THE BIG 4-0

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...

This week Ron and Peter celebrate THE BIG 4-0's of two comedies opening May 18, 1984: MAKING THE GRADE staring Judd Nelson and FINDERS KEEPERS starring Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, and Louis Gosset Jr.; as well as a belated BIG 4-0 to Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in THE BOUNTY. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to kick off the summer...

This week we blow out 40 big ones for little Drew Barrymore in Stephen King's FIRESTARTER and Robert Redford heading an all-star cast in the seminal baseball pic THE NATURAL. How do these films - released today, May 11, in 1984 - hold-up on their BIG 4-0s? Ron and Peter find out.

Time to wish a BIG 4-O to John Hughes' SIXTEEN CANDLES and the beach-sex romp HARDBODIES; which got us wondering, "why did we skip SPRING BREAK" last year??". So, a belated HBD to Sean S. Cunningham's (FRIDAY THE 13TH) SPRING BREAK as well! Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and next week we'll be back with THE NATRUAL and FIRESTARTER

This week on THE BIG 4-0, there are no new 1984 films of note, so Peter and Ron look back at the first two DIRTY HARRY sequels, after reviewing the third DIRTY HARRY film, SUDDEN IMPACT last December: 1973's MAGNUM FORCE and 1976's THE ENFORCER. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and we'll be back next week to celebrate THE BIG 4-0's of John Hughes' SIXTEEN CANDLES,...

It's a Friday the 13th in the mid-1980s, so chances are there is a FRIDAY THE 13th film opening in theaters (ironically, this is also our 13th episode of the season - hope it's not cursed!). This week Ron and Peter celebrate THE BIG 4-0 of FRIDAY THE 13th PART IV, very accurately subtitled THE FINAL CHAPTER. We also close the loop on the first four FRIDAY'S by review FRIDAY THE 13TH PA...

Celebrating their BIG 4-0's on March 30th and April 6th, 1984, respectively, are the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner/Danny DeVito/Robert Zemeckis breakout hit ROMANCING THE STONE, and yet another teen-sex-spring break-beach comedy, WHERE THE BOYS ARE '84 (so titled because it is a remake of a 1960 film of the same name). Will this be one of the few good and memorable entries in its genre,...

It's March 23, 1984. POLICE ACADEMY is celebrating its BIG 4-0, so naturally Ron and Peter are taking look back at this surprise '80s cultural phenomenon. We're also were finally able to wish THIS IS SPINAL TAP! a belated BG 4-0 from a couple weeks ago. Please remember to Rate, Like, and subscribe; and we'll be back next week to blow out 40 candles for ROMANCING THE STONE and WHERE...

It's March 16th, 1984. No great movies at the '84 box office celebrating their BIG 4-0's today, so Peter and Ron take a look back at two underrated, early-1990s ensemble dramas from big directors: Lawrance Kasdan's turn-of-the-decade Los Angeles race/class relations exploration GRAND CANYON, starring Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, and Steve Marting among others; and Ron Howard's ch...

It's March 9th, 1984. Birthed on this day are Ron Howard's SPLASH, the Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah breakthrough fish out of water comedy, and a just-pre-TERMINATOR Linda Hamilton in the Stephen King adaptation CHILDREN OF THE CORN. Join us as we celebrate their BIG 4-0's!! Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and we'll be back next week with a bonus episode looking at two f...

THREE new releases celebrate their BIG 4-0's this week, as March 2nd, 1984, saw the release of AGAINST ALL ODDS, REPO MAN, and the comedy classic THIS IS SPINAL TAP. But SPINAL TAP is not available on any streamer at the moment and, surprisingly, neither Ron nor Peter own it on any physical media. At press time, the DVD has been purchased and delivered and we will remedy the situation on a fut...

THIS WEEK it's a bitter-sweet BIG 4-0 as Ron and Peter celebrate 40 trips around the sun for the cultural classic FOOTLOOSE and the legitimately insane BLAME IT ON RIO, but we also bid a fond farewell to one of our favorite 80s icons, Carl Weathers. As always, please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe, and next week we'll be back with a trifecta of BIG 40's: AGAINST ALL ODDS, REPO M...

This week on THE BIG 4-0, Ron and Peter wish a happy birthday to the surprisingly fun Duddly Moore/Natasia Kinski/Armand Asante/Albert Brooks farce, UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (a movie neither of us had ever heard anything about until this pod) and, inspired by BROADWAY DANNY ROSE a few weeks ago, we also look back at Woody Allen's seminal ANNIE HALL, a first-time watch for Ron. And as a bonus, at the...

Only one new film to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 this week - the Aiden Quinn/Daryl Hannah teen drama RECKLESS - so we also dip back into 1983 for a belated Happy BIG 4-0 to the Troma camper-sex farce THE BIG TURN-ON!, which we somehow missed last year. As always, please Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Dudley Moore, Natasia Kinski, Armand Asante, and A...