Mike McGranaghan

I'll still post review links, but for self-care reasons, I'm taking a break from Twitter for a while. It might be for a few days, a few weeks, or longer. I really don't know. In the meantime, find me here for movie talk:

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE director Steve Pink delivers an awesomely twisted - and extremely unpredictable - sci-fi/horror comedy with TERRESTRIAL. Jermaine Fowler and Pauline Chalamet star. It premiered at #Fantasia2025. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/terrestrial.ht… @FantasiaFest

You may not have heard much about PINS AND NEEDLES, but it's one of the year's best hidden gems. The thriller is available on VOD today. Don't miss it! Here's my review: aisleseat.com/pins-and-needl…

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS is the wrong movie at the wrong time. Seeing it in late summer 2025 only makes its shortcomings more apparent. I'll explain in my review: aisleseat.com/fantastic-four… #FantasticFour #FantasticFourFirstSteps @ofcs

Writer/director @Julie_Pacino makes a dazzling feature debut with I LIVE HERE NOW, a hallucinogenic chiller that pays tribute to feminine strength. Here's my review from the Fantasia International Film Festival: aisleseat.com/i-live-here-no… @FantasiaFest #fantasia2025

Mickey Reece's EVERY HEAVY THING is the kind of movie that practically hypnotizes you with its eerie visuals and unpredictable storytelling style. I can't wait for more people to see it. Here's my review from @FantasiaFest: aisleseat.com/every-heavy-th… #Fantasia2025 @barbaracrampton

Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, and Austin Butler star in Ari Aster's EDDINGTON, which is the most intellectually stimulating movie I've seen so far this year. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/eddington.html #Eddington #atAMC #AMCTheaters

I don't know what you did last summer, but I do know that this summer I saw I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and wrote a review. Check it out here: aisleseat.com/i-know-what-yo… #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer #atAMC @ofcs

The life and career of a beloved children's performer are explored in the documentary SHARI & LAMB CHOP. It opens in New York this weekend, Los Angeles next weekend, and other cities after that. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/shari-and-lamb… @KinoLorber @ofcs

SUPERMAN? Superbman is more like it! Long live David Corenswet! Here's my review: aisleseat.com/superman.html #Superman #SupermanMovie #AMCTheaters

I'll be covering the Fantasia International Film Festival again this year. Here's a brief look at five of the movies I'm most excited for: aisleseat.com/fantasia-2025-… @FantasiaFest

HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK has the kind of insane premise that should offer nonstop fun. Instead, I couldn't wait for the movie to be over. What went wrong? I'll tell you in my review: aisleseat.com/hot-spring-sha…

DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT, which is based on Alexandra Fuller's best-selling memoir, deserves to be one of the biggest arthouse hits of the summer. It opens in NY/LA this Friday, everywhere July 18. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/dont-lets-go-t… @sonyclassics

I absolutely abhored the two previous JURASSIC WORLD installments, so it was nice to enjoy one of these movies again. Here's my review of JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH: aisleseat.com/jurassic-world… #JurassicWorldRebirth #JurassicWorld #JurassicWorldRenace

For @Ranker, I wrote about movies that have unexpected nudity. And I promise I was fully clothed when I did this. ranker.com/list/movies-wi…

Danielle Deadwyler gives yet another powerhouse performance in 40 ACRES, a thriller whose suspense comes as much from the subtext as it does from the surface. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/40-acres.html #40Acres #atAMC @MagnoliaPics

Alex Ross Perry's documentary VIDEOHEAVEN spends three glorious hours dissecting the rise, fall, and social significance of video stores, using clips from TV shows and movies. This might be my favorite thing I've seen all year. My review: aisleseat.com/videoheaven.ht…

The weekend is here, and so are new movies. My reviews of M3GAN 2.0, F1: THE MOVIE, HOT MILK, and more summer releases are online now at AisleSeat.com.

I didn't expect to be saying this, but F1: THE MOVIE is absolutely killer entertainment, even if you don't give a hoot about Formula One racing. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/F1-the-movie.h… #F1TheMovie #F1 #F1Movie #AMCTheaters

M3GAN 2.0 is wildly different in tone from the original, but if you can get past that, the movie's (extremely) goofy charms will grow on you. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/m3gan-2-0.html #M3GAN #AMCTheaters

Emma Mackey and Vicki Krieps get steamy on the Spanish coast - to very mixed results - in the erotic drama HOT MILK, in theaters this weekend. Here's my review: aisleseat.com/hot-milk.html