The Aisle Seat with Mike McGranaghan

Verity

An alluring and seductive mystery.

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Angel and the Badman

Dull as dishwater.

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Essential viewing in our current time.

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One of the worst major studio movies I've ever seen.

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Ghost in the Cell

Gory, spooky, funny, and utterly bananas.

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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 Devil The Bride! The Brink of War Camp Carolina Caroline Charlie Harper 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 Fall 2: Deadpoint Fantasy Life Filipiñana Finnegan's Foursome The Fix Forbidden Fruits Forgotten Island Fuze Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Gator Face Ghost Elephants Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die A Great Awakening

Hadestown: The Musical Heel H Is for Hawk The History of Concrete Hokum Hope Horsegirls Hungry Hunting Matthew Nichols I Can Only Imagine 2 Ice Cream Man Idiots I Love Boosters In Cold Light The Influencer Project 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 Linkin Park: Unshatter 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 Never After Dark Nightborn Night Nurse Night Patrol Nimrods Normal Obex Obsession The Odyssey Omaha One Night Only One Spoon of Chocolate Onslaught Our Hero, Balthazar

Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe Passenger Pitfall The Plague The Pout-Pout Fish Power Ballad Practical Magic 2 The President's Cake Primate Primetime A Private Life Project Hail Mary Protector Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Redux Redux Reminders of Him Resident Evil Romeria Saccharine The Samurai and the Prisoner Scarlet Scary Movie The Scout Scream 7 Send Help Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom 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 Stunt Driver 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 Tiny Fugitives Toy Story 5 Tow Tuner Undercard Undertone Unidentified Union County Wasteman We Bury the Dead The Weight WHAM! 10 Days in China Whistle Worldbreaker Wuthering Heights You Had to Be There You, Me & Tuscany Youngblood Young Washington

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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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