‘CAFE FUNICULI FUNICULA’ is an adaptation of a novel recently published in English under the title, ‘Before The Coffee Gets Cold.’
As cliche as it sounds, the film suffers from what most films like this suffer from in that it never comes close to having the same impact as it’s source material. Characters are removed or changed, as their relationships are and while there are solid attempts to capture the fundamental magic that the short novel creates, there is something…
To be absolutely blunt, NEW FRONTIER is a serviceable Justice League film. It's a fairly breezy origin film that tries it's best to have equal focus on the A-list heroes, if not a little more on Hal Jordan and Martian Manhunter. We, the viewers, are given really solid chapters of Hal Jordan as he becomes Green Lantern, The Flash facing off against Captain Cold, Wonder Woman's growing dissatisfaction with the politics of Man's world, etc.
The problem is that NEW…
Originally adapted for the screen in 1974 from Oniroku Dan’s novel, FLOWER AND SNAKE tells the story of how Senzô Tôyama, a elderly CEO has one of his employees, Makoto Katagiri, kidnap and rape his wife (the S&M goddess, Naomi Tani) who he feels is too frigid- with the goal of having her more compliant with his S&M desires. Although the actions of kidnap and rape are in no way excusable, the film does attempt to show deeper psychological issues…
The very first thing that needs to stated about ‘CAPTURED MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: SHE-BEAST’ is that it’s a wholly misleading title for the late ‘80s sexually charged drama from Nikkatsu. From the title, you may come in expecting a more typical Roman porno, which this isn’t.
‘CAPTURED MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: SHE-BEAST’ tells the story of Chizuru Kobayashi, a high school girl who witnesses the death of one of her best friends, who jumped off a building, and the resulting downward…
