The Aisle Seat with Mike McGranaghan

Godzilla Minus Zero

The human story is every bit as compelling as the monster story.

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New This Week

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Paper Tiger

Works as a thriller and as a character study.

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Wild Horse Nine

Delivers raucous fun without sacrificing emotion.

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A miracle of a documentary.

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Mouse

The story is authentic and true.

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Current Releases

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Affection Alpha Angel and the Badman 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 California Schemin'Camp Carolina Caroline Charlie Harper Charlie the Wonderdog The Choral The Christophers Cold Storage Colony Cookie Queens Couples Weekend Coyote vs. Acme Crawlers Crazy Old Lady Crime 101 Deep Water Desert Warrior The Devil Wears Prada 2 Diabolic Digger 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 Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul Forbidden Fruits Forgotten IslandFuze Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Gator Face Ghost Elephants Ghost in the Cell Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die A Great Awakening
Hadestown: The Musical Heel Hen 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 Temptation of Becky 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 The Mongoose Mortal Kombat II Moses the Black Mother of Flies Motor City Musk Mutiny My Father's Shadow Namaslay Natchez Never After DarkNightborn Night Nurse Night Patrol Nimrods Normal Obex Obsession The Odyssey Omaha Once Upon a Time in the Middle East One Night Only One Spoon of Chocolate The Only Living Pickpocket in New York Onslaught Orion Other MommyOur Hero, Balthazar
Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe Passenger Pitfall The Plague The Pout-Pout Fish Power Ballad Practical Magic 2 A Prayer for the Dying The President's Cake Primate Primetime A Private Life Project Hail Mary Protector Raise the Red Lantern (35 Anniversary Re-release) 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 Terrestrial 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 UndertoneUnidentified Union County Verity Wasteman We Bury the Dead The Weight WHAM! 10 Days in China Whalefall Whistle Wicker Worldbreaker Wuthering Heights You Can See Everything You Had to Be There You, Me & Tuscany YoungbloodYoung Washington

On Video & DVD

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The Deadly SpawnThe 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 yearsA Report from the 2026 Susquehanna Film FestivalReviews from the 2026 Fantastic FestReviews from the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival FestivalReviews from the 2026 Chattanooga Film FestivalReviews from the 2026 Tribeca Festival
Stephen King Adaptations That Were Controversial - And WhyActresses 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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