THE BIG 4-0

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...

This week Ron and Peter wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in the 1985 Best Picture winner OUT OF AFRICA, and Jackie Chan's POLICE STORY. Peter also touches on ZOOTOPIA 2 and Ron talks FLIGHT RISK. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe. Next week we'll be back to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to THE COLOR PURPLE and ENEMY MINE, and we'll have a special discussion on the LETHAL W...

Due to ANOTHER computer glitch, we are reposting our Happy BIG 4-0 to CLUE and JEWEL OF THE NILE, Originally posted 11/30/2025. Also discussed on this episode: THE EXPENDABLES 4 and BULLET TO THE HEAD. Next Week: OUT OF AFRICA and POLICE STORY

Due to a computer glitch, we are reposting our Happy BIG 4-0 to RUNAWAY TRAIN and SPIES LIKE US, Originally posted 11/23/2025. Also discussed on this episode: PREDATOR: BADLANDS, EDDINGTON, and LIFE OF CHUCK.

Happy BIG 4-0 to Jim Carrey's teen sex comedy meets vampire spoof ONCE BITTEN (we also discuss his big screen breakthrough ACE VENTURA PET DETECTIVE) and Sylvester Stallone in one of the biggest hits of his career ROCKY IV (we also look back at ROCKY BALBOA and CLIFFHANGER). Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to wish a happy BIG 4-0 to RUNAWAY TRAIN a...

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter wish two quintessential '80s cult films a happy 40th birthday: DEATH WISH 3 and TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. We spend the first 20 minutes - impromptuly - discussing the new Bruce Springsteen biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, and biopics and The Boss in general. If that's not your bag, feel free to skip ahead to the 22-minute mark or so (though know we'...

In honor of Halloween in just a few days - and spurred by our recent NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 2 watch - this week on a halloween-themed bonus episode of THE BIG 4-0 we take a look at the technical final FRIDAY THE 13th film in the original series/timeline, 2002's JASON X, where they actually do the joke and send Jason into space; as well as the following year's FREDDY VS JASON, in which the...

This week, just in time for Halloween, we're blowing out 40 BIG ones for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE and RE-ANIMATOR. Our buddy Steve, who helped us ring in the original NIGHTMARE's BIG 4-0 last year, joins us again to eat Robert Englund's cake... Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and we might be back next week with a bonus episode for Halloween... You&#3...

This week Ron and Peter fire in a bonus episode with a Craig R. Baxley double feature: 1990's Dolph Lundgren-staring I COME IN PEACE and 1991's badass action opus STONE COLD, which tried to turn former football wunderkind Brian Bosworth into a 1990's action hero; but quintessential '80s/'90s bad guys Lance Henriksen and William Forsythe - and Baxley's action, which does for...

It's the return of THE BIG 4-0! We're actually celebrating these birthdays a week early, but it's been three weeks and we missed you guys! So, get ready to blow out 40 big ones for Fred Ward in the would-be Blue Collar Bond or Urban Indiana Jones wannabe franchise-starter, REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS...; and Corey Haim and Gary Busey in Stephen King's SILVER BULLET. Please...

It's an action extravaganza this week on THE BIG 4-0 as Ron and Peter wish an explosive happy 40th birthday to two movies with enough tossed grenades, wasted ammo, and cars exploding on contact for the entire decade - with two of the decades biggest action stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris - in the '80s action-flick prototypes COMMANDO and INVASION USA. We also throw some birthday cake...

After last week's break, THE BIG 4-0 returns to wish a happy belated birthday to John Candy's (first) bid to carve out a career as the slapsticky dad in the bumbling vacation comedy SUMMER RENTAL. We also wish an early happy BIG 4-0 to Martin Scorsese's one-night-tapped-in-SoHo surrealist dramady, AFTER HOURS. And, of course, this week's birthday boy is none other than The Koff (as...

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter bid farewell to a childhood hero of Peter's, Hulk Hogan, as summer of 2025 continues to take a 1980's icon from us on a weekly bases. We also try to figure out if YEAR OF THE DRAGON is funnier than TEEN WOLF and BETTER OFF DEAD, and Ron's daughter Summer pops in halfway through our TEEN WOLF review. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, a...