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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.

Ep1123: Accademia Giallo: Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984) - Movie Review

Ep1123: Accademia Giallo: Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984) - Movie Review

This month, "Accademia Giallo" cranks it up to "11" with a roundtable review of Murder-Rock: Dancing Death!

In Lucio Fulci's mid-80s thriller, the owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre student murders. Does this gonzo 80's experiment stack up to Fulci's earlier, more buttoned-up work?

Join us for a bloody-good, spoilerific jam session and find out! We also take your questions, comments, and SuperChats, and pay tribute to a very special long-time fan of the show!

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  • Watch the Murder-Rock (1984) trailer.

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Ep1122: Escape from Hammerland: X The Unknown (1956) - Movie Review

Ep1122: Escape from Hammerland: X The Unknown (1956) - Movie Review