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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.

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

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

Accademia Giallo returns with a viewer-requested review of a film that almost none of the faculty have seen!

William Rose and Dick Randall's The Girl in Room 2A turns 50 this year, and your fearsome faculty is ready to see what they've been missing for a half-century!

A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the next victim of a cult that kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women!

Will the film prove to be a hidden gem--or the catalyst for our never again taking your recommendations? And is it even really Giallo?

Join us as we initiate the latest candidate for the Accademia Giallo pantheon--and take your questions, comments, and Super Chats!

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Show Links

  • Watch the Girl in Room 2A trailer.

  • Bonus! Check out this short about AC's recent trip to the Stephen King library collection in Maine!

  • Support all of our terrifying teachers' axe-tracurricular activities!

  • And catch up with classic episodes of his Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers podcast!

  • Continue your education with our "Accademia Giallo" Playlist!

Ep1021: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1021: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1019: TWISTERS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1019: TWISTERS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review