THE BIG 4-0

We have a two-week break coming up, so this week we have a jam-packed episode celebrating three BIG 4-0's and a BONUS: 1990's MEN AT WORK. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back in two weeks with another big episode, as we wish a very Happy BIG 4-0 to three more summer 1986 releases: THE FLY, MANHUNTER, and ARMED & DANGEROUS.

Who is the bigger birthday badass: The wise-crackin, Lea Thompson-laying duck, or a more comical yet firmly zombified Jason Voorhees? Find out as we celebrate 40 trips around the sun for HOWARD THE DUCK and FRIDAY THE 13TH VI. We also both saw Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, so we discuss if this most recent Nolan box office juggernaut (sorry, haters) actually goes the distance.

Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe. We'll be back next week with another new episode before a two-week break, to wish NOTHING IN COMMON and FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR a verry Happy BIG 4-0!

This week wish a Happy BIG 4-0 to Stephen King's lone directorial effort, MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, and Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in the dysfunctional marriage drama HEARTBURN. We calso touch on several other films including: THEY WILL KILL YOU (2026), NORMAL (2026), DANGEROUS ANIMALS (2025), MISSION: IMPOSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023), HELL OF A SUMMER (2023), CRIMSON TIDE (1995), and DISORGANIZED CRIME (1989).

Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe. We'll be back next week with HOWARD THE DUCK and - it's that time of year again - JASON LIVES - FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI. Come back and see how these films have aged as they turn THE BIG 4-0!

ALIENS or VAMPires? Who will win the BIG 4-0 birthday showdown???

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 and VAMP.

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 celebrate PSYCHO III's BIG 4-0 by reviewing the first three(!) PSYCHO films.

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 Happy BIG 4-0 to RUNNING SCARED.

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.