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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.

Ep441: Thriller for Beginners

Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and Emmanuel Noisette of Eman's Movie Reviews play around with the horror/comedy Ready or Not! Samara Weaving stars as a young woman whose initiation into a wealthy family involves an elaborate game of "Hide and Seek", which has deadly twists and supernatural consequences.

The guys debate the movie's effectiveness, recommend some alternatives, and get into audience expectations (while critiquing auditorium etiquette). Will Fox Searchlight's foray into Blumhouse territory be a match made in heaven, or grounds for divorce? Listen in and find out!

Episode 441 is counting very slowly to one hundred!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 2:45

Ready or Not Trailer: 2:45 - 5:08

Ready or Not Discussion: 5:08 - 36:55

Outro Music: 36:55 - 37:10

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Ep442: Running Commentary: FORT's Worth

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