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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep102: Jurassic Park 4

This week, the KtS Podcast plunges into the raptor paddock for an impassioned discussion of Jurassic World! Do summer blockbusters play by different rules than “real” movies? Can someone appreciate Jurassic World without having seen Jurassic Park (or vice versa)? And when did product placement transition from insidious to necessary? These questions and more will be answered (kinda) as tempers flare, series continuity is mis-remembered, and the very nature of this show is called into question!

Also, Ian has info on the Music Box Theatre's upcoming double-feature of The Decline of Western Civilization Parts I & II, hosted by director Penelope Spheeris--as well as Shout! Factory's DVD/Blu-ray release of the Decline trilogy box set.

Unleash your inner Indominus as Episode 102 dances on the edge of extinction! 

Ep103: Kill Your Babies

Ep101: Eating Crowe