THE BIG 4-0

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...

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter celebrate the end of the ENTER THE NINJA trilogy with NINJA III: THE DOMINATION and wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Cannon Films' ultraviolent DEATH WISH riff sequel EXTERMINATOR 2, reviewing its 1980 predecessor THE EXTERMINATOR as well. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to rock Oscar-winner AMADEUS and Charles Bronso...

This week Peter's niece Isabelle and her boyfriend Max stop by to help us wish a happy BIG 4-0 to John Sayles' urban drama/sci-fi crossover THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET, and David Carradine in the YOJIMBO-meets-CONAN fuckery that is THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe. We'll be back in two weeks to complete the Cannon Films NINJA trilogy with...

Dennis Quaid is dreamy and Clint gets freaky! Help Ron and Peter celebrate the 40th anniversary of Clint getting a blowjob on screen! Happy BIG 4-0 to DREAMSCAPE and TIGHTROPE! Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and tune in two weeks to blow out 40 candles for BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET and THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS.

This week Ron and Peter celebrate the BIG 4-0's of some colors.. Red and Purple... PURPLE RAIN and because WHY THE FUCK NOT, it's ostensible sequel, GRAFFITI BRIDGE (1990). Also, RED DAWN, American kids!!! Ron also gives a brief review of two recent indie horror hits, LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL and IMMACULATE Please remember to rate, like, and subscribe; and we'll be back next week to b...

Welcome to another BIG 4-0 celebration of two seminal 1980s titles: THE NEVERENDING STORY and REVENGE OF THE NERDS; two films opening July 20, 1984 that have aged... interestingly . Join Ron and Peter as they unpack these cinematic cultural artifacts; and - it hasn't happened in a while, but - this is a Ron-Over-Served episode, so apologies to our listeners (and Peter) in advance. Please remem...

It is July 13, 1984. Birthed this day into cinemas all over the country are two family-friendly titles that have held-up through the years as nostalgic touchstones; the STAR WARS-meets-TRON FX-heavy adventure THE LAST STARFIGHTER, and the third theatrical Muppets feature, THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN. Join Ron and Peter in celebrating - as always - their BIG 4-0's! There is mic volume issue at t...

It's June 29th, 2024 (a few days late because of the holiday weekend; our apologies); so, it's time to blow out 40 big ones in honor of the two big releases of June 29, 1984: Tom Hanks in BACHELOR PARTY and ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER in CONAN THE DESTROYER. Ron and Peter also briefly discuss several other recent releases, including IF, BAD BOYS RIDE OR DIE, ASPHALT CITY, KNOX GOES AWAY, ON THE...

Time to pop, lock, and Drinkenstein our way into THE BIG 4-0 birthday party for 1984's cultural phenomenon BREAKIN' and the infamous Dolly Parton/Sylvester Stallone country music comedy RHINESTONE. Sly turned down both ROMANCING THE STONE and BEVERLY HILLS COP for this one. Was it worth it? The only way you'll ever know is to listen - and Rate, Like, and Subscribe! Next week, it's...

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter are Skeet Shootin' and doing The Crane wishing a happy 40th birthday to two 1984 classics, THE KARATE KID and The ZAZ Team(AIRPLANE, THE NAKED GUN)'s TOP SECRET! Find out how we think these very 1984 movies have aged, and please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe. We'll be back next week to - finally! - pop and lock and Drinkenstein our way th...

This week we blow out 40 big ones for what might be the biggest one-two punch of 1984: The seminal classics GREMLINS and GHOSTBUSTERS; and Peter's daughter Sam stops by to help us kick-off our GREMLINS review. How do we think these massive hits have aged over 40 years? On our way to finding out we go off on our usual tangents on everything from Ryan Reynolds to the BAD BOYS movies. Please reme...

It's June 1st, 1984. Released into theaters on this day are two films with big directors and star-studded casts that would take years to find their appropriate audiences - but find them they did. Join Ron and Peter in wishing a Happy BIG 4-0 to Walter Hill's neo-punk action flick STREETS OF FIRE and Sergio Leone's gangster epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA. Please remember to Rate, Like...

May 23rd, 1984. What will become the biggest worldwide boxoffice hit of the year is celebrating its BIG 4-0 this week: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, the second film in the iconic Steven Spielberg/Harrison Ford (still-going) franchise. Ron and Peter also attempt to pick their jaws up off of the floor after revisiting 2008's bloodbath masterpiece, RAMBO, the fourth film in Sylvester Stal...