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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: Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja from TJFF 2025

July 7, 2025

Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja is the latest in the Nintama Rantarō films. Here the young ninja’s must investigate the disappearance of their missing teacher.

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Reviews: Muromachi Outsiders (Samurai Fury) from TJFF 2025

July 1, 2025

Final Rating: 4/5 In 1461, the Kanshō famine devastated Kyoto, at that time the seat of the ruling Ashikaga shogunate. As thousands starved –…

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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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