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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.

Ep1143: Accademia Giallo: Autopsy (1975) - Live Roundtable Review

Ep1143: Accademia Giallo: Autopsy (1975) - Live Roundtable Review

It's back-to-school time and "Accademia Giallo" has your front-row seat to an Autopsy!

Armando Crispino's 1975 thriller centers on an outbreak of suicides in Rome, leading to a morgue attendant's hallucinations of the dead returning to life. And things only get stranger from there!

Join us for one last summer shriek as we dissect this bizarre half-century scare-fest!

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Ep1142: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 03 - Live Roundtable Review

Ep1142: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 03 - Live Roundtable Review