Chris Stuckmann

Christopher Stuckmann (born April 15, 1988) is an American film critic, filmmaker and YouTuber. , Stuckmann has over 1.9 million subscribers and over 618 million views on YouTube. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes he is an approved critic and a member of the Critics Choice Association.
Early life.
Stuckmann was born in Boston Heights, Ohio, growing up with two older sisters. Stuckmann is partly of German descent. He took an interest in film criticism from a young age, writing brief reviews of films as early as age fourteen. His primary inspiration among professional film critics was Roger Ebert, particularly the television program "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" which Ebert co-hosted with Gene Siskel. He writes that by watching these reviews, he "discovered the idea of a debate on a film, but a respectful one." 
Stuckmann cites his experience watching "Signs" in theaters as a child as his primary inspiration for becoming a filmmaker. Filmmakers Stuckmann has cited as having heavily influenced him include George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, M. Night Shyamalan, and Christopher Nolan. Throughout high school, Stuckmann wrote and directed numerous homemade movies and short films with friends and family.
Career.
YouTube.
He began publishing YouTube reviews of current films in his twenties and published his first film review in 2009. His reviews initially began under a short-form series titled Quick Movie Reviews. When he began publishing video reviews, there was only a small group of other video bloggers reviewing films on YouTube. He has also expanded into reviewing television shows, anime, and video games. His reviews are generally spoiler-free; however, he will occasionally release additional spoiler reviews for movies he feels would benefit from further, in-depth explanation.
Stuckmann has become among the most popular film critics on the website, having a following of over 1.92 million subscribers as of May 2021. Stewart Fletcher of Moviepilot ranked Stuckmann's YouTube channel as the number one channel that movie fans should subscribe to, writing that it's Stuckmann's passionately and coherently explains himself.
Other projects.
He published his first book, "The Film Buff’s Bucket List: The 50 Movies of the 2000s to See Before You Die", in 2016. A year later, he directed and wrote the short film "Auditorium 6". In April 2018, Stuckmann published his second book titled "Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows that Changed the World of Japanese Animation".
Personal life.
Stuckmann has been married to his wife Sam Liz since 2014. In January 2021, while discussing being a former Jehovah's Witness, Stuckmann came out as pansexual.