The Aisle Seat with Mike McGranaghan

Tron: Ares

On a visual and aural level, it provides viewers with a dazzling ride.

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New This Week

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Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jennifer Lopez absolutely sizzles.

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Soul on Fire

Excessively sappy.

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Are We Good?

A raw portrait of Marc Maron's grief and efforts to heal.

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Deathstalker

A loving homage to '80s fantasy films.

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Current Releases

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28 Years Later 40 Acres The Accountant 2 Alarum Are We Good? Armand Ash Autumn and the Black Jaguar The Balconettes The BaltimoronsBecoming Led Zeppelin Being Maria Better Man A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Bob Trevino Likes It Bone Lake Borderline Brave the Dark A Breed Apart Bring Her Back Captain America: Brave New World Caught Stealing 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 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Drop East of Wall Eddington Eden Eleanor the Great Elio The Encampments Everything's Going to Be Great F1: The Movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps Fight or Flight Final Destination: Bloodlines Freaky Tales The Friend Gabby's Dollhouse: The MovieGood Boy The Gorge
Hamilton 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 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 the Lost Lands Into the Deep Invader It Feeds Jimmy and Stiggs Juliet & Romeo Jurassic World Rebirth Karate Kid Legends The King of Kings 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 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
The Occupant O'Dessa Old Guy One Battle After Another One of Them Days On Swift HorsesThe Penguin Lessons Presence The Phoenician Scheme Pins and Needles Prime Minister The Queen of My Dreams Red Sonja Relay Riff Raff The Ritual Rosario The Roses Rule Breakers The Rule of Jenny Pen Sacramento The Senior Seven Veils Shadow Force Shari & Lamb Chop Shell She Rides Shotgun The Shrouds Sketch Sinners The Smashing Machine Sneaks Snow White Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Stans Strange Harvest Superboys of Malegaon Superman The Surfer Thank You Very Much The Threesome Thunderbolts* Together Tornado The Toxic Avenger Twinless The Ugly Stepsister The Unbreakable Boy Until Dawn Valiant One Videoheaven Vulcanizadora Watch the Skies Weapons 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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