Frank Sinatra - Sinatra And Friends DVD

Advantages: Charming, heart-warming
Disadvantages: Unexciting storyline

...The daughters of a music teacher in Connecticut, Laurie, Amy and Fran, all meet men and prepare to marry in the space of a year. But there are problems afoot. Amy falls in love with Laurie's fiance, Alex. Then a friend of Alex, Barney Sloan, turns up and sets his cap at Laurie. Will the three girls find happiness with the right man? Or are they destined to be unhappy for the rest of their lives? I'm partial to the occasional old movie. This particular film is over fifty years old and pretty much all of its stars are now dead. However, there is a charm to it that outweighs the cheesiness of the set and the story and it is not hard to see why it is classed as one of the movie greats. Not only does it star Doris Day and Frank Sinatra, but it has both of them singing beautiful songs. A perfect Saturday afternoon film. Doris Day plays... Read review

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Advantages: Good cast; funny in places
Disadvantages: Confusing plot at the beginning of the film

...This PG film is called "Ocean's 11" on the front cover of the DVD/video (which is the US title) and it was made in 1960. The basic plot in this crime caper is that 11 friends who were in World War 2 get back together to plan the robberies of five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. They are asked to do it by a crime boss who wants to hire people who aren't known villains. They plan to cut the power supply to the casinos and then steal millions of dollars from them. Can they pull off this major crime with the same precision they carried out their army tasks? The film's main stars are Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean, Dean Martin as Sam, Peter Lawford as Jimmy. Sammy Davis Jr as Josh and Angie Dickinson as Danny's fed up wife. The film is largely a product of its time - sexist in places and even hints of racism in the film's main... Read review

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Advantages: clear explanation of what happened during the war
Disadvantages: none

...A moving film, I enjoyed this even though generally i'm not into war. All charachters were clearly explained and the story line easy to follow. Brilliant casting Frank Sinatra as Von Ryan, he seemed to bring the character to life, very believable. He masterminds an escape plan and takes over from a British Officer who originally planned the escape. The scenery is amazing, it was shot on location in Italy. The other actors cast excellent. Nazi's were very criminal trying to foil the escape plans. Von Ryan comes up with a plan to board a train carrying Nazi troops, to get to the Italian borders. It was nominated for an oscar and its easy to see why. Frank Sinatra gives an excellent performance... Read review

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