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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.

Ep594: Friday the 40th: What the HELL?!

Ep594: Friday the 40th: What the HELL?!

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Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and Lee Shoquist of ChicagoFilm.com explore one of the weirder entries in the Jason Voorhees saga: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday!

After New Line Cinema acquired the Friday the 13th franchise rights, series creator Sean S. Cunningham tapped fresh-out-of-film-school director Adam Marcus to take Jason Voorhees in a new direction.

Did he ever!

From complicated soap opera storylines to an out-of-the-blue body-hopping origin for the Crystal Lake Killer, the franchise's ninth entry proves to be one of its weirdest...and most boring. The guys cut through the good, the bad, and the gory to see if this movie deserves redemption or damnation!

Also, Ian reviews the new action thriller, The Doorman, and invites you to check out his YouTube-exclusive interview with star Ruby Rose! Also, he reminds you to drop by the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel tonight for a “Scare-a-Thon 2020” livestream review of Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears!

Episode 594 will eat your heart out!

Show Guide:

Word Association: 0:00 - 0:17

Intro Music: 0:17 - 0:32

Intro: 0:32 - 1:45

The Doorman Review: 1:45 - 4:31

Intro Ct’d: 4:31 - 6:30

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Trailer: 6:30 - 7:25

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Discussion: 7:25 - 1:03:42

Outro Music: 1:03:42 - 1:03:58

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Ep595: The Slowdown: MY DINNER WITH ROMANCE

Ep595: The Slowdown: MY DINNER WITH ROMANCE

Ep593: Humanity to Man

Ep593: Humanity to Man