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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.

Ep1010: MATINEE (1993) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1010: MATINEE (1993) - LIVE Round Table Review

Earth's Mightiest Critics love movies about the movies, so this week we're looking back on Joe Dante's 1993 cult classic, Matinee!

John Goodman stars as Lawrence Woolsey, a B-movie filmmaker who brings his latest crowd-pleaser (a monster movie about a man crossed with an ant, called "Mant") to a small town theater in Florida--during the Cuban Missile Crisis!

Join us for a Mant-tastic round table review, where we'll talk spoilers, nostalgia, and the lost art of in-theater thrills (which may be making a comeback)! We also answer your questions, comments, and SuperChats!

Subscribe, like, and comment to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel, and check out kickseat.com for multiple movie podcasts each week!

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Ep1011: Return to Hammerland: LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)

Ep1011: Return to Hammerland: LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)

Ep1009: WHAT REMAINS (2024) - Movie Review

Ep1009: WHAT REMAINS (2024) - Movie Review