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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: Grand Maison Paris from TJFF 2025

June 30, 2025

Grand Maison Paris is a sequel to the series Grand Maison Tokyo, where a Japanese chef in Paris must face an uphill battle to become a master of his craft.

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Reviews: Aberdeen from imagineNATIVE 2025

June 19, 2025

Aberdeen is about a grandmother who is stuck in a cycle of struggle as she deals with being unhoused, addiction and losing custody of her grandchildren.

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Reviews: Remaining Native from imagineNATIVE 2025

June 17, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 In summer 2022, Kutoven “Ku” Stevens began the annual Remembrance Run, a two-day, 50-mile event in rural Nevada, in which participants…

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Reviews: The Lost Tiger from imagineNATIVE 2025

June 16, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 The Lost Tiger, directed by Chantelle Murray,  opens with Red (Jimi Bani) and Kara (Nakkiah Lui), a young kangaroo couple, discovering…

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Reviews: Cells At Work from TJFF 2025

June 13, 2025

Final Rating: 4.5/5 The human body is a miracle of evolution. Containing over 37 trillion cells, our bodies work so well we usually take…

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Reviews: The Woman in the Yard – Physical Release

June 6, 2025

In The Woman in the Yard, a grieving mother of two notices that an ominous woman clad in all black is just sitting and watching the family outside their home.

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Reviews: Final Destination: Bloodlines

May 21, 2025

Final Destination: Bloodlines, the first entry in 14 years, retains the mission statement of the original films while putting a unique spin on the formula. 

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Reviews: Endless Cookie from Hot Docs 2025

May 12, 2025

Endless Cookie is a doc where two brothers animate 7 different stories that are funny, beautiful, spiritual, political, complex, simple, and true.

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Reviews: Shamed from Hot Docs 2025

May 2, 2025

YouTuber Jason Nassr was convicted on charges of harassment and more. As a “Creeper Hunter,” he would pose as a teen on dating sites to entrap men.

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Reviews: I Dreamed His Name from Hot Docs 2025

May 1, 2025

I Dreamed His Name is a personal exploration of rural life in Colombia by discussing the forced disappearance of the director’s father, thirty years prior.

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