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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.

Ep1153: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 07 - Live Roundtable Review

Ep1153: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 07 - Live Roundtable Review

Earth's Mightiest Critics are just about done with the Alien franchise--but Alien: Earth is not done with them!

This week, we look at Episode 7, "Emergence", which finds many of the deep-space monsters breaking containment on Prodigy Island--leading to chest-bursting, jaw-ripping mayhem, and the World Record for "Most Ambushes in a 40-minute TV Show"!

Join us as we hack our way through the rest of this nonsense jungle!

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Ep1154: Doc and Cover: Spinal Tap 2 / Megadoc (2025) - Movie Reviews

Ep1154: Doc and Cover: Spinal Tap 2 / Megadoc (2025) - Movie Reviews

Ep1152: Xanadu (1980) - Movie Review

Ep1152: Xanadu (1980) - Movie Review