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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.

Ep1019: TWISTERS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1019: TWISTERS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Of all the random movies to get the soft-reboot/semi-sequel treatment, how did Twister make the cut?

Whatever the answer, we now have Twisters to contend with, and in this episode, Earth's Mightiest Critics do just that!

Join us as we talk bad weather, blockbusters, and this season's biggest surprise.

Plus, we 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!

Show Links

  • Watch the Twisters trailer.

  • Bonus! Can't get enough of Ian and Mark? Shortly after this livestream, Ian joined Mark in The Spoiler Room, where they'll talked 1932's Murders in the Rue Morgue with Joe Randazzo!

Ep1020: Accademia Giallo: THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A (1974)

Ep1020: Accademia Giallo: THE GIRL IN ROOM 2A (1974)

Ep1018: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: FEMALE TROUBLE (1974)

Ep1018: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: FEMALE TROUBLE (1974)