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Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Oct 30, 2026 3/5 Enjoyable as a schlocky creature feature with real care put into the craft. But it ultimately ends up being a deeply frustrating film because of how close it comes to being more, how close it comes to being interesting. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 77% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Oct 26, 2026 3.5/5 [Parsons] is leading a new generation of filmmakers shaped by a stunted world, and because he developed his own sense of self inside that world, he can look from the inside out and truly critique what we have done. Go to Full Review Backrooms (2026) 85% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Sep 14, 2026 Cars deserves far more credit than it gets. Beneath the talking vehicles and familiar sports-movie structure is a surprisingly insightful film about how the American heartland has been failed by the very system that once allowed it to prosper. Go to Full Review Cars (2006) 75% 80%

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Sep 8, 2026 4.5/5 Thank you, Tom Holland and Destin Daniel Cretton, for making Marvel movies human again. Thank you for making me love Spider-Man in live action again. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Dec 2, 2025 4/5 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. Go to Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Oct 16, 2025 5/5 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. Go to Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Jun 18, 2025 2/5 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. Go to Full Review Lilo & Stitch (2025) 73% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Jun 18, 2025 4.5/5 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! Go to Full Review Thunderbolts (2025) 88% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Jun 18, 2025 5/5 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. Go to Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Jun 18, 2025 4/5 The best action movie of the year! Go to Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Mar 9, 2025 4.5/5 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... Go to Full Review Anora (2024) 93% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Mar 9, 2025 1.5/5 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... Go to Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Nov 20, 2024 5/5 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. Go to Full Review The Wild Robot (2024) 97% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Oct 15, 2024 4/5 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. Go to Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Sep 23, 2024 4/5 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! Go to Full Review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 76% 100%

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Sep 1, 2024 3/5 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. Go to Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Aug 20, 2024 3.5/5 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. Go to Full Review Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 77% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Aug 20, 2024 4/5 Twisters isn't just a fun time at the movies, it's the perfect summer movie! Go to Full Review Twisters (2024) 75% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Jul 12, 2024 4.5/5 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. Go to Full Review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 90% - -

Griffin Schiller FilmSpeak (YouTube) Jun 28, 2024 2.5/5 [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. Go to Full Review Inside Out 2 (2024) 91% - -