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bryanfilmfan
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# Film Ratings: 35
Member Since: 12 Jul 2020

Recent Ratings

65 42%
Can-Can (1960) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
Flimsy story centering on a nightclub and the forbidden dance of the "can-can" is really an excuse for some exquisite Cole Porter musical numbers. Highlights include Sinatra's "It's Alright with Me" and Chevalier's "Just One of Those Things." Academy Award nominated for its Costumes (Irene Sharaff) and Scoring of a Musical Picture (Nelson Riddle). Cole Porter himself won a Grammy for the soundtrack.
75 58%
Ocean's Eleven (1960) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
Rat Pack movie that features the gang led by WWII veterans planning a massive heist in the Las Vegas casinos. Davis and Martin get musical numbers ("Eee-O-11" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen). Curiously Sinatra doesn't, but the film does feature an array of celebrity cameos varying in amusement and a clever twist comes at the end. Remade in 2001 with George Clooney in the Sinatra role of Danny Ocean, which spawned a few sequels.
85 82%
The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
A fallen priest and trio of convicts must help leper children escape an island before an erupting volcano engulfs them. Well-acted adventure film is the only collaboration between Oscar-winners Tracy and Sinatra. Good special effects, as well.
75 58%
Come Blow Your Horn (1963) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
A big city swinger teaches his sheltered younger brother how to become a "chick magnet," while constantly being nagged by their parents. Fun Neil Simon play adapted by TV legend Norman Lear ("All in the Family"). Features the title song by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn. Nominated for 4 Golden Globes, including best comedy actor for Frank Sinatra, and an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
75 58%
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
Entertaining Rat Pack romp is a Robin Hood story set in 1930s gangster land. It features good music by Nelson Riddle and songs like the Oscar-nominated "My Kind of Town" and "Style" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn. Bing Crosby makes the most of his supporting role as a bookish orphanage director who helps the gang with their public image. The best of the Rat Pack movies.
80 74%
Von Ryan's Express (1965) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
Exciting WWII thriller about a group of POWs planning an escape. Solid cast, including Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard.
60 37%
None But the Brave (1965) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
WWII drama has American and Japanese troops stranded on an island together after a plane crash lands. A truce leads to the two camps trying to work together to survive until they can communicate with the outside world. This message movie was the only film directed by singer-actor Frank Sinatra, and was the first Japanese-American co-production. A decent effort and precursor to Clint Eastwood's twin films "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" (both 2006). John Williams scored.
75 58%
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (1966) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
Entertaining follow-up to Sinatra's hit TV presentation of the previous year. Songs include: "Fly Me to the Moon," "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You," "Luck Be a Lady" and "That's Life." Daughter Nancy comes in for a visit to do "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and a duet medley with Frank.
35 17%
Assault on a Queen (1966) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
A surprisingly unimpressive heist adventure starring Frank Sinatra with a script by Rod Serling and music by Duke Ellington. You'd think it would be a cracker-jack thriller, but unfortunately it features a tired Sinatra performance and a generally lackluster direction.
35 17%
The Naked Runner (1967) - Rated 12 Jul 2020
Disappointing thriller about a former OSS officer blackmailed into doing a mission while his son is kidnapped. Sinatra has moments but the script betrays him by refusing the audience access to key elements that might help invest them in his plight. The Harry Sukman music score did produce a lovely song called "You Are There," however, co-written with Paul Francis Webster.