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Archive for May 13th, 2024

by Sam Juliano

The eighth annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival will launch on Tuesday, May 28th. A group email has been sent to all the participants of yesteryear, and NINE (9) writers have already committed to the project!  Several more may do so in the coming days (and everyone is welcome!). Still, we have  Marilyn Ferdinand, Roderick Heath, Sachin Gandhi, Robert Hornak, Bob Clark, Dennis Polifroni, Patricia Perry, Jamie Uhler, and Sam Juliano.  Anyone else wishing to write a short review (or as long as you wish) on any film online or on DVD or Blu-ray is welcome to signal your intentions in the comments!

Lucille, two of our sons, and I saw Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes over the weekend. I thought it was fairly entertaining.  3.5 of 5.0.

   The Boys of Summer by Don Henley Named Best Popular Song of 1984!

According to Voting Tabulator Angelo A. D’Arminio Jr., Don Henley’s critically lauded nostalgic song “The Boys of Summer” emerged as the pole position choice for 1984 from our pool of 35 voters. Henley’s song outdistanced “When Doves Cry” by Prince, 253-221, with songs by The Smiths, George Michael, and The Cars rounding out the Top 5.
1 The Boys of Summer – Don Henley 253
2 When Doves Cry – Prince 221
3 How Soon is Now? – The Smiths 202
4 Careless Whisper – George Michael 187
5 Drive – The Cars 166
6 Pride – U2 154
7 Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen 130
8 What’s Love Got to Do with It – Tina Turner 129
9 The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen 128
10 Smooth Operator – Sade 121
11 Hallelujah – Leonard Coen 117
12 I Will Dare – The Replacements 112
13 Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams) 111
14 Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper 109
15 Will the Wolf Survive (Los Lobos) 105
16 Purple Rain (Prince) 101
17 Shout (Tears for Fears) 95
18 Out of Touch – Hall & Oates 90
19 Blue Jean (David Bowie) 85
20 Head over Heels – The Go Gos 80
21 Against All Odds – Phil Collins 79
22 Eyes Without a Face – Billy Idol 79
23 Last Christmas – George Michael (Wham!) 78
24 Don’t Go Back to Rockville – R.E.M. 77
25 It’s My Life (Talk Talk) 74
26 Pretty Persuasion – R.E.M. 74
27 Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins 70
28 Nobody Told Me – John Lennon 59
29 Borderline” Madonna 56
30 Private Dancer – Tina Turner 56
31 Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper 55
32 So, Central Rain – R.E.M. 50
33 Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics 49
34 Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.), 19. 48
35 Jump – Van Halen 46
36 Sister Christian – Night Ranger 44
37 Pink Houses – John Mellencamp 42
38 Church of the Poison Mind (Culture Club) 41
39 Rebel Yell – Billy Idol 41
40 I Just Called to Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder) 40
41 The Ghost in You (Psychedelic Furs) 40
42 The Glamorous Life” Sheila E. 40
43 Too Late For Goodbyes – Julian Lennon 39
44 Missing You – John Waite 38
45 Answering Machine – The Replacements 36
46 Dance Me To the End of Love – Leonard Cohen 36
47 Say say say- McCartney/ jackson 36
48 Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen) 35
49 I Feel For You-Chaka Khan 35
50 Dance Hall Days/Wang Chung 34
35 ballots cast.

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