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 movie of all-time: LETHAL WEAPON. We also talk KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFAIR and Kiefer Sutherland's Christmas romcom TINSEL TOWN, and VARSITY BLUES. PLus, THREE seperate box office challenges!

NEXT WEEK: It's our big season finale as we bring 1985 to a close, wishing a happy BIG 4-0 (DD) to THE HOWELING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF (no shit, that's the title), and so we'll look at the original THE HOWELING (1981) as well; plus our annual year-end BEST & WORST LISTS. Join us as we bid adieu to 1985!

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 WEAPON films in honor of Ron's BIG 4-7!

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.

Due to an apparent computer error, we are reposting this episode. Chronologically, it comes BEFORE the most recently posted CLUE / JEWEL OF THE NILE episode.

Sorry about that!

On this episode we also discussed some football, PREDATOR: BADLANDS, EDDINGTON, and LIFE OF CHUCK.

Please Rate, Like, and Subscribe. Again, our next episode is the already-posted CLUE / JEWEL OF THE NILE, and as noted on that episode, we'll be back next week with OUT OF AFRICA and POLICE STORY!

It's the return of THE BIG 4-0! Fat and fresh from a Thanksgiving break, Ron and Peter are back to wish a happy 40th to the sequel to last year's ROMANCING THE STONE, JEWEL OF THE NILE. And the boardgame adaptation CLUE. Ron, still on a Stallone kick, also touches on THE EXPENDABLES 4 and BULLET TO THE HEAD, we give Kate a happy birthday call, and we ruminate on some new ideas for the podcast. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to fire in a happy BIG 4-0 to OUT OF AFRICA and POLICE STORY.

Happy BIG 4-0 to Jon Voight and Eric Roberts in what may just be the Golan-Globus Cannon Corp's most acclaimed film, the Oscar nominated RUNAWAY TRAIN. Does it deserve those Oscar noms? Tune in to find out! Also, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd in the semi-cult hit - as long as you grew up in a five year window surrounding this film, we guess - SPIES LIKE US. Does it deserve that status?? You know what to do. Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week to tackle JEWEL OF THE NILE and CLUE, both celebrating their BIG 4-0s!

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 and SPIES LIKE US.

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're silently judging you and you should reconsider your taste in music). Please remember to Rate, Like, and Subscribe; and we'll be back next week with a young Jim Carrey in ONCE BITTEN and a ROCKY twofer: Happy 40th to ROCKY IV and a bonus look back at ROCKY BALBOA (2006).