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Author: Jeff Bulmer

Jeff Bulmer is the co-host and co-creator of Classic Movies Live! He was also formerly a film critic for the Kelowna Daily Courier. Jeff’s favourite movies include Redline, Spider-Man 2, and Requiem for a Dream.

Reviews: Our Hero Balthazar

April 28, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Our Hero Balthazar, the feature debut of writer-director Oscar Boyson, is a pitch-black Gen Z satire about finding belonging in an…

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Reviews: I Understand Your Displeasure

April 21, 2026

Final Rating: 2.5/5 A cleaning service manager in charge of crews at several worksites is putting out fires, dealing with disillusioned workers and unsatisfied…

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333: Interview With Amalie Atkins of Agatha’s Almanac

April 15, 2026

Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Amalie Atkins, the director of the new documentary ⁠Agatha’s Almanac⁠, which stars her aunt who runs a…

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Reviews: For Worse

April 10, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 In For Worse, Amy Landecker stars as Lauren, a newly divorced mother in her 50s relearning how. Also written and directed…

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330: Interview With Alireza Khatami of The Things You Kill

March 25, 2026

Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Alireza Khatami the director of the new film ⁠The Things You Kill⁠, which was submitted by Canada…

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327: Interview With Alison McAlpine of Perfectly A Strangeness

March 7, 2026

Jeff Bulmer interviews Alison McAlpine, the director of the Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Short, ⁠Perfectly a Strangeness⁠. They chat about blending narrative and…

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Reviews: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

February 13, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 At the start of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, a man (Sam Rockwell) bursts through the doors at Norm’s Diner…

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Reviews: La Grazia

February 12, 2026

Final Rating: 3.5/5 In La Grazia, the latest film from Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Parthenope), Tony Servillo stars as Mariano De Santis, the outgoing…

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Reviews: Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

January 30, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 In the classic Japanese fairytale “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” a bamboo cutter finds a tiny baby girl in a…

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322: Paying For It Interview with Sook-Yin Lee

January 29, 2026

We have a special video episode where Jeff Bulmer takes the reigns to interview ⁠Paying For It⁠ writer and director Sook-Yin Lee. They talk…

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