With Al and Mariko out of town and Simon and Ricky preparing for TIFF, we decided to take it easy this week. In a special bonus show, Simon will be spinning music from the best soundtracks and scores of 2009. Enjoy!
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Ricky D is the editor-in-chief of Sound on Sight and one of the hosts of 'Sound On Sight Radio', the 'Sordid Cinema' podcast and our videocast titled 'Front Row Center'. He also contributes written reviews when time permits.
Favorite films: 'Salo', 'Contempt', 'The Vanishing', 'Pulp Fiction' & 'La Haine'
Favorite Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Billy Wilder & Stanley Kubrick 
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Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 13: “The Slice Girls” Written by Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner Directed by Jerry Wanek Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam and Dean’s new research buddy gets mixed … [Read the Rest]
Chronicle Directed by Josh Trank Written by Max Landis 2012, USA / UK The more comic books one has read, the less original the plot of Chronicle might seem. The idea of “what would happen if real teenagers got real … [Read the Rest]
Fringe Review, Season 4, Episode 11: “Making Angels” Written by Akiva Goldsman, J. H. Wyman, and Jeff Pinkner Directed by Charles Beeson Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on Fox This week, on Fringe: AUstrid and Astrid bond, Fauxlivia thaws Walter, … [Read the Rest]
Long after its world premiere last July at the Fantasia International film Festival here in Montreal sharply divided viewers, Robin Hardy’s long-in-the-works sorta-sequel to his famed cult classic The Wicker Man is finally making its way to theaters – nearly … [Read the Rest]
Robot and Frank Directed by Jack Schreier Screenplay by Christopher D. Ford 2012, USA Director Jake Schreier’s Robot and Frank is a tale set sometime in the near future when robots will be at our beck and call for menial tasks … [Read the Rest]
Side Street Directed by Anthony Mann Screenplay by Charles Schnee U.S.A., 1950 There is a favourite saying used among film reviewers when espousing the virtues of a film that uses the story’s locale to the full extent: location ‘x’ is … [Read the Rest]
30 Rock, Season 6, Episode 5, “Today You Are a Man” Written by Ron Weiner Directed by Jeff Richmond Airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on NBC This week’s 30 Rock seems like an improvement on the season to date, … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North … [Read the Rest]
500 Days of Summer gets my vote for best soundtrack. Not only great songs but they worked incredibly well in the film. Not like Observe and Report which had some decent songs but just used them for the sake of music video style scenes.