For the episode of Silva & Gold this week, Allan of the Arctic requested we cover a leathery film about questioning one’s sexuality, so we decided to make it a double feature as we are prone to do.

First we discuss the 1964 film directed by Sidney J. Furie called The Leather Boys.

Then we talk at length about a film we were worried about having too little to say at first. Ever wanted to see Franco Nero draw a chalk dick on the wall? Then Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1982 film Querelle is for you. Nono wants to play dice….

Music this week:
Queen – Somebody To Love
Nazareth – Love Hurts
Judas Priest – Raw Deal

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This week we decided to pay homage to another magnificent bastard and cover a couple films starring Chow Yun-Fat!

First we dive headfirst with two pistols in hand into an earlier John Woo film, A Better Tomorrow from 1986. Neither of us has seen it, and both of us have issues with a Woo staple The Killer, that most people adore. What will happen with this??

Then we cover a film from 1987 directed by Ringo Lam called Prison On Fire. How will it hold up to American prison films?

Thank you all you magnificent miners!

Music this week:
AC/DC – This House is On Fire
The Kinks – This Time Tomorrow
Archers of Loaf – Fat

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We moved to a simpler time this week and shifted our focus to mid-century America, a time of fast cars and awesome music, and…. high school kids getting into shit?

The first film we cover is Mischief from 1985. Say what you will about this film, but at the very least you can see a gloriously nekkid Kelly Preston!

Next we cover a film that Loaf was embarrassed to say he had never seen… 1973’s American Graffiti. Pre-Star Wars Lucas!

Hope you enjoy this nostalgia fueled episode.

Music this week:
Dion – The Wanderer
The Platters – The Great Pretender
Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions

and lots more that Loaf just felt like playin in the background!

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Welcome one and all to an episode that did its best to kill the spirits of Loaf and Zom. Zom even found himself self-medicating beforehand. Cinemasochist Justin from the Freakin’ Awesome Network picked two doozies for us this week.

First we review a film with two of Zom’s all time most hated actors: Reese Witherspoon and particularly Mark Wahlberg. That film is 1996’s Fear. Zom’s documentary of his viewing of this film could have been called Anger.

Next we tackle a film that Loaf hated back in the day but had high hopes for again after learning more about Paul Verhoeven since then… Showgirls from 1995!

Enjoy! er…. enjoy?

Music this week:
Sick of it All – World Full of Hate
Buzzcocks – Boredom
Motorhead – Don’t Waste Your Time

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This week on Ye Olde Silva & Gold we cover a couple films about men adjusting to life after prison. They are quite different, but share some definite common themes.

First we talk about a probably underseen Richard Farnsworth film from 1982 called The Grey Fox, a biopic that has Farnsworth playing The Gentlemen Bandit Bill Miner who has just been released from a 33 year prison term in 1903 only to discover a far different society.

Next we jump into another probably underseen film from 1978 starring Dustin Hoffman in a rare tough guy role as Max Dembo in Straight Time. Busey, M. Emmitt Walsh, Cathy Bates, Harry Dean Stanton… this one’s chock full of fun.

Music this week:
Iron Maiden – The Prisoner
Melvins – Set Me Straight
The Cramps – Jailhouse Rock

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Silva&Gold&Loaf&Zom brings you a little of the sleazy this week with some Mexican exploitation… IT’S MEXPLOITATION MADNESS!

First we review a 1990 film about Nazi punk Communist bikers and a couple geriatric law enforcement officials played by the legendary (in Mexico) Almada brothers!! Los Demonios del Desierto!

Next we tackle a particularly sleazy direct-to-video recommended by Large William from The Gentlemen’s Guide to Midnite Cinema called La Cumbia Asesina. Women, and anyone of taste for that matter, beware!

Music this week:
Queens of the Stone Age – Mexicola
Beck – Que Onda Guero
Calexico – Guero Canelo

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We really decided to branch out this week and do another Henry Silva and another Dolph Lundgren movie. Silva & Gold double feature!!

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cree… cree….

The first film is one that is probably a bit lesser seen… and interesting and somewhat (totally) heavy handed Shoot from 1976, starring not only Henry Silva but also Cliff Robertson and Ernest Borgnine!

Next we dive back into more Swedish-direct-to-video-yum with The Peacekeeper from 1997. Yes, you get Montel Williams teaming up with Lundgren, but you also get Michael Serrazin AND Roy Scheider! Joy!

We fuckin ramble on way too long as usual and make this another epic for no good reason. At least we talked about wrasslin’ a lot again!

Music this week:
Ice Cube – When Will They Shoot?
Birthday Party – Gold Blade
Beach House – Silver Soul

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A Loaf lacking confidence and Honey Badger Zom roll in for another week of Silva & Gold, this time reviewing two documentary films graciously provided to us by some class dudes. We bring you a Stories of Strong Men double feature!

First we tackle a documentary quite awhile in the making about strong man Stanless Steel, in Zachary Levy’s Strongman. Not exactly what you think it might be.

Next we jump head first into a subject we are both passionate about, that being professional wrestling, and we review the 2011 documentary Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’. We had to be careful not to ramble too much here about just what we love about the business, but it was a lot of fun.

Both filmmakers provided the screeners for us to review which we greatly appreciate. Please check out their websites by clicking on the posters at the bottom of this post!

Music this week:
Echo & The Bunnymen – Show of Strength
Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee
Patsy Cline – You’re Stronger Than Me

www.strongmanfilm.com

www.memphisheatthemovie.com

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Another week, another sexist episode of Silva & Gold! This week we bring you a couple sleazy little 70s girl gang classics. Let the boobie fest commence!

First we talk about Switchblade Sisters, or The Jezebels, from 1975, directed by Jack Hill. Listen in awe as we don’t even realize that an actress with the last name Bruce is Lenny Bruce’s daughter!!

Next we travel to the other side of the globe and cover a pinky violence film in the sukeban series called Girl Boss Guerilla, or Sukeban Gerira, from 1975. <3 REIKO IKE <3

And voicemail

and yammering

and blah blah blah

Music this week:
Medusa – Black Hearted Woman
Wanda Jackson – Fujiyama Mama
The Slits – Typical Girls

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Silva & Gold & Loaf & Zom return this week bringin you some good ol boy stock car racin movies…. in particular two biopics.

The first film we discuss is 1977’s Greased Lightning starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier… a film about NASCAR’s first black driver Wendell Scott.

The second film is a possibly lesser known Jeff Bridges film from 1973 called The Last American Hero… based on the story of driver Junior Johnson.

We ramble on more than usual about pretty much everything and draw this out way too long. Who really needs to hear about soup and catheters? Oh well, it’s free so shut yer yap.

YEEEE haawwww

Music this week:
Jack Nitzsche – The Last Race
Jim Croce – I Got A Name
Don Agree & The Digets – My Car’s Faster Than Your Car

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