THE BIG 4-0

It's a triplet birthday celebration of some very 1985 films turning THE BIG 4-0 this week, each with some serious behind-the-camera names: Neil Jordan's THE COMANY OF WOLVES, Stephen King's CAT'S EYE, and Richard Donner's LADYHAWKE. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to celebrate THE BIG 4-0's of JUST ONE OF THE GUYS and Burt Reyno...

What it do, BIG 4-0 Heads?! This week we're blowing out 40 candles for two big, recognizable 80's titles: the second in the insanely long-running POLICE ACADEMY franchise: POLICE ACADEMY 2: THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT. And the second movie to feature Madonna already this year, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSUAN. Please remeber to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with WOLVES an...

This week, Ron geeks-out celebrating THE BIG 4-0 of his childhood hero He-Man's big screen debut - in which The Most Powerful Man In Universe discovers he has a long-lost twin sister. It's He-Man and She-Ra in THE SECRET OF THE SWORD. And for good measure, we're also wishing a happy BIG 4-0 to their CHRISTMAS SPECIAL as well. We also discuss ANORA (again), LONGLEGS, and EXIT WOUNDS. Bu...

This week, Jason is back... again... on the pod. Ron and Peter slice and dice the BIG 4-0 birthday cake for FRIDAY THE 13th: A NEW BEGINNING, and sho' nuff we're also throwing a party for Bruce Leroy in THE LAST DRAGON. Please remember to Rate, Like, Subscribe, and kiss our Converse; and we'll be back next week with the most powerful man in the universe... and his sister, as we wish a happy BIG 4-...

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter discover one of the best and one of the worst movies of the year. Find out which is which of these two films - VARIETY and MALIBU EXPRESS - that most of our listeners have likely never heard of (we know we said we were doing MASK but you know what, fuck streaming, as we discuss). We also bid a sad farewell to one of our favorites, Gene Hackman (a story that...

This week Ron and Peter blow out 40 big ones for John Cusack in THE SURE THING and Chuck Norris in MISSING IN ACTION 2. We are posting this episode a few days late because Peter fell ill and because we forgot February only has 28 days. Please Remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to talk VARIETY and MALIBU EXPRESS. We know most of you probably haven't heard of...

Another slow week in 1985, so instead of celebrating any BIG 4-0's this week, Ron and Peter take a look back at two supernatural police thrillers from the 1990's with strikingly similar storylines: Lou Diamond Phillips in THE FIRST POWER and Denzel Washington leading an all-star cast in FALLEN. As always, please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back in 1985 next week...

This week Ron and Peter celebrate the BIG 4-0's of John Hughes' seminal THE BREAKFAST CLUB - with Peter's daughter Sam returning to the show to help us out), Matthew Modine in VISION QUEST, and Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty are LOST IN AMERICA. But the big news is WE GOT OPENING MUSIC!!! (The tune, by the way, is called THE BREAKFAST CLUB BREAKOUT - how appropriate!) Now we just have...

February 8th, 1985 saw the box office births of Harrison Ford in Peter Weir's WITNESS and Kelly Preston in the teen-sex comedy MISCHIEF; and we are here on February 8th, 2025 to celebrate their BIG 4-0s! Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; be back next week to celebrate a triplet birthday party when we blow out the candles for THE BREAKFAST CLUB, VISION QUEST, and LOST IN AMERICA.

Apologies, 4-0 HEADS, but we went waaaay off the rails with this one (though we're told these are your favorite episodes, you sick puppies). A bevy of topics are discussed around our near-Big 3-0 discussion of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's January of 1996 gonzo collaboration/genre hybrid FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, including the results of the Packers' playoff bid, drugs and alcohol, male obje...

This week, Ron and Peter wish a happy BIG 4-0 to the first of several post-GREMLINS murderous-little-creatures flicks, GHOULIES; and the sequel to 1982's 1990: THE BRONX WARRIORS (which Ron also briefly reviews), ESCAPE FROM THE BROX (aka BRONX WARRIORS 2 and ESCAPE 2000 - though I'm not sure it's ever confirmed in the film that it takes place ten years after the original). We also rev...

Happy New Year, BIG 4-0 Heads! This week, Ron and Peter kick off 1985 and Season 3 of THE BIG 4-0 with what might just be our most "loose" episode yet as we are in, let's just say festive spirits, celebrating the BIG 4-0's of the released-almost-one-year-to-the-day sequel to last year's ANGEL, AVENGING ANGEL, and the Coen Brothers' first film BLOOD SIMPLE. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscr...

