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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: 2025 TIFF Midnight Madness Round Up Part 2

September 27, 2025

Midnight Madness plays the best in genre films during the Toronto International Film Festival. We saw almost every film in the program and wrote about them.

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Reviews: Eleanor The Great

September 25, 2025

Final Rating: 2/5 Known for her prolific acting career, Scarlett Johansson tries her hand at directing with Eleanor the Great. However, despite decent performances…

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Reviews: Dead Man’s Wire from TIFF 2025

September 24, 2025

Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about a man in 1977 who kidnaps the son of a bank manager to help pay off his mortgage, but is the hero of the story.

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Reviews: The Testament of Ann Lee from TIFF 2025

September 19, 2025

The Testament of Ann Lee is a religious musical about the founding of the Shaker Movement in 1700’s America starring Amanda Seyfried.

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Reviews: Sacrifice from TIFF 2025

September 15, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Sacrifice, directed by Romain Gavras, is a hilarious political satire skewering performative activism at the highest levels of society. Reminiscent of…

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Reviews: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain from TIFF 2025

September 13, 2025

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is an animated film about a young Belgian girl growing up in post-war Japan and her experiences in the world.

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Reviews: Junk World from TIFF 2025

September 12, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Junk World is an impressive and novel stop-motion adventure. While the background lore of director Takahide Hori’s world can be hard…

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Reviews: Mare’s Nest from TIFF 2025

September 4, 2025

Mare’s Nest tells a series of stories from the perspective of one girl named Moon in a world without adults and how things would function.

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Reviews: Dry Leaf from TIFF 2025

September 3, 2025

Final Rating: 4/5 Dry Leaf is a challenging, deeply affecting film showcasing a unique view of the Georgian countryside. Shot on a 2008 Sony…

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Reviews: Self-Help from FrightFest 2025

August 25, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 Not quite a movie about cults, not quite a home invasion movie, Self-Help, from director Erik Bloomquist, is inventively subversive in…

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