THE BIG 4-0

This week, Peter's mom joins us via recording to give her perspective on ABOUT LAST NIGHT, as it celebrates its BIG 4-0. We also debate whether UNDER THE CHERRY MOON deserves to be remembered as the disaster its reputation suggests. And it's the return of Steve's Thoughts. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to ALIENS an...

This week we celebrate PSYCHO III's BIG 4-0 and we also take a look back at the first two films in the series, including the landmark original, which turns 66 this year! Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe - and have a happy 4th! We'll be back next week to blow out 40 BIG ones for ABOUT LAST NIGHT and UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.

Apologies for Ron's audio on this episode. He didn't realize until after recording he accidentally had two microphone covers on his mic, so he sounds a little distant. Not that we'd let that stop us from celebrating this week's 1986 birthday boys BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and RUNNING SCARED. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to celebrat...

This week we celebrate the BIG 4-0's of Danny DeVito, Bette Midler and an all-star supporting cast in the ZAZ team's last film as a directing unit, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, and David Bowie and a young Jennifer Connelly in Jim Henson's LABYRINTH. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to blow out 40 candles for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and a belated Hap...

THE KARATE KID PART II an LEGAL EAGLES celebrate their BIG 4-0's this week. Rate, Like, and Subscribe. Next Week: RUTHLESS PEOPLE and LABYRINTH.

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter take a special look at all three theatrical PUNISHER films, as well as the Netflix series and the 2012 short DIRTY LAUNDRY. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back in 1986 next week to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to THE KARATAE KID PART II and LEGAL EAGLES.

Hello, BIG 4-0 Heads! We hope you are all rested and recovered from the long, holiday weekend. This week, it is the 40th anniversary of FERRIS BUELLER and his infamous DAY OFF, and Rodney Dangerfield doing the opposite and heading BACK TO SCHOOL. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with a Bonus Episode looking at all of THE PUNISHER films!

Y'all know the drill... Happy BIG 4-0 to Schwarzenegger in one of his (deserved?) lesser-known vehicles RAW DEAL, and Tobe Hooper's equally (deserved?) memory-holed INVADERS FROM MARS.

Happy Mother's Day to all our mom listeners out there. Also celebrating the day with you are the BIG 4-0's of COBRA and POLTERGEIST II, and we wish a happy belated 40th to LEGEND. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with RAW DEAL and INVADERS FROM MARS.

This week on THE BIG 4-0 we are officially kicking off the summer movie season of 1986 and wishing a happy 40th birthday's to two seminal 1980s hits: TOP GUN and SHORT CIRCUIT. We also briefly discuss the SUPER MARIO BROTHERS sequel and MICHAEL. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with - because we somehow let it slip through the cracks when it officia...

THE BIG 4-0 is back after an unexpected week off with FOUR movies - that all strangely have quite a bit in common - celebrating their 4oth birthdays. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week (promise!) to celebrate as TOP GUN and SHORT CIRCUIT both turn THE BIG 4-0!

We're back from a holiday break with a bonus episode; one film of Peter's choosing (COP LAND) and one of Ron's (SPACE COWBOYS). Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back in 1986 next week, wishing a happy BIG 4-0 to WISE GUYS and 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE.

Happy BIG 4-0 to three memorable '80s titles, all from different genres - and all of vastly varying degrees of quality, and we bid adieu to an '80s icon and BIG 4-0 all-star Chuck Norris. We have a week off coming up, but we'll be back in a fortnight to wish WISE GUYS and 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE a Happy BIG 4-0!

Three 1986 cult hits in one episode?! It must be THE BIG 4-0. We wish a happy 40th birthday to THE TOXIC AVENGER, APRIL FOOL'S DAY, and CRITTERS. We also talk THE OSCARS. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with another 40th Bday trifecta: THE MONEY PIT, AT CLOSE RANGE, and MURPHY'S LAW.

Happy BIG 4-0 to yet another POLICE ACADEMY sequel and Michael Keaton in Ron Howard's culture clash comedy GUNG HO. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to celebrate the BIG 4-0 of THREE 1986 cult hits: APRIL FOOL'S DAY, CRITTERS, and THE TOXIC AVENGER.

This week Ron and Peter wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Merchant-Ivory's A ROOM WITH A VIEW, featuring a young Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis, and in her film debut, Helena Bonham Carter; and Christopher Lambert and Egyptian pirate with a Scottish accent Sean Connery in HIGHLANDER. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe. We'll be back next week with POLICE ACADAMY 3 and GUNG HO.

We're back after a week off and Ron's - sorry ladies - engaged! This week, it's PINK HOUSEs on THE BIG 4-0. John Hughes' s Rat Pack continues to wreak havoc on '80s pop culture with PRETTY IN PINK, while the producer and the director of FRIDAY THE 13th team up again and create a new - if (somehow?) less heralded - horror series with HOUSE. We also touch on: THE PHOENICIAN SCEME...

We're off next week so please enjoy this Happy BIG 4-0 to THE HITCHER and 9 1/2 WEEKS, and we'll be back in two weeks to do the same for PRETTY IN PINK and HOUSE.

This week we wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Goldie Hawn in WILDCATS and CHUCK NORRIS - back again! - in a seminal Cannon Group flick, THE DELTA FORCE. We also touch on Sam Raimi's return to funhouse horror in SEND HELP, BUGONIA, and the second and third PURGE films. And we bid farewell to Catharine O' Hara; RIP. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; we'll be back next week - before a...

Ron and Peter also talk THE RIP, THE RUNNING MAN (2025), THE PURGE, Oscar nominations, and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE trailer and reactions. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Goldie Hawn in WILDCATS and Chuck Norris (back yet again) in THE DELTA FORCE!

Another week, another mic check, and two more midling early 1986 films. These two celebrate their BIG 4-0's next week, but we're celebrating early because Ron has a vacation coming up and we don't want to deprive our beloved listeners of any episodes. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with F/X and HANNAH AND HER SISTERS.

Because we live in The Worst Timeline, we can not wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to IRON EAGLE this week as planned/deserved (we will wish it a belated BIG 4-0 when streamers deem it worthy to be available for rental...). So, to help ring in TROLL's BIG 4-0, we are finally getting around to the oft-mentioned-on-the-pod 1989 Don Johnson cop thriller DEAD-BANG. Please remember to Rate, Like, Subscribe - a...

Happy New Year, BIG 4-0 Heads! Happy 2026, happy 1986, and happy Season 4 of THE BIG 4-0! This week, kicking off 1986, Ron and Peter review CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR and HARDBODIES 2. We also discuss ROOFMAN, THE LONG WALK, DIE MY LOVE (all 2025 films), THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, SUPERBAD, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, and TANGO & CASH. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and we'll be back next...

This week, it's THE BIG 4-0's Season 3 finale! Join Ron and Peter as they count down their favorite and least favorite films of the year (1985), and we sneak in one last 1985 film with THE HOWLING II, and a bonus review of THE HOWLING (1981) just to be completists. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe - and have happy holidays!- and we'll see you the new year: 1986!!

This week week on 12/18 and 12/20, respectively, we celebrate The BIG 4-0's of Steven Spielberg's THE COLOR PURPLE and Wolfgang Petersen's ENEMY MINE; and Ron celebrates his Big 4-7, so we take a look at one of his all-time favorite films - and it just so happens he and Peter were able to see it on the big screen for the first time in 37 years this past weekend - the greatest buddy cop...