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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.

Ep523: Bond & Determined: No GOLD to EYE

Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and Cole Rush of The Quill to Live become dashing international spies with a new series called "Bond & Determined"! Since No Time To Die has been pushed back to Thanksgiving, the guys look back on GoldenEye for a special twenty-fifth anniversary spoiler review!

How does the 1995 popcorn flick hold up to modern action films? How does Pierce Brosnan's debut mirror Daniel Craig's swan song as the iconic agent 007? And who the hell are these guys to critique a revered fifty-year-old franchise when they've seen (maybe) a third of the movies at hand? The answers will leave you shaken and stirred!

Also, Ian invites you to listen to the latest Spoiler Room podcast for a surprising defense of an unloved movie, and tells you how to participate in the at-home debut of Trolls World Tour!

Episode 523 will die another day!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:02 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 4:09

GoldenEye Trailer: 4:09 - 6:43

GoldenEye Discussion: 6:43 - 53:03

Outro Music: 53:03 - 53:18

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Ep524: Friday the 40th Part 4: Get Off My Campground!

Ep522: Insert Coffee Pun Here