Merry Christmas, Big 4-0 Babies! Our last episode of the year - as per tradition - Ron and Peter each count down their ten favorite films of 1984. Our holiday gift to all of you is two episodes in as many days... You're welcome! Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back in two weeks or so to kick off Season 3 of THE BIG 4-0 and 1985!! From Ron and Peter, thanks for a great ye...

In our penultimate episode of the season, Ron and Peter boogaloo out of 1984 with the sequel to BREAKIN', which was released earlier THIS YEAR(!), and Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, and Danny DeVito in the 134th throwback to prohibition era films from 1984, JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY. We also take a look at Sylvester Stallone and an all-star cast playing in a similar milieu in 1991's OSCAR. Before all that...

40 years since Jeff Bridges played E.T. and Magnum PI took down killer robots and the lead singer of KISS?? GTFO! Ron and Peter discuss! Also, Ron watched a bunch of movies, including some classic Hitchcock and both WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY movies. And we continue our discussion about the current Thanksgiving box office juggernauts. Party time!

This week we celebrate The Big 4-0's of David Lynch's DUNE and Francis Ford Coppola's THE COTTON CLUB. We also bid a-deux to Ron and Peter's hometown legend and 1/3 of the ZAZ Team, Jim Abrahams, who we got word passed away a few hours before we recorded this episode. RIP. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and we'll be back next week to wish a happy 40th birthday to Jeff Bridges in STA...

Happy Thanksgiving, BIG 4-0 Heads! Consider this early release your Black Friday special from your very thankful-for-all-of-you-listening BIG 4-0 hosts Ron and Peter as we celebrate the BIG 4-0 of the massively successful (highest grossing movie of 1984 worldwide - in a year with GHOSTBUSTERS, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, and GREMLINS!) Eddie Murphy breakout BEVERLY HILLS COP, and the wou...

This week Ron and Peter celebrate the 40th birthdays of two franchise films - of sorts: The SUPERMAN spin-off SUPERGIRL, and an early party for the belated sequel to Stanley Kubrick's seminal 2001: A SPACE ODYSEY, 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT, which was actually released a couple weeks from now, in December of 1984. And Peter reviews TERRIFIER 3 while Ron tries to wrap his head around the unlike...

Welcome back, 4-0 Heads! This week we celebrate the BIG 4-0's of Chuck Norris and his beginnings of a long and beautiful (?) relationship with the Cannon Group in the you-asked-for-it Rambo knock-off MISSING IN ACTION. We also look at the B-movie riff NIGHT OF THE COMET. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and we'll be back next week to blow out 4-0 big ones for SUIPERGIRL and 2010: THE...

This week Ron and Peter welcome their long-lost friend Steve to the podcast to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to two legendary (albeit for different reasons) '80s horror films, both opening on November 9th, 1984: Wes Crven's classic A NIGHTMAREE ON ELM STREET, which introduced the world to iconic slasher Freddy Krueger, and the controversial Christmas-themed slasher SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT. As always, ple...

This week on THE BIG 4-0 Ron and Peter celebrate two of the biggest directors of our generation with James Cameron's seminal THE TERMINATOR and Brian DePalma's not-so-seminal BODY DOUBLE. As always please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week, just in time for Halloween, with two notorious, iconic (albeit for different reasons) 80's horror flicks that just happened to...

Same as it ever was, Ron and Peter are wishing a happy BIG 4-0 to two wildly different 1984 films turning 40 this week, the Talking Heads concert film STOP MAKING SENSE, and Wim Wenders' episodic character study PARIS, TEXAS. Warning or Bonus depending on how your mileage varies, but we also spend the first 11 minutes on an epilogue to last week's Steven Seagal episode. Please remember to Rate, Li...

On this special episode of THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter look back at the first SEVEN films from one of our childhood action heroes, Steven Seagal. ABOVE THE LAW (1988), HARD TO KILL (1990), MARKED FOR DEATH (1990), OUT FOR JUSTICE (1991), UNDER SIEGE (1992), his directorial debut ON DEADLY GROUND (1994), and his only theatrical sequel and arguably the end of his run as a major box office draw, UNDER...

Continuing/concluding wishing a Happy BIG 4-0 to the big releases of September 21st, 1984; we have come to the Oscar-winning PLACES IN THE HEART staring Sally Field, Danny Glover, and John Malkovich; as well as Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin - reuniting with his THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS director, Carl Rheiner - in the body-swap comedy ALL OF ME. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll...

This week Ron and Peter celebrate the BIG 4-0's of two wildly different films, both released on September 21, 1984: The multiple-Oscar-winning AMADEUS, and Charles Bronson in THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, a film that strangely wasn't even nominated for any Oscars. We also discuss the recent releases BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE and TRAP. Next week, we're staying on September 21, as two other notabl...