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THE BIG 4-0

This is a podcast called THE BIG 4-0 with Ron and Peter. Every week we take a look at a seminal - or maybe not so seminal - movie that came out this week, 40 years ago. Some we love, some we hate, some we"ve never seen before, some we haven"t seen in over 30 years, and some we wish we"d never seen. We discuss the film, its critical and commercial reception, and how that (and our) perception has perhaps shifted over the years. We also touch on any noteworthy current films and movie news in each

tv & film film reviews

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01:41:16

THE STING II / THE KING OF COMEDY

THE BIG 4-0 ·

2023/02/25

This week on THE BIG 4-0 we talk THE STING II and THE KING OF COMEDY, both released this week, 40 years ago. We're trying out a new hosting service so please bear with any audio issues... we'll get there. Please remember to rate, like, subscribe, etc. Next time we'll be back with 10 TO MIDNIGHT and LAST MAN STANDING (1996 - yeah, yeah; not 40 years old, but someone here has never seen it...). Thanks for listening!

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01:02:21

BONUS EPISODE: SWAMP THING/TOOTSIE

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2023/02/15

Here's another BONUS EPISODE recorded on Halloween of 2022, before we started posting shows. We're way more muted and professional on this one (the probable reason why is revealed towards the end of the episode) looking at the surprising box office smash and cultural phenomenon, TOOTSIE; and the surprising box office failure and inability to capture the cultural zeitgeist (especially looking at it 40 years later when CBM's are all the rage) of Wes Craven's SWAMP THING. When we find a happy medium

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01:37:25

VIDEODROME

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2023/02/09

This week we wish a happy BIG 4-0 to David Cronenberg's February 1983 mindfuck, VIDEODROME, as we dig deep into it('s stomach) and welcome our first guest, our movie-buff buddy Casey, to help us unpack it all. As always please like, rate, subscribe, review, etc... We'll post a bonus episode next week and return the following week with THE KING OF COMEDY.

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01:20:29

BONUS EPISODE: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE/CREEPSHOW

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2023/02/04

Happy Weekend, Everybody! To celebrate the beginning of a couple days of movie watching and throwing a few back, here's another one of our earlier episodes we recorded while we were still getting the hang of this whole podcasting thing. I relentlessly step on poor Peter, and it's another one where I get, shall we say, looser as the episode goes along; but since we discussed THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW last week, we thought this would be as good a time as any to release our SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE and

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01:53:56

THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW/THE YEAR OF LIVING...

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2023/01/28

And we were doing so well up to this point... This week we spiral completely out of control reviewing THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW, THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, and once again also dipping our feet into the '90s with the Sylvester Stallone/Sharon Stone/James Woods/Eric Roberts/Rod Steiger "bomb", THE SPECIALIST. We had a "blast" doing this episode, but things got so goofy we had to chop out a good chunk of nonsense before posting it. For anyone interested in what we talked beyond where we end this

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02:03:26

BONUS EPISODE: ROCKY III/PORKY'S

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2023/01/19

We recorded this one in September 2022 while we were still figuring out how to do this whole podcast thing (apologies for the sound quality!); but since we discussed JOYSTICKS on this past week's episode, and we couldn't review that film without touching on its obvious inspiration - the surprise mega-hit from the previous year, PORKY'S - we decided this was as good a time as any to unleash one of our ramshackle early recordings. We also looked back at ROCKY III on this episode - and at the top of

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01:21:55

JOYSTICKS/ASSASSINS

THE BIG 4-0 ·

2023/01/12

Happy New Year to all you 40 HEADS out there!!! It is now 2023, which means it's 1983 here on THE BIG 4-0. We ring in the new year with the college video game/sex romp, JOYSTICKS. We also discover that Peter has never seen the 1995 Sylvester Stallone/Antonio Bandaras/Richard Donner/Joel Silver hidden gem, ASSASSINS; so, we discuss this underrated thriller as well. Please remember to follow, subscribe, rate, like - all that jazz - and we'll be posting new episodes as they coincide with the films'

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01:51:01

THE VERDICT, HONKYTONK MAN, and OUR TOP-10 FAVORITE...

THE BIG 4-0 ·

2023/01/01

This week on THE BIG 4-0, it's our flagship episode!!! We take a look at two movies that opened over the holiday season, 40 years ago this week in 1982: Paul Newman in Sidney Lumet's "The Verdict" and Clint Eastwood in, well, Clint Eastwood's "Honkytonk Man". Peter and I each also countdown our Top-10 Favorite ("Favorite", not "Best") Christmas Movies of All-Time. This is a fun one and we're happy to finally be posting episodes. Please be gentle as we're still getting our bearings (We left our

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00:03:39

COMING SOON: THE BIG 4-0

THE BIG 4-0 ·

2022/12/20

Listen to a preview of THE BIG 4-0, a new movie podcast in which two life-long friends and movie buffs take a look at a new movie every week that came out this same week, 40 years ago!

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