and the Black Jaguar The Balconettes Ballad of a Small Player The BaltimoronsBecoming Led Zeppelin Being Maria Better Man A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Black Phone 2 Bob Trevino Likes It Bone Lake Borderline Brave the Dark A Breed Apart Bring Her Back Captain America: Brave New World The Carpenter's Son Caught Stealing The Christmas Ring Christy Cleaner Clown in a Cornfield The Colors Within Companion The Conjuring: Last Rites Coyotes The Cut The Damned Dangerous Animals Dark Nuns The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Dead of Winter Death of a Unicorn Deathstalker Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Die My Love Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Drop East of Wall Eddington Eden Eleanor the Great Elio The Encampments Eternity Everything's Going to Be Great F1: The Movie Fackham Hall The Fantastic Four: First Steps Fight or Flight Final Destination: Bloodlines Freaky Tales The Friend Gabby's Dollhouse: The MovieGood Boy Good Fortune The Gorge
Hamilton Hamnet The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Hard TruthsHazard Heart Eyes Hell of a Summer The History of Sound Holy Night: Demon Hunters Honey Don't! Hot Milk Hot Spring Shark Attack A House of Dynamite How to Train Your Dragon Hurry Up TomorrowI Don't Understand You I Know What You Did Last Summer I'm Still Here Inheritance In Our Blood In the Lost Lands Into the Deep Invader It Feeds It Was Just an Accident I Wish You All the Best Jimmy and Stiggs Juliet & Romeo Jurassic World Rebirth Karate Kid Legends The King of Kings Kiss of the Spider Woman The Last Republican The Last Rodeo The Last Showgirl The Legend of Ochi The Life of Chuck Light of the World Like Father, Like Son Locked The Long Walk Love Hurts Lurker Magazine Dreams Man Finds Tape Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Materialists Megadoc M3GAN 2.0 Mickey 17 Millers in Marriage A Minecraft Movie Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning The Monkey My Dead Friend Zoe My Mother's WeddingThe Naked GunNeighborhood Watch The New Boy Night Call Night of the Juggler Night of the Zoopocalypse No Address Nobody 2 Novocaine Nuremberg
The Occupant O'Dessa Old Guy One Battle After Another One of Them Days On Swift HorsesThe Penguin Lessons Pets on a Train Presence The Phoenician Scheme Pins and Needles Predator: Badlands Prime Minister The Queen of My Dreams Rebuilding Red Sonja Regretting You Relay Rental Family Riff Raff The Ritual Rosario The Roses Rule Breakers The Rule of Jenny Pen The Running Man Sacramento The Senior Sentimental Value Seven Veils Shadow Force Shari & Lamb Chop Shell She Rides Shotgun The Shrouds Sisu: Road to Revenge Sketch Sinners The Smashing Machine Sneaks Snow White Soul on Fire Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Stans Stitch Head Strange Harvest Superboys of Malegaon Superman The Surfer Thank You Very Much The Thing with Feathers This Too Shall Pass The Threesome Thunderbolts* Together Tornado The Toxic Avenger Tron: Ares Truth & Treason Twinless The Ugly Stepsister The Unbreakable Boy Until Dawn Valiant One Videoheaven Vulcanizadora Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Watch the Skies Weapons Wicked: For Good Witchboard The Woman in the Yard Wolf Man

On Video & DVD

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Jurassic World Rebirth Collector's EditionRe-Animator 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
Anyone but YouMondo New York
One from the Heart: RepriseThe Man Who Wasn't There 3-D

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
A Report from the Susquehanna Film FestivalReviews from the 2025 Tribeca FestivalBehind-the-Scenes Stories From Sinners That Make You Want To RewatchReviews from the 2025 Boston Underground Film Festival

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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