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Written by James M. Tate / 2/06/2022 / No comments / andrea marcovicci , annie mcenroe , body count , bruce mcgill , cult , eighties , horror , michael caine , oliver stone , thriller

YOUNG OLIVER STONE DIRECTS MICHAEL CAINE IN 'THE HAND'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlIUeij78x6tIGlswsx_7rPQbcaTJQp24fHXcCFw-3Uf-KTe6tiotNz6_HaIBQ5ZzMULkE02N2XLsoy6PrZVBHkwE9trJ2n0LRB2ZjGjcNb8AvN4DccVEdMC6SVumYFoGMDUOwDey8s-jM7eq08AqxfhJzWzlaKAmJSPlI3DfObtLlK9e2xtYeo3g2zQ=s1479" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1479" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlIUeij78x6tIGlswsx_7rPQbcaTJQp24fHXcCFw-3Uf-KTe6tiotNz6_HaIBQ5ZzMULkE02N2XLsoy6PrZVBHkwE9trJ2n0LRB2ZjGjcNb8AvN4DccVEdMC6SVumYFoGMDUOwDey8s-jM7eq08AqxfhJzWzlaKAmJSPlI3DfObtLlK9e2xtYeo3g2zQ=w400-h299" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE HAND Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Michael Caine is commendably intense in an otherwise subdued kind of psychological thriller by first-time director (of a genuine studio film) Oliver Stone that centers on Michael Caine as a comic book artist/writer who loses his hand in an automobile accident, technically the most riveting scene, after which he rehabilitates while the severed limb is, or seems to be, crawling around doing his dirty work for him...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Stone’s 
best direction occurs during taut conversations between Caine and the 
people around him, providing a suspenseful base liken to 
stage-influenced British horror films, building character development in
 lue of cheap shocks...</p><p>However, scenes involving The Hand itself look a bit 
cheesy, dated, and sporadic cuts to black and white seem misplaced, contrasting
 from our protagonist turned antagonist and revolving side-characters 
Annie McEnroe as a tempestuous college student, Bruce McGill as a 
temperamental shrink, and Caine’s cheating wife Andrea 
Marovicci: his ultimate target in a horror thriller that has moments but somewhat loses its grip halfway through. Although, witnessing Michael Caine slowly 
going mad... a role that, according to Stone, took a toll on the actor’s 
real life... is worth the ninety minutes.</p><p><span></span></p>

andrea marcovicci, annie mcenroe, body count, bruce mcgill, cult, eighties, horror, michael caine, oliver stone, thriller

YOUNG OLIVER STONE DIRECTS MICHAEL CAINE IN 'THE HAND'

Title: THE HAND Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Michael Caine is commendably intense in an otherwise subdued kind of psychological thriller by fir...

EIGHTIES 3D 'SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Molly Ringwald getting her mind sucked by the villain YEAR: 1983</u></td></tr>
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One  of those deliberate cult films without much of a 
following, shot in 3D in  the early 1980's, and when formatted to 2D things zoom at the  screen for what seems like no reason, which... like <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2013/10/jaws-3-sucks-greatly.html">JAWS 3D</a> and <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2014/04/friday-13th-3d.html">FRIDAY THE 13TH 3D</a> and other gems from this era... is half the campy fun...<br>
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The sets, meanwhile, resemble a MAD 
MAX future combined with executive producer Ivan Reitman's nostalgically stylistic, homage-driven 1950's
sci-fi b-movie aesthetic (with a Harold Ramis intercom voice-cameo). Then again, since Ivan's not exactly broke, there <i>are</i> gorgeous STAR WARS style matte paintings and theatrical-STAR TREK inspired ships, and the plot too is old school and pulpy, centering on a rogue bounty hunter, Peter Strauss as Wolff, sent to this not-so-desolate planet where three vixens have been kidnapped...<br>

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EIGHTIES 3D 'SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE'

Molly Ringwald getting her mind sucked by the villain YEAR: 1983 One of those deliberate cult films without much of a following, shot ...

RICHARD BENJAMIN & MOLLY RINGWALD TV MOVIE 'PACKIN' IT IN'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Upon heavy glance this is a creepy picture: Year Televised: 1983</u></td></tr>
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The husband/wife team of Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss isn't famous<i> </i>for what's arguably their best effort — a television movie titled PACKIN' IT IN with a non-famous Molly Ringwald whose father... like the theatrical TEMPEST... is tired of the ordinary life, moving to a rural location — not an island but in this case, the woods... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>TV Movie Curve: ****1/2</u></td></tr>
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As the family goes to a better place to raise their kids and to breath the clear air, the jokes are quick and never forced while our hero provides the <i>weak husband out of his element</i> with ease. In one moment, before the shift from L.A. to Oregon (or Washington?), Molly's boyfriend, a punker named Johnny Crud, repeats how life is basically for the birds, and Benjamin replies: "Crud, get a job!" <br />
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The opening stages back home seems like its very own episode — followed by the family's luck running dry in the mountainous town that's more of a survivalist camp and that, at one point, winds up without any food or supplies. Benjamin, and comic actors like him who aren't exactly the macho type, are all reminiscent of (and inspired by) Woody Allen, so Tony Roberts, as the family's best friend and eventual foil, fits right in...<br />
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Meanwhile, Paula Prentiss is her usual tomboyish, independent pretty, smart and clever gal; Molly and AIRPLANE child actor David Hollander are suburb brats and only annoying to their parents, not the audience...<br />
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And the passive yet fully effective scene stealer is the monotone son of Kenneth McMillan's survivalist a--hole, played by Sam Whipple (who appeared with two more Brat Packers, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy, in BLUE CITY, as shown in the picture below). Making PACKIN' is a nearly perfect adventure, and you'll feel right there, out there, in the comedic nightmare of "bad things constantly happening to nice people" i.e. "a nice person,"which is basically a sub-genre in itself.<br />
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andrea marcovicci, comedy, david hollander, eighties, kenneth mcmillan, molly ringwald, paula prentiss, richard benjamin, rural, sam whipple, tony roberts, tv movie

RICHARD BENJAMIN & MOLLY RINGWALD TV MOVIE 'PACKIN' IT IN'

Upon heavy glance this is a creepy picture: Year Televised: 1983 The husband/wife team of Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss isn't ...

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