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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.

Ep1002: FURIOSA (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1002: FURIOSA (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

So much for summer movie saviors! Warner Bros' Furiosa stalled at the box office opening weekend, making it the weakest Memorial Day Weekend offering in four decades. But does the film deserve to be ignored--or are audiences missing out?

Earth's Mightiest Critics scour 2024's wreckage-strewn blockbuster wasteland in search of answers, starting with a round table review of this prequel to 2015's Fury Road.

Join us for our fuel-injected findings on Furiosa; our thoughts on a summer blockbuster season that's barely rolled up to the starting line, and your questions, comments, and SuperChats!

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Ep1003: IN A VIOLENT NATURE (2024) - Round Table Review

Ep1003: IN A VIOLENT NATURE (2024) - Round Table Review

Ep1001: Accademia Giallo: AMSTERDAMNED (1988)

Ep1001: Accademia Giallo: AMSTERDAMNED (1988)