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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.

Ep440: Late Screening: Oliver Scott's NATURAL BORN KILLERS

In this edition of "Late Screening", Ian and Cole Rush of The Quill to Live look back on Oliver Stone's 1994 social satire Natural Born Killers, starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as a couple whose cross-country murder spree garners them attention from law enforcement, the media, and legions of eerily obsessed fans.

The guys talk about the film's continued relevance, how it lines up with writer Quentin Tarantino's other films, and whether or not it contains Robert Downey Jr.'s career-best performance.

Also, Cole shares a couple of recent Quill to Live contributions centering on the greatest "Buts" and "Butts" in sci-fi/fantasy, and blows Ian's mind with the Adult Swim sketch "Too Many Cooks"!

Episode 440 is an acquired taste!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:02 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 3:16

Natural Born Killers Trailer: 3:16 - 4:56

Natural Born Killers Discussion: 4:56 - 50:39

Outro Music: 50:24 - 48:01

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Ep441: Thriller for Beginners

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