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Griffin Schiller

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Biography:

Griffin Schiller is a Los Angeles based critic and the founder and host of FilmSpeak, a YouTube channel dedicated to providing more thoughtful insight and analysis behind the entertainment you love. He is also a regular contributor and podcast host at The Playlist.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Frankenstein (2025) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Patient and melancholic, paired with sumptuous visuals...del Toro's personal catharsis reverberates through every frame of Frankenstein. The master of misunderstood monsters has finally awakened something new in this timeless classic.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Dec 2, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% 5/5 EDIT “At its core, this is an urgent story of overcoming generational miscommunication, listening, learning, and evolving, rejecting selfish stagnation and the necessity of upholding a revolutionary spirit in an age of dwindling freedoms.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% A EDIT “With Weapons, Zach Cregger emerges definitively as a vital cinematic voice, boldly confronting uncomfortable truths and societal hypocrisies.” – AwardsWatch Jul 31, 2025 Full Review Lilo & Stitch (2025) 72% 2/5 EDIT “Caught between some really bizarre changes and being too sacred about things that can change, Dean Fleischer Camp manages to squeeze in a few genuine moments of humanity, but they're few and far between.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jun 18, 2025 Full Review Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% 4.5/5 EDIT “A Phase One style character piece about finding fulfillment, embracing our demons, and the support system needed to save us from the pull of the void...a witty, mature, singular vision from Jake Schreier and, dare I say, top shelf Marvel!” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jun 18, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% 5/5 EDIT “Ryan Coogler's most passionate and soulful film to date! A (rock) operatic, IMAX-sized tale about the intersection of faith, community, heritage, exploitation, and freedom. Coogler celebrates artists across every medium as tethers to cultural identity.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jun 18, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% 4/5 EDIT “The best action movie of the year!” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jun 18, 2025 Full Review Anora (2024) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “Anora may be the clearest example of class solidarity put to film in recent years. A f----d up Cinderella story about the ways in which our capitalistic society regularly makes financial security and uninhibited self-expression mutually exclusive... ” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Mar 9, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% 1.5/5 EDIT “A plot without something to say is directionless, and characters without a point of view are doomed to remain one-dimensional. The simple fact is, you can’t make a political thriller devoid of political commentary... ” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Mar 9, 2025 Full Review The Wild Robot (2024) 97% 5/5 EDIT “The Wild Robot is a symphony of soul crescendoing into the most poignant portrait of parenthood. Its breathtaking animation and score are equaled only by how heartwrenching and touching it is. It’s an epic tale of love and acceptance.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Nov 20, 2024 Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% 4/5 EDIT “A $200M anti-joke with one grand statement: some films shouldn't have sequels. Ironic? Sure. But what could be more Joker than taking a feature-length piss? The joke is on us.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Oct 15, 2024 Full Review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 75% 4/5 EDIT “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a ghoulish good time at the movies! A heartfelt yet zany sequel that reconnects Burton with his one true love, the macabre, through an introspective unpacking of grief, trauma, and purpose. A welcome return to form!” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Sep 23, 2024 Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% 3/5 EDIT “You have to wonder if simply going back to formula is enough. Being derivative isn't the problem - all art, all creation is derivative of something - the problem is when being derivative is your primary directive.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Sep 1, 2024 Full Review Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “For as much as Deadpool & Wolverine is a showcase for all Marvel’s new toys, it’s more than JUST that. It’s...a tribute to the franchise that launched the era of superhero films we’re still living through. And it’s that sincerity that saves the film.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Aug 20, 2024 Full Review Twisters (2024) 75% 4/5 EDIT “Twisters isn't just a fun time at the movies, it's the perfect summer movie!” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Aug 20, 2024 Full Review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 90% 4.5/5 EDIT “George Miller has woven a modern-day epic and turned Furiosa into a folk hero to rival the legend that put him on the map as a filmmaker in the first place.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jul 12, 2024 Full Review Inside Out 2 (2024) 91% 2.5/5 EDIT “[Anxiety] has its uses and, when channeled properly, can be a motivating factor, but it can't be the sole thing dictating your personhood. It's, therefore, ironic that Pixar's approach to Inside Out 2 should be so antithetical to the thesis of their film.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jun 28, 2024 Full Review The Imaginary (2023) 91% 4/5 EDIT “While Studio Ponoc gets spirited away with its unrefined Ghibli-esque musings, The Imaginary manages to do so with sincerity making for a much-needed reminder of the necessity of creativity during a time when things seem especially bleak.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jun 14, 2024 Full Review Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) 80% 4.5/5 EDIT “Apes have never been stronger in Wes Bell's magnificent Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes! The complexities of Caesar's legacy loom large but twisted in this coming-of-age odyssey of truth and lies, knowledge and power. A breathtaking visual feast!” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) May 28, 2024 Full Review Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) 54% 3.5/5 EDIT “This is the kind of Godzilla movie I dreamed of as a 10-year-old boy, brimming with imaginative set-pieces, vibrant sets, and bizarre creations… the kind of s--t that would inspire a kid to go home and play with their toys.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) May 13, 2024 Full Review Dune: Part Two (2024) 92% 5/5 EDIT “Dune: Part Two is a generational film; the rare release that reaffirms why I believe in cinema.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) May 13, 2024 Full Review Civil War (2024) 81% 4.5/5 EDIT “Rather than the toothless mess of banal political equivocation that people suggested it would be based on little more than a trailer and some promotional material, Civil War is as incisive and biting as any political thriller released this century.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) May 13, 2024 Full Review Madame Web (2024) 10% 2/5 EDIT “There’s something almost cosmically funny about the fact that every ill-conceived boardroom mandate and desperate spider-milking mistake backfires in the most spectacular way imaginable. ” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Mar 18, 2024 Full Review The Creator (2023) 67% 4.5/5 EDIT “Edwards excels at peeling black the layers of a cynical world, in order to reveal the little slices of humanity existing beneath the surface. Maybe, in coming to appreciate and understand what really matters, we'll be able to grow.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Jan 18, 2024 Full Review Napoleon (2023) 58% 3.5/5 EDIT “You’re not going to have a complete picture of the events that comprised Napoleon’s life, but you might just have a better understanding of who the man was and why we’re still so fascinated by him over two centuries after his death.” – FilmSpeak (Youtube) Dec 11, 2023 Full Review
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